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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 18, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
stc Group signs 7 Memorandums of Understanding to develop & research AI technologies
 
 
stc Group, the regional digital enabler successfully concluded its mission at the Global AI Summit 2022 after unveiling a variety of digital solutions. On the sidelines of the summit, the group also signed multiple memorandums of understanding with the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority, the Saudi Company for Artificial Intelligence, King Saud University, Matarat Holding and the American company Honeywell, in addition, solutions by stc a stc group subsidiary signed an MOU with Dell, on the sidelines of the Global AI Summit 2022, which was hosted in Riyadh...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain joins in celebrating ‘Kuwait Codes’ graduates
Member Logo Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, took part in the graduation ceremony held to celebrate the students of ‘Kuwait Codes’, the recently-concluded educational coding program for high school...
 
•  Nokia and Flex to combine 5G SA private wireless and Industry 4.0 expertise for advanced manufacturing solutions in Brazil
Member Logo Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (Nokia DAC) will provide the private wireless on-demand service as well as MX Industrial Edge computing and digital-enabling applications...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  e& announces multi-year strategic collaboration as part of the FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX
 
•  stc & “SDAIA” sign MOU to develop digital technologies and Artificial Intelligence solutions
 
•  CBO and Omantel sign MoU to offer fintech accelerator program
 
•  stc participates in KOC’s first ‘Back-to-School’ exhibition 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
With the participation of many experts and specialists CITC will host the first RegTech Symposium next October
It will also address a range of topics related to the regulatory and supervisory roles of companies and institutions, as well as explore opportunities for emerging companies...
 
BIPT extends 2G, 3G licences until year-end
The Belgian telecom regulator has extended the 2G and 3G spectrum licences held by Proximus, Telenet and Orange Belgium until the end of December, to give it time to finalise the new frequencies auctioned during the summer...
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan imports cell phones worth US$102 million in July, Aug
Mobile phone imports registered 62.16 per cent negative growth on a year-on-year basis in August 2022 when compared to US$166.710 million during the same month of last year...
 
Nepal Telecom launches eSIM service
Nepal Telecom has launched its eSIM service which allows subscribers to operate their cell phones with a virtual SIM card, and eliminates the need for a physical SIM card...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Intertrust and Sofia Digital team up for direct-to-TV services
Intertrust and Sofia Digital have teamed up to offer direct-to-TV services with ExpressPlay XCA...
 
Cinedigm claims world's largest streaming library with Cineverse
After a series of acquisitions and extension to its bouquet, streaming technology and entertainment provider Cinedigm has unveiled its new flagship streaming service Cineverse...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Verizon launches 5G innovation hub at USC
Verizon and the University of South Carolina are exploring how 5G Ultra Wideband can transform industries including manufacturing, healthcare and civil infrastructure, among others...
 
Vodafone working on satellite tech that can locate IoT devices within centimetres
Vodafone and Topcon Positioning Group are developing a new mass-market precise positioning system that will locate Internet of Things (IoT) devices, machinery, and vehicles with a greater degree of accuracy...
 
Viettel selects Infinera's Optical Timing Solution for 5G pilot rollout
Infinera’s technology enables Viettel to seamlessly build a network that offers 5G services with ease, high resiliency, and high performance across its distribution network...
 
 
Middle East
 
First virtual Saudi National Day celebrations to be held in Metaverse
A virtual celebration for Saudi Arabia’s National Day will be held on a Metaverse platform for the first time ever...
 
Infor to show customer cloud experience, innovation at Gitex
Infor’s solutions work seamlessly with the world-class capabilities of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and give organisations the power and responsiveness they need to stay ahead amid the current challenges of increasingly...
 
Saudi PPP deal to enhance digital economy in MENA region: World Bank
In an agreement with the World Bank, Saudi Arabia formed a public-private partnership to accelerate digital transformation in developing countries...
 
Organon And Flat6Labs announce winners of MENA region’s first digital-health FemTech accelerator
Omgyno founded by Doreen Toutikian and Elisabeth Milini in Greece and Lebanon, Siira founded by Sandra Salame in Lebanon, and Maternally founded by Yasmin El Mouallem in the UAE were crowned the winners of the MENA...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt witnesses surge in outsourcing, tech companies expand global delivery centres
At least 19 global services providers and leading tech companies have announced their expansion plans in Egypt and four new market entrants established their offices and R&D centres during the second quarter (2Q) of the...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Telenet to switch off 3G from September 2024
Belgian full-service telecoms provider Telenet and its mobile unit Base have announced plans to begin switching off the 3G signal on their mobile networks from September 2024 in a phased shutdown...
 
25 million 5G users 39 months after introduction
It's been a little over three years since South Korea launched commercial 5G services, and now the number of 5G subscriptions has exceeded 25 million, which is about half the country's population...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
OneWeb seeks funds to expand ultrafast broadband satellite network
The company has so far managed to launch 428 of their small c.150kg Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast (100Mbps+) and low-latency (sub-100ms) broadband satellites into space...
 
Telekom to deploy 100,000 FTTH connections in Cologne by 2025
Telekom Deutschland, the domestic fixed and mobile operating unit of Deutsche Telekom, is aiming to provide 100,000 homes in Cologne with fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connections by 2025...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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