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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 5, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
stc Group acquires a 9.9% interest in Telefónica
 
 
stc Group announces that it has acquired a 9.9% interest in Telefónica S.A. (“Telefónica”), one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world with significant presence in Spain, Germany, the UK, and Brazil, for a total consideration of SAR 8.5 billion (EUR 2.1 billion)...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain and SACGC Country Partners of ‘Beban’ entrepreneurship-themed reality show’s third season
Member Logo During a special ceremony at the Zain Innovation Campus (ZINC), Beban, the regional entrepreneur reality TV show, announced Zain Kuwait and Sabah Al Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity (SACGC) – a center of the...
 
•  Academics and tech experts discuss activating collaboration frameworks to foster technical talent development in the Middle East and Central Asia
Member Logo Huawei's Seeds for the Future Qatar opening ceremony witnessed a landmark panel discussion featuring academics and tech experts from the Middle East and Central Asia with the participation of over 175 students from 15...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  HUAWEI CLOUD Summit Saudi Arabia Brings Together Industry Titans to Further the Digital Transformation Journey
 
•  stc sponsors the ‘Future Leaders Program’ in collaboration with the Youth Public Authority
 
•  Telemor and SES expand partnership to deliver enhanced connectivity services in Timor-Leste
 
•  Cisco and Nutanix forge global strategic partnership to simplify hybrid multicloud and fuel business transformation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Nearly 99% of scam calls can be intercepted: NCC
Nearly 99 percent of fraudulent telephone calls can be intercepted after the government worked with telecoms to block incoming calls from numbers beginning with +886 0 to +886 8, the National Communications Commission (NCC)...
 
MinTIC publishes new draft of 5G auction terms
Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications has published a second draft of the terms and conditions for its planned multi-band spectrum auction...
 
South Asia
 
New digital entrant joins Pakistan’s telecom scene
Pakistan’s telecom sector has welcomed a new entrant with the launch of Onic, a digital mobile network backed by PTML...
 
BTRC orders to off 3 and 15 days’ internet data packages
BTRC has mandated mobile operators to offer only 7 or 30 days, or indefinite internet data packages from October 15, reducing the number of available packages from 95 to 40 after feedback indicated customers favored fewer...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
MwareTV looks to transform OTT with code-free app creation
Cloud platform provider MwareTV is claiming to have tackled the issue of branding services with what it calls a unique approach to creating consumers apps with App Builder, enabling the creation of fully branded and...
 
Allente Stream completes OTT launch thanks to 3SS 3 Ready
Nordic pay-TV platform Allente has gone live with new apps for for hybrid Android STB & OTT Dongle, Apple TV, LG, Samsung and Android Smart TVs, Web, and iOS and Android mobiles...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Zoom looks to transcend AI hype with Companion
Collaboration and comms technology firm makes further addition to comms platform to help improve collaboration and productivity through generative AI-powered assistant...
 
Indonesia smartphone shipments to stabilise
Smartphone shipments in Indonesia declined for the eighth quarter in a row but analyst company IDC forecast a better H2 for the market as shipments will stabilise...
 
CMC Telecom aims to make Vietnam the region's Digital Hub
After 15 years, CMC Telecom has successfully transformed from a traditional ISP to a CSP (Converged Service Provider), contributing to making Vietnam as a Digital Hub, not only in the Asia-Pacific region but also on the...
 
 
Middle East
 
Jordan rises to 4th in Arab internet speeds: OOKLA
Jordan has ascended to fourth place in the Arab world's internet speed rankings, as per the globally recognized "OOKLA" platform that gauge’s internet speeds...
 
Netskope expands NewEdge network in Middle East
Secure access service edge company Netskope has announced the expansion of its NewEdge network in the Middle East with four data centres now across the UAE and Saudi Arabia...
 
Saudi’s towerco begins operation in Europe with 4,800 sites
The fintech sector is thriving in the Kingdom, which could be gauged through the fact that the share of digital payments reached 62 percent close enough to Saudi Arabia’s target of 70 percent by the end of 2025, said a...
 
Benefit concludes second edition of Masar
The Masar Program is focused on empowering Bahraini university students through hands-on experience to diversify their skill set and familiarize them with the financial technology sector...
 
North Africa
 
Huawei Egypt, MCV Energy partners to roll out digital power solutions in Egyptian market
The deal comes within the framework of both companies’ efforts to provide accessible and cost-efficient smart and integrated power solutions...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
3 Link and Wave to bring 5G broadband to Vanuatu in 2024
Vanuatu operator Wave has partnered with local ISP 3 Link to launch an affordable 5G broadband offering in 2024...
 
Movistar lights commercial 26GHz mmWave 5G spectrum in Valencia
Movistar has become the first network operator in Spain to activate 26GHz millimetre wave (mmWave) 5G spectrum in its commercial mobile network, having switched on the frequencies – auctioned last December – in...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Vodafone partners with Amazon to expand coverage in Europe, Africa
Vodafone partnered with Amazon’s satellite connectivity company Project Kuiper, a move to use the latter’s low earth orbit satellites (LEO) to extend 4G/5G coverage for Vodafone and Vodacom subscribers in Europe...
 
Openreach ceases sale of new analogue copper fixed voice lines
Openreach, the network unit of BT Group, has reportedly introduced a long-planned nationwide ‘stop sell’ on new wholesale line rental (WLR) fixed voice and related fixed broadband products...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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