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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
SAMENA Council, in strategic collaboration with the ITU, Saudi CST Commission, and leading Telecom Operators, to hold the Industry's first “RISE” Conference on January 11th 2023 in Riyadh
 
 
SAMENA Telecommunications Council announces that its first Rising for Industry Sustainability & Efficiencies (RISE) Conference will be held on 11th January 2023 at Fairmont Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in strategic collaboration with stc Group, Mobily, China Mobile International, the Communication, Space & Technology Commission (CSTC) of Saudi Arabia, and the 193 Member States and private-sector driven UN premier ICT agency, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)...
 
 
 
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...
 
•  Omantel Innovation Labs announces startups for Accelerator Cohort 2
Member Logo Omantel, the leading provider of integrated telecommunication services in the Sultanate of Oman, has announced the names of the Omani startups selected for the 2nd cohort of the Omantel Accelerator programme managed by the...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Omantel to build online marketplace using Amazon Web Services
 
•  Huawei OptiX OSN 9800 ranked as Leader with the highest score in core packet-optical platform by GlobalData
 
•  Empowering digital innovation and shouldering Kuwaiti sports: Zain’s top contributions in 2022
 
•  Huawei's Mobile VPN Solution won the Digital Transformation Project of the Year Award at ACA 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
CST announces the joining of 10 international and local companies to the Emerging Technologies Regulatory SandBox
The commission's initiative provides a safe space and flexible regulations that contribute to the innovation maturity of emerging technologies and maximizes the use of emerging technologies in other sectors...
 
Minister IT announces to launch 5G in Pakistan in July
Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecom Syed Amin-Ul-Haque announced to launch of 5G services in Pakistan by July 2023...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt sees 12.5% increase in mobile internet users
A report by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) showed a 12.5% increase in the number of mobile internet users till the end of October 2022 from 61.8 million to 69.5 million compared with...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Verizon increases mobile network speeds across Auburn area
It’s part of a national rollout that Verizon began earlier this year as the cell phone carrier continues to increase its network speeds from 5G to what it calls 5G Ultra Wideband, or 5G UW, for short...
 
Entel announces over a million 5G users in first year of launch
Entel Chile, the full-service provider, has announced an update on its 5G operations one year after launching its 5G network in the country...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Ovzon receives SAS orders worth millions of Swedish Krona from SSC + Nigma Conseil
Ovzon’s SAS combines the firm’s ultra-small, mobile satellite terminals, highly resilient and high-performance satellite networks with services and support from Ovzon’s Network Operations Center (NOC)...
 
SBB announces completion of GIGA project
Serbian ISP SBB has announced the completion of its GIGA Serbia project, under which it has rolled out fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure in all 36 of the cities in which it operates...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Intersec, Telefonica deploys public warning tech in Germany
Intersec, the EU’s public warning system provider has announced the successful deployment of its public warning technology for O2 Telefonica in Germany...
 
NT aiming for 3.5 million mobile subscribers
National Telecom (NT) has set a conservative target of reaching 3.5 million mobile subscribers over the next few years after it deploys mobile service on the 700-megahertz spectrum range...
 
Telenet acquires Luxembourg’s Eltrona
Belgian full-service provider Telenet has announced its acquisition of the remaining shares in Luxembourg-based Eltrona from the company’s founding shareholders for an undisclosed sum...
 
 
Middle East
 
Gulf countries show strong digital transformation efforts in 2022
The GCC E-Performance Index evaluates GCC member countries on several different parameters indicative of growth and highlights the increasing investment by the GCC countries for integration of the latest technological...
 
Saudi GASTAT inks deal to boost co-operation on AI, data
The agreement stems from the belief of the two parties in the importance of government integration in order to achieve the goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, reported SPA...
 
Qatar among joint-top for 5G peak download speed in GCC region
As 5G is continuing to advance in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Qatar comes joint-top for 5G peak download speed and upload speed in the GCC...
 
Mohamed Naser Al-Hajery & Sons set up for digital transformation success with Nutanix cloud infrastructure
Nutanix announced that Mohamed Naser Al-Hajery & Sons Ltd. (MNH), one of Kuwait’s largest consumer services group, has leveraged Nutanix to enhance performance and availability of digital services and reduce TCO...
 
Ooredoo lauds Qatar as ‘world leader in mobile Internet speeds’
Ooredoo has congratulated Qatar on its recent ranking as the country with the fastest mobile Internet speeds in the world with a median download speed of 176.18Mpbs and median upload speed of 25.13Mbps achieved in November...
 
South Asia
 
Nepal Telecom puts 5G test on hold
The state-owned Nepal Telecom’s plan to launch the fifth generation (5G) trial in January has been postponed by two weeks...
 
Dialog trials 5G mmWave; announces 3G shutdown plan
Dialog also announced a plan to shut down its 3G network in 2023 to free up spectrum and increase the capacity of its 4G network...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
MyZen TV 4K launches in Poland
Fully localised, it is available to DTH, IPTV and OTT Polsat Box and IPTV Netia subscribers with 4K set top boxes...
 
Viaplay Group and T-Mobile agree Polish distribution deal ahead of F1 season
Viaplay Group and T-Mobile, one of Poland’s largest mobile operators, have entered a distribution partnership in Poland...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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