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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 16, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Omantel and BankDhofar sign pact for Cloudification Journey with Omantel
 
 
As resistance to cloud migration is dissolving globally, cloud technology is playing a pivotal role in reshaping the banking industry. Once considered unlikely, core computing in the cloud is now seen as a game-changer and a necessity to be secure, scalable, and agile in an ever-changing marketplace...
 
UAE’s adoption of AI will benefit region: MBZUAI President
The UAE’s adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) will bring benefits to the region, said Eric Xing, President of Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in an interview on CNN’s Connect the World with Becky Anderson...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Data traffic within the stc network leaps 67% at the Makkah Haram
Member Logo stc network recorded an increase during the peak hours during the last ten days of the blessed month of Ramadan in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, while the volume of data traffic increased more than 67% compared to last year in the...
 
•  e& commits to the UN Women's Empowerment Principles
Member Logo e& announced its commitment to adopting the United Nations' Women's Empowerment Principles, reiterating the Group's support for women's empowerment and gender equality in the workplace...
 
•  Nokia deploys multi-gig fiber broadband for Valoo in Finland
Member Logo Nokia announced it is deploying a 10G broadband network for operator Valoo in Finland. The deal includes fiber access nodes for the central office and Nokia’s Altiplano broadband access controller, which includes...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
To promote Saudi Arabia’s position as a global investment hub H.R.H. the Crown Prince launches the Cloud Computing Special Economic Zone
H.E. Eng. Abdullah Alsawaha, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, expresses his sincere appreciation and gratitude to the Custodian of the Tow Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz AlSaud and H.R.H the...
 
Senegal reveals national roaming plan
Senegal’s telecoms regulator announced plans to introduce national roaming between operators to bolster coverage in the country...
 
UAE: TDRA launches ‘Name Ideas’ ChatGPT-supported initiative
This initiative is the first of its kind, where the entrepreneur can obtain a suitable domain name for his business by simply submitting a simplified description of the commercial activity for which they want to find a local...
 
South Asia
 
Projects underway for provision of quality telecom services in Pakistan
Vital steps like infrastructure sharing, spectrum sharing and spectrum reframing framework for the telecom sector are also in the final phase in Pakistan...
 
Telecom Authority directs Smart Telecom for efficient services
The Authority said telecom service should be operated in an efficient manner where the service recipients could use the service without any obstruction until the permission of telecommunication service is terminated...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Ocilion adds Sky Austria to IPTV platform
IPTV service provider Ocilion now also offers subscription packages of Sky Austria to network operators across Austria...
 
Canal+ forges ‘historic’ partnership with AppleTV+
French PayTV platform Canal+ has unveiled a partnership with AppleTV+ that will see the streamer’s content become available as part of Canal+ subscription packages...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Cassava, AWS and Vodacom boost spending in South Africa
Cassava's investment pledge comprises key projects, including the expansion of the Liquid Intelligent Technologies fibre network, the extension of Africa Data Centres’ capacity and footprint, enhanced cloud and...
 
First 5G IoT LEO satellite launched in Vandenberg U.S. Space Force Base
The LEO constellation will enable 5G IoT devices to connect directly to satellites at a fraction of the current cost and without hardware changes, allowing for massive IoT adoption even in remote locations...
 
AWS launches new tools for building with generative AI
Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, today (April 15) announced four innovations across its machine learning portfolio to make to make generative AI more accessible to customers...
 
 
Middle East
 
Ooredoo Kuwait tests ‘Advanced 5G’ aggregation to deliver speeds over 3Gbps
Ooredoo Kuwait announced that it has successfully completed ‘Advanced 5G’ technology tests using ‘Two Carrier Aggregation (2CC CA)’ to deliver download speeds over 3Gbps...
 
Alfardan Group partners with Aliz to offer Google cloud services in Qatar, Middle East region
Alfardan Group has partnered with Aliz – a Google Cloud partner to drive the group’s digital transformation and to represent its new business subsidiary offering digital services to businesses in Qatar and the...
 
Dewa launches its second nanosatellite Dewa SAT-2
The nanosatellite was designed and developed by Emiratis at DEWA’s Research and Development Centre, in collaboration with NanoAvionics in Lithuania. DEWA SAT-2, a 6U nanosatellite, features a high-resolution camera...
 
UAE’s adoption of AI will benefit region: MBZUAI President
The UAE’s adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) will bring benefits to the region, said Eric Xing, President of Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in an interview on CNN’s Connect...
 
North Africa
 
Algérie Télécom launches a new “Idoom Fiber” offer
Algeria Telecom (AT) announced the launch of its new Idoom Fiber offer, intended for residential customers, allowing them to take full advantage of a very high speed connection, the public operator said in a press release...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Airtel launches VoLTE in Nigeria
Airtel Nigeria, the country’s third largest mobile network operator by subscriptions, has announced the launch of VoLTE services...
 
Malaysia’s 5G network ends Q3 with 55% population coverage
Malaysia’s state-backed 5G wholesale provider Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) reached 5G coverage of 55% of the country’s populated areas as of the end of March...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Inmarsat and MediaTek expedite the 5G phone’s route to satellite
According to MediaTek the pair have expedited the convergence of cellular and satellite networks for the 5G era, along the guidelines of 3GPP standards, inventing new options by fine tuning the data connections needed for...
 
VOO expands network coverage in rural areas
Belgian cable operator VOO has unveiled plans to connect almost 27,000 homes in underserved rural communities to fiber with the aid of a subsidy from the Wallonia region...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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