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October 7, 2025

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sirar by stc showcases cyber leadership at the Global Cybersecurity Forum 2025

sirar by stc, stc group’s cybersecurity arm and a Tier-1 licensee of the National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA), concluded its role as an annual meeting partner at the Global Cybersecurity Forum (GCF) 2025, held in Riyadh on October 1 and 2, 2025...

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AT&T extends NCAA corporate champion partnership, continuing support for college athletics

AT&T has been a cornerstone in college sports for more than 20 years, fueling championship moments, supporting student-athletes, and connecting millions of fans nationwide...

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Nokia and fibertime™ accelerate roll-out of fiber broadband access to underserved townships across South Africa

Nokia has announced that fibertime is expanding its fiber broadband access footprint to include an additional 400,000 homes located across South Africa’s underserved communities...

Policy and Regulation

•	TRA Bahrain and mobile operators unveil joint guidelines to combat fraudulent SMS The TRA reaffirmed that the initiative underscores Bahrain’s leadership in digital trust and consumer protection, ensuring that the country’s telecom infrastructure remains secure, transparent, and resilient...

•	Mobile Number Portability in Jordan: A step towards consumer choice Experts in information and communication technology have emphasized that the 2025 regulations for mobile number portability, recently published in the Official Gazette, will enhance competition in Jordan’s mobile...

Middle East

•	Beyon Cyber and Umniah partner to strengthen regional cybersecurity resilience Beyon Cyber has announced a strategic partnership with Jordan-based telecom operator Umniah to enhance cybersecurity defences across the Middle East region...

•	Leading tech giants head to Dubai for Gitex Global 2025 With capabilities of AI advancing every year, its potential to address challenges once thought unsolvable is rapidly expanding, from the possibility of curing genetic diseases to transforming urban mobility or enabling green...

•	Bahrain launches bulk KYC service to strengthen digital trust in financial sector This strategic capability allows regulated financial institutions to submit large volumes of customer records for verification directly against Bahrain’s Central Population Registry (CRS)...

North Africa

•	Orange Egypt launches nation’s first digital gold trading platform via mobile wallets Orange Egypt has announced the launch of Egypt’s first digital gold trading platform, enabling customers to buy and sell gold directly through their My Orange app and Orange Cash Wallet...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	CNN Max to leave HBO Max ahead of new streaming launch CNN Max, the 24-hour live news feed available on HBO Max in the United States, will shut down on 17 November, ahead of CNN’s launch of a new standalone streaming service later this autumn...

•	Korean firm Snack VR looking for partners for Southeast Asia market South Korean virtual reality (VR) company SG Entertech Co Ltd has announced plans to expand its Snack VR platform across Southeast Asia, seeking local agents, distributors and strategic partners to build a regional network...

South Asia

•	TikTok launches STEM feed in Bangladesh to boost digital learning and inclusion TikTok, in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh, has launched a dedicated STEM Feed—an in-app stream designed to surface credible, engaging science, technology, engineering, and mathematics content...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	PLDT’s Smart launches ViLTE-powered video calls PLDT’s wireless unit Smart Communications announced that it has launched a new video calling service powered by Video Over LTE (ViLTE) technology that allows users to make video calls without using a third-party app...

•	5G network in Serbia to become operational in December Both European and American financial institutions are ready to help Telekom develop the 5G network, with the goal of making it operational in December...

Satellite & Internet

•	4iG SDT agreement with Axiom Space could boost Hungary’s space industry Hungarian company 4iG Space and Defence (4iG SDT) says it has signed a preliminary, non-binding commitment letter with US-based Axiom Space, a global leader in commercial spaceflight and low Earth orbit (LEO) infrastructure...

•	Viettel upgrades nationwide optical network with Ciena’s 800G coherent optics Ciena announced that Viettel will be upgrading its nationwide optical network using Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) 800G coherent optics on the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform...

Global Telecom Update

•	Atlas Renewable plans to develop data centres in Brazil US company Atlas Renewable, Latin America's largest privately-owned renewables independent power producer (IPP) and one of the world's fastest-growing renewable energy companies, is reportedly aiming to develop data...

•	Datadog hits 1,000 integrations strengthening cloud observability and AI monitoring Datadog, the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, announced it has reached 1,000 integrations on its unified platform...

•	Cloud Box Technologies to demonstrate its infrastructure and AI capabilities The company will showcase its wide range of products, projects and hardware capabilities centered around infrastructure and AI that cater to multiple organizations across business sectors and size...

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