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September 4, 2022

Featured Member News

Omantel joins hands with Dar Al Atta’a for the Eighth consecutive year

Omantel, the leading provider of integrated telecommunication services in the Sultanate of Oman, is implementing a number of social initiatives that aim at giving back to the community and ensuring better life for everyone...

Member News

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Zain partners TOD to offer latest movies,

Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, signed a partnership agreement with TOD, the all-new game-changing entertainment and sports platform in the MENA region...

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Nokia and Eurofiber Group sign a frame agreement to accelerate fiber optic roll out in Europe

Nokia announced the signature of a frame agreement with Eurofiber Group, the leading supplier and operator of Open Network infrastructure in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany...

Policy and Regulation

•	MCIT and Microsoft open first global datacentre region in Qatar Qatar’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) in partnership with Microsoft have announced the launch of the country’s first hyperscale cloud datacentre region...

•	ANCOM requests opinions on future use of 26GHz band Romania’s National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications has requested opinions on the potential use of the 26GHz band for the provision of broadband electronic communications services in the...

Middle East

•	Kuwait ranks 2nd among GCC in 5G network availability Kuwait ranked second among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in terms of the availability of the 5G telecommunications network, with a rate of 33.6%...

•	Geidea to provide smart payment solutions to Ival’s distribution fleet across KSA Saudi fintech company Geidea has partnered with Ival, a bottled drinking water brand produced in Saudi Arabia, to enable acceptance of digital payments for their distribution network across the Kingdom...

•	Metaverse, big data to shape future of businesses in UAE Industries like tourism, advertising, entertainment, leisure, retail and education will be completely transformed as consumers get influenced by latest marketing campaigns that woo them in real and virtual world and...

South Asia

•	P@SHA members sign numerous multi-million dollar deals Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) and 45 of its high-profile members have participated in ITCN Asia 2022 held in Karachi which is an all-inclusive, internationally-significant IT & Telecom show...

•	Ncell becomes Nepal’s fastest mobile network as per Ookla Ncell achieved a speed score of 17.16, with median download speeds of 17.31 Mbps and median upload speeds of 9.26 Mbps...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	ivi to launch Netflix-style service The Russian OTT platform ivi plans to launch a mobile subscription based on Netflix...

•	Denmark’s Nuuday launches TV and streaming service YouSee Play Danish service provider Nuuday, formerly part of telco TDC, is launching a new combined TV and streaming offering, YouSee Play...

North Africa

•	MTN Sudan taps LigaData for real-time data analytics and AI MTN Sudan has deployed LigaData’s data analytics and AI platform to accelerate its digital transformation strategy...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Bite plans 5G launch by year-end Bite Lithuania has revealed that it plans to launch its 5G network by the end of the year, after being awarded spectrum in the 3.5GHz and 700MHz bands by the Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) last month...

•	Vodacom Tanzania switches on 5G network Vodacom launched its non-standalone commercial 5G network in Tanzania, delivering higher download speeds and enabling new technologies such as IoT in the country...

Satellite & Internet

•	AST SpaceMobile's first cellular broadband network satellite will launch atop SpaceX's Falcon 9 The company will launch its first test satellite, called BlueWalker 3 (BW3), that will be capable of sending data directly to unmodified smartphones from Low Earth Orbit (LEO)...

•	Virgin Media O2 UK extend broadband to older OFNL sites VMO2 has confirmed that their partnership with Open Fibre Networks Limited is being extended, which will enable them to expand their rival gigabit broadband, TV and phone network to cover UK homes on some of the...

Global Telecom Update

•	Global satellite IoT subscriber base to reach 21.2 million by 2026 The new research report from specialist IoT analyst Berg Insight states that the global satellite IoT communications market is growing at a good steady pace...

•	Celcom partners Allo to explore opportunities in telco-related services This includes fiberisation, network resiliency, connectivity, information and communications technology (ICT), internet of things (IoT), 5G and smart solutions...

•	Orange Ivory Coast signs IT transformation agreement with Comarch The project is part of a bigger Orange Group initiative: the creation of the “Order-to-Bill” platform which should be configured, delivered, and then provided to other Orange Group affiliates within the EMEA...

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