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July 29, 2024

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Salam taps Oracle for managed services

Salam, a leading Saudi telecom provider, has awarded Oracle a managed services agreement to support its ongoing digital transformation...

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Nokia expands its FWA portfolio with new 5G devices for North American market

Nokia announced that it is adding a new 5G Fixed Wireless Access outdoor receiver and indoor gateway with Wi-Fi 7 to its growing portfolio of FWA broadband access products...

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Huawei microwave 2T E-band XMC-80D wins iF and Red Dot Design Awards 2024

This marks the second time Huawei's microwave products have received these two prestigious awards following the XMC-3E in 2021...

Policy and Regulation

•	Malaysia to move ahead with social media licencing scheme Popular social media and OTT messaging services in Malaysia will have to apply for a class licence under a new framework to be introduced by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)...

•	CST encourages participation in ITU's second annual 'SDG Digital GameChangers Award' competition The competition provides global recognition to the beneficial influence of digital technologies that support sustainable development goals...

South Asia

•	Transworld Associates to land world’s largest subsea cable system in Pakistan Transworld Associates has partnered with 2Africa for a project that will enhance global connectivity for Pakistan...

•	Sri Lanka Telecom to get new spectrum allocation Sri Lanka Telecom will get a new spectrum allocation that will ‘significantly’ increase its value, the State-Owned Enterprises Restructuring Unit said...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Mobile app data platform AppMagic raises US$3 million in Series A round AppMagic plans to use these new funds to build out dedicated sales teams for the U.S., China, South Korea and Japan...

•	rlaxx TV adds FAST Channels from FUNKE Free streaming service rlaxx TV is expanding its offering with a range of FAST Channels provided by German media company FUNKE Digital...

Global Telecom Update

•	Wingu and Gebeya launch ‘talent cloud solution’ for East Africa Wingu Africa and Gebeya have announced the launch of what they call a groundbreaking ‘talent cloud solution’ aimed at developing human capital for the data centre industry in East Africa...

•	Vodafone Spain sees nearly 28% YoY IoT growth Vodafone Spain reached over 7.37 million active IoT lines as of June 30, marking a 27.7% year-on-year growth, the telco said in a release...

•	Open Innovation AI collaborates with AMD to advance AI Open Innovation AI, a premier AI orchestration platform provider, has announced collaboration with AMD, the high performance and adaptive computing leader to utilise AMD Instinct GPUs to advance AI model development and...

Middle East

•	Saudi Arabia launches key data infrastructure projects Saudi Data and AI Authority has announced the launch of a range of technical infrastructure expansion projects as well as data centers in Riyadh...

•	The Arab World’s telcos skyrocket IoT offerings by 527% from 2015 to 2024 Arab Advisors Group released a new series of reports that overviews the IoT industry in the region from a telecom perspective...

•	Batelco unveils Bahrain’s first AI-powered digital assistant This innovative assistant aims to enhance customer experience and provide digital assistance via Batelco’s app and website, offering 24/7 support...

•	Zain KSA reports 60% net profit growth in H1 2024 Zain KSA announced its financial results for the first half of 2024, recording revenues of SAR5 billion, a 6% increase compared to the same period in 2023...

North Africa

•	Maroc Telecom reports robust H1 2024 results amid growth in customer base and revenue Maroc Telecom has reported strong operational results for the first half of 2024, with a 5.1% increase in its customer base, reaching 78.4 million...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Airtel accelerates 5G revolution by re-farming mid-band spectrum to meet surging demand, enhance browsing speed According to an exchange filing, with a growing number of customers transitioning to 5G, Airtel is reallocating its mid-band spectrum to expand 5G services across the 1800, 2100, and 2300 MHz bands nationwide...

•	China houses 3.92 million 5G base stations The figure represented a net increase of 540,000 5G base stations over the end of last year, accounting for 33 percent of the total number of mobile base stations nationwide, according to the data...

Satellite & Internet

•	Intelsat advances 3GPP approval for unified satellite and terrestrial network Intelsat led the effort with support from 35 companies and 3GPP community members, including other satellite operators, terrestrial vendors, and mobile network operators (MNOs)...

•	Frontier demonstrates 100G broadband network speeds The demonstration shows that the company’s existing network, which includes fiber that was installed decades ago, can adapt to meet the increasing demand for connectivity...

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