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March 8, 2023

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During the ICT Indicators Forum CST announces Mobily as the winner of the Customer Experience Awards 2022

During the ICT Indicators Forum, held on the 8th of March 2023, the Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST) announces Mobily as the winner of the Customer Experience Awards 2022 for achieving the award’s international standards based on customer votes...

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Samsung and Omantel deepen partnership to jointly develop one-stop shop for customers in Oman

As per the agreement, the two companies will work together to position Omantel as a one-stop shop for the entire Samsung range of consumer and business smart devices and solutions. The two companies will also jointly explore...

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e& joins international support for Code.org to teach coding to students

e& has announced its partnership with Code.org, a global independent and non-profit organisation, to join the international movement to encourage and promote the teaching and raise awareness of computer science for the next...

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Nokia AVA software selected to support Orange and ACUD for building smart capital city in Egypt

Nokia announced that its innovative OSS/BSS software solutions have been selected by Orange and the Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD) company owned by the Egyptian government to deliver a wide range of...

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Strive towards the era of metaverse: du UAE and Huawei sign MoU on 5.5G strategic cooperation

At Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2023, du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) and Huawei signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 5.5G strategic cooperation, marking a new phase of their...

Policy and Regulation

•	World’s least developed countries threatened by deepening digital divide ITU data in special edition of ‘Facts and Figures’ show a decade of halting progress on connectivity for the world’s poorest...

North Africa

•	Etisalat Egypt gains EGP4 billion for expansion It also cited a wider aim to support the Digital Egypt project, a state-promoted initiative to push digital transformation and promote related skills in the country’s population...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Bouygues Telecom targets 5G industry boost Bouygues Telecom struck a three-year agreement with Siemens France and IT company Alten to explore 5G industrial use cases spanning Augmented Reality (AR), robotics and IoT in the French business sector...

•	Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband network now covers 200 million people Verizon Wireless has announced that its ‘5G Ultra Wideband’ network now covers more than 200 million people, equivalent to roughly 60% of the US population...

Satellite & Internet

•	Orange and OneWeb sign agreement to enhance and expand global connectivity OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, and Orange S.A. (Orange), one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators, today announce they have signed a distribution agreement to expand...

•	Digital Voice rollout set to resume BT has announced it will restart some of its migration to digital landline telephone services in April. The new service works via fibre optic broadband services, rather than the copper phone network...

Global Telecom Update

•	Juniper Networks announces wired switching solutions Juniper Networks has announced the launch of a new campus fabric workflow and a new distribution switch...

•	Serbia's Mtel to invest 50 million euro in N. Macedonia expansion Mtel intends to hire at least 200 new employees in North Macedonia in the next two years, Lucic said, as seen in a video published by North Macedonia's government...

•	Mobile money drives MTN Uganda profit rise It seems that mobile money is a major driver of an impressive set of figures from operator MTN Uganda, the country's largest telecom company, which has a subscriber base of about 17.2 million, and is part of the...

Middle East

•	Ooredoo plans to unlock significant capital in 2023 Qatar’s telecom major Ooredoo plans to pursue strategic options in 2023 that will unlock significant capital and maximise shareholder value...

•	VMware Cloud on AWS Launches in Bahrain The cloud will help advance the transformation of organisations and support the ICT aspirations of Bahrain’s Economic Vision 2030...

•	Serco launches Middle East Space division Serco, an international public services company, has officially launched its Middle East Space division, during its participation at the SpaceOps conference in the UAE...

•	Gulfsat updates video headend for London and Kuwait sites Gulfsat Communications has installed Ateme’s converged video headend to power its London and Kuwait sites, serving 100 mainly Arabic language channels. Gulfsat claims to be the leading the satellite communications and...

•	IDC renews strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia's CST The forum will combine presentations, panel discussions, and real-life use cases to give delegates a bird's eye view of the current market situation...

South Asia

•	Nestlé collaborates with Ufone 4G BPO Operations to establish advanced customer service solution In addition to voice and non-voice interactions, the Contact Center will also manage social media engagements, for end-to-end consumer support and enhanced customer experience...

•	Tech-savvy workforce key to building Smart Bangladesh In addition to creating smart citizens to achieve the goal of "Smart Bangladesh", Salman F Rahman said a comprehensive improvement is required for the country's education and health sector...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Türk Telekom speeds video processing with Synamedia compression The operator has deployed Synamedia’s virtual Digital Content Manager (vDCM). Turk Telekom has now gone live across all of its 170 channels, including 4K, on its Tivibu satellite, hybrid, and streaming services...

•	M7 Deutschland expands distribution deal with NBC Universal M7 Group’s German cable network offering, M7 Deutschland has secured the long-term distribution rights of the HD pay-TV channels SYFY and 13th Street in a new expanded deal with NBC Universal Global Networks Germany...

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