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May 19, 2020

stc Group and Nokia sign a strategic 5-year Master Frame Agreement

stc Group and Nokia signed a five-year Master Frame Agreement (MFA) to further strengthen their strategic partnership. The agreement aims to expedite buying process of Nokia’s latest equipment, software and services for stc Group to introduce innovative services faster to its subscribers as a pioneer...

Prices for telecommunication services continue to decline but do not translate into rapidly increasing Internet penetration rates

ITU’s latest global analysis of prices for mobile-voice, mobile-data and fixed-broadband services suggests that affordability is not the only barrier to Internet uptake...

Intelsat undertakes financial restructuring to pave the way for future innovation and growth

The restructuring process is intended to enhance the Company’s liquidity and will likely result in a substantial reduction of Intelsat’s legacy debt burden, allowing for Intelsat to emerge with a strengthened balance sheet to complement its strong operating model and future growth plans...

Member News

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Eng. Saleh Al Abdooli has resigned from his position, and appointed Eng. Hatem Dowidar as Acting Chief Executive Officer for Etisalat Group

His Excellency Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Chairman of Etisalat Group, and the members of the board directors thanked Al Abdooli for the efforts he made and the accomplishments achieved for Etisalat Group during his tenure as...

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Fears for over-70s struggling with digital isolation during lockdown

New research from BT Skills for Tomorrow suggests that many older people are suffering from a difficult combination of both physical and digital isolation during the Coronavirus lockdown...

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IDC, Microsoft host digital event to discuss business continuity and cybersecurity in the era of remote working

DC and Microsoft hosted an exclusive webinar featuring industry experts to discuss business continuity and its challenges, as organizations in the region and around the world maintain the remote working norm...

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Huawei Intelligent IP networks, accelerating intelligent connectivity

Huawei shared its numerous success stories of intelligent IP networks across industries, signifying the data communications industry's arrival in the intelligent IP network era...

Policy and Regulation

•	TRA highlights increase in e-commerce activities The TRA pointed out that the e-commerce sector has witnessed a recent increase in activities, coinciding with the government’s decision to reduce unnecessary social gatherings...

•	Egypt's Communications Minister launches digital initiative helping SMEs cope with pandemic An “Our Digital Opportunity” initiative has been launched to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) overcome the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...

•	Prices for telecommunication services continue to decline but do not translate into rapidly increasing Internet penetration rates ITU’s latest global analysis of prices for mobile-voice, mobile-data and fixed-broadband services suggests that affordability is not the only barrier to Internet uptake...

South Asia

•	NayaPay, Zong 4G to provide digital experiences to customers in Pakistan Pakistan based Zong 4G has partnered with NayaPay to enable its customers to make digital payments for its services...

•	Speed test puts Nepal in 118th spot globally in fixed broadband in April The average mobile broadband speed showed an improvement with the country moving up five places...

Satellite & Internet

•	Salt and Sunrise to form JV for open access FTTH network The network will focus on underserved non-urban areas, specifically the roughly 30% of Swiss households in sub-urban and medium density areas...

•	Russia starts work on conceptual design of next-generation satellite communications system The Gonets next-generation satellite system will offer communications, including telephone services, in hard-to-access places, including the Arctic, and provide infrastructure for the Internet of things...

•	Intelsat undertakes financial restructuring to pave the way for future innovation and growth The restructuring process is intended to enhance the Company’s liquidity and will likely result in a substantial reduction of Intelsat’s legacy debt burden, allowing for Intelsat to emerge with a strengthened...

Global Telecom Update

•	Thales selects Google Cloud to expand its eSIM management solution This solution will offer telecom operators secure and highly scalable support to manage increases in mobile subscriptions for eSIM-capable devices...

•	Lycamobile offers NHS workers free SIM cards Lycamobile has announced that NHS workers are entitled to free Lycamobile SIM cards with one month of unlimited phone calls...

Middle East

•	More than 600 villages in Oman to get satellite Internet in 2020 The Sultanate, in coordination with the Telecommunication and Information Society, plans a number of initiatives and projects, including providing more than 600 villages in the country with satellite Internet in 2020...

•	Zain KSA launches "Zain Cloud" to serve the business and government sectors Zain KSA has announced launching its “Zain Cloud” service dedicated to businesses, SMEs, entrepreneurs, and government sectors in partnership with AliBaba Cloud, one the world’s largest cloud computing...

•	Conclusion of the first phase of submitting applications to Orange Coding Academy Orange Jordan has announced the conclusion of the first stage of the online registration process for those interested in joining the second batch of its coding academy...

•	UAE fintech Ziina rolls out mobile money transfer app UAE fintech startup Ziina, which recently raised a US$850,000 funding, has launched a mobile-to-mobile payment service for instant money transfer to friends and family in the country...

North Africa

•	Mastercard to bring 50 million firms into digital economy; including in Egypt As a pilot in Egypt, Mastercard and Levi Straus and Co. partnered up to digitize the wages of more than 10,000 garment factory workers...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Telia agrees OTT licensing deal with Discovery for TV4 and C More channels Nordic telco Telia has secured EC approval for a deal that will see it license OTT rights to its linear channels to Discovery in Sweden and Finland...

•	A1 Slovenia opts for Zappware A1 Slovenia launches its advanced personalised TV solution with A1 Xplore TV. It follows earlier launches of the solution in Austria and Bulgaria...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Vodacom signs up with Loon to deliver 4G-by-balloon to Mozambique The balloons will float 20km above the ground in the provinces of Cabo Delgado and Niassa, in the north of the country close to the border with Tanzania...

•	5G network to cover all Shanghai metro stations this year Shanghai's metro operator has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with major telecom firms to cooperate in the construction of a 5G network that will cover the city's all 297 metro stations this year...

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