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October 28, 2020

Cisco kicks off 25th Annual Partner Summit this week

Over two days, Cisco's leadership team will address how partners can help their customers better adapt to business disruptions, accelerate their digital journey and cloud adoption, and transform their operating model with automated platforms...

TRA UAE publishes list of approved telecom devices on its website

The list will help customers about the devices that have been approved and tested with the networks of service providers in the country. It also helps public and private entities to ensure that the suppliers' offers contain devices approved by TRA...

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stc and NVIDIA team up to build KSA’s first AI and deep learning cloud infrastructure, enabling enterprises to fast-track AI adoption

stc is working with NVIDIA to build Saudi Arabia’s first AI and deep learning cloud infrastructure, enabling domestic enterprises to fast-track AI adoption and showcasing the Kingdom’s digital leadership in the...

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Mobily expects COVID-19 measures to impact telecom sector by 2020-end

Mobily said in a bourse statement that the impact of COVID-19 precautionary measures so far on the telecom sector was limited, however, it is expected to be affected by end of this year...

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Batelco announces 2020 Q3 financial results

Batelco announced net profit attributable to equity holders of the company for Q3 2020 of BD14.4M (US$38.2 million), a 41% increase from BD10.2M (US$27.1 million) for the corresponding period of 2019...

Policy and Regulation

•	Icasa closes in on broadband inquiry, operators say effective spectrum allocation critical The authority, which held public hearings on the December published Discussion Document, embarked on the regulatory intervention to assess the state of competition in the provision of mobile broadband services...

•	TRA UAE publishes list of approved telecom devices on its website The list will help customers about the devices that have been approved and tested with the networks of service providers in the country. It also helps public and private entities to ensure that the suppliers' offers...

South Asia

•	Dialog Axiata’s Genie partners with WEBXPAY Dialog Axiata has been in the forefront of Fintech products since 2012, and Genie has seen their efforts reach new heights in financial inclusivity...

•	Google, IT Ministry launch CS First program in Pakistan While the Ministry of Information Technology will support Google to run the Google CS First program in Pakistan, TechVale Pakistan, the Telecom Foundation and the Virtual University will also support the program...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Salto selects Bedrock for streaming tech French Netflix rival Salto, which launched last week, has announced a deal with Bedrock to power its OTT platform...

•	DAZN expands to more than 200 countries on December 1 Sports streaming service DAZN will expand to more than 200 countries and territories beginning December 1...

Global Telecom Update

•	Iliad sells Polish towers to Cellnex Cellnex struck a deal with Iliad to acquire 60 percent of a company that will manage 7,000 tower sites of Polish operator Play, a move Iliad stated will boost the operator’s network rollout...

•	Cybercrime costing industry up to US$8-trillion annually Cybercrime is costing businesses worldwide between US$4-8 trillion annually and has the potential to grow twenty-fold over the next few years, according to the CEO of Acronis...

•	LoRa Alliance releases new release of IoT standard The aim is to simplify the technology’s development, deployment and interoperability...

Middle East

•	More Saudi women seeking to specialize in cybersecurity, say experts More Saudi women want to specialize in cybersecurity as it becomes one of the Kingdom’s most in-demand sectors, according to experts...

•	Kuwait picks Microsoft Teams for national online education platform Online learning has emerged as a lifeline for millions of students worldwide after COVID-19 shut down educational institutions worldwide...

•	Trend Micro unveils intrusion prevention cyber solution Bahrain is at the forefront of smart manufacturing and Smart Cities innovation, and needs to secure these Internet of Things networks from cyber-attacks...

•	Mohamed bin Zayed-Sat: Sheikh Mohammed announces new UAE satellite Taking to Twitter, Sheikh Mohammed said this satellite technology will be the latest in the region and the team behind the project will be 100 per cent Emirati...

North Africa

•	Etisalat Misr records 18% YoY rise in Q3 revenues Etisalat Misr reported revenues of AED 1.07 billion (US$0.3 billion) during the third quarter (Q3) of 2020, according to official financial results...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Comilog mine taps JRC for private LTE network As part of an effort to modernize the operation process of Moanda mine, Comilog is investing in a modern and secured LTE infrastructure...

•	T-Mobile plans to expand 5G coverage to 100 million people this year T-Mobile has nearly doubled its mid-band 5G coverage area, and plans to cover 100 million people by end of the year...

Satellite & Internet

•	Telekom set to connect 16,000 companies in 77 areas to fiber network Under this phase of expansion, which will begin next year, businesses located in 91 industrial parks will be able to access maximum download speeds of 1Gbps...

•	Vocus backs LEO satellites to bridge the regional broadband divide Vocus is backing low earth orbit satellites to solve the “tangle” of telecoms policies, subsidies and networks presently used to serve internet users in regional and remote Australia...

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