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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 27, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Cherokee Nation and AT&T expand 5G and FirstNet connectivity
 
 
This month, a new cell tower launched in Kenwood, Oklahoma. With federal funding from the American Rescue Plan, the Cherokee Nation approached AT&T to help close the digital divide and expand connectivity to its citizens...
 
CST issues Saudi Internet Report showing traffic increase to 35 million terabytes
The Communications, Space, and Technology Commission (CST), a government entity established to lead and grow the Kingdom’s telecoms, space, and IT sectors, has published the Saudi Internet Report 2022, an account of the most accurate statistics on internet usage in the Kingdom...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc launches its annual Ramadan campaign “Generosity in your hands” in celebration of the holy month
Member Logo Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced the launch of its 2023 Ramadan...
 
•  CyberArrow, Mobily to boost cyber security compliance in KSA
Member Logo CyberArrow, a leading cyber security compliance automation provider, and Mobily, a major telecommunications provider in Saudi Arabia, have tied up to enhance cyber security compliance and awareness for businesses in the...
 
•  Nokia announces upgraded AVA Energy efficiency software to drive further reductions in network power use
Member Logo Nokia announced an upgrade to its AVA Energy efficiency software, expanding the scope of the solution with enhanced algorithms and power saving measures, that will help communication service providers (CSPs) drive further...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Ofcom imposes new requirements on new BBC operating licence
UK regulator Ofcom last week unveiled a new operating licence for the BBC that included new requirements for online services...
 
CST issues Saudi Internet Report showing traffic increase to 35 million terabytes
The Communications, Space, and Technology Commission (CST), a government entity established to lead and grow the Kingdom’s telecoms, space, and IT sectors, has published the Saudi Internet Report 2022, an account of...
 
South Asia
 
Ufone 4G launches WhatsApp service for hassle-free customer experience
Ufone 4G, the mobile company from Pakistan, has launched WhatsApp Chatbot to enhance interactions with millions of customers, powered by leading cloud communication platform E.Ocean...
 
Dialog Enterprise in collaboration with Rubber Research Institute introduce IoT solution
Dialog Enterprise, in collaboration with the Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka & Dialog University of Moratuwa Research Laboratory, has devised an IoT-led implementation to assist local rubber plantations with their...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Rumo, Embratel sign partnership to expand Claro's 4G coverage on trains throughout Serra de Santos
Rumo, the largest railway operator in Brazil, and Embratel announce the expansion of Claro's 4G signal coverage throughout Serra de Santos (SP) to support the operation of locomotives in the region...
 
Telia expands 5G to three eastern cities
Telia Lietuva has announced the expansion of its 5G network to the cities of Utena, Ignalina and Moletai, all located in the east of the country...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
China looks to commercial roll out of 6G by 2030
China Unicom, the country’s third-largest wireless network operator, expects to complete technical research and launch early applications for 6G technology by 2025...
 
BT to offer AWS Wavelength to UK business customers
EE’s national mobile network with AWS Wavelength will bring the power of AWS to the network edge for more business and public sector customers across the UK – opening up faster, secure and high-bandwidth...
 
Two entities partner to enable merchant interoperability
Vodafone Ghana Mobile Financial Services Limited (Vodafone Cash) and Mobile Money Limited (MML) have enabled interoperability services that allow MTN Mobile Money and Vodafone Cash customers to pay at each other's...
 
 
Middle East
 
Sharjah Police, Etisalat Services Holding coordinate on optimal investment in IT solutions
The visit aims to acquaint Sharjah Police with the best practices and applications in the field of optimal investment in information and communication technology solutions...
 
Orange Jordan supports social innovation in Aqaba with Jordan River Foundation
Orange Jordan will offer free digital resources, mainly tools necessary to discover new technologies in science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) under the Orange FabLab, to enhance collective and interactive...
 
Zain KSA announced its financial results for 2022, with an Annual Revenue of SAR 9.1 Billion
Zain KSA announced its financial results for 2022, achieving an all-time record revenue of SAR 9.1 billion for the full-year 2022, up from SAR 7.9 billion in 2021, a growth of 15%...
 
North Africa
 
Liquid Intelligent Technologies buys Egypt’s top cloud and and cybersecurity company
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has acquiresdCairo-based tech business Cysiv MEA (formerly SecureMisr), which provides enterprise cloud and cyber security services to major Egyptian corporations, particularly in the...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Philippines TAPDMV launches four additional channels on ABS-2
Filipino media company TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation (TAPDMV) has extended its satellite broadcast partnership with Permira majority-owned satellite operator ABS by adding four further channels on the ABS-2...
 
Redge Media expands in Latin America
Redge Technologies has partnered with the business development company Lotier, which specialises in media and telecommunications in Latin America...
 
Ethio Telecom mobile money platform with Super App
Ethio Telecom has upgraded its mobile money Telebirr app into a so-called ‘super app’ with crucial upgrades and integration of services, a move to bolster its mobile money proposition in the face of new...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
OneWeb deploys another 36 satellites and completes planned constellation
588 satellites were earmarked to deliver global coverage with additional ones launched for resiliency and redundancy purposes, and OneWeb will soon be ready to roll out global coverage by teaming up with partner firms...
 
Rural rollouts help push Swedish fiber coverage
Gigabit-capable fiber-optic networks were in the vicinity of 97% of Swedish homes as of October 2022, up two percentage points year-on-year...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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