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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 20, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
For the first time ever, stc Group exceeded US$17 billion total revenue
 
 
stc announced the company’s annual consolidated financial results for the period ending at 31 December 2022, which saw total revenue for the year 2022 reached SAR 67,432m with an increase of 7.02% as compared to year 2021...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  e& enterprise IoT & AI partners with Stella Technologies
Member Logo e& enterprise IoT & AI, a specialised company within e& enterprise (part of e&) announced its partnership with Silicon Valley based Stella Technologies, a leading digital healthcare company, to expand and explore new...
 
•  Huawei held 2023 Regional Headquarter Annual Meeting in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Member Logo Huawei held its 2023 Middle East and Central Asia (ME&CA) Annual Meeting Awards Giving Ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday 18 February, bringing together Huawei representatives from 21 countries...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Zain Kuwait, ZainTech, and Microsoft collaborate to launch the National Cloud Initiative, empowering organizations in the country
 
•  center3 & stc Bahrain to land the 2Africa Pearls Submarine cable system in Bahrain, connecting Arabian Gulf with Europe, Africa and Asia
 
•  Zain supports Kuwaiti and Arab innovators and inventors
 
•  Zain teams up with Disney+ to provide complimentary streaming offers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TDRA releases the Arabic version of the United Nations e-Government survey
The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) announced the release of the Arabic version of the United Nations E-Government Survey 2022, which monitors the level of progress in various indices...
 
Kosovo awards 5G licenses to IPKO and Telecom Kosovo
Regulatory Authority for Post and Electronic Communications (Autoriteti Rregullator i Komunikimeve Elektronike dhe Postare, ARKEP) has awarded IPKO and Telecom Kosovo the licenses...
 
Middle East
 
Small and medium sized businesses able to leverage Ooredoo's office equipment bundles
Ooredoo is now offering office equipment bundles at competitive prices, to give Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Small Office-Home Offices (SOHOs) all the essentials they need to digitalise further and thrive...
 
Meta study reveals Saudi, UAE Ramadan shopping insights
Shopping trends in Saudi Arabia and the UAE during Ramadan have been revealed in a new study by Meta in partnership was data analytics firm YouGov...
 
Autel Robotics set to dazzle at Idex with drones, UAVs
Autel Robotics, a leading developer of professional drones and aerial solution, is showcasing its latest product the EVO Max 4T and conducting a special outdoor flight on February 27 of its Dragonfish UAV at Idex 2023...
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan's Multinet picks IP Infusion for Open Optical and Packet Transport
IP Infusion describes the project, based on solutions developed by Telecom Infra Project (TIP), as the largest Open Optical and Packet Transport (OOPT) project to date...
 
SLT Group annual revenue surpasses Rs. 100 Bn again
Sri Lanka Telecom Group (SLT Group), posted impressive overall growth with annual revenue surpassing Rs. 100 billion once again, recording Rs. 108 billion for the financial year 2022...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Tet OTT solution launches on Hisense VIDAA platform
Latvian service provider Tet, has launched its OTT solution on VIDAA operating system powering Hisense smart TVs...
 
FilmBox+ unveils Smart Channels
SPI International’s streaming service FilmBox+ has launched Smart Channels, specially curated playlists of on-demand content that play back-to-back in a similar fashion to traditional linear channels...
 
 
North Africa
 
Preparations underway for Libya Telecommunications Exhibition
Preparations are underway in the Sports City in the capital, Tripoli, for the launch of the Libya Exhibition for the Export of Communications and Information Technology Services...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
4G coverage has reached 88 pct of populated areas in Sabah
The 4G network coverage in populated areas in Sabah has increased to 88.06 per cent as of the third quarter of 2022...
 
China’s tech hub Shenzhen to deploy 10,000 5G sites this year
Shenzhen, a southern tech hub in Guangdong Province, aims to add 10,000 5G base stations this year as part of a plan to bolster internet connectivity and digital economic activity in the city...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Inmarsat launches I-6 F2 satellite
Inmarsat has announced the successful launch of its latest I-6 F2 spacecraft from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket...
 
Converge ICT’s FTTP expansion reaches Boracay
Converge ICT Solutions has revealed that its in-deployment pure fiber rollout has reached the island of Boracay and that homes and businesses there will be able to sign up for services by the end of Q1 2023...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Indonesia’s Indosat nearing towers deal with Mitratel
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison has agreed to sell a portfolio of telecommunications towers to Mitratel for about 1.65 trillion rupiah (US$109 million) as part of the Indonesian carrier’s efforts to trim its assets...
 
KT, Mongolia to bolster ties on resource development, IT
KT Corp. has signed a partnership deal with the Mongolian government and the central Asian country’s business delegation to strengthen strategic cooperation in exploiting mineral resources and realizing digital...
 
SafeWeb reaches 10,000 subscribers
SafeWeb was launched in May 2022 and scans the dark web based on a customer’s domain, highlighting any usernames, passwords, and payment information that is available...
 
Vodafone Ghana introduces shortcode to help customers manage content subscriptions
Vodafone Ghana has launched a subscription management portal to help its customers easily view and manage their subscriptions to value-added services (VAS)...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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