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November 9, 2022

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e& commits to a net zero operation by 2030 to accelerate its climate action efforts and support the UAE's net zero strategy

e& (formerly known as the Etisalat Group) declared its net zero targets by 2030, during the Group’s participation at the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27), currently taking place in Egypt, aimed at reducing carbon emissions across its operations and accelerating its efforts to contribute to global climate action...

ITIDA: The Nordic market holds big opportunities for Egypt’s IT sector

Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) views that the ongoing lack of tech talent represents a unique opportunity for Egypt and holds huge potential for the local IT companies to access the northern European markets...

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Zain Group’s nine months 2022 net profit soars 12% to reach KD 152 million (US$ 497 million)

Zain Group, the leading telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for the third-quarter (Q3) and nine-month periods (9M) ended September 30, 2022...

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Omantel launches Middle East’s first 400GbE DCI service with Ciena

The service is designed to meet the rapidly rising connectivity demands of Omantel’s wholesale, cloud and content provider customers while delivering a superior customer experience through optimized performance...

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solutions by stc offers a range of Cloud application packages to support SMEs

solutions by stc, the specialized business arm of Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, announced its latest Cloud productivity application packages that are specially designed to cater to small-to-medium sized...

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Huawei's Fiber to the Room (FTTR) solution wins annual Access Innovation Award

Huawei's innovative FTTR solution, including FTTR for Home and FTTR for SME (small- and medium-sized enterprises), provides network services with ultra-high bandwidth, ultra-low latency, seamless Wi-Fi roaming, and...

Policy and Regulation

•	Applications being accepted for first ITU Academy Training Centres Applications are being accepted for the first group of ITU Academy Training Centres, part of a flagship programme by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to build professional capacity with...

•	ITIDA: The Nordic market holds big opportunities for Egypt’s IT sector Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) views that the ongoing lack of tech talent represents a unique opportunity for Egypt and holds huge potential for the local IT companies to access the...

South Asia

•	Over half of Pakistanis believe mobile technology improved their careers Nearly 54 percent of Pakistanis believe mobile devices and mobile technology have significantly improved their careers and aided in developing their skills, with women reporting that mobile devices have improved their...

•	3G services in Bangladesh to be discontinued by December Bangladesh is going to shut down the third generation (3G) mobile network services by December this year which was launched in the country in 2013...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	YouTube Shorts now available on TV, as platform targets big screen growth YouTube has just unveiled its latest user innovation aimed at blurring the boundaries between social media and traditional TV viewing...

•	TV 2 Danmark taps AWS to boost TV 2 Play streaming scale In what it says is a recognition of the importance of scalability and reliability in accommodating growth of its key streaming service, broadcaster TV 2 Dammark has transitioned TV 2 Play from on-premises to an AWS cloud...

Global Telecom Update

•	A1 Belarus activates 2600MHz using 1,500 beCloud BTS Mobile network operator (MNO) A1 Belarus has activated LTE-2600 services at around 1,500 base transceiver stations (BTS) operated by the country’s unified infrastructure operator Belarusian Cloud Technologies...

•	MTN Group and Microsoft sign joint venture agreement The agreement is in support of MTN’s intent of leading digital solutions for Africa’s progress to support governments, businesses of all sizes and customers using the versatility of Microsoft platforms, solutions...

•	NTT Docomo to invest US$4 billion in Web3 using mobile infrastructure Docomo plans to launch Web3 services after initially developing a technology infrastructure that can offer services for cryptocurrency issuance and exchange as well as electronic wallets all in a single package...

Middle East

•	Zain Bahrain launches ZainTech to accelerate the digital transformation of enterprises and government entities in Bahrain ZainTech unifies Zain Group’s ICT assets, offering a unique value proposition of digital solutions and services under one roof...

•	Saudi Arabia shares its pioneering experience in digital transformation through ‘Digital Saudi’ in Spain The Saudi delegation includes a group of digital government leaders and decision makers in digital transformation, in addition to representatives of digital government platforms and the Digital Saudi team...

•	du, Huawei collaborate to drive talent development in UAE's booming telco industry The two-part programme is designed to enhance skillsets and accelerate efforts to drive talent progression for women and Emirati graduates in the UAE...

•	Metaverse presents ME telcos a multi-trillion-dollar prospect Metaverse represents a major new market for Middle Eastern telcos with early estimates of the overall size of the Metaverse opportunity to be around US$13 trillion by 2030...

North Africa

•	Strategic partnership between contactcars.com and Toyota Egypt Group The tool uses data from a variety of sources ranging from macro-economic data, used car transaction prices, car depreciation costs, and other relevant market data...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Deutsche Telekom begins 5G project at Port of Duisburg If Deutsche Telekom is successful with the project, it would be a first, with semi-automated control of mobile cargo handling equipment in inland ports not proving possible so far...

•	Italian wholesaler confident on 5G FWA push Cosimo Buccella, CTO of Italian wholesale provide OpNet (pictured) lauded the potential of 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) in Italy due to patchy progress in fibre rollouts, as he detailed plans to target operators with its...

Satellite & Internet

•	Sateliot to launch first 5G nanosatellite constellation Sateliot, the U.S.-based first nanosatellite telecommunications company to offer 5G connectivity for IoT devices, announced the launch of its first functional nanosatellite in Q1 2023...

•	High-speed fiber broadband and Dhiraagu TV head to GA. Dhevvadhoo Dhiraagu has officially established DhiraaguTV and Dhiraagu high-speed fiber services in Dhevvadhoo island of Gaaf Alif atoll...

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