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April 30, 2023

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etisalat by e& launches new business post paid plans with productivity tools

etisalat by e& has announced the revamp of its business mobile plans to meet customers' evolving needs in the changing business ecosystem with more data and other benefits than ever before at no additional charge...

Member News

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AT&T launches community-based digital navigators

Digital Navigators can help people get online by teaching them how to sign up for internet, use computers, improve digital skills and connect to valuable resources and services...

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Huawei recognized as a Gartner® Peer Insights™ customers' choice for SD-WAN for the fourth time

Huawei has recently been recognized as a Gartner Peer Insights Customers Choice for SD-WAN for the fourth time in a row. As the only non-North American vendor to receive this distinction, Huawei has also been recognized as...

Recent Developments

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Avaya named for Excellence in Customer Service with a NorthFace ScoreBoard Service Award (NFSB) for the 10th consecutive year by the Customer Relationship Management Institute (CRMI)

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CNT Ecuador migrating to SES’s O3b mPOWER to bring enhanced internet and mobile services to Galapagos Islands

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Huawei announces switch to MetaERP, redefining enterprises' core business systems

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Cisco unveils new solution to rapidly detect advanced cyber threats and automate response

Policy and Regulation

•	Bahrain plans Sixth National Telecom Plan Bahrain is fast moving ahead with plans to launch the sixth National Telecommunications plan that would lay the foundation of the Kingdom’s telecommunications policy for years from 2023 to 2026...

•	TDRA celebrates the International Girls in ICT Day The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) celebrated the International Girls in ICT Day- an ITU initiative - under the theme “Digital Skills for Life”...

South Asia

•	Athena Hack by Dialog’s Ideamart champions diversity & inclusion for women in tech With over 100 participants and a gamut of programmes conducted throughout the competition period to hone and improve the participant's business and tech skills, Athena Hack 2023 successfully reached women from diverse...

•	Steering committee for digital transformation, increasing digital exports set up A steering committee comprising experts from information technology (IT) and the private sector for the implementation of digital transformation and to increase digital exports of Pakistan...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	MTS upgrades LTE network in Mezhdurechensk Due to the transfer of frequencies allocated for 3G to the modern LTE standard, the speed of mobile Internet in Mezhdurechensk has increased by an average of one third...

•	Verizon will expand its C-band 5G network to more rural areas this year At its quarterly earnings call earlier recently, Verizon announced plans to extend its C-band 5G coverage to more rural and suburban areas by the end of this year...

Global Telecom Update

•	SK Telecom invests in chatbot start-up Scatter Lab With the establishment of the strategic partnership, the companies will jointly develop a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) service designed for empathetic conversations...

•	Vodafone all aglow with Serveo to improve urban lighting in Germany The idea is to promote efficient management of public lighting by optimising energy and analysing mobility patterns using big data technologies, analytics and IoT...

•	A10 Networks adds next-gen Web Application Firewall powered by Fastly A10 Networks introduced a combined solution of its Thunder Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and a new A10 Next-Generation Web Application Firewall (WAF), powered by Fastly, to enable automated, multi-layered security,...

Middle East

•	Amazon UNIVERSITY Esports, Shahid announce new gaming collaboration in KSA Amazon UNIVERSITY Esports, the world’s premiere e-sports competition for university students, and streaming platform Shahid announced their latest collaboration to unite e-sports and broadcast TV...

•	13 UAE firms figure in Deloitte Technology FAST 50 rankings As part of the Technology Fast 50 programme, Deloitte also provides the Rising Star accolade, dedicated to companies that show great potential, but have been trading for less than three years and don’t meet the ranking...

•	71% of manufacturers in the MEA region are pursuing a digital-first approach to business However, challenges persist, largely due to a continued reliance on legacy systems, with 64% of manufacturers in the MEA region still using spreadsheets and standalone applications to manage their supply chains, according to...

North Africa

•	Algérie Télécom announces deadline for Dorouscom The telecommunications company, Algérie Télécom, has indicated the deadline for benefiting from one month of free access to the Dorouscom platform...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Canal+ streaming service launches in Czech Republic and Slovakia Canal+ has expanded its footprint in Czech Republic and Slovakia, with the launch of its new streaming platform in the region...

•	Vodafone, Coventry University to develop the UK’s first 5G SA media innovation lab Vodafone and Coventry University deployed the UK’s first live 5G SA network in 2020 to enable healthcare students to take immersive AR and VR tours of the human body...

•	Altitude Sports uses Cloud ID to boost streaming access US regional sports network, Altitude Sports, home of NHL’s Colorado Avalanche, the NBA’s Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Mammoth is using Synacor’s Cloud ID identity and access management platform for...

Satellite & Internet

•	AST SpaceMobile reports making voice calls with BlueWalker 3 satellite AST SpaceMobile successfully made two-way voice calls to unmodified smartphones using the BlueWalker 3 satellite, a critical milestone for the company’s test satellite...

•	Vision Network completes speed upgrades for more premises, adds additional retail partners Vision Network, the wholesale fixed broadband arm of TPG Telecom, has announced that it has now completed speed upgrades for 295,000 premises...

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