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August 28, 2022

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Thai PM gives Huawei Thailand Cybersecurity Excellence Award

The Thai National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) has awarded Huawei and several other organizations the "Prime Minister Awards – Thailand Cybersecurity Excellence Award 2022” at a ceremony held at Santi Maitri Building Government House...

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AT&T launches upgraded 5G Game View for WNBA fans

AT&T, the Official 5G Innovation Partner of the WNBA, now offers WNBA fans a way to customize content and interact with the game unlike ever before with the upgraded AT&T 5G Game View...

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Nokia Subscriber Data Management software selected by Jazz to drive new customer services and experience

Nokia announced that Jazz, Pakistan’s largest mobile operator, has selected Nokia’s latest Subscriber Data Management (SDM) software to enhance HLR/HSS network resiliency and accelerate new product and services...

Policy and Regulation

•	Saudi CITC hosts meeting to discuss future of digital communications ahead of ITU elections Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission is hosting a meeting in Riyadh to discuss the future of digital communications with experts from around the world...

•	TRA Bahrain to host MENA Telecoms and Media forum in September The event will host telecom and media regulators from across the Middle East and for a two-day forum to discuss the industry’s priorities and best practices...

Middle East

•	TAWAL joins Small Cell Forum to enhance the Kingdom’s ICT infrastructure TAWAL joins the organization with the goal of enhancing the provision of integrated ICT infrastructure across the Kingdom, while contributing to SCF’s efforts to make mobile cellular connectivity an accessible resource...

•	Telecom upgrade enhances operations in Eastern Central Oman The telecommunication infrastructure hosts various services from both major service providers in the Sultanate, including the previously hosted Ooredoo 4G+ Service as well as the recent introduction of Omantel 4G services...

•	Abu Dhabi to launch new blockchain, virtual assets strategy Abu Dhabi is set to launch its new strategy for blockchain and virtual assets, which is aligned with the Emirates economic strategy...

North Africa

•	Vodafone officially announced as Principal Partner for Communications for COP27 in Egypt Vodafone will work to provide advanced communications services to link the conference and its participants based on the latest communications services and digital networks...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	New streaming service for Poland’s TVP The Polish public broadcaster TVP is planning to launch a new streaming platform to replace existing services such as TVP Go and TVP VOD...

•	BT launches streaming-only option for Freeview channels UK telco BT’s TV Box Pro customers can now access the bulk of the operator’s TV service without the need for a terrestrial antenna via a streaming-only mode on its advanced set-top...

South Asia

•	Sindh partners with Google for computer learning in government-run schools Both the Education and IT Departments of the Sindh government will ensure that fully functional computer laboratories that are properly equipped are present in the selected schools to execute the training sessions...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Telekom improves 4G, 5G coverage and capacity in 1,104 locations Telekom Deutschland, the domestic fixed and mobile unit of Deutsche Telekom (DT), says it has expanded the capacity and coverage of its mobile network at 1,104 locations nationwide in the last five weeks...

•	MTN Nigeria pilots 5G ahead of commercial launch MTN Nigeria launched an open 5G pilot ahead of its commercial launch making it one of very few operators to offer 5G on the continent...

Satellite & Internet

•	T-Mobile partners with SpaceX to boost remote service T-Mobile will partner with SpaceX to provide phone service connectivity to people when traveling in areas that have a lack of coverage or where it is spotty...

•	Ooredoo expands FTTH to three new islands Ooredoo Maldives has expanded its ‘SuperNet’ fiber-optic broadband service to three additional inhabited islands...

Global Telecom Update

•	Econet subscriber base hits 14,9 million Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) says its customer subscriber base has hit 14,9 million to become a "pace setter" in the industry...

•	China's telecom sector sees stable growth in January-July 2022 China's telecommunications sector logged steady expansion in the first seven months of this year, official data showed...

•	MTS launches modular data center in Novosibirsk, Russia Tass reports the company has built a modular facility in the Novosibirsk Oblast, in Siberian Russia near Kazakhstan...

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