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November 23, 2022

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Zain successfully concludes Dubai Roadshow startup accelerator tour

Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, successfully concluded its Dubai Roadshow startup accelerator tour, featuring ten Kuwait-based businesses as part of the company’s seventh Zain Great Idea tech startup accelerator program...

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elife TV launches special beIN bundled packages for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Etisalat UAE, now branded as etisalat by e& announced that football fans in the UAE will be able to enjoy the highly anticipated FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ exclusively on beIN, the Official Broadcaster of the...

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Huawei signs Global ITU pledge to help 120 million people in remote areas connect to the digital world

Huawei has signed a global commitment to join the International Telecommunication Union's Partner2Connect digital alliance, which will bring connectivity to about 120 million people in remote areas in more than 80...

Policy and Regulation

•	TDRA concludes participation at the Global Media Congress 2022 TDRA showcased the role of digital infrastructure in helping to shape a future media scene that leverages digital technologies and enables creators in all fields, particularly the media field, to provide their services and...

•	NCC publishes final Information Memorandum for second 3.5GHz auction The Nigerian Communications Commission has adopted and published the “final version” of its Information Memorandum for an auction of additional spectrum in the 3.5GHz band, following the successful sale of 5G...

South Asia

•	100 million brought under high-speed internet in Bangladesh The project has helped a lot to run the country's all activities like education, business, trade, social safety net payment and so on digitally and smoothly during the COVID-19 pandemic...

•	Innovate Lanka concludes with Demo Day and Finale Innovate Lanka recently concluded with its 2022 Demo Day and Finale, where 10 finalists pitched their exceptional ideas to a high profile panel that encompassed Corporate Leaders, Domain Experts and Angel Investors...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Deutsche Grammophon and Universal launch SVOD service for classical music The world’s oldest record label, Deutsche Grammophon, a division of Universal Music Group, is launching classical music subscription service Stage+...

•	Vevo partners Plex as it expands global streaming presence Leading music video network Vevo is partnering with free global streaming platform, Plex, to launch a slate of streaming channels featuring 24/7 linear programming of premium music videos...

Global Telecom Update

•	Nxtra starts construction of its largest hyper-scale data centre The company will serve the underserved markets of east and north-east regions along with the SAARC countries and fulfill the growing needs of enterprises and global cloud players...

•	Vodafone teams up with WWF on phone recycling scheme The two firms are kicking a new partnership with a scheme called ‘one million phones for the planet’ which has the aim of increasing the the number of traded-in, refurbished and recycled mobile devices...

•	Orange Belgium signs DigitAll charter to improve digital inclusion in Belgium Orange Belgium will continue to improve digital inclusion within and outside its own organisation by supporting campaigns that make digital inclusion a top priority, since the real scale of the problem for those affected by...

Middle East

•	Tamkeen supports training, employment of Bahrainis in ICT Bahrain’s Labour Fund (Tamkeen) has signed a deal with Zain Bahrain to employ and train Bahrainis in the high-potential ICT sector through Zain’s ‘CODE 2030’ programme...

•	HPE launches Emirates and Africa regional hub Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced the launch of its new Emirates andAfrica organisation, bringing together the United Arab Emirates (UAE) business with the Africa businesses...

•	Metaverse among 6 key consumer trends driving 5G adoption in Oman According to a report, consumer 5G adoption will be inflation-resilient as 32 per cent of users in Oman intend to upgrade to 5G subscription in the next 12 months...

•	Abu Dhabi Global Market and Rackspace Technology collaborate to expand and accelerate ADGM’s journey to cloud Cloud migration will enable ADGM to drive cost efficiencies and agility in IT operations as well as providing a modern, secure technology footprint for the deployment of enhanced business services...

North Africa

•	Egyptian digital pharma platform Grinta raises US$8 million seed round Grinta, a fintech-enabled B2B tech platform, has raised US$8 million in a Seed round co-led by Saudi Arabia’s Raed Ventures and Nclude, an Egyptian fintech fund managed by Dubai-based Global Ventures...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	BTC optimising next-gen mobile network with Infovista Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) has selected several of Infovista’s products for next-generation 4G and 5G mobile network planning, testing, optimisation and benchmarking...

•	Orange adds Suceava to the map of 5G cities in Romania Telecom operator Orange continues to expand its local network by adding Suceava, a major city in northeastern Romania, to the map of cities with 5G coverage...

Satellite & Internet

•	Rakuten Mobile obtains preliminary licenses for testing of AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 Low-Earth Orbit Satellite for Direct-to-Mobile Communications AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard unmodified mobile phones...

•	Virgin Media Business Wholesale launches new high capacity network Virgin Media Business Wholesale, the fixed wholesale connectivity arm of Virgin Media O2 Business, has launched an enhanced core platform for National High Capacity Services (NHCS)...

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