SAMENA Daily News - SAMENA Telecommunications Council

'SAMENA Daily' - Archive

SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing

Industry News Briefing
December 27, 2022

Featured Member News

stc Bahrain, the first telecom operator regionally to start accepting cryptocurrency payments via “EazyPay” & “Binance Pay”

Advancing Kingdom's fintech landscape, stc Bahrain has become the first telecom operator in the Kingdom to accept cryptocurrencies. The company has partnered with Eazy Financial Services, a leading Bahraini Payment Services provider specializing in POS and online payment gateway, which will allow stc customers wherein customers can pay with cryptocurrencies using their Binance wallet...

Member News

•

Omantel prepares employees to embrace new and emerging technologies with custom educational program

In continuation of its commitment to bringing best-in-class trainings to its workforce, Omantel, a leading provider of integrated telecommunication services in the Sultanate of Oman, recently offered a select group of...

•

Huawei's Mobile VPN Solution won the Digital Transformation Project of the Year Award at ACA 2022

At the Asia Communication Awards (ACA) 2022 held online by Total Telecom, a world-renowned international telecommunications media company, Huawei's Mobile VPN solution scooped the Digital Transformation Project of the...

Recent Developments

•

Huawei's Mobile VPN Solution won the Digital Transformation Project of the Year Award at ACA 2022

•

stc, from KSA to Bahrain and Kuwait, numerous achievements throughout its digital enablement journey

•

stc and SkyFive sign MoU to introduce broadband inflight connectivity to MENA

•

e& successfully concludes the fourth cohort of the AI Graduate Programme

Policy and Regulation

•	Mobile device management system to go live on Friday The nation’s telecommunications regulator—Nepal Telecommunications Authority has announced the implementation of the mobile device management system in a full-fledged manner from Friday, three months after its...

•	Egypt: MCIT ministry organizes Technology Workshop for Foreign Affair Ministers The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) has updated that the ministry has organized a workshop under the framework of Technology and Creativity, especially for the Foreign Ministry Diplomats...

Middle East

•	Tawal looks to future smart city innovation with FTTT and CaaS Supporting the increased data traffic and high-density demand of 5G networks and IoT functions, the new offering will enable service providers to deliver next-generation networks and technologies and powering the future of...

•	Ooredoo business and Cisco hold a workshop on the latest SMB solutions These workshops comes as part of Ooredoo’s business efforts to assist it’s small and medium enterprise customers to increase their awareness and knowledge which will contribute to achieving the company goals and...

•	UAE’s Office of AI, Samsung to launch latest edition of ‘Samsung Innovation Campus’ UAE and Samsung Gulf Electronics have teamed up to launch the ‘Samsung Innovation Campus’, which brings the latest edition of its signature Artificial Intelligence (AI) course to the UAE...

South Asia

•	Telecom industry in Pakistan starts issuing SIMs through MBVS The Telecom industry has started issuing SIMs through an enhanced version of the Biometric Verification System (BVS) called Multi Finger Biometric Verification System (MBVS)...

•	Huawei explores means to continue to help Nepal go digital Huawei has been making efforts to advance digital development across a wide range of industries in Nepal...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Telenet inks deal with Liberty Global to upgrade video platform Leading Belgian telco Telenet Group has signed a new service agreement with Liberty Global Technology Services to acquire three technology applications, EOS, OneConnect and Aorta...

•	Virbela releases enterprise metaverse 2023 predictions The company broke down the trends into three categories: innovation and investment, employee experience and management, and security in the metaverse...

North Africa

•	Tunisian merchant websites rise 4% in first 9 months he number of merchant websites in Tunisia rose by 4 percent during the first nine months of 2022 to 1,489 by the end of September from 1,436 in 2021...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Comtech awarded 5G location services contract with Tier-1 MNO in Canada Comtech has announced that the company was recently awarded a contract to install a 5G virtual Mobile Location Centre (vMLC) production site and deliver location-based services for a tier-1 mobile network operator (MNO) in...

•	Chongqing leads western China in 5G development Chongqing heads the pack in western China in the creation of a dual-gigabit city, as three of its districts recently became gigabit cities...

Satellite & Internet

•	Antenna project to support Starlink internet access A planned antenna yard project in Halfmoon Township will give Centre County access to a growing satellite-based high-speed internet service...

•	New bandwidth firm starts Zim operations A new broadband services provider, Fibre Connections, entered Zimbabwe’s telecoms sector last week after commissioning its operations in Victoria Falls...

Global Telecom Update

•	China's telecom industry reports steady expansion in Jan-Nov China's telecommunications industry logged steady expansion in the first 11 months of this year, with emerging businesses and new infrastructure rapidly growing, official data showed...

•	Orange obtains 400MHz in 26GHz spectrum band Orange has obtained 400MHz (2×200 MHz) of national spectrum in the 26GHz band, during the frequency auction held by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation...

•	Himax partners with Novatek to unveil AI solution At CES 2023 from January 5 – 8, Himax and Novatek will live demonstrate the industry leading ultralow power pre-roll AI solution for battery-operated surveillance camera...

About SAMENA Council

• History

• Profile

• Board of Directors

• Working Groups

Industry Matters

• WRC-19

• 5G Development

• Digital Services

• Industry Fees & Taxation

• Latest Open Consultations

• Industry Issues

• Position Papers

• Articles & Industry Views

SAMENA Trends & Media

• SAMENA Trends

• Industry Updates

• SAMENA Council in Media

• Video Content

Please add news@samenacouncil.org to your E-mail Safe List.

If you received this news update from a colleague and are interested in receiving your own copy, please contact us here »

Disclaimer: Information contained herein has been obtained from sources, which we deem reliable. SAMENA Telecommunications Council is not liable for any misinformed decisions that the reader may reach by being solely reliant on information contained herein. Expert advice should be sought.

To unsubscribe, click Manage Your Subscription below.

SAMENA Telecommunications Council