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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
August 8, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Zain Group Q2 2023 net profit soars 14% to reach KD 57 million (USD 187 million), Board declares interim dividend of 10 fils per share
 
 
Zain Group, a leading provider of innovative technologies and digital lifestyle communications operating in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for Q2 and six months ended June 30, 2023. Zain served 52.7 million customers at the end of the period, a 2% increase year-on-year (YoY)...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  etisalat by e& introduces Wi-Fi as a Service to deliver an upgraded experience to UAE businesses
Member Logo etisalat by e& announced the launch of its latest offering, Wi-Fi as a Service, a cutting-edge solution specifically designed to empower businesses with enhanced connectivity by extending their Wi-Fi signal and coverage...
 
•  Cisco schedules conference call for Q4 and fiscal year 2023 financial results
Member Logo Cisco has scheduled a conference call for Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at 1:30 PM (PT); 4:30 PM (ET) to announce its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2023 financial results for the period ending Saturday, July 29, 2023...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TDRA launches its podcast “TDRA Podcast”
This new media channel focuses on raising awareness about TDRA’s role in regulating the telecommunications sector and enabling digital transformation, with the aim of contributing to the process of social and economic...
 
Nicaragua concludes clearance of 900MHz band; spectrum to be used for mobile broadband
The Nicaraguan Institute for Telecommunications and Posts has issued Administrative Agreement 001-2023, confirming that its clearance of the 900MHz band (894MHz-960MHz) drew to a close on 31 July 2023. Going forward, the...
 
South Asia
 
Nepal extends time to register phones in MDMS till mid-August
Nepal has extended the time to register mobile phones in the Mobile Device Management System (MDMS) till mid-August...
 
North Africa
 
Fawry and Tamatem Plus join forces to enhance e-payment experience for Egyptian gamers
Under this partnership, Tamatem Plus users will have access to two of Fawry Accept flagship services: card payment and Fawry Pay reference code...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
MENA deal allows SVOD payments by mobile phone
To enable this, the service, called STARZPLAY, has announced a strategic partnership with TPAY, a payments provider in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa...
 
RTL exceeds 6m streaming subs
RTL Group ended the first half with 6.041 million paying subscribers to its streaming services RTL+ in Germany and Hungary and Videoland in the Netherlands...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Samsung and Microsoft unveil first on-device attestation solution
This requires a new approach for enforcing security end-to-end, from apps to the network and the device itself, regardless of device ownership and enrollment...
 
Vodafone Spain wins five-year smart water meter deal using NB-IoT tech
Vodafone Spain lauded the win of a five-year, €25 million deal to provide and connect 315,000 smart meters to Madrid water supplier Canal de Isabel II, a contract the operator asserted was the largest of four lots...
 
KIOXIA unveils 30TB data center SSDs
KIOXIA introduced a new line of data center-class solid state drives (SSDs) boasting capacities up to 30.72 terabytes (TB) and in both Enterprise and Data Center Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E3.S and 2.5-inch (U.2) form...
 
 
Middle East
 
Saudi Arabia decides to mandate USB-C as common smartphone charger by 2025
Saudi Arabia has decided to standardize charging ports for mobile phones and electronic devices effective from Jan.1, 2025. The USB Type-C will be the lone standardized connector...
 
MAFWR fixing satellite tracking devices on fishing fleet to modernise operations in Oman
Oman’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Water Resources (MAFWR) has initiated a project to equip the sultanate’s large artisanal fishing fleet with satellite tracking devices...
 
Emirates Airline attends HDC 2023, highlights cooperation
The Emirates Airline App has released a version for Huawei’s smartwatches that allows users to use QR codes as boarding passes...
 
Orange Jordan: “5G will enable new business solutions”
Orange Jordan's CEO, Philippe Mansour, said that the company's 5G network is the latest in a long line of cutting-edge technologies that the company has brought to the Kingdom, which will enable new business...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Three builds 100th Shared Rural Network site
Three UK has now delivered sites across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, which will provide new 4G connectivity to over 37,000 premises, with coverage spanning 2,800 square kilometres...
 
Koodo the latest mobile brand to introduce 5G
Koodo is currently advertising 5G mobile data at speeds of up to 250Mbps in selected packages for bring-your-own-device (BYOD) or ‘Tab’ device bundle customers...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Vodafone Cook Islands and Lynk launch sat2phone
Vodafone Cook Islands (VCI) has launched a satellite direct-to-mobile phone service in partnership with ‘sat2phone’ provider Lynk Global...
 
Openreach offers cheaper UK 80Mbps FTTC broadband upgrades
Openreach has announced a new special offer on bandwidth modifies, which essentially makes it cheaper for UK ISPs to upgrade customers on Fiber-to-the-Cabinet and SOGEA broadband lines to an 80Mbps max download speed...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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