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February 21, 2021

Mobily exceeds analysts’ expectations, achieves SAR 783 million net profit for 2020

Mobily succeeded in achieving a net profit for the year ended 31 December 2020, the company recorded in the fiscal year 2020 a net profit reached SAR 783 million compared to a net profit of SAR 31 million in 2019...

Zain Bahrain's Q4 net profit up 17 percent

Despite the challenges brought about by the pandemic, 2020 was another year of growth for Zain Bahrain due to its resilient policies and business approach...

Member News

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Viu to showcase 11 new Korean dramas in February and March

Viu recently announced it hit 45 million MAU (monthly active users) and 5.3 million paid subscribers and ranks No.1 for number of users in Southeast Asia according to MPA...

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Tech Mahindra recognized as supplier engagement leader for environmental action

Tech Mahindra announced that it has been recognized as a supplier engagement leader for environmental action...

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Huawei releases NetX2025 Target Network Technical White Paper

At Huawei's online media and analyst pre-briefing for MWC Shanghai 2021,Peng Song, the President of Huawei Carrier BG Marketing & Solution Sales Dept delivered a keynote speech titled "NetX2025: GUIDE to the Future Network",...

Policy and Regulation

•	CRA publishes a public consultation on the inclusion of additional rules and standards The Communications Regulatory Authority published on its website a public consultation document related to the updated Class License for Short Range Devices, with the aim of receiving the views and comments of stakeholders...

•	Indotel anticipates US$300 million from upcoming 5G auction The mooted amount is aimed at setting expectations for potential newcomers to the country’s mobile market, with registration for the upcoming auctions open to interested parties until May...

South Asia

•	Ufone launches UBox to strengthen gaming ecosystem in Pakistan Pakistani telecom operator, Ufone has introduced, Ubox, a gaming ecosystem for all its customers across Pakistan...

•	The number of mobile connections tops 170 million in Bangladesh The number of mobile phone connections of four mobile phone operators increased to 17.02 crore at the end of January in Bangladesh...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Kenya to see increased emphasis on 4G coverage Kenya’s 4G subscriptions market share is expected to more than double from 24.2% in 2021 to 53.6% by 2025...

•	Vodafone 5G reaches 20 million Germans Vodafone Germany has announced that it has switched on a further 2,200 5G antennas at around 800 locations across Germany...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	NBCU expands hayu to further 11 European markets The streamer first launched in the UK, Ireland and Australia in 2016, and has since rolled out in the Nordics, Canada, Southeast Asia, and more recently in Germany and Austria on Amazon Prime Video Channels...

•	Salto opts for Nomalab The Nomalab service platform was designed and developed to remove the complexity hindering content exchanges and meet the new challenges of content distribution and provisioning...

Middle East

•	Datamount Centre to provide cloud services for Opal The MoU establishes a framework for closer collaboration between Opal and Datamount, leveraging innovative networking, data centre and security infrastructure solutions...

•	DLD showcases latest projects and innovations during ‘UAE Innovates’ Week 2021 DLD’s participation in innovation week will feature several innovative new initiatives in addition to services and projects from DLD and its various organisations...

•	Zain Bahrain's Q4 net profit up 17 percent Despite the challenges brought about by the pandemic, 2020 was another year of growth for Zain Bahrain due to its resilient policies and business approach...

North Africa

•	Maroc Telecom posts 2020 results in line with objectives The group also disclosed its outlook for 2021 on a like-for-like basis and at constant exchange rates, forecasting a decrease in revenues and EBITDA, and a CAPEX of a maximum of 15% of revenues...

Satellite & Internet

•	New Caribbean cable connection is on the way Ocean Networks has announced the launch of its Caribbean Express (CX) project, an 18-fiber pair subsea cable system linking Florida to Panama and taking in Mexico and Colombia...

•	Thales to develop and deploy Syracuse IV satellite communications system for French armed forces Thales will build on its extensive experience in military satellite systems integration in Europe and the Middle East to supply the end-to-end management system required for full interoperability, as well as nearly 200...

Global Telecom Update

•	Vodafone tests new highly accurate location tracking technology with Sapcorda New satellite-based precision positioning tech used in conjunction with Vodafone's Internet of Things (IoT) platform promises to locate vehicles, drones and cargo to within a few centimetres...

•	Spark intelligent wallet for digital service providers launched by Tecnotree The platform has security baked in via industrial strength encryption technologies, multifactor authentication methods including biometric, early detection of fraud and risk via AI-enabled algorithms...

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