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April 5, 2023

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Huawei Cloud announces a startup program to empower regional SMEs to go digital

Working with regional partners, Huawei Cloud launched a Startup Program for the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa. The initiative provides SMEs in these regions with Huawei cloud credits, technical support, talent development training, and business resources to drive their growth...

Member News

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Zain’s third padel tournament for staff concluded

Zain organizes various sports competitions for staff as part of its solid internal strategy that closely focuses on promoting health and sports programs...

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Cisco powers unrivaled hybrid work experiences with purpose-built AI innovations in Webex

Cisco has unveiled new purpose-built Webex artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that deliver unrivaled hybrid work experience as the new normal continues to evolve...

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Nokia expands OpenColo’s data center site connectivity using 800GE routing interfaces

Nokia and OpenColo have announced the successful completion of the first commercial field trial to transport a 1.6 Terabit/s traffic flow over an 800GE link aggregation group with 800GE FR4 optics...

Policy and Regulation

•	Bahrain TRA move to increase net speed, lower prices Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has approved BNET’s Reference Offer which, it says, will result in higher broadband speeds and lower prices...

•	Mexican regulator extends Telmex and Telnor’s licences Mexico’s Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) has granted an additional 30 years of validity to concessions held by fixed line providers Telmex and Telnor...

Middle East

•	Moro Hub partners with BeyondTrust to enhance enterprise security in the UAE The collaboration will allow the two companies to offer customised Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions that cater to the specific needs of enterprises in the region...

•	Mindware expands distribution to cover Jordan and Iraq Mindware, a leading Value Added Distributor (VAD) in the Middle East and Africa, announced that it has extended its region of distribution with Dell Technologies to cover Jordan and Iraq...

•	Ooredoo Qatar focuses on customer experience with new partnership To ensure a seamless customer experience, Ooredoo Qatar recently partnered with Reailize to transform its network operations using the CA Solution...

North Africa

•	Egypt launches automated system for data management, follow-up on financing Ministry of International Cooperation has launched the automated system for data management and follow-up on development financing for projects, according to a statement...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	BBC Player widens reach in Poland BBC Studios has agreed to launch its multi-genre VOD service BBC Player with a second affiliate partner in Poland...

•	Canadian Hockey League taps Edgio to improve viewing experience Edgio has teamed up with the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) to provide an integrated platform designed to deliver high-quality video streams and streamlined management of live and on-demand events...

South Asia

•	Huawei to build smart talent ecosystem in South Asia The strategy will include various programs like building ICT academies, different ICT and startup competitions, online course enrolment, fresh employee recruitment, etc...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	O2 Telefonica’s 5G infra reaches 82% of Germany’s population German telecom operator O2 Telefonica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, said its 5G network currently reaches 82% of Germany’s population...

•	Telenor Norway extends partnership with Netcracker Telenor Norway will upgrade to Netcracker Revenue Management – part of Netcracker Digital BSS – to optimise operational processes, improve business flexibility and support new 5G use cases and business models, it...

Satellite & Internet

•	Kenya to launch first operational satellite next week Taifa-1, or Nation-1 in Swahili, is scheduled to be launched on April 10 aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California...

•	Australia's NBN Co expands fixed wireless access The locations of the 24,000 premises have been selected based on their proximity to existing nbn fixed wireless towers, with priority given to those located in the most heavily used parts of the nbn satellite footprint...

Global Telecom Update

•	Vodafone UK reintroduced public WiFi to London Underground The new network is similar to the old one, as it will allow Vodafone customers to connect to the internet at more than 260 stations across the Tube network...

•	TNM boosts public universities’ ICT infrastructure Malawi’s pioneer mobile network and ICT services provider, TNM Plc, has invested ICT servers to the country’s four major public universities and two technical colleges to improve their technology infrastructure...

•	Oracle strengthens commitment to South East Asia with second cloud region in Singapore New region will help meet increasing demand for OCI services in South East Asia while addressing growing business continuity and compliance requirements...

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