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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
June 20, 2024
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Global Telco AI Alliance founding parties sign agreement to establish a joint venture focused on co-developing and launching a multilingual Telco LLM
 
 
SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM, “SKT”), Deutsche Telekom, e&, Singtel and SoftBank Corp., the founding parties of the Global Telco AI Alliance (GTAA), signed a Joint Venture agreement at TM Forum's DTW24-Ignite. This follows the announcement by the GTAA at MWC Barcelona 2024 to establish a Joint Venture and marks the founding parties’ commitment to co-develop and launch multilingual Large Language Models (Telco LLM) specifically tailored to the needs of telecommunications companies through the JV...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  SES announces successful syndication and raising of €3 billion acquisition financing
Member Logo This €3 billion bridge facility has been successfully syndicated now, with a highly oversubscribed level of commitments, to an international group of existing relationship and new banks in the form of a €2.1...
 
•  Tech Mahindra and TM Forum to upskill next-gen workforce to drive innovation for CSPs
Member Logo Tech Mahindra a leading global provider of technology consulting and digital solutions to enterprises across industries, announced a strategic partnership with TM Forum, the worldwide consortium of over 800 entities driving...
 
•  Huawei, TM Forum, and eight carriers jointly release New-Generation Intelligent Operations White Paper 2.0
Member Logo At Digital Transformation World (DTW) 2024, Huawei, together with the event organizer TM Forum and eight carriers including Orange, HKT, and China Mobile, released the New-Generation Intelligent Operations White Paper 2.0...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
CST reveals that the total of local and international calls reached 44.8 million in Makkah AlMukarramah & Holy Sites during Eid Aladha 2024
The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) revealed the telecom indicators in Makkah & Holy Sites on Eid Aladha 2024, where the total of voice calls reached 44.8M, including 38.04M local calls and 6.76M...
 
Ofcom to revoke unpaired spectrum licences by 2029
Ofcom has confirmed that it will revoke the current mobile operator licences for the unpaired part of the 2100MHz band by 3rd April 2029...
 
Middle East
 
Vodafone Qatar unveils series of digital solutions in collaboration with leading tech partners
Vodafone Qatar has taken a significant leap in driving digital transformation for large enterprises by hosting educational workshops that unveiled a series of digital solutions in collaboration with Microsoft and Crayon...
 
Saudi Arabia tops global IMD cybersecurity rankings for 2024
The National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) credits the Kingdom's rise in cybersecurity rankings to its efforts at both local and international levels, reported SPA...
 
Wahyd Logistics leads the AI revolution in Middle Eastern supply chains
Recognizing the transformative power of AI, Wahyd Logistics is leveraging advanced technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline operations, reduce costs, and significantly improve customer satisfaction...
 
North Africa
 
Morocco: 18,000 WiFi access points for 12 public universities
The American wireless network provider Cambium Networks announced the deployment of 18,000 WiFi access points to provide high-speed Internet connectivity in 12 large public universities in Morocco...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Viaplay launches Danish ad tier
The new tier draws so the same film and series library and children’s content, which remains ad free. Sport is not available in the tier, but there is a mini-bouquet of 11 basic channels including the Danish public...
 
BBC Ventures makes first investment into metaverse events streaming platform
The investment will also see Condense’s technology used in the BBC’s ‘New Music Portal’, where audiences will be able to watch 3D-rendered gigs and live performances on mobile or desktop...
 
 
South Asia
 
Google expands Gemini to Pakistan
Google announced the expansion of its Gemini service, making the app and Gemini Advanced available in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Turkey...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Telcos race to reach mobile phone users ahead of 3G shutdown
Australia's 3G mobile phone network is shutting down in coming months, meaning people will now have to use the 4G or 5G networks...
 
Kazakhstan to emerge as regional digital hub with 5G expansion
Kazakh mobile operators will expand 5G coverage in Astana, Almaty, Shymkent, and regional centers to complete the introduction of 5G mobile communications by the end of 2025...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Zimbabwe and Namibia announce satcoms initiatives
More space-related announcements have recently been made, this time by Zimbabwe and Namibia, underlining the continuing growth of satellite communications initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa...
 
Global Fiber taps Padtec for Belém-Fortaleza subsea fiber route
This system will connect Pará state capital Belém and Ceará capital Fortaleza and will be Global Fiber’s first project fully deployed in Brazilian territory, Padtec said in a statement...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Asian operators look to AI for growth
The chief executives of Axiata Group, Jio Platforms and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison expressed great confidence in AI and digitalisation for delivery of growth for emerging market operators and economies...
 
Comviva rolls out CNPaaS to revolutionize monetization via network APIs
This strategic enhancement elevates NGAGE to a CNPaaS solution, that shall empower enterprises with advanced 5G network capabilities such as on-demand quality of service (QoS), precise device location, and network slicing,...
 
TM and Singtel's Nxera plan 200 MW data center campus near Singapore
TM (Telekom Malaysia) has announced a strategic joint venture with Nxera, the regional data center arm of Singtel’s Digital InfraCo unit, to develop state-of-the-art data centers in Malaysia...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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