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June 3, 2024

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SAMENA Council’s CEO Bocar BA advocates adoption of innovative financing models at WSIS 2024 to bridge digital divide

At the WSIS 2024 Leaders TalkX session, titled "Partnership Pivot: Innovating International Cooperation to Scale Digital Inclusion," SAMENA Telecommunications Council, represented by CEO Bocar BA, emphasized the critical need for enhanced international collaboration and innovative financing to address the global digital divide...

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stc signs MoU with NUKS to support students through various initiatives

Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with...

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Leading CSP in Eastern Europe deploys Nexign Policy Management to prepare for the 5G era

A Tier-1 communications service provider (CSP) serving a multi-million subscriber base has deployed Nexign PCRF/PCF, a high-performance converged solution for dynamic policy management in 4G and 5G networks...

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Changes in Nokia Corporation's own shares

The transfer is based on the resolution of the Board of Directors to issue shares held by the company to settle its commitments to participants of the plans as announced on 4 October 2023...

Policy and Regulation

•	Kingdom of Bahrain chairs the GCC Group to prepare for World Radiocommunication Conference 2027 The Kingdom of Bahrain, represented by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), chaired the first meeting of the GCC working group responsible for the preparations of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2027...

•	NCC urges updating old phones ahead of 3G shutdown Users of mobile phones that do not support voice over long-term evolution (VoLTE) technology might need to update their phones as the nation is to shut down 3G voice service on June 30, the National Communications Commission...

South Asia

•	Nepal's CG Group ties up with Huawei to launch 4G services Nepal's Chaudhary Group (CG) has signed a deal worth about US$100 million with China's Huawei Technologies to bring 4G phone services to the country...

North Africa

•	Tunisia and Italy sign MoU to enhance digital technology and industrial cooperation Tunisia and Italy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance digital technology and its applications in industry...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	DAZN app launches on Sky platforms in UK and Ireland The DAZN app will sit alongside other streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ in the app section of Sky’s UI...

•	SkyShowtime announces new partnership with Norlys The Comcast-Paramount Global venture can now be added as a ‘preferred streaming service’ within the flexible VælgSelv packages...

Global Telecom Update

•	AWS says new Bangkok Region will go live early next year Amazon Web Services announced that its long-planned AWS Asia Pacific (Bangkok) Region will go live in early 2025 as it makes good on its earlier pledge to invest more than 190 billion baht (US$5 billion) in Thailand by...

•	Nvidia unveils new data centre GPU architecture called Rubin The new GPU architecture, reportedly arriving in 2026, demonstratres Nvidia thinks model parameters will keep surging...

•	Armenian telco Ovio launches data center outside Yerevan Ovio said its data center has access to a 35kW substation, with the construction of a second 110kW substation underway...

Middle East

•	Orange AI Incubator inaugurates its 3rd season Orange Jordan inaugurated the third season of its AI Incubator, which falls within its strategic partnership with the Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF) and Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT)...

•	Qatar keeps world record of mobile network speed Qatar has once again been lauded for its outstanding performance by consistently ranking first in the world on Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index for mobile broadband speeds in February, March and April...

•	Oman’s digital transformation initiative reaches 53 percent completion rate by end of September 2023 Oman has made strong progress in its government’s digital transformation initiative, achieving a 53 percent completion rate by the end of September 2023...

•	Saudi Arabia to spend US$1.2 billion on developing local digital content The new entity will be responsible for taking initiatives to promote the fast-growing digital content industry of the Kingdom...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	BSNL rolls out 4G service in Thoothukudi district All the hardware supplied for the towers have built-in 5G capability, requiring only a software upgrade; a total of 26 new 4G towers are planned for Thoothukudi Operational Area...

•	Ghana partners with global tech giants to launch nationwide 5G services The Next-Gen Infrastructure Company (NGIC) has been awarded 5G license and expected to launch 5G services across Ghana within the next six months, followed by expansion to other parts of Africa...

Satellite & Internet

•	Chinese startup Netwing launches user-friendly satellite internet device for remote connectivity Netwing, a Beijing-based startup, is addressing the connectivity challenges in China's remote regions by launching a consumer-grade satellite internet device to improve the limited 4G coverage in the expansive western...

•	Telin, Singtel plan subsea cable to boost data centre connectivity Telkom Indonesia’s international arm Telin announced on Friday it has signed a MoU with Singtel to develop a new subsea cable system connecting Singapore and Indonesia to support the booming data centre market in both...

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