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based Asel Telecom Group. It says it has now acquired a domestic Looking further ahead, Cayon expects to end the year with ten
MVNO license and provides mobile services in partnership with mobile brands and more than 100,000 subscribers. According to
existing local brands and organizations via the Tunisie Telecom its website, Cayon’s current MVNO partners include JSK Mobile,
network. Cayon claims to have launched six mobile brands to Asel Mobile, Nabeulien Mobile Stadium and Khatwa Mobile.
date and plans to add a further three in third quarter of this year. (July 19, 2021) commsupdate.com

Turkey

Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Dr. Ömer Fatih we will produce 5G and Beyond Communication Infrastructures
Sayan attended the International Istanbul Smart Grids and Cities with Domestic and National Opportunities. Expressing that the
Congress and Fair. The Minister said that smart cities should make most important issue in the process of a city's becoming smart
people's lives easier. International Istanbul Smart Grids and Smart is the "internet of things", "Internet of things; It is possible to
Cities Congress and Fair ICSG 2021, which deals with the “Smart define it as the infrastructure that enables advanced services by
Grids and Smart Cities Concept”, started in Istanbul. Speaking at connecting physical and virtual objects based on information and
the opening of the program, the Minister said that we are rapidly communication technologies. Especially mobile technologies
moving towards an era where everything is "smart" and not only are at the forefront in the development of smart cities. Our
people but increasingly machines and objects are interconnected country's investments in this field continue without slowing
rather than humans. By 2025, it is predicted that there will be 100 down. Infrastructure investment, which reached 16.7 billion TL
billion different connections in the world and only 10% of these in 2020, continued to increase despite the pandemic process
connections will be between people. This means that the world and an increase of approximately 30% was recorded compared
will evolve towards smart solutions in many areas.” Stating that to the previous year. The number of machines communicating
cities also took their share from this situation, and the mobility in with each other in our country has exceeded 6.5 million.”
the world will reach 67% by 2050. Minister said, “National Smart Minister said that the intertwining of electronic communication
Cities Strategy and Action Plan Circular”, which was published at infrastructures with other sectors makes the issue of security
the initiative of the President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the end even more important and added: “In this context, as the Ministry,
of 2019, “National Smart Cities Strategy and Action Plan” prepared we are carrying out important studies on the production of 5G
and published by our Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, and beyond communication infrastructures with domestic and
and Transportation "National Smart Transportation Systems national opportunities, together with BTK and other stakeholders.
Strategy Document and 2020-2023 Action Plan" prepared by our The Minister said that Turkey Is One of the Leading Countries in
Ministry of Infrastructure and Infrastructure and published with Smart Cities draws attention to the importance of domestic and
the approval of the President, are an important guide and driving national production at this point.
force in our country's smart cities journey. The Minister said (June 17, 2021) btk.gov.tr

United Arab Emirates

The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory for information about the role of young people in developing
Authority (TDRA) has concluded the 7th round of its virtual ideas and innovative solutions for the benefit of the society. He
summer camp. The camp received more than 3000 students stated: "The camp idea was evolved from the fact that we live in a
from citizens and other nationalities. TDRA has organized a special age, where innovative thinking is a global communication
closing event attended by H.E. Mohammed Al Zarooni, Acting language. That thinking is not limited to school, university or
Deputy Director General of Digital Government, TDRA employees, geographic borders. Hence TDRA’s virtual summer camp is aimed
students and their parents. The closing ceremony witnessed to be a comprehensive and regular event, where we meet to renew
announcement of the students winning in the general course and our trust in the real future shapers, our children, who live in an open
advanced course. More than 3000 students of 33 nationalities world full of ideas, technologies and global trends.” He added: “This
have participated in the camp. Females reached 44% of the total round of TDRA’s virtual camp was distinguished in every sense of
participants. Students has provided more than 5000 projects the word. For the first time, the camp increases the number of
and contributions. In his speech at the closing ceremony, H.E. participants and received students from 33 nationalities, while it
Mohammed Al Zarooni, Acting Deputy Director General of Digital was limited to citizens. After the camp became known regionally
Government, emphasized that the camp has become a reference and globally, we started to receive requests from outside the UAE.

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