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April 10, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat Group CEO participates in SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2021
 
 
Etisalat announced the successful participation of Hatem Dowidar, CEO at Etisalat Group, at the SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2021 headlining top decision-makers from the telecom and ICT industry spanning multiple geographies...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  A new partnership for stc to launch the smart home platform in Neom
Member Logo stc announced the signing of a partnership with dizmo to launch a smart home platform in the future city of NEOM, as one of the set of sustainable solutions for smart cities, based on cutting-edge technologies such as...
 
•  Enjoy and BT extend partnership for personalised at home retail experience
Member Logo BT has also made an investment in Enjoy, strengthening the partnership and demonstrating BT’s continued commitment to providing the most personal and local service in the industry...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority participates in SAMENA Leaders’ Summit
The UAE, represented by the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority, participated in the Leaders’ Summit organised by SAMENA Telecommunications Council, under the theme "Championing Digital...
 
CITC sets stage for new satellite technologies in Saudi Arabia
The international satellite industry came together in a webinar on "Fostering New Generation of Satellite Technologies in Saudi Arabia", organized by the Saudi telecom regulator the Communications and Information Technology...
 
South Asia
 
Airtel Lanka deploying towers in Ratnapura as part of ‘Gamata Sanniwedanaya’ initiative
Airtel Lanka is to deploy 37 new cell sites in Ratnapura, the provincial capital of Sabaragamuwa Province in south-central Sri Lanka, as part of a wider drive to eliminate ‘dark spots’ on the island...
 
Robi declares a 3.0 percent interim cash dividend
Robi Axiata, Bangladesh's second-largest telecom operator, has declared a 3.0 percent interim cash dividend for the year 2021...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Moov Mauritel launches 4G site
Mauritanian cellco Moov Mauritel has launched 4G services in its 13th city, Tidjikja as it expands its LTE-based services, which it launched at the end of last year...
 
EE expands 5G services to 35 new cities across the U.K
The carrier said that top tourist landmarks and coastal locations including Brighton Pier, York Minster, Swansea Bay, and Sandbanks Beach are covered by EE’s 5G network...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
KT to develop music streaming service in Vietnam
KT has clinched business ties with a Vietnamese cable network to cooperate in developing a music streaming platform in the Southeast Asian country...
 
MGM LATAM streaming lands on Apple TV
MGM’s service offers subscribers in the region access to big franchises, fan favourites and box office hits from the studio’s catalogue across both film and TV...
 
 
Middle East
 
Khedmah app surpasses half a million downloads
Oman Investment and Finance Company’s Khedmah mobile app has accomplished a new milestone by surpassing half a million downloads within a short period...
 
Vodafone introduces Labeeb, one of the 1st AI powered chatbots in Qatar
As part of its wider digitalization agenda, Vodafone Qatar introduced Labeeb, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot that is available for customers on the Vodafone App...
 
Avaya expands OneCloud CCaaS into Saudi Arabia
Avaya has expanded the availability of its Avaya OneCloud CCaaS contact center solution into forty countries, including Saudi Arabia...
 
North Africa
 
1,300 Egyptian villages to install fibre-optic cables
The work will come as part of the first phase of the “Decent Life” initiative and is being implemented to raise the efficiency of Egypt’s information infrastructure...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Hughes boosts Puerto Rico satellite coverage
Hughes Network Systems has secured additional capacity over Puerto Rico for its HughesNet satellite internet service...
 
KKR and DTCP launch wholesale Open Dutch Fiber
The new concern is expected to roll out fiber to 1 million homes and businesses by 2025...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Telenor and Axiata plan to merge Malaysian operations
The parties aim to drive research and innovation and facilitate a platform for accelerated digital growth in the local ecosystem...
 
Tigo and AWS team up to offer cloud services across Latin America
Millicom's Tigo Business division has teamed up with AWS to expand and integrate its managed and professional services into its cloud solutions portfolio in a number of Latin American countries...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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