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October 20, 2022

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stc and HUAWEI accomplished the first global 1.2T/channel trial of the DWDM network

stc, the leading digital enabler in the region, announced that in collaboration with Huawei, the first Global 1.2T/channel trial in its DWDM optical network has successfully completed. Known as the Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing optical fiber technology that is used to increase the bandwidth of existing fiber networks...

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Mobily announces the establishment of the Digital hub through a new Carrier Neutral IX & infrastructure expansions initiatives

Mobily announced its investments in new submarine cables, terrestrial networks, data centers and internet exchange at the Capacity Europe 2022 Conference, which took place in London...

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Enhanced customer experience & managed service capabilities at the core of etisalat by e&’s newly launched E-care programme

Etisalat UAE, branded as etisalat by e&, has announced the launch of the E-care programme,that will efficiently support customers through a range of end-to-end bespoke managed network and infrastructure solutions...

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Nokia Corporation releases Financial Report for Q3 2022

Nokia released its Financial Report for Q3 2022 showing the net sales growth acceleration to 6% y-o-y in constant currency...

Policy and Regulation

•	NCC directs MTN, Airtel to reverse tariff hike The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has asked all telecommunications services providers to reverse the upward tariff adjustments for some voice and data services...

•	CRTC giving mobile virtual network operators access to large telecoms’ networks The federal telecommunications regulator says it has made decisions that it hopes will provide greater competition in the mobile wireless market...

Middle East

•	Ooredoo to ensure seamless internet with connectivity aboard World Cup buses Ooredoo, the Official Middle East & Africa telecommunications operator of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, has announced it is to supply connectivity for more than 350 official FIFA event buses during the tournament...

•	Amazon opens new office in Saudi Arabia to strengthen local operations Amazon will continue to develop its investments in the kingdom across various sectors, including e-commerce, smart devices and Amazon Payment Services, among others...

•	FinTech startup launches app for financial well-being Dubai-based FinTech startup Crunch App has announced the launch of its mobile app ‘Crunch:

South Asia

•	Nadra launches App enabling citizens to access data faster Through this application, the citizens would also be able to have an idea about the number of citizens queued up awaiting their turn, processing time and the location of all Nadra registration centres in real time...

•	Hamdard Laboratories opts for Robi’s enterprise business solutions Robi will also support Hamdard in automating their business processes with the implementation of different IoT and ICT solutions, and other digital services...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	New milestone for streamer Voyo The streaming service Voyo now has over 400,000 subscribers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia...

•	Tubi content chief says AVOD to trump SVOD and FAST Tubi now has 56 million monthly active users and streamed 3.6 billion hours of content last year...

North Africa

•	Egypt’s e-Finance registers 50% growth in business during first fiscal year of listing Egyptian payments firm eFinance has witnessed more than 50 percent growth in its business during the first fiscal year of listing...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Nigeria has improved 4G coverage from 23% to 77.52% The percentage of 4G coverage across the country also increased from 23% to 77.52%, which has been aided by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy directly...

•	Telcel 5G coverage reaches 64 cities America Movil (AM)-backed Telcel has revealed that its 5G network is now available in a total of 64 towns and cities across Mexico...

Satellite & Internet

•	SpaceX to launch the 3,500th Starlink satellite This mission–known as Group 4-36–will see Falcon 9 loft 54 Starlink satellites to the fourth shell of SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, bringing the total number of Starlink satellites launched to over...

•	Equity investment to enable NBN Co to extend FTTP availability The new investment will allow for an additional 1.5 million premises currently served by fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) technology to upgrade to fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP)...

Global Telecom Update

•	Liquid Telecom changes name to Liquid Intelligent Technologies The company also intends to venture into several business services, including cloud, cyber security, and other technologies to add to its existing products and connectivity services...

•	Europe's first 5G-operated logistics terminal opens in Hungary Europe's first land-based intermodal logistics terminal using 5G technology opened near the village of Fenyeslitke in eastern Hungary...

•	Vodafone unveils new social broadband tariff and free connectivity for small firms The telecoms giant said the new Vodafone Essentials Broadband deal would be available to anyone on jobseekers' allowance, universal credit, employment and support allowance, disability allowance or personal independence...

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