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July 23, 2023

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Zain wins two ‘Best Corporate Governance in Kuwait’ awards from World Finance and the Arab Federation of Capital Markets

Zain, a leading provider of innovative technologies and digital lifestyle communications operating in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces winning the World Finance ‘Best Corporate Governance Award 2023 for Kuwait’, for the third consecutive year. Zain was also deemed to provide the ‘Best Corporate Governance of a listed company in Kuwait’ in 2023 at the Arab Federation of Capital Markets (AFCM) Annual Conference held in Muscat recently..

CST: Mobile phone caller’s name and ID will be displayed from Oct. 1

The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST), the Saudi digital regulator, has presented a draft technical specification for displaying the name and identity of the mobile phone caller, effective from Oct. 1, 2023...

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stc launches the startup accelerator ‘inspireU’ in Kuwait

Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced the launch of...

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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa officially opens Huawei Innovation Centre, describing it as a boost for local innovation

President Ramaphosa said that facilities like this innovation centre, along with the adoption of a range of cutting-edge technologies being pioneered by companies such as Huawei, will enable South Africa and the wider...

Recent Developments

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AT&T ranks #1 in Customer Satisfaction from J.D. Power

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Cisco Survey: As consumers shift towards a ‘smarter’ digital life, reliability, security and sustainability emerge as key needs

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Minister Mariam Almheiri witnesses the opening of the new e& enterprise Innovation Centre for Promoting Sustainability and Creativity

Policy and Regulation

•	MSIT outlines plans to offer 700MHz, 28GHz spectrum to new players South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) has unveiled plans to allocate spectrum in the 700MHz and 28GHz bands, noting that the frequencies will be available to new operators as part of efforts to enhance...

•	CST: Mobile phone caller’s name and ID will be displayed from Oct. 1 The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST), the Saudi digital regulator, has presented a draft technical specification for displaying the name and identity of the mobile phone caller, effective from Oct. 1,...

Middle East

•	E-commerce registrations in Saudi Arabia surges by 21% in Q2 As more and more Saudis are turning to online buying, the Kingdom is seeing unprecedented growth in e-commerce businesses, with the total number of registered firms in the country touching 35,314 in the second quarter of...

•	Cerebras, G42 unveil largest supercomputer for AI training Cerebras Systems, the pioneer in accelerating generative AI, and G42, the UAE-based technology holding group, announced Condor Galaxy, a network of nine interconnected supercomputers, offering a new approach to AI compute...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	MTS switching off 3G this year in Moscow city, large parts of Moscow region Russia’s Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) reports on its website that by end-2023 it will switch off 3G mobile services in the entirety of metropolitan Moscow and all other zones within the Central Ring Road of the Moscow...

•	Malaysia’s 5G network coverage is now at 64.7% of populated areas According to Bernama, KKD has laid out plans to build 470 5G towers in Penang and as of today, 290 have been built...

Satellite & Internet

•	Starlink gains Malaysia green light Malaysia approved Elon Musk’s satellite company Starlink to operate in the country and connect remote locations...

•	New EE broadband 1.6Gb 44 times faster than Superfast Fibre The super-fast service has been developed at BT’s research centre at Adastral Park and is built on a gigabit+ capable full fiber network which will be be EE’s fastest service available supporting multiple online...

South Asia

•	Robi to launch subsidiary to sell digital services Mobile phone operator Robi is going to launch a new subsidiary "AxEnTec PLC" to sell and distribute IT solutions and digital services in Bangladesh...

•	Dialog Enterprise with Irisity takes video surveillance beyond human intelligence Irisity’s cutting-edge SaaS platform, IRIS+ goes beyond human capabilities by filtering surveillance footage in real-time to detect suspicious behaviour and provide investigation and root cause analysis through...

North Africa

•	Djezzy launches the new “Internet x2” offer This promotion is designed to meet the growing needs of customers during the summer season by offering them the possibility of benefiting from a double volume by subscribing to an internet package of their choice...

•	UNDP, ITIDA, launch new project to accelerate digital innovation in Egypt The new five-year project brings financing opportunities and mentorship into Egypt’s tech sector, to its innovators and entrepreneurs, that could open doors to new and exciting advancements...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Movistar Plus+ to relaunch with OTT streaming option for non-Telefónica customers Telefónica is to relaunch its TV service Movistar Plus+ on August 1 with an offering that will be available to subscribers of other telecom services as an OTT streamer...

•	Sky boosts Sky Glass, Sky Stream experiences To celebrate the start of the Women’s World Cup which will see a particular spike in viewers when the England Lionesses take to the field, broadcaster Sky has unveiled a number of new experience features for its...

Global Telecom Update

•	KT and KT Cloud invest 15billion won in AI startup Moreh KT and KT Cloud will jointly make a 15 billion won (US$11.6 million) investment in Moreh, an artificial intelligence computing infrastructure startup...

•	CVT adopts unified ‘Alou’ brand for fixed, mobile, TV services Cape Verdean state-backed full-service operator Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT) has adopted the ‘Alou’ brand for all its retail fixed and mobile, voice, internet and pay-TV services...

•	Rwanda and Cameroon announce edtech agreements Rwanda and Cameroon have recently announced significant education-related technology agreements – Rwanda with investment group SoftBank and Cameroon with UN agency UNICEF...

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