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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 4, 2024
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
e& unveils GoLearning, an AI-based eLearning platform set to reshape the future of learning
 
 
e& UAE announced the launch of GoLearning, an innovative and revolutionary eLearning platform that marks an important step towards digitised education in the UAE...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Tech Mahindra expands BPS Business in the Baltic States with a New Centre in Latvia
Member Logo The new market expansion is a significant part of Tech Mahindra's ongoing strategy to deliver innovative technology solutions worldwide...
 
•  Nokia and Solis partner to support agribusinesses in Brazil
Member Logo Nokia has formed a partnership with Solis Tower Telecom do Brasil, a telecom infrastructure organization, to offer a flexible and competitive digital agriculture solution, bringing much-needed connectivity to agribusinesses...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
NCC boss pledges more collaboration for telecom sustainability
Executive vice-chairman of Nigerian Communication Commission has assured stakeholders of the commission’s commitment to working collaboratively to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Nigerian telecommunications...
 
Telecommunications Ministry, GFG sign golden sponsorship agreement
The Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) 2024 is organised in collaboration between the Bahrain Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, the Royal Bahraini Air Force, and Farnborough International...
 
Middle East
 
Beyon partners with LigaData to build a data Lakehouse platform
Beyon has entered into a partnership with LigaData, a data analytics and cloud firm in Silicon Valley, California, to develop a cutting-edge Data Lakehouse which will serve as a centralised repository for all of Beyon...
 
Orange Jordan participates in EU-Jordan Business Forum
Orange Jordan concluded by stressing that as a telecom company that values private-public partnership and operates in collaboration with institutions and organizations that share the same vision, it looks forward to the...
 
Adyen and Noon partner to enhance UAE e-commerce payments
This collaboration aims to accelerate the growth of the region’s digital economy by enhancing payment solutions for merchants and customers alike...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
ITVX to add Hayu content to subscription tier
ITV has partnered with NBCUniversal's Hayu to add over 750 hours of reality TV content, including popular shows like Keeping up with the Kardashians and The Real Housewives of Melbourne, to its ITVX Premium subscription...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
AST SpaceMobile pairs with AT&T and Verizon for satellite broadband
AST SpaceMobile chairman and CEO, Abel Avellan, has said that the company is on course to provide 100 percent coverage across North America...
 
EXA and SOCAR Fiber to create terrestrial fiber link across Turkey
European fiber backbone and subsea infrastructure provider EXA Infrastructure says it has signed a deal with Turkey’s SOCAR Fiber to develop a terrestrial fibre optic route across Turkey that it says will add diversity...
 
 
South Asia
 
PTA ensuring safer online experience
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), in collaboration with Meta, has launched the Urdu version of the TakeItDown portal, a critical tool in combating online child exploitation...
 
Internet user base sees a big boost in Bangladesh
The number of internet subscribers in Bangladesh surged by a massive 2.6 million in May, one of the biggest jumps in recent years, with mobile data users making up a bulk of the new customers...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt partners with Nokia to launch IP Excellence Center, boosting ICT services exports
By establishing the IP Excellence Center, ITIDA, Telecom Egypt, and Nokia are poised to play a pivotal role in fostering innovation, skills development, and research in network automation, while thriving in Egypt’s...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
O2 UK claims completion of phase one of rural 4G mobile rollout project
O2 (VMO2) has completed the first phase of the Shared Rural Network rollout, expanding 4G coverage to 227 rural UK communities, with their highest mast at Glencoe Mountain Resort, aiming to extend 4G to 95% of the UK by...
 
North America surge drives global 5G connections to two-billion mark
The first quarter of 2024, global adoption of 5G connections continued its steady climb, reaching nearly two billion with an addition of 185 million new connections...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Increased appetite seen for AI at work
Organisations have been forced to confront a new reality where employees, impatient with the pace at which their senior leadership has been adopting Artificial Intelligence, have decided to bring their own AI tools to work...
 
Vodafone UK agrees new Virgin Media O2 tie-up to ease competition concerns
Britain's Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have agreed to extend their network-sharing deal to the mid-2030s, including a spectrum shift that could help Vodafone to win regulatory approval for its tie-up with mobile operator...
 
Indosat launches AI solutions for Indonesia’s oil and gas sector
Indonesian telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison announced that it has launched a new suite of AI-powered, cloud-based solutions specifically geared to help Indonesia’s upstream oil and gas industry become more sustainable...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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