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VOLUME 11, FEBRUARY, 2020

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CONTENTS

04 EDITORIAL FEATURED

17 REGIONAL & MEMBERS UPDATES
Members News
Regional News

89 SATELLITE UPDATES
Satellite News
07 SAMENA Council’s New
106 WHOLESALE UPDATES Leadership...
Wholesale News
09 New Board Members Speak...
112 TECHNOLOGY UPDATES SAMENA COUNCIL ACTIVITY
Technology News
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owned and operated by The SAMENA 120 REGULATORY & POLICY UPDATES
Telecommunications Council (SAMENA Regulatory News
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not intended as professional services advice, A Snapshot of Regulatory
and SAMENA Council disclaims any liability Activities in the SAMENA Region
for use of specific information or results
thereof. Articles and information contained Regulatory Activities
in this publication are the copyright of Beyond the SAMENA Region 12 Convergence to Bahrain 2020:
SAMENA Telecommunications Council, 5G & IoT and the Regional
(unless otherwise noted, described or stated) ARTICLES Digital Vision
and cannot be reproduced, copied or printed
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permission of the publisher. 62 Recognizing Cybersecurity as an Bahrain Collaborate to
Organizational Issue, Not an IT Congregate the Regional ICT
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