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RIPE NCC and CITC Join Forces to Promote IPV6 Deployment in Saudi Arabia

The Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE Internet infrastructure. These meetings also provide the perfect
NCC), in collaboration with Communications and Information opportunity to review the Kingdom’s capability to meet its 2030
Technology Commission (CITC), held five workshops and three vision. We look forward to continuing our successful collaboration
training courses to foster the deployment of Internet Protocol with the RIPE NCC.” Chafic Chaya, Regional Communications
version 6 (IPv6) in Saudi Arabia. The course took place over a Manager for Middle East at RIPE NCC, commented: “We would like
four-day period at CITC headquarters in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi to thank our partners at CITC for their efforts and contribution,
Arabia (KSA), and was attended by CITC, local Internet Service which has reaffirmed our commitment towards our members
Providers (ISPs), telecom operators and other interested parties. and the Internet community in supporting them with our
The RIPE NCC conducted three training courses and five IPv6 technical expertise. Capacity building is crucial to technological
workshops including: advancement and migrating to IPv6 will provide KSA with better
Basic IPv6 Training Course – which elaborated on the imminent economic opportunities.
IPv4 run-out, the necessity to switch to IPv6 and how to prepare
for deployment.
IPv6 Security Training Course – which provided an overview of
IPv6 security issues and how to address them.
Measurements and Tools Training Course – an introduction to
RIPEstat, a web-based interface providing information about
IP address space, Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs), and
related data for hostnames and countries; and RIPE Atlas, a vast
Internet measurement platform that employs a global network of
over 10,000 probes to actively measure Internet reachability and
connectivity.
Dedicated workshops for the mobile operators and ISPs.
Eng. Raed Al-Fayez, Head of Internet Services at CITC, said:
“There are many opportunities and challenges for the Internet in
KSA. The workshop and training courses helped us to understand
how deploying IPv6 can help Saudi Arabia improve its current

China Agrees to Help Transform ICT Services in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe and China have signed a the development of Zimbabwe’s fiber-optic ICT products. Zimbabwe’s ICT, Postal
memorandum of understanding (MoU) backbone network, mobile broadband and Courier Services Minister, Kazembe
to cooperate on the development of ICT network and internet connectivity; the Kazembe, highlighted the contribution of
services in the African nation. According development of international and cross- Chinese equipment suppliers such as ZTE
to a report from The Herald, the MoU border land cables, as well as international and Huawei: ‘The Chinese firms operating
aims to create an environment ‘to enable submarine cables; the development and in the ICT sector in Zimbabwe have assisted
the sector’s players to collaborate, operation of international voice and data in transforming our sector as we strive to
and will go a long way in reducing the services in Zimbabwe; research and bridge the digital gap. These companies
digital divide and contributing to various development of ICT and the establishment have reinforced the good relationship that
economic activities’. Some of the areas of of manufacturing and assembling factories Zimbabwe has enjoyed with China.’
cooperation covered by the MoU include: in Zimbabwe to develop and assemble

Polish Operators Considering 700MHz Collaboration for 5G

A press report from Poland says the Telko.in writes that Orange, T-Mobile, Play service providers. CommsUpdate reported
country’s four main mobile network (P4) and Plus (Polkomtel) are considering earlier this week that Poland’s Minister of
operators (MNOs) are preparing to sign working with Exatel on the project which Digitization Marek Zagorski has said he is
a letter of intent with state-backed telco would see one entity manage all available in favor of a single nationwide network in
Exatel which could lead to the construction frequencies in the band and lease capacity the 700MHz band.
of a shared 5G network in the 700MHz band. on the shared infrastructure to retail

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