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April 5, 2020

Etisalat empowers 1 million UAE students to support e-learning

Etisalat announced that it enabled at least one million students in the UAE to access distance learning websites and platforms using its advanced network, with more than 10 million mobile subscribers enjoying free browsing to over 800 websites related to education, health and safety...

Member News

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Sign & (EMM) - Innovative solution launched for business continuity

With the increasing telework trend in government and private institutions, Sign and Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) stand out as two relevant digital solutions provided by stc as part of its commitment to enable digital...

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AT&T expands support for customers amid COVID-19

AT&T is investing in additional resources to enhance wireless, broadband and video customer experiences as well as feed and support our first responders and public safety agencies...

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Huawei ranks number 1 in 2019 data center interconnect market share outside of North America

Based on this latest Omdia data, Huawei calculates its market share of all-optical DCI equipment (Huawei DC OptiX) across the three regions excluding North America to be 32.6%, representing the largest market share among...

Policy and Regulation

•	UAE’s TRA approves Avaya Spaces online collaboration app Avaya Spaces provides a cloud meeting and team collaboration solution that enables people and organisations to connect and collaborate remotely...

•	Distribution of e-bracelets begins in Bahrain The Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) has started distributing electronic bracelets compatible with Bahrain’s Covid-19 contact tracing app, ‘BeAware’...

•	NCC issues update on approvals for Chunghwa’s 5G business, information security plans Taiwan’s National Communications Commission has confirmed its approval of Chunghwa Telecom’s information security plan, paving the way for the operator to launch 5G services in the third quarter of 2020...

South Asia

•	Pakistan's internet use increases by 15% amid coronavirus lockdown Internet usage in Pakistan has increased by 15 per cent as the country adjusts to life under lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak...

•	Telcos in Bangladesh seek free spectrum Mobile phone operators have asked the telecom regulator to allocate some spectrum for free for the time being due to a surge in data use amid the novel coronavirus-induced ongoing lockdown...

•	Digital payments on the rise in Nepal Under current circumstances, the digital payment solutions have become an unique platform that provides an easy solution for mobile-top ups, utility payments, money transfer and more...

North Africa

•	Opera provides access to official information about COVID-19 though its mobile browsers for 120 million of users in Africa As the pandemic expands across the African region, Opera is doing its part in keeping millions safer during the outbreak by adding a speed dial to the Opera Mini browser and Opera browser for Android...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Ten-minute mobile video patform Quibi to launch on Monday Quibi which stands for “quick bites" is set to launch on April 06, 2020 with 50 new shows featuring short videos that users can watch on their phone...

•	Midco selects SeaChange to monetise streaming services Midco has expanded its relationship with long-term supplier SeaChange International to the increased demands of its customers for the latest cable and telecommunication services...

Middle East

•	Orange Business Services delivering smart city consulting in Saudi Arabia Orange Business Services has signed a smart city consulting agreement with Jeddah Economic Company (JEC), the developer of the world’s tallest tower...

•	Experts warn of rise in cyberattacks in Bahrain According to experts, the current situation is tempting cybercriminals to launch more destructive attacks aimed at stealing money or data or to obtain a ransom through other malicious targets...

•	Dubai Future Foundation foresees future of distance learning The report states that governments have been seeking to use innovative methods to ensure seamless transitions to learning from home...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Vodafone Ukraine continues expanding LTE networks The operator, using CloudAIR, is also expanding the width of its 15-20 MHz band in the Dnipro and Kherson reigons, as well as in the city of Kropivnitskiy...

•	T-Mobile already using Sprint 2.5GHz spectrum in Philadelphia T-Mobile has already begun rolling out 2.5GHz 5G in Philadelphia, using the spectrum it gained in the Sprint merger...

Satellite & Internet

•	TIM and Infratel speed up rural fiber rollouts Telecom Italia and the government’s infrastructure company Infratel are accelerating efforts to improve broadband connectivity in rural areas during the COVID-19 crisis...

•	China to launch IoT communications satellites named after Wuhan China will launch the first two communications satellites for its space-based Internet-of-Things (IoT) project in mid to late April...

Global Telecom Update

•	Apple acquires AI startup to better understand natural language Apple has acquired Voysis, an artificial intelligence startup that developed a platform for digital voice assistants to better understand people’s natural language...

•	Celcom to give free sim to returning Malaysians undergoing quarantine Celcom Axiata will be providing free SIM cards to Malaysians who are required to undergo the 14-day mandatory quarantine at the respective quarantine centres upon returning from abroad...

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