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March 3, 2019

CIT Minister: STC is the most important partner to build a Digital Base Economy

Minister of CIT H.E. Abdullah Alswaha visited the STC booth and confirmed that it is one of the most important KSA partner to build a digital base economy, referring the key agreements that have been signed with companies like Nokia, Huawei and KT...

SES-12 goes operational to serve Asia-Pacific and the Middle East

Powerful satellite with high throughput spot beams and wide beams will elevate viewing and connectivity experiences to meet diverse needs of video, fixed data, mobility and government customers. Visit SES at Capacity ME

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Etisalat and Telserv announce strategic partnership

Etisalat and Telserv have announced a strategic partnership to further enhance portfolios of both parties to serve customers around the world...

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ITA ties up with Omantel to implement Smart City pilot project at KOM

ITA and Omantel signed recently a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement Smart City pilot project at Knowledge Oasis Muscat (KOM)...

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Microsoft collaborates with Telecom Egypt to announce its first cloud network in Egypt

Telecom Egypt will provide low-latency connectivity into and across Egypt to help enhance performance and increase reliability for customers of Microsoft services...

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Mobily is building its own cloud network with Ericsson's and Huawei's cloud solutions

In collaboration with Ericson and Huawei, Etihad Etisalat “Mobily” has built its own cloud network, to provide a flexible and agile network that can support the development of new services and improve customer...

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VIVA Bahrain celebrates 9 years of success

VIVA Bahrain, is celebrating its 9th year anniversary since the launch of its operations with a spectacular range of promotions, offers and community-driven activities specially designed for this occasion...

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Huawei and MTN sign a joint business innovation MOU at the Mobile World Congress 2019

Huawei has announced it has signed a joint business innovation MOU with MTN, a leading mobile network operator across Africa and the Middle East at the 2019 Mobile World Congress...

Policy and Regulation

•	All IPTSPs allowed to launch app based call service in Bangladesh Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has taken a policy decision to allow any nationwide internet protocol telephony service provider (IPTSP) to launch mobile phone application-based calling service...

•	Ofcom unveils broadband Code of Practice for ISPs British communications regulator Ofcom has introduced new Code of Practice for Internet Service Providers, under which customers buying broadband packages should be told how fast their new service will be...

Middle East

•	Ericsson, STC Solutions announce sales channel partnership deal Ericsson and STCS together with Saudi Telecom Company have collaborated to develop digital infrastructure to capture value from new 5G use cases and widespread adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT)...

•	Smart cities drive GCC’s smart grid market GCC nationwide digital transformation and smart cities are weaving energy efficiency throughout every project – across renewable energy generation, more efficient power distribution using the Internet of Things...

•	Oman's app-based OTaxi operations grow manifold The app-based ride aggregator, which completed its first year in operations on February 28, has multiplied its business as well as revenue thousand-folds over the past year...

South Asia

•	AWAL Telecom facilitates mobile services launch in South Waziristan AWAL Telecom in collaboration with Jazz Pakistan has formally launched of cellular mobile services on its tower infrastructure in South Waziristan, Pakistan...

•	Bangladesh gets ICANN’s support Bangladesh has received full support from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers about following national standard of Bangla language in Unicode...

Alternative Telecom

•	Eastern Cape and Sita reach deal on broadband project This project aims to connect provincial departments in the Eastern Cape with Wi-Fi through the provision of wide-area networks...

•	Rwanda to provide satellite internet to schools in rural and remote areas Rwanda will bring satellite internet to schools in remote areas to let Rwandans take advantage of the opportunities offered by internet in learning and socio-economic development...

North Africa

•	Dubai based ecommerce platform Namshi planning expansion to Egypt Namshi is set to expand to Egypt and establish a logistics base in Saudi Arabia following Emaar Malls' full acquisition of the e-commerce platform...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Disney heads to Japan for NTT Docomo streaming service Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo has teamed up with Disney as part of its preparations to launch a video streaming service in March...

•	VodafoneZiggo to launch 4K next-gen TV platform in Q1 VodafoneZiggo's new 4K next-generation TV entertainment platform is planned for launch in Q1 2019, this is the cloud-based Horizon platform...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Near-shore shipping benefits from 4G connectivity The rise of 4G/LTE is being boosted by technologies such as internet of things and cloud-based applications, that need a sustained level of connectivity...

•	South Korea to seize on world's first full 5G network South Korea intends to capitalize on becoming the first nation with a full-fledged 5G mobile network next month as businesses get a head start on new services...

Global Telecom Update

•	KT demos 5G use cases at MWC2019 KT is using Mobile World Congress to demo a range of 5G use cases from artificial intelligence robots and rescue systems to 360-degree virtual reality (VR) live steaming...

•	China to open Chang'e-4 lunar probe data to world China will gradually open data collected by the Chang'e-4 lunar probe to the world, the country's lunar program chief designer said...

•	Kaspersky Lab joins forces with industry leaders to deliver actionable technical guidance for multiple IoT stakeholders The guide helps IoT operators understand their now-state, their goal-state, and what steps they need to take to get to their goal...

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