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May 8, 2024

Featured Member News

e& reports consolidated revenues of AED 14.2 billion in Q1 2024, up 9%

e& disclosed its consolidated financial results for Q1 2024, reporting consolidated revenue of AED 14.2 billion, growing 9% year-over-year, while consolidated net profit increased to AED 2.3 billion, a year-over-year growth of 7%...

Member News

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Cisco appoints David Meads to Lead Middle East, Africa, Romania, and CIS

Cisco announced that it has appointed David Meads as Vice President for the Middle East, Africa, Romania, and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)...

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Huawei Digital Power showcases innovative solar technologies at FusionSolar Day Oman

Huawei Digital Power Middle East and Central Asia showcased its cutting-edge solar technologies at the recently concluded FusionSolar Day Oman in Muscat...

Recent Developments

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INRED and SES to provide high-throughput connectivity across Colombia’s Amazonas

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Omantel hosts the first Oman chapter meeting of Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA)

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The SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit on May 13th to Focus on Technology Integration in the 5.5G Era as well as Stakeholder Inclusion & Sustainable Development, to Help Catalyze Digital Prosperity across Regions

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Omantel and Abraj Energy Services sign strategic partnership for advanced ICT Solutions in talent and performance management

Policy and Regulation

•	Egypt advances call center operations with AI-powered Quality Assurance tool Amr Talaat, Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, presided over the signing of a pivotal agreement between the ministry and Xceed, an Egyptian information systems company...

•	NBTC launches plan to clean up Bangkok’s tangled telecoms cables The NBTC and MEA will reportedly streamline the process of deploying cables underground, although they will also implement tough new regulations to manage new installations of fiber infrastructure...

Middle East

•	Cognizant and Google Cloud to drive AI innovation in KSA This effort aims to accelerate the adoption of cutting-edge technologies, with a strong focus on generative AI, data modernisation and application migration...

•	Orange Jordan & Ooredoo Palestine renew their strategic agreement to offer customers top-notch roaming services Orange Jordan renewed its strategic partnership with Ooredoo Palestine to offer customers in both countries top-notch international roaming services...

•	Al Rubaiyat Group embarks on digital transformation with TRAX Group in Saudi Arabia This initiative is a pivotal step towards achieving the goals set by Saudi Vision 2030 for economic diversification and technological enhancement...

North Africa

•	Iozera and Morocco partner to launch groundbreaking AI hub and data center This partnership aims to democratize access to advanced AI computing resources globally, with a focus on GPU-based processing for researchers, startups, and businesses...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Warner Bros. Discovery in Canal+ tie-up for French Max launch The company has struck a deal with French pay TV operator Canal+ to distribute the streamer, building on the pair’s existing partnership around linear channels and content...

•	Vodafone Germany launches DVB-C/OTT hybrid box As a hybrid box, the new model is suitable for both a classic TV cable subscription (DVB-C) and TV streaming (OTT) for the first time...

South Asia

•	Banglalink country’s first telecom operator to fully phase out 3G, embracing 4G Banglalink has become the first telecom operator in the country to completely discontinue 3G services in a bid to enhance its 4G service quality and speed through the reallocation of network resources...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Macheen announces 4G service on the Verizon LTE network Macheen has announced the availability of the Macheen Mobile Connect platform as a 4G service on the North American Verizon LTE Network.

•	Tesla highlights private 5G network at Giga Berlin Tesla has highlighted its ultra-fast private 5G network at its Gigafactory in Germany, which is expected to keep the equipment running efficiently over long distances, and with as little latency as possible...

Satellite & Internet

•	Starlink set to launch satellite broadband service in Indonesia Indonesia is poised to welcome SpaceX’s Starlink LEO satellite broadband service within the next two weeks, announced Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, the coordinating minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment...

•	Deutsche Glasfaser to upgrade fiber broadband network in Germany Deutsche Glasfaser Group is a fiber broadband provider for rural and suburban areas in Germany, with the aim of rolling out fiber networks across the nation...

Global Telecom Update

•	Operators to invest US$26 billion in cloud network services Telecommunications cloud refers to the implementation of cloud technology, services, and architecture into operator core networks, with this centralisation enabling operators to develop automated network management systems...

•	Amazon breaks into Europe 5G networks with Telefonica cloud deal While some telecom networks have moved IT and other non-core operations to the public cloud, the move by the subsidiary of Spanish group Telefonica is a global first where an existing mobile operator is switching its core...

•	CMC Networks launches pan-African edge cloud IaaS South Africa-based CMC Networks announced on Tuesday it has launched a new infrastructure as a service (IaaS) solution that offers edge computing cloud services to enterprises across Africa...

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