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November 12, 2025

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Omantel Innovation Labs and the Rising Omani Startups Programme announce winners of the AI Hackathon 2025

The AI Hackathon 2025, organized by the Omantel innovation labs and The Rising Omani Startups Programme, concluded successfully its four-day event at Omantel Headquarters, marking a significant step in advancing Sultanate of Oman’s innovation and AI-driven startup landscape...

UAE launches National 6G initiative to shape the future of hyper-connected society

The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) of the United Arab Emirates has announced the launch of the 6th Generation (6G) Initiative, marking a major step toward positioning the UAE as a global leader in next-generation connectivity...

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Eutelsat appoints new Chief Financial Officer

Eutelsat announces the appointment of Sébastien Rouge as its new Chief Financial Officer and member of the Group’s Executive Committee under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Jean-François Fallacher....

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Cisco AI Readiness Index 2025: 92% of UAE organizations plan Agentic AI deployment and over half of organizations invest in data center capacity to support soaring AI adoption

The urgency to demonstrate tangible return-on-investment (ROI) from AI deployments is also growing, with 86% of UAE respondents stating that this urgency has increased in the past six months. Reflecting this priority, 74% of...

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Five scenarios of innovation drive the African mobile industry for the next golden decade

Speaking at the MBB Summit during AfricaCom 2025, Samuel Chen, Vice President of Huawei's Wireless Network Business Marketing, unveiled five scenario-based innovations aimed at driving high-quality growth in...

Policy and Regulation

•	ITU, GSMA and UNHCR look to expand plan to connect refugees in Chad and elsewhere UN partners, including the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and GSMA, announced they are working on expanding efforts in Chad and other refugee-hosting countries to provide affordable connectivity to millions of...

•	UAE launches National 6G initiative to shape the future of hyper-connected society The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) of the United Arab Emirates has announced the launch of the 6th Generation (6G) Initiative, marking a major step toward positioning the UAE as a...

North Africa

•	President Al-Sisi meets global tech leaders to accelerate Egypt’s ICT growth The meeting, attended by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Communications Minister Amr Talaat, focused on expanding digital investments, creating high-skilled jobs, and strengthening Egypt’s position in the global...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Kyrgyzstan stands out in Central Asia by rolling out 4G mobile network coverage Kyrgyzstan leads Central Asia in mobile connectivity, with 99.2% of its population covered by 4G, setting a benchmark for digital accessibility across the region...

•	Upgrade works underway ahead of 5G launch Sure by Beyon said ahead of the launch of its new 5G services in 2026 it would upgrade the 18 pre-existing mobile sites on the island throughout November and December...

Satellite & Internet

•	SES and AMN upgrade rural telecoms sites across Côte d’Ivoire SES and Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) announced that they have successfully upgraded over 200 telecoms sites across Côte d’Ivoire to deliver 2G and 3G mobile data services to over 500,000 people in rural and...

•	Zayo launches first 400G PoP in Monterrey, expanding North American network Zayo, a leading global communications infrastructure provider, announced the launch of its first Zayo-owned Point of Presence (PoP) in Mexico, a major expansion of Zayo’s high-capacity North American network...

Middle East

•	Oman fintech market set to hit US$2.8 billion by end of 2025 This surge underscores the country’s rapid digital transformation under the Central Bank of Oman’s (CBO) progressive regulatory agenda and innovation-friendly policies...

•	Thuraya launches in South Africa with Thuraya-4 satellite rollout Thuraya, the subsidiary of Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company with global reach, announced the commercial rollout of its next-generation mobile communications satellite, Thuraya-4, in South Africa...

•	Paramount and Bahrain’s National Cyber Security Centre partner to deliver world-class MITRE D3FEND cybersecurity training Leading regional cybersecurity firm Paramount has partnered with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of Bahrain to introduce MITRE D3FEND cybersecurity training, marking a major step in advancing regional cyber defense...

South Asia

•	Pakistan Telecommunication Authority upgrades national firewall to strengthen cyber defenses The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has initiated a major firewall renewal and upgrade project aimed at fortifying the country’s cybersecurity infrastructure and protecting critical digital systems from...

Global Telecom Update

•	UiPath accelerates AI transformation with expanded capabilities for its UiPath platform for agentic automation and orchestration As more organizations look to AI agents and automation to become more efficient, many still struggle to identify the right use cases and build agents to transform processes into repeatable and long-running automated...

•	Turkcell, Google sign cooperation agreement on cloud technologies Turkish telecoms operator Turkcell signed an agreement with Google for strategic cooperation on cloud technologies, the company said in a notice...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	CNN adds TikTok-style vertical ‘Shorts’ feed to flagship app CNN is expanding its digital video push with the launch of an immersive vertical feed inside its flagship mobile app, offering a TikTok-style stream of short-form news clips from its on-air talent and correspondents...

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