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December 27, 2020

Zain evolves its graduate program to a data science-focused initiative called ‘CODE 7’

Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces that after five successful years, the company’s progressive Generation Z graduate training program has transformed into an initiative focused on developing cutting edge skills of future data analysts...

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TIM launching open caching solution to further improve video streaming experience across its Network in Brazil

Cisco, Qwilt and Digital Alpha (DA) announced that they are working with TIM Brazil to bring their new Content Delivery Network (CDN) solution to the Brazilian market with a new technology based on Open Caching...

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talabat, the MENA region’s leading delivery app, is now available on HUAWEI AppGallery in the UAE

The new talabat app comes fully integrated with Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) allowing consumers to take full advantage of the app on their Huawei devices. That means with only a couple of taps on a Huawei smartphone, users...

Policy and Regulation

•	Peru brands Cusco radio waves safe Peru’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) announced electromagnetic waves emitted from radio broadcasting and telecom antennas in the city of Cusco, are below the legal international limit...

•	FCC provides funding to expand high-speed broadband Several mid-Michigan communities will get a total of US$5.6 million to fund high-speed broadband internet service to more than 4,300 rural homes and businesses over the next 10 years...

South Asia

•	Grameenphone inks deals with 6 companies Mobile network operator Grameenphone has recently signed business agreements with six companies...

•	Huawei, Zalmi Foundation sign pact to develop entrepreneurial ecosystem A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Zalmi Foundation and Huawei Pakistan on talent development activities...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Spectranet to raise bar in 4G LTE The Chief Executive Officer of Spectranet Limited has expressed the readiness of the firm to raise the bar in quality internet services to its customers...

•	China adds 580,000 5G base stations this year The country has accelerated 5G development this year, expanding its network while encouraging a variety of 5G applications...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Anevia accelerates TV3 transition to OTT TV3 Group, has commissioned OTT and IPTV software solutions provider Anevia to facilitate a major extension to the service capabilities of its GoO3 over-the-top (OTT) service...

•	Free New Years Eve satellite and streaming feed from Times Square The Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment are again offering a free feed of Times Square New Year’s Eve content from New York City...

Middle East

•	Bahrain sees 39% drop in Covid cyber-attacks in Q3 Bahrain has seen an impressive 39 percent drop in the number of COVID-19-related cyber-attacks from 4,028 in the second quarter (Q2) of 2020 to 2,463 in Q3 2020...

•	Saudi Railway picks Oracle for digital transformation Saudi Railway Company has initiated a major digital transformation with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to enhance business agility, create a robust cyber security infrastructure, automate core ticketing system, and reduce...

•	Abu Dhabi’s crypto library can prevent COVID-19 data leak Researchers in Abu Dhabi have developed a novel crypto library that can empower the country to safeguard vital and confidential information in data-sensitive sectors like healthcare, finance and telecommunications...

North Africa

•	GOMYCODE continues its geographic expansion The Tunisian startup specializing in Ed-Tech – GOMYCODE announces the opening of a Hackerspace in Manama – Bahrain with the aim of continuing its geographic expansion but also to strengthen its modern...

Satellite & Internet

•	Work on delivering superfast broadband to Highlands expected to start in New Year The contract to deliver superfast broadband to the north of Scotland including the Highlands has been signed, five months before the project was scheduled to be delivered...

•	Filipino satellite makers arrive in Japan for testing phase of CubeSats Maya-3, Maya-4 The first batch of scholars of the Space Science and Technology Proliferation through University Partnerships (STeP-UP) has arrived in Japan for the testing phase of their own cube satellites..

Global Telecom Update

•	Virgin Media reveals record-breaking 2020 for data usage Data released by Virgin Media has shown how during 2020 the consumption habits of its more than six million cable and mobile customers have shifted significantly, consuming a record-breaking amount of online data...

•	TUC to deploy 1,000 new base stations True Move H Universal Communication (TUC) plans to start using 1,000 base stations on the 700-megahertz spectrum after it receives the license from the telecom regulator to use the range...

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