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September 12, 2024

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SAMENA Council Advocates Advancing Business and ICT Visions through Regulatory Enablement of 5G Standalone Networks; Highlights a Universal Financing Framework for Broadband Development

SAMENA Council CEO & Board Member, Bocar BA delivered a welcome address at the 5G Core Summit, organized by Informa Tech in collaboration with Huawei, and drew upon the Council’s observations that digital transformation, technology integration, and economic diversification are some of the key drivers of new investments in advanced mobile networks.

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Zain Group partners with ‘Be My Eyes’ to provide accessibility assistance to people who are blind or have low vision

Zain Group, a leading provider of innovative technologies and digital lifestyle communications, operating in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, has entered a regional first-of-its-kind strategic partnership...

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e& and Man City partner to celebrate the joy of high-speed moments

Global technology group e& is set for a match day takeover when the Four-In-A-Row Premier League champions, Manchester City meet Brentford on Saturday, 14th September at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, UK...

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Nokia and OTE Group set dual world-record optical transmission rates over ultra long distances

Nokia together with OTE Group, a member of Deutsche Telekom (DT), today announced two new optical transmission rate world records using Nokia’s sixth generation of super-coherent Photonic Service Engine (PSE-6s)...

Policy and Regulation

•	The Digital Regulatory Academy holds a training program on “Regulating Emerging Technologies” The Digital Regulatory Academy (DRA) held a training program titled "Regulating Emerging Technologies”, which aims to raise awareness of the regulatory framework for emerging technologies, provide insights into...

•	Nigeria’s NCC introduces device management system to combat phone-related crime The NCC DMS is described as a comprehensive central equipment identity register (CEIR) aimed at managing and regulating mobile devices accessing the country’s communication networks...

South Asia

•	bKash partners with Grameenphone and City Bank to facilitate affordable smartphone purchases bKash, a mobile financial service provider in Bangladesh, has teamed up with Grameenphone and City Bank to make 4G and 5G smartphones more accessible to their customers...

•	Visa and 1Link partner to promote digital payments in Pakistan Visa teamed up with 1Link, a payment system operator and payment service provider in Pakistan, to promote digital payments in Pakistan...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	OSN+ partners with castLabs to enhance content protection As Anghami enters a new era of video streaming following its merger with OSN+, the company is spearheading the development of the next generation of the OSN+ platform...

•	Pluto TV ads suite of FAST news channels Pluto TV is launching a collection of FAST channel focusing on global and local news coverage across multiple international markets...

Global Telecom Update

•	KT, LG & Vodafone join Sisvel’s cellular IoT patent pool KT Corporation, LG Electronics Inc. and Vodafone Group Services Limited have become the latest companies to join Sisvel’s Cellular IoT patent pool, further cementing the programme’s status as the one-stop...

•	Telefonica joins Privado ID to develop EU-compliant digital identity solutions Telefonica has joined Privado ID as a systems integrator to develop new digital identity solutions using decentralized technology...

•	Jabra launches ClearSpeech AI solution Launching as an integrated part of Engage AI, Jabra ClearSpeech is being introduced to help users focus on the customer conversation at hand, rather than repetition and mistakes...

Middle East

•	Saudi Arabia and IBM partner to establish AI Center of Excellence in Riyadh The Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA) has entered into a partnership with IBM to explore the creation of an AI Center of Excellence...

•	Zain Bahrain trials demand-driven power-efficient cell capacity This achievement underscores the telco's commitment to minimizing emissions while helping to accelerate progress toward meeting the Sustainable Developed Goals (SDGs), which are an integral part of Zain's corporate...

•	Paymob secures $22m to bolster digital payment infrastructure in MENA Paymob, a trailblazer in the MENA financial services sector, has recently announced a substantial US$22 million extension to its Series B funding, culminating in a robust US$72 million total for the round...

•	AI to contribute US$100 billion to UAE’s GDP by 2030 With the sector on the brink of a major expansion, projections indicate the country's AI market could swell to US$50 billion by 2031...

North Africa

•	Grifols Egypt partners with Orange Business to enhance healthcare infrastructure his collaboration, facilitated through the ACUD commercial and telco data center, is pivotal in supporting Egypt’s goal to be self-sufficient in plasma-derived medicines...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	NTT to deploy Private 5G in Brownsville, Texas NTT Data has been selected by the City of Brownsville in Texas to deploy private 5G wireless connectivity across the city...

•	WindTre expands 5G TDD coverage to 75 percent of Italy The operator explained that 5G FDD DSS technology allows dynamic use of the same FDD spectrum for both 4G and 5G connections...

Satellite & Internet

•	T-Mobile and Starlink successfully tested wireless emergency alert (WEA) via satellite In collaboration with Starlink satellites, T-Mobile sent out emergency evacuation alerts to its users in areas that are currently unreachable by traditional cellular network grid towers...

•	Liquid upgrades Kenya-Uganda fiber route with terabit capacity Liquid Intelligent Technologies announced that it has upgraded its 1,300-km fiber route in Kenya that connects the coastal city of Mombasa to Busia on the Ugandan border...

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