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November 3, 2020

IGF‎ ‎‎2020‎‏ Internet for human resilience and solidarity will be hosted online

The 15th annual meeting of the Internet ‎Governance Forum (IGF) is being hosted online by the United Nations in two phases: from 2 to 6 ‎November and from 9 to 17 November (excluding the weekends).‎ Under the overarching theme ‘’Internet for human resilience and solidarity’’...

Member News

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Zain Group records resilient revenues of US$3.9 billion and net profit of US$429 million for nine-month period of 2020

Zain Group announced its consolidated financial results for the third-quarter (Q3) and nine-month periods (9M) ended 30 September, 2020. The company ended the period with a stable customer base of 48.9 million customers...

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BT concludes the sale of its domestic operations in France to Computacenter

The transaction is part of BT’s ongoing transformation of its Global unit and will deliver continuity and growth opportunities for customers and employees in the country...

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stc sponsors Kuwait Football Association and league 2020-2021

The competitions for the upcoming season includes the Kuwait Premier League (also known as stc Premier League), the Amir Cup, the Crown Prince Cup, the Super Cup and the Ranking Cup...

Policy and Regulation

•	Viettel, MobiFone given licenses to commercially test 5G Vietnamese telecom providers Viettel and Mobifone have received licenses from the Ministry of Information and Communications to commercially test 5G network...

•	Brazil watchdog removes IoT tax hurdles Anatel has removed tax-based regulatory hurdles around IoT and M2M applications, a move for the segment to have lower taxes than telecommunications to spur its growth...

Middle East

•	Saudi B20 urges innovation in digital education Saudi Arabia now ranking among the top five countries with the fastest internet speeds in the world after being ranked 105th previously...

•	PIE partners with Bahrain's Batelco to launch Digital Branches Batelco digitised its services on Tam Kiosks including but not limited to non-face-to-face eKYC & subscriber onboarding for pre-paid, and post-paid...

•	Mubadala takes stake in AI, cloud firm Group 42 G42 applies AI, cloud computing, and data analytics in several verticals including Healthcare, Smart Cities, Finance, Energy, and consumer business...

South Asia

•	KT to build digital X-based smart city in Sri Lanka Through this agreement, the two companies agreed to cooperate in developing a new science and technology city based on 'Digital-X' such as AI, IoT and Big Data...

•	GP explorer to unlock possibilities of the youth by upskilling Grameenphone has launched GP Explorer platform to upskill and equip youths of Bangladesh to take on the challenges and opportunities of the fourth industrial revolution...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	NENT Group and Elisa to launch combined streaming service in Finland NENT Group and Elisa will launch their combined streaming service Elisa Viihde Viaplay in Finland on 3 December...

•	HBO Max, Apple TV, Netflix and other streaming apps confirmed for Xbox Series launch A week ahead of their launch, Microsoft has confirmed the streaming apps that will be available on its new generation of Xbox consoles...

North Africa

•	Egypt fintech startup launches country’s first digital wallet Egypt’s first independent licensed digital wallet offers an alternative convenient payment method for users...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Kyivstar stresses on development of 4G technology Mobile network operator Kyivstar has noted the high potential of 4G (LTE) mobile communication technology, the operator said in a statement recently...

•	Tropicana Field to go 5G with Mobilitie Telecommunications infrastructure firm Mobilitie has partnered with Major League Baseball (MLB) team Tampa Bay Rays to bring 5G connectivity to its Tropicana Field ballpark...

Satellite & Internet

•	Data center development plans ‘essential’ for high-speed broadband in Sheffield A technology company has submitted plans to Sheffield Council for a data center it says is essential to rolling out ‘extremely fast’ high-speed broadband...

•	Viasat to supply Britain’s future frigate with satellite communications tech Ultrahigh-frequency SATCOM is a mission-critical capability that will provide the Type 31 with beyond-line-of-sight, secure, integrated voice and data services...

Global Telecom Update

•	VEON reveals growth in network Capex during third quarter VEON has revealed the telecom operator’s Capex in key countries including Russia, Pakistan and Bangladesh during the third quarter of 2020...

•	DIGI ending free mobile usage tariff at end-2020 Hungarian quadruple-play network operator DIGI will cease providing its ‘free’ mobile tariff at the end of this year...

•	IGF‎ ‎‎2020‎‏ Internet for human resilience and solidarity will be hosted online The 15th annual meeting of the Internet ‎Governance Forum (IGF) is being hosted online by the United Nations in two phases: from 2 to 6 ‎November and from 9 to 17 November (excluding the weekends).‎...

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