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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 2, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Omantel to build online marketplace using Amazon Web Services
 
 
Omantel has announced plans to develop “Omantel Marketplace”, a one-stop online shop for businesses and individuals to securely discover, purchase and sell goods, services, and innovative solutions. Omantel will work with AWS to develop the marketplace, which will run on AWS and leverage its machine learning and data analytics capabilities to provide a personalized customer experience...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc Bahrain partners with Trafco Group to support “Trees for Life” Campaign
Member Logo stc Bahrain, a world-class digital enabler, has partnered with Trafco Group to support the company’s ongoing “Trees for Life” campaign. As part of the partnership, Trafco has pledged to plant 3,000 trees...
 
•  Asia-Potash International Investment, Huawei, build Southeast Asia's first smart potash mine in Laos
Member Logo According to Li Shaokui, deputy manager of the mining department of Asia-Potash International Investment, features of smart mining like remote control and autonomous driving depend on technologies like cloud-edge...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Communications Minister inaugurates IT projects in Gharbeya
Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, and Tarek Rahmi, Governor of Gharbia, have inspected the communications network and laying optical fibre cables in the village of “Sandbast”, in...
 
TDRA receives a delegation from ITU
The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority hosted a delegation from the International Telecommunication Union as part of a mission to review the necessary arrangements for hosting the World...
 
South Asia
 
Zong enters digital payments market with ‘PayMax’
PayMax has been launched by Electronic Commerce Company Limited (ECCL), a fully-owned subsidiary of China Mobile Pakistan (CMPAK), the parent company of Zong...
 
Dialog launches ‘Futureverse’ - Sri Lanka’s first fully immersive Metaverse
This virtual world will enable visitors access to all Dialog products and services available at any Dialog Experience Centre, socialize with friends, watch movies, take part in workshops, visit exhibitions, and more...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
1&1 launches 5G network with fixed-wireless home internet service
Germany's 1&1 has launched its first 5G services, offering fixed-wireless access for home internet over the new network...
 
Mobile phone network EE extended 4G coverage to Worksop in last 12 months
Communications giant EE says it has built or upgraded more than 18 4G sites across the East Midlands, including Worksop, since December 2021, as part of the shared rural network initiative to extend coverage in rural areas...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Enea secures order for signaling security in mobile networks from European operator
Enea provides a unique combination of intelligence, expertise in defensive cybersecurity, and award-winning software solutions for advanced threat detection and response...
 
Telia to develop 5G Northern European Transport Corridor
The 5G Northern European Transport Corridor (5G NETC) project, which started on May 1, 2022, and is scheduled to end on April 30, 2025, aims to improve cross-border network service continuity for already-established services...
 
Smart, PLDT lead PH in network innovations
Integrated telco network PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) vowed to continue to lead the Philippines in network innovations in 2023...
 
 
Middle East
 
Kuwait’s spending on technological solutions to reach US$10.1 billion by 2024
The latest electronic performance index for the GCC countries for the year 2022 revealed that all Gulf countries have performed exceptionally well in five major global indicators, which shows that they have made great...
 
Sanad application adds 450 services in 2023
The number of Sanad stations to activate digital IDs reached 500 since the digital identity can be activated for free by visiting one of the stations spread throughout Jordan...
 
Huawei Cloud Startup Programme inaugurated in Kuwait
The Huawei Cloud Startup programme aims to support innovations by the youth, the digitalisation of local SMEs and accelerating their business growth...
 
Tawal powers the future of smart city innovation
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, powering the future of...
 
Moro Hub launches AI-based managed security service
Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, in association with EY, has launched its first Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven managed services for Operation Technology (OT) in Cyber Defence Centre (CDC) in the UAE...
 
North Africa
 
Algeria: Djezzy signs a partnership with General Distribution Security Systems to develop its offer to companies
The mobile phone operator Djezzy (Optimum Telecom Algeria) has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with the ICT solutions integrator General Distribution Security Systems (GDSS)...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Bigo Live brings Arab world together for World Cup
The platform is preferred by Arabic football fans as they find it easier to access, follow their passion, interact with their favorite broadcasters, and allows them to participate in the region’s expanding football...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Chinese commercial space company to launch stackable satellites
China's private company GalaxySpace is accelerating the research and development of flat-panel stackable satellites, for rapid construction of a satellite internet constellation...
 
Nigeria’s broadband penetration increases to 45.55% in October
According to statistics release, this is the highest penetration rate for the year so far from 41.61 per cent recorded in January 2022...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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