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October 2, 2022

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Member States have completed elections for the five leaders at the UN specialized agency entrusted with driving digital transformation

Mario Maniewicz (Uruguay) was re-elected for his second term as Director of ITU's Radiocommunication Bureau, Seizo Onoe (Japan) was elected as Director of ITU's Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, Cosmas Zavazava (Zimbabwe) was elected Director of ITU's Telecommunication Development Bureau, They form the ITU leadership team together with Secretary-General-elect Doreen Bogdan-Martin (U.S.) and ITU Deputy Secretary-General-elect Tomas Lamanauskas (Lithuania)...

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SES and RCSC to provide O3b mPOWER services in Kazakhstan

Republican Centre for Space Communications (RCSC), a subsidiary of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry and SES, the leading global content connectivity solutions provider via satellite,...

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Nokia deploys state-of-the-art network to support Poland’s nationwide TV broadcasting infrastructure

Nokia has announced that together with Emitel and Oscilloquartz, it has completed the deployment of Poland’s most advanced IP transport and synchronization network for the nationwide coverage of digital TV broadcast...

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Notice on Rotating Chairman tenure

In accordance with Huawei's Rotating Chairman system, Mr. Xu Zhijun (Eric Xu) will assume the position of Rotating and Acting Chairman of Huawei from October 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023...

Policy and Regulation

•	ITU and UAE sign host country agreement for 2023 World Radiocommunication Conference in Dubai The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed an agreement for the hosting of the next World...

•	Member States have completed elections for the five leaders at the UN specialized agency entrusted with driving digital transformation Mario Maniewicz (Uruguay) was re-elected for his second term as Director of ITU's Radiocommunication Bureau, Seizo Onoe (Japan) was elected as Director of ITU's Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, Cosmas...

•	SpaceX receives Starlink license in Qatar Qatar’s Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) announced on that it has granted SpaceX a license to provide Starlink satellite internet service...

North Africa

•	Paymob and Tabby team up to foster the growth of e-commerce in Egypt This will help Egyptian retailers grow by letting businesses in Paymob’s network use Tabby’s split-in-four, interest- and fee-free payment solution through Paymob’s gateway...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Almost 900 organizations using LTE, 5G private networks According to GSA report, LTE technology continues to account for the majority of deployments, with 57% being LTE only...

•	DT trials 5G Wireless Wireline Convergence (WWC) standards Deutsche Telekom (DT) has announced that it has achieved an end-to-end data call based on 5G Wireless Wireline Convergence (WWC) standards on a trial system in its Bonn Lab...

Global Telecom Update

•	IBM, Vodaphone, GSMA form group to promote quantum-safe networks The idea behind the new group is to define requirements and create a standards-based roadmap to implement quantum-safe networking and mitigate anticipated security risks...

•	AWS, NTT, NEC cut power usage on SA 5G core The trial tested performance within a 5G core hybrid cloud environment leveraging AWS Graviton2 and Docomo’s on-premises network functions virtualisation (NFV) infrastructure...

Middle East

•	Qatar's telecoms infrastructure facilitator for World Cup: ITU Qatar and the ITU are co-operating closely during this tournament, as the union provides the radio frequency spectrum for satellites to broadcast matches around the world...

•	Metaverse Project 2117 launched to chronicle UAE's future milestones in space exploration The virtual world will be built to chronicle and celebrate the future milestones and potential breakthroughs leading to enhanced space exploration experience...

•	Tamkeen supports SMEs, startups participation at Gitex Several partners active in Bahrain’s startup ecosystem will represent the Kingdom at the event this year, with Bahrain’s participation being organised in collaboration with the Bahrain Technology Companies...

South Asia

•	Robi conducts 5G trial in Dhaka and Rangpur Robi has successfully conducted the trial run of use case specific 5G technology at Robi Corporate Office (RCO) in Dhaka and in customer walk-in-center (WIC) in Rangpur...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Magenta Telekom dials up personalisation with MoEngage to grow app engagement by 150% Austria’s second-largest telecommunication brand, Magenta Telekom, has boosted digital engagement, growing app use and interactions by 150%...

•	Kyivstar adds Disney content The Ukrainian operator Kyivstar has added Disney studio content to the Kyivstar TV, its joint venture with 1+1 Media Group...

Satellite & Internet

•	Elon Musk to provide Florida with Starlink satellites in response to Hurricane Ian Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, promised to offer the company’s satellite internet service, Starlink, to assist in the response to Hurricane Ian in Southwest Florida areas that are currently without connectivity...

•	Proximus and Ethias confirm joint venture to deploy fiber in German-speaking region Under the agreement, almost 40,000 homes and businesses in nine municipalities in underserved rural areas, will be covered by an open access fiber network between 2023 and 2026...

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