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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 3, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Launch of Center3 to enhance digital economy growth in KSA
 
 
The new company will be the owner of the digital infrastructure assets owned by stc group, including data centers, submarine cables, international points of presence, and internet exchange points...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain hosts “Health Day” sessions for staff
Member Logo Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, held a “Health Day” initiative for its staff at the company’s main headquarters in Shuwaikh...
 
•  evision launches its brand-new movie channel, Emasala Simply South - the new home of South Indian movies
Member Logo Through evision’s partnership with Simply South, the largest online streaming platform with exclusively South Indian content, an exclusive channel will be launched, showcasing the best and latest movies in three...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Elections completed for ITU Council and Radio Regulations Board
Member States elect governance body for UN specialized agency and global custodians of radio spectrum...
 
Bahrain, Saudi Arabia discuss cooperation in IT, ID Card
Bahrain’s Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) recently held a meeting with the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) and the Secretariat General of the GCC to follow up on directives by the GCC...
 
KSA Minister of Communications and Information Technology delivers the Kingdom’s speech at the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunications Union in Bucharest
Al-Sawaha highlighted the Kingdom’s progress towards a digital economy, detailing a US$3 billion incentive package that supported the connection of 3.5 million houses to the optical fiber network...
 
Middle East
 
UAE and UN satellite initiative to help Bahrain and Nepal gain access to space
A space initiative by the UAE and UN is helping to give access to space to nations that are trying to develop their own space programmes...
 
Vodafone Qatar launches the iPay e-wallet
iPay is an operator agnostic wallet and is available for all consumers in Qatar, regardless of their telecom service provider...
 
Bahrain's BCFC signs strategic partnership deals with Codebase and Atyaf
Codebase Technologies will support Bahrain Commercial Facilities Company in introducing customer-centric offerings by implementing digital customer onboarding...
 
South Asia
 
4 percent internet subscribers likely to use 5G in Pakistan by 2025
Pakistan is planning to launch 5G technology in three big cities of the country in 2023 and expects 4 percent internet subscribers to use 5G in Pakistan by 2025...
 
MetLife’s 360Health app crosses over 3,00,000 downloads in Bangladesh
MetLife's 360Heath mobile app has been downloaded by over 3.00,000 users, making it one of the most useful and popular health and fitness apps in Bangladesh...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
WITZ-Comedy TV unveils launch slate
Digital channel studio and content syndicator Best Ever Channels (BEC), working with comedy management, production and venue operator The Stand Group has announced the November 2022 debut of FAST channel WITZ-Comedy TV...
 
Falcon’s Beyond unveils BeyondME metaverse platform
The programme, named BeyondME, will be powered by Falcon’s proprietary and patent-pending ÄEONXP technology, which is designed to transform personal experiences with a connected gaming ecosystem that extends...
 
 
North Africa
 
46% increase in average daily use of mobile internet in the summer of 2022
Furthermore, according to the report, the rates of fixed Internet use increased by 32%, supported by an increase in the number of fixed internet users by about 904,000 users...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Belarusian cellco life:) added 44 new BTS in August/September
In a press release, the mobile operator confirmed that LTE-800 and LTE-1800 towers were used to upgrade the network...
 
Three Austria launches 5G Standalone network
The new 5G SA network was launched under the 5G+ brand and will initially provide coverage for 1.3 million households and companies across the country...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Wise County gets grant for satellite-based internet
The Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority has made a grant to the Wise County Industrial Authority to be used to finance low earth orbit space-based broadband through satellite internet to additional unserved...
 
eir FTTH passes 900,000 premises
More than 900,000 homes and businesses across Ireland have now been passed by eir’s FTTH network, as the telco accelerates its rollout pace to 250,000 annual premises...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Deutsche Telekom launches the T phone series across Europe
Deutsche Telekom has launched the T Phone and T Phone Pro across nine European countries and aims to make the 5G smartphone broadly accessible...
 
Rain submits proposal for Telkom acquisition
South African operator Rain submitted a request for rival Telkom to acquire it, a move that could potentially disrupt MTN’s intentions to buy Telkom...
 
Safaricom, Airtel, Telkom to share mobile subscribers database
The database will contain information about SIM card subscribers and will be linked with government databases such as the Registrar of Companies and the database of dead persons...
 
Orange and Netskope partner on carrier-class connectivity and SSE services for a secure, cloud-smart platform
This will help protect enterprise customers from data loss and the growing volume of sophisticated threats across cloud, web and private applications, with the full attributes of a cloud-native platform...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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