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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
November 20, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University College for Innovation partners with Huawei Jordan on ICT innovation and talent development
 
 
Talal Abu Ghazaleh Group (TAG.Global), represented by Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University College for Innovation (TAGUCI), has signed an MoU with Huawei Jordan to collaborate on nurturing technology innovation, cultivating ICT talent and supporting the development of Jordan's ICT ecosystem. These initiatives aim to prepare the next generation of ICT leaders who will support the country's digital transformation vision toward economic modernization and unleash the potential to build the future...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain honors World Children’s Day
Member Logo Zain Group announces the success of phase two of its thought-provoking Internet Monsters campaign that witnessed millions of views on the company’s social media channels...
 
•  Kominfo selects Cisco to power first-ever Hybrid G20 Summit in Indonesia
Member Logo Cisco will provide secure collaboration with Webex by Cisco and wireless connectivity and monitoring capabilities with Meraki and Thousand Eyes for the event, including the G20 Leaders’ Summit...
 
•  Nokia and KPN successfully trial 25G PON in Rotterdam animal hospital
Member Logo Nokia has announced KPN has demonstrated 20 Gb/second broadband speeds in a field trial with the Caresse animal hospital in Rotterdam...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Anatel expects 420 municipalities to be approved for 5G by 1 January
Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency expects a total of 420 municipalities to be approved to utilise the 3.5GHz band for 5G services from 1 January 2023...
 
Vietnam, Cambodia foster partnership in post, telecoms, digital transformation
Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung had a working session with Cambodian Minister of Post and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth in Phnom Penh, seeking ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the...
 
North Africa
 
Microsoft partners with Egyptian Natural Gas Holding to co-develop EGAS sustainability roadmap
Microsoft Egypt is collaborating with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) to co-develop EGAS sustainability road map...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
IOH teams with IBM to develop 5G solutions
Indonesian telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) has announced that it is partnering IBM to develop 5G-enabled solutions for its customers in Indonesia...
 
Shanghai to boost 5G coverage
Shanghai will have more than 77,000 5G base stations by the end of 2023, ensuring that 90 percent of the city has 5G network coverage, according to an action plan released by the Shanghai Communications Administration...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Huge satellite for cellular broadband successfully deploys
A satellite designed to beam internet access to smartphones on Earth has successfully unfolded its massive communication array, which reaches 693 square feet in size...
 
Gold Data to bring cable to the Gulf of Mexico
Multinational technology company Gold Data has announced that it is building the first cable system in the Gulf of Mexico, that will connect Miami in Florida with strategic points in Mexico...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Hana Financial, SKT team up to advance fintech service
Hana Financial Group and SK Telecom are ramping up a joint initiative to expand their presence in fintech, an industry built on making the best of financial and tech companies amid a rush to a digitalized economy...
 
Magyar Telekom taps Mavenir for converged packet core in Hungary
Hungary’s Magyar Telekom - a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom - has selected Mavenir to deploy its cloud-native containerised Converged Packet Core...
 
Infobip, ClearSky partner to deliver CPaaS solutions to carriers nationwide
Infobip and ClearSky Technologies announced a partnership through which ClearSky will deliver Infobip’s communications platform as a service (CPaaS) capabilities to wireless carriers in the U.S...
 
 
Middle East
 
Ooredoo announces 5G network readiness for World Cup
Ooredoo, the official Middle East & Africa telecom operator of Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022, said that it will enable everyone in Qatar to access its pioneering 5G network, making the event the first 5G-powered World Cup in...
 
Spotify launches video podcasting in UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt
The new feature will allow Spotify audiences to utilise the video background-play feature to switch between active watching, with video in the foreground, and passive listening, with video in the background...
 
Lebanon’s Touch says network availability improved to 97%
The cellco also publicised a live network technology test demoing 4G data speeds up to around 500Mbps and a 5G live test achieving 1.9Gbps, claiming a test-speed national record...
 
Zain KSA signs MoU with StarLink
Together they will design and develop a diversified portfolio of services and solutions for the company's government and business customers...
 
Vodafone to provide free Wi-Fi on Karwa buses and taxis
Vodafone Qatar has partnered with Mowasalat to launch a public Wi-Fi service for passengers on buses and taxis across the country...
 
South Asia
 
Mobile phones worth US$226 million imported in four months
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data show that on a month-on-month (MoM) basis, import of mobile phones registered 12.62 per cent growth and stood at US$65.780 million in October when compared to US$58.407 million in...
 
Dialog returns to profitability in Q3 2022
The Group delivered a strong performance during the quarter with Group Revenue, underpinned by resilient core revenue, reporting growth across all business segments...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
South African pubcaster SABC launches dedicated streamer SABC+
The new streaming app will provide the best the SABC has to offer including 19 radio stations and 3 free-to-air TV channels SABC 1, SABC 2, SABC 3, as well as the SABC Sports Channel and 24-hour news channel...
 
Universal+ launches on SFR in France
NBCUniversal’s linear and on demand channel Universal+ has gone live on the French SFR platform, with the hybrid offer combining the 13ème Syfy, E! and DreamWorks channels with a wide range of on-demand content...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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