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Industry News Briefing
June 6, 2021

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Cisco flexes its muscle in cloud: Helping customers be cloud smart to deliver exceptional digital experiences

Cisco announced new ways it is helping customers accelerate digital transformations as they move more resources to the cloud. The hyper-connected, distributed world we live in now relies on the cloud more than ever, and IT teams are facing challenges to provide people with optimal digital experiences wherever and whenever they need access...

Mauritius launches its first satellite

The first Mauritian satellite (a CubeSat – MIR-SAT1) was successfully launched on board the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida...

5G to revolutionize agriculture in Bangladesh

5G will create a new era by revolutionizing agriculture and industry, which will be the next era of agriculture, industry, and the information age...

Member News

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stc receives PCI Data Security Standard certification

Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, announced that it is now compliant with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) – Data Security Standard (DSS) after receiving its version 3.2.1 certification...

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BT unveils BT TV Box Pro with 4K HDR, Dolby Atmos and up to 600 hours of recordings

BT’s latest set-top box has been designed to allow customers to make the most from the great range of TV packages on BT TV, which offer access to the UK’s widest choice of the very best TV shows, films and sport...

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Simmons advises Commerzbank and NORD/LB on wind farm financing

The Karhu project is being developed with Bremen-based wind and solar park developer wpd and will deliver a total capacity of 188 MW in the Österbotten region of western Finland...

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TIM tests satellite internet service with speeds up to 100MB

This new service will allow customers to navigate at speeds up to 100 Mbps in download by exploiting the connectivity of Eutelsat’s Konnect satellite reserved exclusively for TIM for the Italian territory...

Policy and Regulation

•	Ofcom proposes an annual license fee for Arqiva and Airwave’s 400MHz spectrum British telecoms regulator Ofcom has published its proposed license fees for paired spectrum in the 400MHz band, currently licensed to Arqiva and Airwave, calling for feedback from interested parties by a 16 July 2021...

•	Peru sets new access speed requirements Peru’s government has implemented a new law requiring operators to guarantee a minimum connection speed of 70% of the contracted rate – an increase of 30%...

South Asia

•	Dialog Enterprise with SimSyn launches PABX solution for enterprises in Sri Lanka Hosted locally at Dialog Enterprise’s IDC Cumulus cloud, the platform facilitates video conferencing, call recording and social media integration APIs in addition to all the standard PABX features...

•	5G to revolutionize agriculture in Bangladesh 5G will create a new era by revolutionizing agriculture and industry, which will be the next era of agriculture, industry, and the information age...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Telia launches combined entertainment and 5G+ offering Telia said that the offering was designed to enable customers to watch movies, series, and entertainment regardless of where they spent their time in the summer...

•	Pluto TV, LG Electronics expand Euro content and distribution The Pluto TV channels were first launched on LG Channels service in 2020 in the US and the AVOD service’s programming will be available from LG Channels on all 2016 to 2021 LG TVs running webOS...

•	DTH, IPTV to drive pay TV revenue in Indonesia Pay-TV service revenue in Indonesia is set to grow from US$497 million in 2020 to US$633 million in 2025, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5%...

Global Telecom Update

•	Vodafone and partners carry out O-RAN 5G multi-vendor trial The partners conducted a laboratory test that increased the capacity of a 5G cell site by two-fold using a programmable, AI-based RAN Intelligent Controller supporting a mix of Open RAN components from multiple vendors...

•	Converge ICT acquires 2 PLDT cable landing stations in Philippines Fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc is acquiring the stake of PLDT unit Digital Telecommunications Philippines (Digitel) in two firms involved in cable landing stations in the Philippines...

Middle East

•	Saudi’s PSU partners with VMware to set up IT academy Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan University (PSU) has signed an agreement with enterprise software leader VMware to set up the first regional VMware IT Academy, supporting youth digital skills development and Saudi Vision...

•	Orange Jordan celebrates Coding Academy second cohort graduation The Coding Academy is the first of its kind to be inaugurated by Orange Group in the Middle East, as it was launched in partnership with Simplon.co to offer free training...

•	GBI re-affirms Versa Networks partnership in the Middle East Offering bandwidth and low latency within the region and beyond, GBI’s terrestrial and subsea cable mesh network provides users with good performance across SD-WAN deployments...

North Africa

•	Telecom Egypt selects IBM hybrid cloud solutions to digitally transform operations This will help in modernizing their cloud operations while accelerating their digital transformation journey...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	EE upgrades 4G and switches on 5G in busiest UK coastal areas The upgrades will bring better coverage and increased broadband speeds in areas of high demand, which does of course tend to reflect some of the most popular places for summer staycations...

•	Telkomsel launches 5G in three cities Telkomsel has switched on its 5G signal in three Indonesian cities, namely Balikpapan, Medan and Surakarta, as it forges ahead with its pledge to be the first 5G operator in Indonesia...

Satellite & Internet

•	Mauritius launches its first satellite The first Mauritian satellite (a CubeSat – MIR-SAT1) was successfully launched on board the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida...

•	Monaco Telecom announces commercial launch of fiber services Monaco Telecom (MT) has officially launched commercial fiber broadband services following the completion of network testing...

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