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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 20, 2024
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
stc Group revenues and bottom line for the year 2023 reached SAR 72.3bln and SAR 13.3bln
 
 
stc revenues for the year 2023 reached SAR 72,337m with an increase of 7.3% as compared to 2022. The growth of revenue was mainly attributed to the increase in commercial unit revenues by 5.1%, carriers and wholesale unit revenues by 1.4% in stc KSA, and the subsidiaries revenues also increased by 23.9%...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain signs strategic partnership with ktech
Member Logo Zain signed a strategic partnership with the Kuwait Technical College (ktech) to support student, academic, cultural, and sports activities held throughout the current academic year...
 
•  Network infrastructure was a prime target for cyber threats in 2023
Member Logo Cisco Talos Intelligence Group, one of the largest commercial threat intelligence teams in the world, released its annual report, titled ‘Cisco Talos: Year in Review 2023’...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Zain’s ‘Generation Z’ 2024 graduate program kicks off with a focus on supercharging leadership skills
 
•  Eutelsat 7/8° West video hotspot leveraged by Télédiffusion d’Algérie to expand channel offering for audiences across Algeria
 
•  Cisco reports second quarter earnings
 
•  AT&T to deliver fiber-powered broadband access to more than 2,000 customer locations in Town of Sevastopol
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Vodafone Egypt gets CBE approval to boost stakes in digital payment firms Bee, Masary
Vodafone Egypt has received the Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) approval to boost its stake from 10 per cent to 20 per cent in the two digital payment companies, Bee and Masary...
 
ITU appoints Dr Saif to Digital Innovation Board for entrepreneurship alliance
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has appointment Dr Umar Saif, to the Digital Innovation Board of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital Development...
 
Middle East
 
UAE ranks first globally in 5G speed
The adoption rate of the sixth version of the Internet Protocol (IPv6) in the UAE reached 50.7 per cent in January 2024, and the level of mobile network coverage continued to be 100 per cent, according to the UAE Digital...
 
Yahsat announces ambitious D2D strategy
Yahsat says it will offer a preview of its D2D portfolio of innovative products and solutions during the Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona later this month...
 
Fortinet launches a new appliance that combines 5G with AI
Fortinet, a global cybersecurity leader, has launched a new compact and ruggedised appliance explicitly built to deliver enhanced secure networking capabilities and 5G connectivity to operational technology (OT)...
 
North Africa
 
Algerie Telecom teams up with housing agency to bring fibre to new builds
The two partners will work together to bring fixed broadband connectivity to housing developments currently under contraction, as well as future building projects...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
New version of Indonesia’s Vision+ debuts, powered by Mirada
Vision+ has tapped Mirada’s Iris platform to deliver a revamped personalised video streaming experience to over 40 million monthly active users...
 
Paramount+ could combine with Comcast’s Peacock
The companies behind SkyShowtime has discussed bringing Paramount+ and Peacock under one roof in the US domestic market...
 
 
South Asia
 
Teletalk looks to expand 4G network
Bangladesh's state-owned mobile operator, Teletalk Bangladesh Limited, eyes Chinese assistance in implementing one of its key projects that aims to expand the 4G mobile broadband networks up to the union level...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Vi expands network capacity across four circles to enhance digital connectivity
The company has also shut down its 3G services and re-farmed the spectrum for 4G to improve the network quality...
 
Vodafone’s 5G will reach 82% of the population in 2024:
Vodafone Spain has announced plans to substantially expand its 5G coverage to over 2,700 localities and 82 percent of the population by the end of 2024...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
China is testing 6G technology in space
China Mobile’s 6G satellite will be orbiting at a height of just 500 kilometers and will be intended to deliver high data transfer rates at a lower latency...
 
Nexfibre makes billion-pound broadband infrastructure investment
The plans aims to drive long-term competition in the fibre access market across the UK and reach its target of delivering its services to 5 million premises by 2026...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Vonage & AWS partner to improve developer solutions & fraud protection
The aim is to develop solutions to enable customers to use the network to conceive innovative ideas and enhance customer experiences...
 
NEC claims to boost 5G robot performance with new AI wizardry
Japanese kit maker NEC has pitched a new RAN optimisation solution designed to improve the performance and reliability of remote-controlled devices...
 
Nxtra plans a Nairobi data centre
Following the recent announcement of its data centre plans for Africa, beginning with a 36MW data centre in Lagos, Bharti Airtel’s African unit has confirmed that it will develop a data centre in Nairobi...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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