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Industry News Briefing
June 1, 2021

Featured Member News

Omantel wins Best Digital Transformation Leadership GCC 2021 Award

Omantel, the Sultanate’s leading integrated telecommunications services provider and its trusted digital enabler, has driven Oman to be among a host of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states at the vanguard of Fourth Industrial Revolution...

Member News

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Honda and Acura team with AT&T to offer unlimited in-car Wi-Fi

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and AT&T have teamed up to help families create summer memories during road trips...

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HKT collaborates with startups to facilitate digital transformation and smart city developments in Hong Kong

As the premier telecommunications service provider and a leading innovator in Hong Kong, HKT has been nurturing startups with a wide range of support, including solutions productization, sharing of all-round go-to-market...

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Cisco announces June 2021 events with the financial community

Cisco has announced that it will participate in the conferences with the financial community during the month of June...

Recent Developments

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solutions by stc adds Google products to its wide range of B2B offerings

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U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security awards AT&T 4 task orders on EIS

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Zain launches 'BE WELL', a Middle East first for organizational mental wellness support across the entire company

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Tech in Sport: Football, replays and 360° views leading as fans long for teletext

Policy and Regulation

•	CITC publishes preliminary public consultation on Spectrum Auction 2021 The Communications and Information Technology Commission published a public consultation on its Spectrum Auction 2021 as part of the implementation process for 'Spectrum Outlook for commercial and Innovative use...

•	CRTC final broadband wholesale rate ruling good news for incumbents The review was part of the runup to a revision of the market CRTC had mandated in 2016 that would see wholesale services then provided on an aggregated basis...

Middle East

•	Bahrain telemedicine app Doctori secures seed funding Doctori further plans on expanding operations to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, building on the apps’ ability to connect doctors outside Bahrain to consult local patients, allowing patients to consult with their doctors...

•	Hajj smart card wins Makkah Excellence Award The Hajj smart card is an encrypted and standardized card provided for pilgrims, containing many services and information, and is linked to a smartphone app...

•	DOT and IBM partner to provide digital and career skills in MEA The collaboration brings together complementary experience and assets: IBM with its technology and business expertise and DOT with its extensive channels to youth and local community ecosystems...

South Asia

•	Internet facility to be installed in schools in 66 districts of Nepal Nepal is to make broadband internet service available at basic schools in 66 districts of the country...

•	Bangladesh Submarine Cable’s profits doubled in 9 months According to BSCCl, about 2,600-2,700 Gbps of bandwidth is currently being used in the country...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Euskaltel and EITB launch Basque streaming platform Euskaltltelka will be offered as part of Euskaltel’s Replayteka catch-up and on-demand offering, offering a catalogue of content in the Basque language available free-to-view to Euskaltel subscribers...

•	IPTV dominates in France IPTV accounted for 60.5% of TV reception in France in the fourth quarter of 2020. according to data produced by the regulator CSA and published by Satellifax...

North Africa

•	Egypt’s IT Agency introduces a roadmap for local software companies to embrace digital transformation global trends The initiative aims to support digital transformation and enterprise agility in the local IT sector, by helping software development companies achieve their digital strategies and business objectives...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	MegaFon testing Dynamic Spectrum Sharing for 4G/5G MegaFon has launched a test zone in St. Petersburg where users with compatible devices can access 4G/5G services implemented via Dynamic Spectrum Sharing technology...

•	Globe brings 5G roaming for Filipinos in USA and Canada through partners AT&T and Telus The telco also announced that it has launched 5G with additional roaming partners in South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Italy and China’s China Unicom...

Satellite & Internet

•	NSW Police signs up to Starlink satellite internet service NSW Police has become one of the first enterprise customers of the much-anticipated Starlink satellite internet service in Australia...

•	Indonesia’s fixed communications market to grow 13.3% by 2025 Fixed broadband accounts in the country, on the other hand, will grow at a robust CAGR of 19.8% over the forecast period, led by the rising adoption of high-speed fiber-optic broadband services...

Global Telecom Update

•	Yeastar partners with the Trust Group Designed for SMEs, Yeastar’s P-Series solution will now be available to Trust Distribution and SOS Communications’ channel partners and customers...

•	Telekom Romania launches the chatbot ANA Telekom Romania has launched ANA, a virtual assistant that has the role of automating the management flows of internal human resources activities and providing self-service support for employees...

•	MTN sets its sights on Ethiopia again MTN has a growing financial services segment, and services 46.6 million mobile money customers allowing them to send and receive money from their mobile devices...

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