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October 17, 2022

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Zain awarded by Liferay in recognition of its innovation-driven digital customer experiences

The award ceremony took place at GITEX Global 2022 attended by Daaij Al Oud, Zain Kuwait Network Engineering Director, and Moussalam Dalati, General Manager, Middle East and Africa, Liferay who recognized the telecom provider’s success in leveraging innovative technologies to elevate customer experience capabilities...

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Successful launch of EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13F satellite

The separation of the all-electric satellite occurred after a 35-minute flight and the spacecraft systems initialisation was successfully completed over a period of 3 hours...

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Nokia announces most advanced fiber broadband platform in the world

Nokia has announced the world’s first Generation 6 broadband platform, designed for a ‘fiber-for-everything’ world where fiber broadband networks evolve to become a single infrastructure for all services...

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HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 in Dubai: Innovative infrastructure drives industrial digital transformation

More than 3,000 industry stakeholders gathered together at HUAWEI CONNECT Dubai, to discuss "Innovative Infrastructure to Unleash Digital". Representatives from Huawei and other organizations shared their latest...

Policy and Regulation

•	CITC hosts the First RegTech Symposium, with the participation of global experts The symposium aims to shed light on the role and importance of regulatory technologies in governance, risk, and compliance management...

•	Telia, Elisa and Tele2 line up for 700MHz sale in Estonia Estonia’s three incumbent mobile network operators (MNOs) have pre-qualified for the forthcoming auction of 5G-capable spectrum in the 700MHz band...

North Africa

•	Etisalat by e& injects investment to expand capacity of cell towers in Egypt The company has a total of 9,000 cell towers across Egypt, after adding about 650 new base stations this year, noting that a capacity expansion is carried out annually for all stations...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	A1 Bulgaria completes integration of SA 5G network The operator also highlighted the development of Private 5G SA network services as a key element of the Industry 4.0 concept, alongside massive machine-to-machine/IoT connectivity and ultra-reliable low-latency...

•	Verizon migrates commercial traffic onto SA 5G core US operator Verizon started to move commercial traffic onto its cloud-native, software-defined 5G core in an attempt to scale up network capacity wherever it’s needed for new use cases...

Satellite & Internet

•	China-aided project helps 100,000 people in rural Uganda access satellite TV China has officially completed the installation of the satellite television project in 900 Ugandan villages that face connectivity challenges...

•	Quickline and Cellnex partnership delivers internet to over 50 thousand rural homes Quickline Communications and CellnexUK are celebrating providing access to lightning fast broadband to 53,000 more homes and business in the first year of their partnership...

Global Telecom Update

•	Digicel Tonga upgrades network in outer islands Digicel Tonga CEO Anthony Seuseu revealed that the operator has invested TOP500,000 (US$199,047) in new telecommunications equipment to improve connectivity in the outer islands...

•	Globe Telecom sheds 701 towers to Miescor To date, Globe completed the sale of 1,501 out of 7,059 towers or 21% of the total towers being sold off as part of its strategy to balance the books while funding coverage expansion...

•	O2 Telefónica equips vacuum robot with IoT connectivity The connectivity solution from O2 Telefónica is the prerequisite for intelligent real-time management of the autonomous vacuum robots in commercial properties...

Middle East

•	Oman Data Park planning data center on Zanzibar island The Sultanate of Oman and Zanzibar have signed several memoranda of understanding (MoU) in the fields of higher education, research and innovation, and digital infrastructure...

•	Orange Jordan hosts Networks Group meeting During the five-day event, participants exchanged insights on issues key for the sector’s development, as they represent entities from various countries...

•	Trend Micro ties up with Beyon to boost Bahrain’s cybersecurity The partnership, signed at the recent Gitex Global, will strengthen Bahrain’s cybersecurity framework with best-in-class security practices and standards for enhancing threat intelligence capabilities...

•	Abu Dhabi Digital Authority, Cisco sign framework agreement at GITEX Global 2022 The agreement intends to provide digital transformation value-added services to ADDA and Abu Dhabi government entities through Cisco’s Country Digital Transformation programme...

•	AIM, GBI to launch regional digital infrastructure services This joint venture will address low latency edge requirements and ensure seamless content delivery to the last mile through a robust footprint of network nodes spread across the region...

South Asia

•	SLT-MOBITEL akazaLMS training platform empowers Central Finance Digital Learning Hub to optimise training ecosystem. SLT-MOBITEL has deployed its cloud-based eLearning solution, akaza Learning Management System (LMS) for Central Finance’s Digital Learning Hub to empower staff through optimised training...

•	Banglalink expands network coverage by 50 percent in Ctg division Banglalink has expanded its network coverage in Chattogram division by 50% in the last year as a part of its nationwide network expansion drive...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Samsung to launch its upgraded digital wallet in 13 countries The Samsung Wallet is a digital wallet that is also known as a digital certificate platform - Samsung Pay in the country...

•	Poland’s Kanal Sportowy launches OTT platform Kanal Sportowy, one of the most popular YouTube channels in Poland, has launched its own OTT platform...

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