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March 16, 2020

Swiss Re announces a strategic alliance with Microsoft

Swiss Re will create a Digital Market Center using Microsoft’s data analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities to transform how risks are predicted, managed and insured...

UAE moves to e-learning as 22,000 teachers qualified to tutor online

The UAE has been quick to adapt to the crisis by turning to e-learning platforms and solutions in an effort to minimize the effects of the global pandemic on students...

Member News

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FirstNet cell sites launch in North Dakota

New infrastructure will help advance public safety and improve connectivity for area residents and visitors...

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Nokia and SBB complete next generation FRMCS frequency trial for smartrail 4.0 project

Nokia and Swiss Federal Railways have completed a proof of concept trial to help define radio frequency for the new Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) standard...

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5G Super Uplink: World's first commercial adoption, enabling Conch Group to achieve smart factory 2.0

China Telecom Anhui has teamed up with Huawei to successfully provide 5G Super Uplink services to Conch Group, one of China's largest building material corporate groups...

Policy and Regulation

•	Ofcom reveals 5G spectrum auction rules The regulator plans to sell national licences for 80MHz of spectrum in the 700MHz band and 120MHz in the 3.6GHz-3.8GHz bands, ahead of which it has confirmed there will be no coverage obligations attached to the concessions...

•	FCC gives T-Mobile emergency access to additional spectrum The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has granted T-Mobile temporary access to spectrum in the 600MHz band, as it sees a huge rise in demand for broadband services...

North Africa

•	Egypt provides free digital education platforms as schools suspended It was also agreed to provide free digital education platforms for school and university students in cooperation between the ministries of education and higher education as well as mobile operators in Egypt...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Xinjiang to invest big to expand 4G coverage in poor villages Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will invest more than 330 million yuan (US$47 million) for the construction of 4G base stations to provide 4G network for 334 poverty-stricken villages this year...

•	Telenor opens commercial 5G network in Norway Telenor Norway announced the commercial launch of a 5G network in nine towns and cities following a pilot scheme that began in Kongsberg in November 2018...

Satellite & Internet

•	GlobeNet's Malbec Subsea Cable links Rio and Buenos Aires The 2,500 km Malbec cable will be fully integrated into GlobeNet's regional network, offering seamless connectivity between the Southern Cone and the rest of the GlobeNet's network...

•	Satcom backhaul in remote areas for major African operator The solution, for 2G/4G mobile cellular backhaul over satellite, is for servicing unserved remote areas and will replace currently installed technology, says Spacebridge...

Global Telecom Update

•	Telstra makes all home broadband plans unlimited in response to coronavirus The data, which will be provided automatically, will help facilitate videoconferencing; voice over Wi-Fi, and cloud connectivity, all important tools when working from home or in isolation...

•	QSC migrates Intosite to private cloud Following the migration, Intosite can upgrade its computing power and storage space, and manage its networks on a self-service basis...

Middle East

•	Fintechs team up to bring digital lending to the Middle East Two fintech firms, Aion Digital and Qarar, have partnered up to accelerate the growth of digital lending across the Middle East...

•	Zain Bahrain offers free access for online educational platforms to students The free access will be given to home broadband and fiber customers only, where data will not be deducted from their monthly broadband packages until March 29th 2020...

•	UAE moves to e-learning as 22,000 teachers qualified to tutor online The UAE has been quick to adapt to the crisis by turning to e-learning platforms and solutions in an effort to minimize the effects of the global pandemic on students...

•	Discovery’s Dplay to launch in MENA via Starzplay Dplay will launch through the Starzplay platform, adding thousands of hours of content from its global franchises such as Shark Week, MythBusters and Say Yes to the Dress...

South Asia

•	UnionPay International launches mobile wallet in Pakistan The new service allows local Huawei/Honor phone users to pay via both contactless and QR code payments and is the card scheme's first mobile-wallet service to feature dual payment options overseas...

•	Dialog Enterprise makes the ardent call to digitize Trading and Manufacturing sectors Dialog Enterprise, the digital business solutions arm of Dialog Axiata PLC, showcased its readiness and experience to digitize enterprises of trading & manufacturing sectors...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	A1 Telekom Austria launches A1 Xplore TV with Zappware A1 Telekom Austria Group has its A1 Xplrore TV content and streaming platform in Austria, following the launch of the service in Bulgaria at the end of last year...

•	RTL Group to buy 50% of M6’s Bedrock streaming platform RTL Group has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in Groupe M6’s tech business, Bedrock as a joint statement from RTL and M6 said that they aim to create a European leader in streaming technology...

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