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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 28, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Omantel walks away with two awards for Covid initiatives at OSHRM 2023 Awards
 
 
Omantel, the leading provider of integrated telecommunication services in the Sultanate of Oman, won awards in two categories at the prestigious OSHRM 2023 Awards -- the ‘business/professional’ award for bringing e-learning closer to employees and the runner-up award for the best human resources safety initiatives during the Covid-19 pandemic..
 
etisalat by e& launches the MENA region's first enhanced 5G Standalone network for consumers and businesses, building on the success of its 2018 5G Non-Standalone launch
 
 
etisalat by e& today announced the first commercial deployment of comprehensive 5G Stand-Alone (SA) network in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for consumers and businesses. This marks a significant improvement over the previous generation of 5G Non Stand Alone (NSA) currently available in the market...
 
ITU launches the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital Developmen
 
 
ITU has launched the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital Developmet. The new Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital Development, initiated by the BDT Director, will build critical local enablers to lead in the changing digital environment...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Chairman of China Mobile Yang Jie attended 2023 Mobile World Congress (MWC) and gave a keynote speech via "Digital-intelligent Self"
Member Logo Mr. Yang Jie stressed that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the invention of mobile phones. Over the past five decades, the ICT industry has achieved rapid growth while making historic contributions to the development...
 
•  stc Group and Alaian partners during MWC 2023 to bring best practices and success cases in the open innovation
Member Logo stc Group, the leading digital enabler n KSA and the region and Alaian signed an MOU during MWC 2023 to bring several objectives into their collaboration, including identifying new solutions developed by start-ups through...
 
•  Syniverse Introduces Evolved Mobility for Outbound Roaming to Reduce OpEx for Mobile Operators Retiring 3G Networks
Member Logo Syniverse announced the availability of a new key feature of Evolved Mobility, the company’s Voice over LTE (VoLTE) roaming solution. The new Outbound Roaming feature, a first-of-its-kind solution, connects outbound...
 
•  Tech Mahindra strengthens partnership with Microsoft to deliver Azure Operator Nexus Solutions
Member Logo The partnership will empower telecom operators and enterprises to build, host and operate Long-term Evolution (LTE)s and 5G networks by using virtualized/containerized network functions leveraging Azure Operator Nexus...
 
•  Stride to 5.5G era, extending business frontiers
Member Logo At MWC Barcelona 2023, Huawei showcases leading technologies, new business opportunities, and industry progress in the 5.5G era...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  stc group Joined the GSMA Open Gateway initiative, Revolutionizing Telecom Service Delivery in the Digital Age
 
•  stc accomplishes crucial milestone towards 5.5G
 
•  China Mobile showcased the world's first 5G VoNR international roaming and VoNR+ call service
 
•  Omantel Accelerator-hosted startup AirGo signs investment agreement with Forming Future
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA paper highlights Bahrain’s readiness for the Internet of Things
In line with the TRA’s 2022-23 Work Plan, the paper, titled ‘Position Paper on the Internet of Things’, identifies key areas that help the development of safe, and secure IoT in the Kingdom...
 
Potraz expands coverage to marginalised areas
Co-located base stations, where telecommunications providers use Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) towers and share many of the costs, are being pushed hard by the regulator to ensure all unserved...
 
ITU launches the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital Developmen
ITU has launched the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital Developmet. The new Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital Development, initiated by the BDT Director, will build critical local...
 
Middle East
 
Saudi venture capital firm Emkan Capital launches US$31 million tech fund
Saudi-based venture capital firm Emkan Capital has launched a fund valued at US$31 million for early-stage tech startups across the region...
 
Vodafone Qatar taps VMware for enhanced 5G services deployment
At MWC 2023, VMware announced that Vodafone Qatar has selected its solutions to deliver new service offerings via the cloud...
 
Kalaam and Real Search sign connectivity solutions deal
As part of the agreement, Kalaam Telecom will provide exclusive Internet connectivity to the tenants of all Real Search properties by providing a customised solution for broadband packages...
 
RAK plans to launch first free zone for digital, virtual asset firms
Ras Al Khaimah has announced plans to set up RAK Digital Assets Oasis, the first free zone dedicated to digital and virtual asset companies, in a move aimed at supporting the ambitions of entrepreneurs from around the...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt launches Earth Observation satellite
Horus-1 is expected to produce critical data to enhance Egypt’s agricultural sector by improving productivity and limiting wastage...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Vodafone Spain to dip toe in satellite mobile broadband market via AST SpaceMobile tie-up
Vodafone Spain has revealed plans to work with AST SpaceMobile to trial satellite-based data and voice services, including verification trials of mobile broadband services capable of connecting directly to standard 2G, 4G...
 
Telekom fiber-optic network reaches 700,000km
Telekom Deutschland (TD), the domestic operating unit of Deutsche Telekom (DT), says it increased fixed broadband speeds for an additional 140,000 households in January 2023...
 
 
South Asia
 
Robi launches eSIM facilities
Robi customers would be able to enjoy digital services without the need for a physical SIM card thanks to the smart solution, according to a press release...
 
Doc990 introduces digital health services via Amazon’s alexa
Introducing the next frontier for conveniently accessing healthcare services from home, Doc990, Sri Lanka’s pioneering digital health solutions service provider, powered by Dialog Axiata PLC, extended Amazon Alexa...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Canal+ expands in Czech Republic and Slovakia
Canal+ Group’s Czech and Slovak operator Skylink has launched Canal+ Action in the two countries and at the same time added five SPI International channels to its OTT service Skylink Live TV...
 
Hopster Learning launches on YouTube in the US
Sandbox Kids’ preschool educational platform, Hopster Learning, has launched on YouTube’s primetime channels in the US...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Chinese carriers add 16.5 million new 5G subscribers in January
China Mobile’s overall mobile subscriber base at the end of January amounted to 975.5 million, after a net addition of 503,000 subscribers during the month...
 
Samsung helps improve Vodafone’s 5G networks in Germany and Spain
Their collaboration on 5G networks first started with the launch of the 5G Open RAN site in Bath in the UK, which used Samsung’s vRAN infrastructure...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
eSIM demand grows as Workz strengthens market position
eSIM provider, Workz, has been identified as one of the top five eSIM platform providers in the world for the third year running, according to a new report published this month by Counterpoint Research...
 
DT unveils partners for Open RAN deployments in Germany, rest of Europe
German telecoms group Deutsche Telekom (DT) has revealed that it will partner with Nokia, Fujitsu and Mavenir among others for initial commercial deployments of Open RAN across its European footprint...
 
Converge of the Philippines and Korea’s KT sign MoU at MWC
Leading Philippine fiber internet provider Converge ICT Solutions and South Korean service provider KT Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that aims to extend digital tools and innovations to...
 
Helium Mobile delays beta launch to Q2
Helium Mobile, the decentralized wireless (DeWi) effort by Nova Labs, said it now plans to launch its beta testing service in the second quarter of this year...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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