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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 2, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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U.S. DoD awards US$134 million Global X Band Blanket Purchase Agreement to SES Space & Defense
 
 
To provide secure satellite communications service, SES Space & Defense will leverage the multi-mission GovSat-1 satellite, which features high-power X-band and Military Ka-band beams. GovSat-1 is a satellite operated by GovSat and is entirely dedicated to government and military missions...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc Group congratulates the leadership on the success of the Hajj season
Member Logo stc Group equipped the Holy sites with the latest, most innovative technologies and solutions to provide constant, fast, and seamless connectivity to pilgrims during their Hajj journey. It used its best-in-class technology...
 
•  Nokia and Apple sign long-term patent license agreement
Member Logo Nokia announced it has signed a new patent cross-license agreement with Apple which will replace the current license that is due to expire at the end of 2023...
 
•  Huawei unveils ICT service and software innovations and practices aimed at empowering industrial intelligent digital transformation
Member Logo At the MWC Shanghai 2023, Huawei hosted a product and solution press conference, where they unveiled their latest innovations and practices in ICT services and software aimed at empowering industrial intelligent digital...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
MCIT Minister & CST Governor congratulates the leadership on the success of the Hajj season 2023
The volume of data traffic has exceeded 49K TB which is equivalent of 20 million hours of 1080p video, while the average download speed had hit 222 Mbit/second; all is a result of the robust infrastructure and the...
 
The future of AI and the arts to be showcased at AI for Good Global Summit
The AI for Good Global Summit brings United Nations organizations together with governments, industry leaders, tech visionaries and innovators to focus on how AI technologies can support the UN Sustainable Development Goals...
 
Middle East
 
UAE’s Vault unveils digital platform to endorse regional investment practices
Vault enables access to thematic and private investments such as VC, Artificial Intelligence, and private real estate. It is further lowering the minimum investment requirement to $60,000...
 
iQ becomes first official partner of Tencent in Iraq
As part of the partnership, Tencent will provide iQ with its content delivery networks and gaming content catalogue, including some of its most popular games such as Mobile Legends, PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty Mobile...
 
UAE startups raise funding to expand to Saudi Arabia
Digital logistics platform Transportr has successfully concluded its eight-figure seed funding round with the participation of Ittihad Ventures Holding and Industrial Capital Group...
 
North Africa
 
MoU aims to boost electronic payment services in Libya
Digital payment solutions provider and fintech enabler Arab Financial Services (AFS), and Moamalat Financial Services, which specialises in electronic payment services in the Libyan market, have announced the signing of a...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
NBC Universal launches 30 FAST Channels on Freevee
Curated content from past seasons of series including Saturday Night Live, The Real Housewives franchises, and Keeping Up with the Kardashians will form the backbone of a suite of FAST channels to be launched this Summer by...
 
CIAO USA TV taps Amagi to expand FAST presence
Amagi has partnered with CIAO USA TV to amplify the distribution and monetisation of the company’s FAST offering...
 
 
South Asia
 
Dialog introduces Amazon Alexa Voice Command support for its services
Presenting the next big step into a smarter and convenient home ecosystem and delivering a world of convenience to customers, Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, introduced Amazon Alexa Voice...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Lyca mobile’s customers in the UK to gain access to EE’s 4G & 5G RAN
Lyca Mobile, the world’s largest mobile virtual network operator, is partnering with BT Wholesale – giving customers access to EE, the UK’s number 1 network, as it targets a new phase of growth in the UK...
 
Telia 5G covers 99% of Lithuanian territory
At present, a total of 1,650 5G mobile base stations are operational, and the operator says that further development of 5G will continue through the deployment of ‘ultra high speed’ base stations in existing...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
OneWeb and Telstra plan ambitious rollout in Australia
OneWeb is partnering with major Australian telco Telstra as the two companies get ready to deliver one of the world’s largest rollouts of OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) backhaul for a commercial mobile network...
 
VMO2 begins selling XGS-PON based services
With the operator having previously revealed in November 2022 that it had switched on the technology over its live full fiber network for a select group of trial users, it has said these trials proved so successful that it...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Spirent to support major new Indonesian telecommunications test centre
Indonesia’s new Telecommunication Equipment Testing Center (BBPPT) has selected Spirent Communications technology to conduct high-speed Ethernet network equipment and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing...
 
Telco Systems and Innovetechs join forces to push edge computing forward in EMEA
Telco Systems, a provider of vendor-neutral hybrid edge computing solutions announced a strategic collaboration with Innovetechs, which specializes in delivering digital transformation projects for EMEA Service Providers...
 
Globe hires cybersecurity firm to detect threats to business
Globe Telecom Inc. is availing itself of the services of cybersecurity company Traceable AI to beef up its digital security infrastructure amid a spate of online threats, which have recently victimized its e-wallet users...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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