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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
June 26, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
AT&T to release second-quarter 2023 earnings on July 26
 
 
AT&T will release its second-quarter 2023 results before the New York Stock Exchange opens on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. The company’s earnings release and related materials will be available at AT&T Investor Relations...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Nokia hits extended range mmWave 5G speed record in Finland
Member Logo Nokia announced it has achieved sustained average downlink speeds of over 2 Gigabits per second (Gbps) using millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum and 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), over a distance of 10.86 kilometers...
 
•  Huawei Thailand held the first 'Women in Tech' roadshow on International Women in Engineering Day
Member Logo The event aimed to inspire a new generation of female talent to join STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) programs and career paths as part of the drive towards an inclusive and sustainable future...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Philippines hit over 100 million SIM card registrations
The Philippines’ telecoms regulator revealed over 100 million SIM cards have been registered since the country-mandated SIM registration programme, in a bid to tackle cyber-crime as the Philippines connects more...
 
Colombia updates MNP regulations
Colombia’s Communications Regulatory Commission has updated its mobile number portability (MNP) regulations with Resolution CRC 7151 of 2023...
 
Middle East
 
Comviva and e& enterprise expand strategic partnership to transform customer engagement for Enterprises
Comviva, the global leader in customer experience and data monetization solutions, announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with e& enterprise to offer an advanced omnichannel CPaaS platform for enterprises...
 
Zain Bahrain launches Arabic eShop
Zain Bahrain said it customers now have the opportunity to buy the latest smartphones and gadgets through its newly launched Arabic-language eShop...
 
Vodafone Qatar, Microsoft team up to to offer AI Digital Contact Centre Platform
Vodafone Qatar and Microsoft have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate their collaboration offering an end-to-end AI Digital Contact Centre Platform suitable for all organisations that want to modernise...
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan's Neem seals strategic investment partnership with DNI Group
According to the statement, this partnership is a strong signal of the rising importance of the embedded finance model as well as the growing Pakistani digital tech ecosystem...
 
Nepal to focus on digital economy
Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that his government had prioritised the development of the digital economy and digital services to improve the service delivery to people...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Warner Bros. Discovery inks Baltics Go3 deal
HBO and Max Originals content are now available to subscribers of the Go3 OTT service in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia...
 
Vevo expands FAST offering in the UK and Spain
Leading music video network, Vevo is to expand its FAST offering with the debut of its hip hop and R&B channels in the UK, as well as, Vevo’s 70s & 80s channels launching in Spain on Samsung TV Plus later this summer...
 
 
North Africa
 
Egypt, China completes testing of EgyptSat 2 satellite
Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat witnessed the completion ceremony of the assembly and testing of EgyptSat 2 satellite, in cooperation with the Chinese side on Sunday, at the headquarters...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Telekom Malaysia and Maxis set to share 2G and 4G infrastructure
Telekom Malaysia and Maxis have signed an infrastructure-sharing deal to strengthen their hand against newly merged rival CelcomDigi...
 
Vodafone lauds launch of UK first SA 5G network
Vodafone UK switched-on standalone (SA) 5G in several major cities, claiming the move made it the country’s first to offer the most advanced network technology currently available...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Cellular satellite test successfully beams 4G data from space to a regular phone
AST shared that it has recently completed multiple tests in Hawaii where its engineers saw download speeds of 10Mbps from the company’s BlueWalker 3 satellite to unmodified phones on the ground...
 
Kazakhtelecom and AzerTelecom will form JV to lay fiber-optic communication line along bottom of Caspian Sea
Telecommunications operators Kazakhtelecom and AzerTelecom have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture for the construction and operation of the Trans-Caspian Fiber-Optic Communication Line along the bottom of the...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Indonesia to see flat mobile service revenue
Mobile service revenue in Indonesia was predicted to stay flat over the next four years as the decline in revenues from voice services outweighs steady data returns...
 
AirtelTigo rebrands as AT
State-owned Ghanaian mobile network operator (MNO) AirtelTigo has announced its official rebranding as AT, Business Ghana reports...
 
China Unicom takes ICT expertise to European warehouse sector
China Unicom lined up a diverse range of tier 1 clients across the logistics and warehousing industry in Europe, after years of developing a comprehensive offering of ICT services covering professional services, network...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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