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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 8, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zain Group publishes insightful report on ‘Women in Technology- Bridging the Gender Gap in STEM Fields’
 
 
Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces the publication of its annual thought leadership report, this year entitled, Women in Technology - Bridging the Gender Gap in STEM Fields...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  solutions by stc partners with Huawei to launch IdeaHub office master
Member Logo Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc has announced that its specialized business arm solutions by stc has partnered with Huawei to offer corporate customers with the latest cutting edge productivity tool and office...
 
•  New FirstNet cell site launches in Fort Benton to support public safety
Member Logo First responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications with the addition of a new, purpose-built FirstNet cell site near Fort Benton, Montana...
 
•  Huawei Women Developers program drives technological innovation
Member Logo Huawei officially launched its Huawei Women Developers (HWD) program, which aims to empower women developers to create applications and tools that can change the world...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  stc launches the largest Digital Operations Control Center in the MENA
 
•  Comviva introduces Data Science-as-a-Service (DSaaS) and AI workbench (MobiLytix AIX) solutions to enhance returns from Customer Value Management Programs
 
•  SAMENA Council to Hold Leaders’ Summit 2021 on April 8th with Huawei as Host
 
•  Telecom Egypt plans launching HARP, a new subsea system circling the African continent
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• Claro and Entel cleared to offer 5G in Peru
Claro and Entel’s Peruvian units have been cleared to offer 5G new radio (NR) fixed-wireless internet services via their existing 3.5GHz spectrum holdings...
 
• Ministry adds new e-services to “Invest Easy” portal
A number of improvements and new e-services have been added to the Invest Easy portal, according to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion...
 
South Asia
 
• Telenor Velocity invites start-ups that use technology as an enabler for its 7th Cohort
As a part of this program, Telenor Velocity will guide, support and mentor start-ups using Telenor Pakistan’s experts, analytics and access to scaling opportunities over a period of four months...
 
• GP, Robi join intense bidding for spectrum in BTRC auction
Auction for 27.4 megahertz of spectrum in 1800 Megahertz spectrum and 2100 megahertz spectrum band continued in Bangladesh...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Zain launches 4G in South Sudan
The South Sudanese unit of Zain Group has launched a commercial 4G network in the capital Juba, in collaboration with the National Communication Authority...
 
• Deutsche Telekom completes its first standalone 5G video call
The call was made via a standalone antenna in Garching to Bamberg in Telekom’s first 5G standalone core network and from there to Bonn...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Megacable launches OTT service powered by Viaccess-Orca
Viaccess-Orca announced that Megacable is expanding the delivery of its Xview+ OTT service to Android TV set-top boxes using VO’s TV Platform solution...
 
• Sky, WarnerMedia and ViacomCBS partner for child literacy campaign
Sky has announced a partnership with WarnerMedia and ViacomCBS Networks UK that aims to improve the literacy of school children with the addition of subtitles on more than 500 TV episodes...
 
 
Middle East
 
• UAE telecom subscribers pegged at 21.9 million by end of 2020
The number of telecom subscribers in the UAE, including mobile phones, landlines and Internet, grew to 21.929 million by the end of 2020...
 
• Bahrain's digital transformation achievements in 2020 announced
The eServices have played a key role in allowing the government to reduce operational costs by 82%, and have allowed users to carry out their transactions online with 69% higher efficiency compared to traditional methods...
 
• Umniah announces the discontinuation of its 2G network
Umniah will shut down its 2G network in the near future in order to upgrade and invest in its existing 3G and 4G networks, following the example of a number of international telecommunications companies...
 
North Africa
 
• Egypt inaugurates ICT projects in Kafr El-Sheikh
The MoU also includes using the services and applications of the “Kenana Online” platform to build knowledge societies online with the participation of the community...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
• GigNet taps Tejas Networks for a metro optical network in Cancun
Mexico’s GigNet has chosen Tejas Networks optical networking and broadband access products for its high-capacity fiber-optic network expansion in the Cancun region of Mexico...
 
• Tuvalu boosts satellite capacity
Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation (TTC) is expanding its national and international telecoms capacity under a contract with satellite services provider ABS...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Vodafone Fiji launches eSIM
As a first in the region, Vodafone Fiji has recently launched eSIM (Embedded Subscriber Identity Module) support for its prepay and post-paid customers...
 
• AWS launches Osaka Local Region, its 2nd in Japan
The new region consists of three Availability Zones (AZs) and joins the existing 25 Availability Zones in eight AWS Regions across Asia Pacific...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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