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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 12, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Cisco Secure Application delivers business risk observability for cloud native applications
 
 
Built on Cisco’s Full-Stack Observability Platform, Cisco Secure Application provides organizations with intelligent business risk insights to help them better prioritize issues, respond in real-time to revenue-impacting security risks and reduce overall organizational risk profiles...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc play participates at the New World Forum to drive innovative cloud-based gaming
Member Logo stc group, the engine of digital transformation in the region, through its gaming arm stc play, recently participated in the New World Forum (NWF) hosted by the Saudi Esports Federation with stc play as the strategic partner...
 
•  Eaman Al Roudhan: developing the creative economy will be the focus of ZGI’s next chapters
Member Logo Zain recently hosted its distinguished ZGI Demo Day ceremony, the most decisive phase of the company’s award-winning Zain Great Idea tech startup accelerator program. During the event, startup owners from the...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Swiss Government implements spectrum plan for private 5G networks
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Communications (BAKOM) has given the green light for 5G private campus networks from 1 January 2024...
 
Al-Madar and Libyana networks services provided free in eastern region
The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity has instructed the Libyan Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Holding Company to provide Al-Madar and Libyana networks services for free of charge for...
 
South Asia
 
NTC and Ncell to support different bands and frequencies for telecom services in Nepal
NTC and Ncell currently support the common bands in Nepal, including Band 8 (900 MHz) for 2G, Band 1 (2100 MHz) for 3G, and Band 3 (1800 MHz) for 4G...
 
France, Bangladesh ink deals on infrastructure, satellite technology
A letter of intent was also signed to provide Bangladesh with an earth observation satellite system through cooperation between Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited, or BSCL, and Airbus Defense and Space SAS, France...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Vodafone TV Hungary adds streaming service
Vodafone Hungary now includes TV2 Play Premium in its Vodafone TV offerings, having added it to select packages since March, and also offers streaming services such as Netflix, HBO Max, and others to its subscribers...
 
Global OTT to soar over next six years
As much as US$53 billion in extra revenue, representing growth of 33%, will be generated by worldwide over-the-top (OTT) TV and film services from 2023 to 2029, totalling $215 billion says a study from Digital TV Research...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Telefónica challenges Vodafone for IoT roaming crown
Vodafone has retained its leadership position in the steadily growing internet of things (IoT) roaming market, but faces increasing competition from Telefónica, according to new research from Juniper Research...
 
New Zealand's Spark picks Arista for private cloud
Arista has been appointed by Spark as a private cloud networking provider to support Spark’s data centre networking services for a new private telecommunications cloud platform...
 
Globe launches phone trade-in programme
Philippines operator Globe Telecom partnered with insurance technology company Bolttech to launch a mobile phone trade-in programme to spur post-paid subscriber upgrades...
 
 
Middle East
 
Initiatives for digital transformation of SMEs in Saudi Arabia highlighted
The analysis finds that advanced manufacturing technologies powered by cutting-edge digital tools are transforming industries by paving the way for connectivity, automation, and artificial intelligence to bolster...
 
TII introduces world’s most powerful open LLM Falcon 180B
This groundbreaking release strengthens the UAE's dominance in AI, offering Falcon 180B as an open access model for research and commercial purposes...
 
Kuwait Airways hosts AACO meeting on digital transformation
The meeting discussed the latest mechanisms for digital transformation and artificial intelligence and focused on the methods to develop and improve this aspect in the air transport sector, as well as to follow the most...
 
Radio Bahrain launches livestream app to drive digital transformation
Radio Bahrain has launched a new livestream app in an attempt to boost digital transformation in the country, that will be accessible to audiences worldwide, giving the station a new way to reach its listeners...
 
North Africa
 
Huawei Egypt, NCW launch initiative to empower Egyptian women in ICT sector
The initiative aims to support and empower Egyptian women and girls, and increase their presence in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Beeline Uzbekistans 4G network upgrade project shows promising progress
Beeline Uzbekistan has successfully completed the first phase of its 4G network upgrade, expanding coverage to 54 cities and is aiming for 85% national coverage by year's end...
 
Deutsche Telekom demos 5G network slicing
Deutsche Telekom noted that slices are implemented as a dynamic and automated end-to-end service offering that is activated in minutes across the 5G network...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
YahClick and NIGCOMSAT partner to expand broadband penetration
The project is expected to begin in Q4 2023 and will see YahClick work closely with NIGCOMSAT to provide faster and more reliable broadband internet connectivity...
 
Exascale expands FTTP broadband to south of Telford and Wrekin
Shropshire-based UK ISP and alternative network provider Exascale, which has already built their own gigabit-capable Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has announced that they’re moving their network build...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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