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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 17, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
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...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Successful launch of EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13F satellite
Member Logo 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...
 
•  Nokia announces most advanced fiber broadband platform in the world
Member Logo 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...
 
•  HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 in Dubai: Innovative infrastructure drives industrial digital transformation
Member Logo 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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