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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
August 7, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
e&, Samsung join hands to host Unpacked in the metaverse
 
 
To celebrate the launch of ‘e& universe’ in the region and showcase its full potential, e& collaborated with Samsung Gulf Electronics to host its Galaxy Unpacked event in the e& metaverse, allowing users to pre-order their favourite Galaxy devices in the virtual space and take advantage of the exciting pre-order offers on the new devices...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain partners with OCEAN PADEL Academy
Member Logo Zain has partnered with OCEAN PADEL Academy, a unique local sports club with world-class facilities, to support the academy’s various programs and services offered to padel enthusiasts in Kuwait, including fully...
 
•  Tech Mahindra appoints Atul Soneja as Chief Operating Officer
Member Logo Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, announced the appointment of Atul Soneja as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective 7th August,...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  AT&T helps deliver new school safety solution
 
•  e& money launches prepaid card with cash rewards
 
•  AFP and SES extend partnership for AFPTV live platform
 
•  SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, e&, and Singtel form Global Telco AI Alliance for collaboration and innovation in AI
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA champions online safety for children with new initiative
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) Bahrain is working to raise awareness among young people, their parents, and teachers of potential online dangers, including cyberbullying, and ways they can minimize risk...
 
Government orders new telecoms tariff hikes
Lebanon’s Council of Ministers has ratified a decree ordering fixed internet and fixed telephony tariffs to be raised by 7% for residential services and 5.6% in the corporate services sector...
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan produced 6.07 million mobile phones in the first half of 2023
In the first half of 2023 (January–June), local manufacturing units in Pakistan produced around 6.07 million mobile phones. However, the country imported only 0.53 million mobile phones commercially...
 
Alibaba’s e-commerce platform Daraz to resume cross-border business in Nepal
Alibaba’s South Asian e-commerce platform Daraz announced that it anticipates resuming its cross-border business in Nepal in September of this year...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Malaysian streamer Tonton taps Media Prima technology
Media Prima-owned Malaysian video streaming outfit Tonton has tapped online content delivery specialist Switch Media’s MediaHQ online content publishing platform to create a new OTT service...
 
LaLiga encourages improved audiovisual content
The ultimate aim of the measures is to incentivise the improvement of LaLiga’s audiovisual product and in turn generate more income...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Now Group to enhance connectivity in Cagayan province
Launched by Liquid C2 in 2021 to support digital transformation in Africa, Cloudmania has a partner ecosystem in 22 countries across the continent to which it delivers cloud and cyber security services...
 
Vodafone and Three unveil mega-merger to form UK's biggest mobile operator
FTSE 100-listed Vodafone and Three owner CK Hutchison will combine their UK operations, forming a business with about 27 million customers and more than 11,500 staff...
 
Telecom carriers introduce service to simplify boarding
Three telecom carriers launched a mobile boarding service that allows inbound travelers to board their flights without a physical resident registration card or boarding passes, simplifying the departure process...
 
 
Middle East
 
Jordanians consumed 1.38B GB of data in Q1 2023
A government source revealed that Jordanians' consumption of internet and data services has risen by 20.3 percent during the first quarter of the current year compared to the same period last year...
 
Alibaba Cloud selects KAFD as key launchpad, putting KSA’s digital transformation on the fast track
Given the growing importance of digitalization, IT, and communications for sustainable development, the Kingdom has devised a strategy to emerge as a global hub for cloud computing...
 
Ooredoo and Synergy Technology Solutions revolutionizing Industry 4.0
Ooredoo and Synergy Technology Solutions have achieved a significant milestone in Oman’s technological progress by successfully testing NB-IoT devices with embedded SIMs...
 
Mazad launches new Bahrain digital auction platform
The new digital auction platform is part of Mazad's new strategy and corporate identity, that aims to create innovative solutions to support the company's goals by enabling clients to purchase a variety of assets...
 
North Africa
 
Egyptian cybersecurity startup Buguard raises $500K to expand team and product
Buguard specializes in offensive security services like penetration testing and vulnerability assessment, phishing simulation, compromise simulation, threat intelligence, and red teaming...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Opensignal: 3G still dominates leading African markets
Limited spectrum bandwidth, together with heavy use of 3G connectivity and lower maximum data transfer rates adversely affects the quality of the overall mobile network experience in African markets...
 
Antel expands 5G network to three more cities
Uruguay’s state-owned telecoms operator Antel has expanded coverage of its 5G network to an additional three cities in the past two weeks...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Thaicom and Eutelsat announce plans for HTS launch
This means, the company says, that it will allow flexibility and instant reconfiguration to adapt dynamically to the service areas and will thus provide a significant confidence boost for the company’s customers and...
 
Openreach shaves £10m off FTTP rollout cost with a ‘subtended headend’
The Openreach press release calls the tech it’s using a ‘subtended headend’, but beyond saying that they are installed in street cabinets, pretty much leaves it at that when it comes to explaining what they...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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