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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 9, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
AT&T rolls out super-fast 5G+ across the U.S.
 
 
AT&T 5G+ delivers the faster speeds and increased connectivity needed to enable incredible innovation and unlock immersive experiences in high-traffic venues like stadiums, arenas, school campuses, hospitals, entertainment venues and more...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Bangladeshi operator provides 5G experience to fair visitors with Huawei support
Member Logo Bangladeshi state-run cellphone operator Teletalk has brought 5G experience for the visitors with technical support from Huawei at the country's largest "Smartphone &Tab Expo 2022"...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Lockheed Martin, Amazon and Cisco to bring voice technology and video collaboration to the moon
 
•  GO Joins SAMENA Council to Push for Cloud Services and ICT Solutions and Revolutionize the Telecommunication Standards in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 
•  SAMENA Council Emphasized on Two Key Implementable Areas of Future-Oriented Policymaking at the WTPF, to Re-Energize Sustainable Development and Universal Connectivity Drives
 
•  stc sponsors BeInspired Obstacle Run 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Spain adds 26GHz band to regulatory framework
Spain’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation has published its new National Chart of Attribution of Frequencies, incorporating the 26GHz millimetre wave (mmWave) band for the first time...
 
Bahamian regulator mulls introduction of new player
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) of the Bahamas has floated the possibility of introducing a third player to the market this year in its proposed Annual Plan for 2022...
 
Middle East
 
Transport, telecom chiefs to discuss post-pandemic plans at Expo
Expo 2020 Dubai’s Travel and Connectivity Week from January 9-16 will convene leading industry figures, innovators and policymakers around digitalisation and connectivity as a universal human right and force for good...
 
TABCo. taps LEAN Services to elevate cloud infrastructure
LEAN Services, Kuwait’s first VMWare Cloud Verified service provider, was selected by TABCo. Food to modernize its operations and migrate critical IT infrastructure and applications to the cloud...
 
GCC CIOs and CTOs target digital transformation as biggest priority
Conducted by Censuswide on behalf of Rimini Street, the survey elicited the opinions of 505 CIOs and CTOs in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman working in telecoms, financial services,...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Ateliere teams with Synamedia low latency OTT, on-demand
The partnership is designed to bring new integrated streaming and on-demand offerings to the market, giving video service providers a competitive advantage for attracting and retaining subscribers by providing a streamlined...
 
Peacock to stream Winter Olympics live
NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock is to live-stream the 2022 Winter Olympics in the US, delivering all of NBCUniversal’s coverage of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games from Beijing, China on the service’s premium...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Starlink acquires more than 145,000 users across 25 countries globally
Starlink, the satellite internet division of billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX, has more than 145,000 broadband users across 25 countries globally...
 
Peruvian broadband boost from YOFC and Alepo
Chinese fiber provider Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable (YOFC) is entering the broadband market in four Peruvian regions...
 
 
South Asia
 
Nepal Telecom likely to start 5G trials from June
Nepal Telecom is likely to begin trials of the first 5G technology from June in Nepal, while Ncell has also applied for carrying out 5G trials and is awaiting regulatory approval...
 
North Africa
 
Libyan-Tunisian-Algerian conference for digital transformation creates new investment opportunities
The conference will enhance the role of the digital and free economy in Africa, stressing the failure of many countries to adopt this type of economy, compared to other countries that have achieved huge profits...
 
Egypt’s B2B eCommerce startup Gahez raises US$2 million in pre-seed funding
Headquartered in Egypt, the digital marketplace Gahez launched at the end of last year and is aiming to simplify the process between retailers and manufacturers and boost the online trading cycle...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Elisa doubles 5G footprint to cover 4 million Finns
Helsinki-based Elisa has confirmed that it has doubled its 5G footprint in the twelve months since January 2021, and now covers four million Finns with its fifth-generation infrastructure...
 
Verizon will bring 5G Ultra Wideband to 100 million people this month
Verizon says that it is bringing its 5G Ultra Wideband to 100 million people this month, with 1,700 cities set to get access to the super-fast cellular data connections...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Ghana’s Celltel gets the go-ahead for major Wi-Fi project
The Ghana Smart Cities Project has been given an official go-ahead after last year’s provisional authorization...
 
Airtel Africa close first tower sale transaction in Tanzania
Under the terms of the transaction, Airtel Africa’s subsidiary in Tanzania will continue to develop, maintain and operate its equipment on the towers under separate lease arrangements, largely made in local currencies,...
 
OpenRAN takes centre stage as Rakuten orchestrates Symphony spin-off
The Japanese operator group has spun off its Symphony unit into a separate, wholly-owned subsidiary, giving it free rein to pitch its portfolio of 4G and 5G infrastructure and platforms to a global audience...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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