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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 12, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
etisalat by e& launches the all-new ‘Freedom Live’ postpaid plans
 
 
Etisalat UAE, branded as etisalat by e& announced the launch of its new Freedom Live postpaid plans, which offer great value through Content Passes designed to meet the growing customer demand for seamless access to music, mobile games, videos and social media through etisalat by e&’s state-of-the-art mobile network...
 
CST signed an agreement with Tuwaiq Academy on the sidelines of the International Technical Conference LEAP23
This partnership will stimulate innovation, support the development of the Tech sector and emerging technology, and enhance digital skills and capabilities through knowledge-sharing meetups on various topics of emerging technologies...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc and solutions by stc Validate AWS Snowball Edge Computing to deliver PMN & MEC offerings to enterprise customers
Member Logo stc, the leading digital enabler in the region, announced the successful validation of AWS Snowball Edge in stc Lab, a device with on-board storage and compute power for select AWS capabilities...
 
•  Tech Mahindra Ranked Number 1 in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2023
Member Logo Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering services and solutions, announced that it has been ranked number 1 in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2023...
 
•  Nokia extends manufacture of fiber broadband equipment into India
Member Logo Nokia announced that it will extend manufacturing PON optical line terminals (OLTs) at its factory in Sriperimbudur near Chennai, India. The decision comes in response to increasing demand from local customers in India, as...
 
•  Huawei to invest US$400 million to establish cloud region in Saudi Arabia
Member Logo During the LEAP 2023 event, HUAWEI CLOUD announced it would launch a cloud region in Saudi Arabia to boost the country’s digital economy and enable access to more advanced and secure cloud services for government,...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
ITU Academy Training Centres selected to enhance digital skills development
​​​​​​​​​​The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has selected organizations from around the world to join its new flagship ITU Academy Training Centres...
 
CST signed an agreement with Tuwaiq Academy on the sidelines of the International Technical Conference LEAP23
This partnership will stimulate innovation, support the development of the Tech sector and emerging technology, and enhance digital skills and capabilities through knowledge-sharing meetups on various topics of emerging...
 
North Africa
 
Vodafone Egypt allows free international calls to Turkey, Syria for 7 days
Vodafone Egypt has announced, on its official Facebook page hss announced that international calls, messages, and roaming services (receiving and sending) to and from Turkey and Syria for free, for a period of seven days...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Ice Norway powers 4G and 5G network with Mavenir
Ice Communications has deployed a fully automated, cloud-native Converged Packet Core, supporting 4G, 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) and 5G Standalone (SA) network capabilities...
 
Vivo activates 5G on the 3.5GHz frequency in 12 more cities
Vivo announces the activation of 5G technology from the 3.5GHz frequency, in 12 more cities, following the schedule established by Gaispi/Anatel for locations with more than 500 thousand inhabitants...
 
EE outlines rural 5G expansion plans
British mobile network operator (MNO) EE has unveiled new details of its planned investment in rolling out 5G nationwide, saying it expects to reach hundreds of rural communities across the UK for the first time...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
HBO Max enjoys Polish success
HBO Max had a reach of 13.56% in January, up from 10.56% a month earlier, with Disney+ claiming 14.01% (14,53%) and Netflix 43.47% (43.55%)...
 
Greece’s Vodafone TV secures multi-year deal Warner Bros. Discovery
The expanded partnership includes exclusive first-run Warner Bros. movies as well as series and documentaries from HBO and the HBO MAX catalog...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
BT and OneWeb succeed in "game changer" satellite connection trial
BT has announced that it successfully connected network masts to OneWeb's satellite constellation - a major milestone in the journey to deliver satellite broadband to the UK's small and rurally located businesses...
 
Comcast plans DOCSIS 4.0 upgrade for ten million homes this month
US cable giant Comcast has announced that it will implement a DOCSIS 4.0 network upgrade for ten million homes and businesses by the end of this month...
 
 
Middle East
 
AI and Chat GPT to disrupt the Bahraini labour market
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and chat-based platforms such as Chat GPT is poised to disrupt the Bahraini labour market in the next five years, according to tech expert and businessman Yaqoob Al-Awadhi...
 
Zain looks at mobile satellite coverage for Saudi Arabia
AST SpaceMobile has signed a memorandum of understanding with a branch of Zain to expand satellite service to mobile phones...
 
Umniah launches first phase of 5G in Jordan
In continuation of the ongoing strategic partnership between the two companies, Umniah has announced Ericsson as its partner for the launch of its first phase of 5G technology deployment in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...
 
SAP to set up its flagship business network in Riyadh
SAP, a market leader in enterprise application software, has announced the establishment of its global business network within Saudi Arabia at the recent LEAP technology event held in capital Riyadh...
 
South Asia
 
Dialog grows 26% in FY 2022
The Group remained steadfast to meet growing demand from both retail and corporate sectors, whilst also ensuring seamless customer experience and leadership in Sri Lankas’ Broadband and ICT sectors...
 
Bangladesh’s mobile manufacturing industry hits major milestone
Bangladesh’s mobile manufacturing industry hit a major milestone of having produced over 100 million handsets till date, with the local plants gaining the capability of meeting almost all of the annual demand for...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange in ad-tech JV
Telecommunications firms Deutsche Telekom AG, Telefonica SA, Vodafone Group PLC and Orange SA said that they will form a joint venture to implement a privacy-by-design digital marketing technology platform in Europe...
 
Four megatrends will shape future of work until 2030: Epson
Experts at Epson have identified four megatrends -- automation, collaboration, sustainability, and continued learning -- that will drive business growth in the region’s public and private sectors till 2030...
 
DRC’s first open access, carrier-neutral data centre comes online in Q2 2023
The initial phase of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s first open-access, carrier-neutral data centre - OADC Kinshasa; FIH1 - will go live in Q2 2023...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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