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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
November 13, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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CMI and MPT collaborate to advance internet data center solutions, accelerating Africa’s digital transformation
 
 
China Mobile International Limited (CMI) and Master Power Technologies (Pty) Ltd. (MPT) will collaborate to advance Internet Data Center (IDC) solutions in Africa and help boost the growth of digital economy across the region...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Omantel to host the Middle East GCCM Telecom Conference in Muscat for the second time
Member Logo Omantel, the leading provider of integrated telecommunication services in the Sultanate of Oman, is set to host the 8th annual Global Carrier Community Meeting (GCCM) in Muscat from November 14 to 15, 2022, to be attended by...
 
•  Nokia, Liquid Technologies and PayGoZo to provide affordable internet for South Africa’s Kayamandi Fiber Project
Member Logo Nokia announced its partner Liquid Intelligent Technologies will provide innovative Nokia fiber technologies to PayGoZo for offering economical, uncapped and ultra-fast internet as part of The Kayamandi Township Fiber...
 
•  Huawei calls for network evolution at COP27 to enable green development
Member Logo A Huawei executive said that information and communications technologies, or ICT, will enable the digitalization of industry, spark innovation and make other industries green...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Telecom companies must upgrade networks to introduce 5G services
Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Ahmad Hanandeh said that the three telecommunications companies operating in Jordan are obliged, as per the term of an agreement they signed, to introduce the 5G service in...
 
Hungary auctioning ‘greenfield’ 32GHz band to free up 5G 26GHz spectrum
The regulator states that the purpose of the sale is to free up the 26GHz frequency band currently used for carrier network services and make it available for 5G services...
 
North Africa
 
E-finance collaborates with IBM to expand cloud computing services in Egypt
Under this partnership, e-finance is leveraging the latest IBM Power servers to upgrade its current infrastructure as a service (IaaS)...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Malcel Plc pledges to deploy 5G in cities, 4G LTE in suburban areas and to roll out 1,300 sites in five years
Malcel aims to be Malawi’s first digital network operator with a goal of providing digital solutions to everyday problems for their customers — joining five other mobile service providers, TNM, Airtel Malawi,...
 
Botswana becomes Orange’s first commercial 5G launch in Africa
Orange Botswana has become the first Orange affiliate to launch 5G, covering 30% of the population including greater Gaborone and Francistown. Other cities will follow in early 2023...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Media Distillery and NLZIET partner to enhance content discovery
Dutch streaming service NLZeit and video understanding experts Media Distillery have announced a partnership aimed at improving the customer experience through topic-based content discovery...
 
Abu Dhabi Global Market launches mediation in the metaverse
The ADGM Arbitration Centre, the state-of-the-art hearing facility for arbitration and mediation situated in the international financial centre of the UAE’s capital, launched a world’s-first service that hosts...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Intelsat chooses SWISSto12 to build Intelsat 45
Scheduled for launch in 2025, Intelsat 45 will provide Ku-band fixed-satellite services enabling Intelsat to provide specialized and efficient service to Media and Network customers...
 
Dhiraagu fiber broadband reaches 100 islands of Maldives
The latest expansion brings the firm’s fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) coverage to a total of 100 islands of the Maldives, representing coverage of 85% of households...
 
 
Middle East
 
OneWeb signs pact to enhance connectivity across Oman
OneWeb, a space-based global communications network, and its joint venture entity formed with Tonomus, have announced the signing of a distribution partnership agreement with Azyan Telecom – a leading satellite service...
 
Saudi Arabia Signs Energy MoUs with Egypt, Oman
The agreement also encourages digital transformation, innovation, cyber-security, and artificial intelligence, as well as the efforts to develop qualitative partnerships in localization, services and supply chains...
 
Importance of collective action for a safer Cyberspace: GCF
The need for collective action to both tackle the threats and reap the benefits of Cyberspace was stressed as over 60 of the best cybersecurity minds addressed thousands at the 2022 Edition of the Global Cybersecurity Forum...
 
Intaj ends preparations for MENA ICT Forum
The forum will be held in partnership with Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ), and Ministry of Investment, with the participation of 77 representatives from 50 investment funds...
 
South Asia
 
Huawei and WebSurfer collaborate for the ISP’s Digital Transformation
Websurfer, one of Nepal’s prominent internet service providers has started a partnership with Huawei, a leading ICT infrastructure provider for its digital transformation...
 
Knowledge on tech a must for smart economy
Enhancing knowledge on technology among people, the government and industry is essential to make a "Smart Bangladesh", according to experts...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
The unified Samsung Wallet platform is now available in South Africa
Samsung Wallet allows users to securely store IDs, vaccine cards, train tickets, airline boarding passes, digital car keys, crypto wallets, debit and credit cards, and more...
 
Vietnam, Cambodia foster partnership in post, telecoms, digital transformation
They agreed that their collaboration priorities in the future will include institution cooperation and experience exchange on the building and completion of the legal environment in the field, and the creation of optimal...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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