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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 31, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Progressive Policy & Regulatory Steps in Saudi Arabia to Set a Global Milestone in Spectrum Availability
 
 
The Spectrum Outlook is also part of the National Spectrum Strategy, which aims to unlock the potential of radio spectrum in Saudi Arabia for a smarter and safer future by 2025. As a result, this development makes Saudi Arabia the country with the most spectrum allocated for mobile use globally in the Sub-6 GHz and Sub-30 GHz frequency ranges. Moreover, additional spectrum will be managed through a combination of innovative approaches that will deliver greater sharing and flexible access, including spectrum trading to allow the market to change the ownership and, in some cases, the use of spectrum...
 
stc Always ON postpaid voice plans deliver a unique experience to customers
 
 
Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, continues to offer its Always ON postpaid voice plans to deliver a unique and convenient experience to customers on Kuwait’s largest 5G network...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat launches first of its kind free web extension for autistic users
Member Logo Etisalat, in partnership with the Ministry of Community Development announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind web extension aimed at simplifying the World Wide Web and making it autistic-friendly...
 
•  Cisco announces new data center to serve collaboration customers in the region
Member Logo Cisco announced that it is bringing a new data center to Frankfurt, Germany, to serve customers using its Collaboration platform Webex in the European Union (EU) and the Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia (EMEAR)...
 
•  Notice on Rotating Chairman tenure
Member Logo In accordance with Huawei's Rotating Chairman system, Mr. Xu Zhijun (Eric Xu) will assume the position of Rotating and Acting Chairman of Huawei from April 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Zain Group publishes 10th annual sustainability report, titled ‘The Ten-Year Journey’
 
•  BT transports Alstom's global network to a digital future
 
•  BNET announces the launch of its Network Emergency Response Centre
 
•  BT’s mobile business, EE, wins 80MHz of 5G spectrum
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority launches awareness campaign against online investment scams
The campaign was launched after many requests and inquiries were directed to the authority via social media, to highlight the legitimate methods of online trading and how trading companies are regulated in the UAE...
 
Hong Kong announces further 5G auction
Hong Kong’s Communications Authority (CA) has announced a wireless spectrum auction for the fourth quarter of this year to sell 325MHz of spectrum...
 
North Africa
 
Orascom Financial Holding, EXCEL partner to launch fintech company
This partnership marks an important step towards the implementation of the company’s strategy working towards financial inclusion and digital transformation in Egypt’s financial sector...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Verizon to shut down 3G CDMA networks on 31 December 2022
Verizon Wireless has announced that it will deactivate its 3G CDMA networks for good on 31 December 2022...
 
1.56 million private 5G cells deployed by 2027
Spectrum allocated to 5G across a wide range of frequencies will stimulate new use cases and bring about a rapid growth in private mobile networks...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
DCMS launches Project Gigabit
The project will prioritize premises that have slow connections and would not be passed by UK broadband companies’ commercial deployments...
 
Arctic region may be rich in opportunity for OneWeb
The area is becoming increasingly important on a geopolitical level and will require satellite connectivity...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Botswana tries to boost local ICT
Botswana’s information technology and communication (ICT) sector may be about to receive a boost, after news that the country’s government has decided to direct more projects towards locally-owned ICT...
 
Mobile money set to further grow cashless payment services
With mobile money services, people can open an account on their phones for payment without bank accounts, making it especially helpful for people living in remote areas...
 
 
Middle East
 
Fatafeat launches app in KSA ahead of Ramadan
It will feature a live feed so users can watch programs at the same time as they air on television and will be the first time in the brand’s history that the channel has been made available in a mobile format...
 
Progressive Policy & Regulatory Steps in Saudi Arabia to Set a Global Milestone in Spectrum Availability
The Spectrum Outlook is also part of the National Spectrum Strategy, which aims to unlock the potential of radio spectrum in Saudi Arabia for a smarter and safer future by 2025. As a result, this development makes Saudi...
 
Injazat-lamprell JV to boost digitalisation in energy sector
Injazat has joined forces with Lamprell to set up market innovative digital solutions focusing predominantly on the renewables and oil and gas industries...
 
Zain Bahrain to boost 4G and 5G user experience
Deployment of Ericsson dual-band AIR 4455 to increase data capacity, street macro coverage, and usage in dense urban areas to deliver advanced network...
 
iLife partners with Ali Bin Ali Holding subsidiary to open PC facility in Qatar
Company will initially manufacture approximately 350,000 units of its flagship products of laptops, desktops and tablet PCs, annually...
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan DIRBS deployment a global success
Implementation of DIRBS helped clean-up the local market of counterfeit devices, reduced the theft of mobile devices, ensured legitimate device importations as well as increased government revenue...
 
A lot can be done to improve 4G service in Bangladesh: Huawei
The observation from the dominant technology vendor in the country’s telecom sector came at a time when the government has allocated additional spectrum to the mobile operators...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Acorn TV launches on Netgem TV platform
Acorn TV is also available on Amazon Channels, Roku, Fire TV, Android and Apple mobile and Apple TV...
 
Cinemo and iQIYI bring online video entertainment to cars
iQIYI is the featured online video platform of FAW Hongqi and will provide high-quality in-car online video services...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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