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August 10, 2020

Be Work Ready: keep learning new skills and kick-start your career

BT’s Work Ready training scheme has already helped thousands of young people kickstart their careers, providing opportunities for young people who aren't in employment, education or training and preparing them for the world of work...

Austria poised to begin delayed 5G auction

Austriaâ€™s second 5G auction will begin in mid-August and is expected to be completed by the end of next month...

South Korea and Japan surge ahead in 5G speed

Using data from the first few months of the year, South Korea and Japan occupy the first two spots with average downlink speeds of 59 megabits per second (Mbps) and 49.3 Mbps, respectively...

Member News

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Zain receives ‘Kuwait’s Fastest Fixed Broadband Network’ award for Q1-Q2

Zain has received ‘Kuwait’s Fastest Fixed Broadband Network’ award for Q1-Q2 2020 from Speedtest by Ookla, the global leader in transparent Internet testing applications, data, and analysis...

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BluTV leverages unique coverage of EUTELSAT 65 West A to launch new Brazilian broadcast platform

BluTV’s basic offer will include over 100 channels of films, series, sports, lifestyle, culture and news, broadcast in a mix of standard and high definition...

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PCCW Global and SURE Universal combine to launch groundbreaking IoT home care medical solution

PCCW Global and SURE Universal have signed an IoT Ecosystem Partnership Program (IEPP) agreement to deliver IoT home care medical solution...

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Huawei launches Intelligent Traffic Management Solution

Huawei recently held an online launch summit of the Intelligent Traffic Management Solution with the theme of "Transform the Way We Move"...

Policy and Regulation

•	Icelandic regulator proposes 2% cut in mobile termination cost in 2021 Iceland's Post and Telecom Administration (PTA) said it is proposing a 2 percent drop in the price for mobile call termination in 2021...

•	Austria poised to begin delayed 5G auction Austriaâ€™s second 5G auction will begin in mid-August and is expected to be completed by the end of next month...

South Asia

•	Banglalink's data revenue grows by 30.3 percent in Q2 of 2020 Banglalink, the third largest mobile operator in Bangladesh, has witnessed a sharp rise in data uses in the second quarter of 2020 amid COVID-19...

•	Dialog Lanka releases Q2 2020 report Dialog Axiata has announced, its consolidated financial results for the six months ended 30th June 2020...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Orange offers 680Mbps 4G in Slovakia Orange Slovensko has launched 680Mbps 4G LTE-A services in 21 cities across Slovakia...

•	South Korea and Japan surge ahead in 5G speed Using data from the first few months of the year, South Korea and Japan occupy the first two spots with average downlink speeds of 59 megabits per second (Mbps) and 49.3 Mbps, respectively...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	10 further network operators choose IPTV by Ocilion Austrian IPTV service provider Ocilion has gained 10 new customers for its IPTV end-to-end system...

•	My Entertainment launches premium content division MY Entertainment (MYE), has launched a new premium content division, One Foot Forward Entertainment, and has already made its first high-profile hire...

Middle East

•	Agility supports small businesses in Kuwait with Bee3kw.com Bee3kw.com gives Kuwait’s 500+ small and medium businesses advice, tools and access to leading regional e-commerce partners that can help them start or expand online sales...

•	NGN, Group-IB warn of increasing brand abuse scams Bahrain-based NGN International and Group-IB have warned of a significant increase in the number of scams that involve brand abuse around the world...

•	Dubai's cloud kitchen platform iKcon secures $10mln funding The Dubai-based cloud kitchen platform iKcon has so far secured $10 million funding since its inception, the company said in a statement...

North Africa

•	Egypt to introduce AI in irrigation water management The protocol will extend over two years, and aims to put in place the information and communication technology (ICT) applications as a major driver in developing electronic agricultural services...

Satellite & Internet

•	Openreach pledge to upgrade ‘harder to reach’ areas brings a broadband boost to Congleton More than 10,000 homes and businesses in the towns can now access ‘full fiber’ broadband speeds of up to one gigabit per second...

•	SNC unveils new satellite platforms Sierra Nevada Corporation) Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has added two new satellite platforms to its spacecraft offerings...

Global Telecom Update

•	Claro, TIM and Vivo enter exclusive talks to buy Oi mobile assets Brazilian operator Oi has granted the consortium formed by Telefonica Brasil (Vivo), TIM and Claro exclusivity in negotiations to sell its mobile business...

•	Vodafone to run European network on 100% renewable electricity he move, which will affect 11 markets across Europe, means that the company’s power will come solely from wind, solar or hydro sources...

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