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November 7, 2022

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etisalat by e& launches first rewards-based, consumer fitness and wellness platform ‘GoWell’

Etisalat UAE, branded as etisalat by e&, announced its foray into the consumer digital health space with the launch of ‘GoWell,’ a fitness and wellness platform. ‘GoWell’ is designed to empower subscribers to achieve their health and wellness goals while receiving a series of rewards and cashback incentives...

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stc participates in awareness exhibition to support special needs community

Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced its participation in the two-day...

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Nexign launches an OSS Solution to centralize the collection and transformation of the CSP’s network data

Nexign, a leading provider of BSS and digitalization solutions, launches a new OSS solution to centralize the collection and transformation of network data. Nexign Mediation represents a low-code platform that aggregates...

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Huawei and IEEE-UAE Section partner to set new benchmark for Autonomous Driving Networks

Huawei and IEEE-UAE Section have released a joint white paper on Autonomous Driving Networks (ADNs) at the Huawei Connect conference in Dubai...

Policy and Regulation

•	Costa Rica’s Sutel calls for return of Grupo ICE’s 2.6GHz spectrum Costa Rican regulator Sutel has called on the government to help it regain control over unused 2.6GHz spectrum holdings, which it claims are vital for the development of 5G in Costa Rica...

•	Egyptian government, e-finance to launch digital industrial platform The new platform will facilitate the provision of different services and procedures to investors in the industrial field, according to an official statement...

Middle East

•	Partnership agreement signed between Enjaz Payment Services Company and Thunes This agreement will help our customers in Saudi Arabia to make instant international transfers globally to bank accounts and digital wallets using Thunes payment network...

•	Digital wallet transactions in Bahrain surge 196.2% The first edition of Bahrain Digital Payment Landscape Report shows that the volume of payments made using digital wallets surged...

•	Ooredoo business signs agreement with ILA Ooredoo business, the trusted technology partner for technology and business solutions, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ILA Group, a company specializing in advanced technologies for companies, to provide...

South Asia

•	WorldLink to start Internet Education Program, in 50 schools The company plans to include digital literacy and other important topics in the awareness campaign and Child Safe Net has also contributed to the campaign with its awareness-related content...

•	‘Sew Desatama Dialog’ Initiative commissions new tower in Dayagama Dialog Axiata recently commissioned a tower in the village of Dayagama in the Nuwara Eliya district under its 'Sew Desatama Dialog' initiative, keeping in line with its commitment to expand connectivity to villages...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Warner Bros Discovery reports 94.9 million subs, brings forward unified streamer rollout date With the ultimate goal of being a streamer-first business, the company reported 94.9 million global direct to consumer subscribers, an increase of 2.8 million compared to the end of Q2...

•	Engage XR launches 'transformational' metaverse platform Virtual reality (VR) technology company Engage XR announced the official launch of its new metaverse product 'Engage Link'...

North Africa

•	Yassir invests US$150 million in its Bond-led super app by Mary Meeker Yasser=- an African super app platform that offers on-demand services such as taxi booking, food and grocery delivery, and payments has raised US$150 million in Series B funding, five times the amount raised in its round...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Telstra names first consumer devices which can utilise its 5G SA network Australian mobile network operator (MNO) Telstra has confirmed the first consumer devices that will be able to connect to its 5G Standalone (SA) infrastructure...

•	Fujitsu to conduct 5G field trials to deliver robust operation automation for data centers Fujitsu Limited said it plans to embark on a series of field trials together with Fujitsu Research Institute Limited at its Yokohama Data Center, aiming to promote the digital transformation of data centers...

Satellite & Internet

•	Paratus signs gateway deal for Angola with OneWeb Pan-African network operator Paratus Group has announced a multi-year agreement with global telecommunications provider OneWeb to build a gateway in Luanda, Angola...

•	Vertiv installs cable landing station in Somalia for Hormuud Telecom Digital infrastructure provider Vertiv has completed the installation of Hormuud Telecom’s undersea cable landing station (CLS) in Somalia...

Global Telecom Update

•	Yabx brings digital lending offering to Nigeria Yabx has partnered with several African banks to create large, scalable and profitable digital lending portfolios by leveraging its fintech platform...

•	ZEASN debuts global payment service Aiming to tackle what it says is the problem of corporate international payments, OTT and smart TV solutions provider ZEASN has officially released the WhalePay global payment service...

•	Samsung completes long-distance data transmission on high-band 5G spectrum Samsung Electronics completed a long-distance data transmission on a high-band 5G spectrum during a test run in Australia, the electronics maker said recently...

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