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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 4, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
Huawei and China Unicom deploy simplified rural solution
 
 
Huawei and China Unicom have deployed the world's first commercial RuralStar Pro site in a village in Southern China to provide voice and data services for local residents. This promotes digitalization in rural areas and helps lift the residents out of poverty...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat launches Israel-based i24NEWS channels on eLife and Switch TV
Member Logo Etisalat announced the launch of the Israel-based network i24NEWS on eLife and Switch TV...
 
•  Tech Mahindra recognized for people and environment related causes in 2020
Member Logo Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services and solutions, progressed several people and environment related causes in 2020...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Etisalat partners with Aruba to offer Managed Wi-Fi and networking solutions
 
•  Zain introduces virtual Zain Great Idea accelerator program
 
•  Etisalat Digital and FAB collaborate on Smart Building IoT project
 
•  stc to expand its data center portfolio in Saudi Arabia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Italy inches closer to national wholesale broadband provider
Italy’s government has been pushing for a single national company to provide wholesale fiber broadband infrastructure for a considerable time...
 
Government explores guidelines for co-investment
The government has committed to two initial rounds of the ‘Australian 5G innovation initiative’ under its JobMaker plan announced in June last year...
 
South Asia
 
USF awards optic fiber cable contract to PTCL
The Universal Service Fund has awarded two optic fiber cable project contracts worth approximately to PTCL for providing connectivity in Ghotki, Kashmore, Sukkur & Khairpur districts...
 
Dialog Enterprise facilitates enterprises with one-to-one video consultations
Dialog Enterprise is powering VDOmeet a video calling platform that enables enterprises to service their customers via a video consultation...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Bmobile rediSim upgrades network to 4G
Bmobile and its sister company Telikom have worked over the past twelve months with its network suppliers to enable the consolidation and integration of the Telikom-built 4G network with the Bmobile network...
 
Magenta reaches 1,200 locations with 5G
Full-service provider Magenta Telekom says its fifth-generation network is now active at over 1,200 locations across the country...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Discovery, Vodafone ink discovery+ partnership
This partnership will also allow Discovery to offer its streaming service discovery+ to roughly 100 million Vodafone TV, fixed broadband and mobile subscribers for a promotional period that will vary by market...
 
Cyfrowy Polsat bundles OTT TV with phone and internet services
Polish free and pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has created a new multiplay bundle that includes its OTT TV offering for the first time...
 
 
Middle East
 
MCI to launch 5G in Iran by March 2021
5G program of MCI has started with utmost power and pilot project has been made according to the scheduled program and will soon be put into operation...
 
Dubai Police Smart App notifies users of temporary street closures, major accidents
The Dubai Police General Command has announced it recently launched a new feature on its smart mobile application which notifies users of temporary street closures and major traffic accidents...
 
Huawei hosts a virtual media summit
Many print, visual and audio media members in Kuwait participated in the online press conference, in the presence of Jason Jiang, General Manager of Huawei Consumer Business Group in Kuwait...
 
North Africa
 
Maroc Telecom rebrands African subsidiaries as Moov Africa
The company, which has more than 70 million customers on the continent, has revealed its plans to unite its subsidiaries around a single identity...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
euNetworks acquires fiber network in Manchester
euNetworks owns and operates 17 fiber based metropolitan networks connected with a high capacity intercity backbone covering 51 cities in 15 countries across Europe...
 
EU’s satellite-based connectivity system to be studied
The study will assess the feasibility of a new initiative aiming to strengthen European digital sovereignty and provide secure connectivity for citizens...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Instapay Technologies drives financial inclusion for migrant workers
Malaysia is home to about three million migrant labourers who work in manufacturing, agriculture, hospitality, construction, and also as household workers...
 
TIM, Google Cloud to digitalise Intesa Sanpaolo bank and regions
The latest agreement is for Google Cloud to create cloud coverage around Turin and Milan at the bank's behest, built in TIM’s data centres...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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