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June 18, 2023

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e& recognises partners in telecom, technology, and business at the annual awards ceremony

e& held its annual awards ceremony to celebrate the exceptional contribution and long-term affiliation of its telecom partners marking an important milestone in e&’s transformation journey to a leading global technology group, highlighting the collaborative spirit and commitment to fostering mutually beneficial partnerships...

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stc participated in the carbon credits; the largest-ever voluntary carbon credit auction

During an auction event in Nairobi, Kenya, an exceptional opportunity to acquire top-notch carbon credits that are both CORSIA-eligible and Verra-registered was represented. The auction could sell more carbon credits than...

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Nokia partners with DXC Technology to Launch DXC Signal Private LTE and 5G Solution

Nokia and DXC Technology announced the availability of DXC Signal Private LTE and 5G, a managed secure private wireless network and digitalization platform solution that helps industrial enterprises digitally transform their...

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Petrojet partners with Huawei Digital Power on Renewable Energy Projects

Petrojet and Huawei Digital Power signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the aim of cooperating in the field of Renewable Energy, in line with Egypt's 2035 strategy for integrated and sustainable energy...

Policy and Regulation

•	Namibia poised to auction 3.5GHz 5G licences in October The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) has revealed plans to auction 5G-suitable 3.5GHz spectrum licences on 1 October...

•	South Africa’s broadcasters agree to vacate key spectrum bands In what could prove to be a highly significant development for mobile operators, a number of South Africa’s broadcasters have agreed to the newest deadline to vacate the digital dividend bands...

Middle East

•	Telecom towers to double as EV charging stations in Oman New agreement by Oman Towers with Madayn to support roll-out of mosaic towers, outfitted with EV charging facilities, at industrial cities across Oman...

•	Orange Jordan participates in 5G Summit and announces 5G Hackathon During the summit, Orange Jordan’s experts provided insights and answered questions on the new technology, highlighting the company’s commitment to innovation...

•	GoDaddy introduces new cyber security offering in Saudi Arabia GoDaddy, the company that helps entrepreneurs thrive, has launched its latest cyber security offering, a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Setup Service in Saudi Arabia...

South Asia

•	President for adopting AI based solutions The President of Pakistan emphasized the nations' business and industrial sectors to adopt artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions for solving their problems and increasing their efficiency and output...

•	MDMS revolutionises mobile phone industry in the country' Cellphone importers and distributors in Nepal have commended the government for successful implementation of the Mobile Device Management System (MDMS), a groundbreaking solution aimed at combating illegal import, sale, and...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Vodafone Deutschland launches Apple TV+ on GigaTV The Apple streaming service can be accessed via Giga TV Cable Box 2 and also on the GigaTV Net Box...

•	Leading Russian streaming services to merge Russia’s Rostelecom and the National Media Group (NMG) have agreed to merge their streaming services more.tv and Wink into a joint venture...

North Africa

•	Egypt sees 600,000 new Internet users, while landline customers decline The number of fixed internet users increased by 0.76% to 11.32 million in March, compared to 11.24 million users in February...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Vivacom trials Open RAN on 2G, 3G and 5G networks The aim of the trial is to show that Open RAN can deliver the equivalent or better performance than traditional radio access networks (RANs), in rural and urban settings, on the existing infrastructure...

•	Telekom Romania Mobile 5G available in eleven cities Telekom Romania Mobile Communications issued a press release confirming that its new 5G mobile network is available in eleven cities...

Satellite & Internet

•	Angola satcoms-supported connectivity project unveiled Angola Telecom announced the launch of a new service called Conecta Angola, whose aim is to reach the most remote areas of the country where, previously, none of the country’s mobile operators had been active...

•	Open Fiber connects first customer as part of ‘Italia a 1 Giga’ scheme Open Fiber, the wholesale ISP established by Italy’s state-backed utility group Enel in 2016, has reportedly connected its first customer as part of the ‘Italia a 1 Giga’ project...

Global Telecom Update

•	KT, DOCOMO, Fujitsu & others run multi-vendor interop tests using virtualized Open RAN The demonstration test was conducted in cooperation with global Open RAN technology companies on the Pangyo 5G Testbed Center...

•	BT expands customers’ choice of cloud-based integrated trading floor communications Flexenet Private Wires integrated with BT Trading offers a new route towards flexible cloud-based trading communications...

•	Viettel, Microsoft Vietnam improve AI application capability For Microsoft Vietnam, utilising the data centre infrastructure and understanding the domestic market of Viettel Cloud will enable Azure Cloud to address the challenges faced by customers in the public administration...

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