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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 3, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
stc Group signs more than 20 agreements
 
 
stc Group concluded its seventh participation in the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona by signing more than 20 strategic agreements with the world’s leaders in the telecommunications, networking and information technology industries. Agreements included partnerships with Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, Intel and other companies to expand the 5G network to enhance the customers’ experience and upgrade the 5G services for the business sector...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat offers exciting deals this Dubai Summer Surprises
Member Logo As a strategic partner of Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS), Etisalat is offering discounts of up to 65 percent on a wide range of devices and accessories for customers to treat themselves or gift their loved ones this summer...
 
•  Batelco congratulates Noora Sulaibeekh the Company's General Counsel for her
success at the Middle East Legal Awards 2021

Member Logo Batelco team is very proud to congratulate Noora Sulaibeekh, General Counsel & Board Secretary, on being awarded, at this year’s Middle East Legal Awards. Noora has been named the winner in the General Counsel of the...
 
•  AT&T moves 5G mobile network to Microsoft Cloud
Member Logo AT&T will move its 5G mobile network to the Microsoft cloud. This strategic alliance provides a path for all of AT&T’s mobile network traffic to be managed using Microsoft Azure technologies...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Korea to offer 5G frequencies to non-telcos
The wireless spectrums to be provided are a 600 megahertz block of a 28 Gigahertz frequency band and another 100MHz block of 4.7GHz...
 
CRTC promoting low-cost plans for Bell, Rogers, Telus, SaskTel
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) this morning sent out a tweet promoting low-cost plans for Canada’s largest telcos...
 
North Africa
 
Veon exits Algeria by selling Djezzy stake to government investor
Veon is selling the whole of its 45.57% stake in Algerian operator Djezzy to the government-controlled investor, which already owns a majority stake...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Kyivstar launches 4G at 900 MHz band in 411 settlements in June
Mobile network operator Kyivstar in June launched high-speed 4G Internet at the 900 MHz band in 411 settlements where 226,000 people live, the company said recently...
 
Optus achieves new 5G upload speed record
Optus claims to have achieved another Australian 5G record, ‘smashing’ 5G upload speeds during mmWave testing on its live commercial network...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Satellite comms group OneWeb can now start servicing Earth’s northern regions
OneWeb reported that it had achieved its first key operational goal, dubbed the ‘Five to 50’ mission, with the successful launch of 36 more of its low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites by Arianespace from...
 
Virgin Media O2 deploys FTTP to 4000 more County Down homes
Some 4,000 extra homes in the small County Down town of Donaghadee have just become the latest to benefit from the expansion of Virgin Media’s new FTTP based gigabit broadband and TV network...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson and Samsung's claim world first in 5G slicing trial
The successful trial, conducted on Ericsson 5G Standalone (SA) infrastructure and Samsung Galaxy S21 5G devices, paves the way for slice access on 5G devices...
 
DITO network now live in 140 cities/municipalities
The Philippines’ third telco DITO Telecommunity has announced that following the launch of services in a further 17 areas, its network reach now encompasses 140 cities/municipalities across the Philippines...
 
Vodafone to build first commercial Open RAN network in Europe
Dell Technologies and Vodafone will build Europe’s first commercial Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) network, bringing more broadband access to European businesses and communities...
 
 
Middle East
 
Saudi No 2 in cybersecurity ranking
Saudi Arabia jumped up 11 places from 2018 to be ranked second in the world along with the UK (with 99.54 points) among countries committed to cybersecurity at a global level by ITU...
 
MoE distributes 50 tablets to students in Mafraq
Jordan's Secretary-General of the Ministry of Education for Administrative and Financial Affairs hosted an event for the distribution of 50 tablets with a one-year internet connection subscription to students in Mafraq...
 
Bahrain tech company teams with hospital on payment kiosk
Payment International Enterprise has teamed with BDF-RMS to launch co-branded kiosks, allowing BDF-RMS to be the first medical facility in the kingdom to allow consumers to complete payment services seamlessly...
 
Kuwait’s first satellite launched into space
The QMR-KWT, an abbreviation of “Moon of Kuwait” has taken off into space aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the State of Florida...
 
South Asia
 
SLT-Mobitel ramps up connectivity and capacity
SLT-Mobitel has ramped up its service delivery to meet the nationwide increase in data use and traffic that has nearly doubled since the onset of the pandemic...
 
R-Ventures, new venture capital to promote digital entrepreneurship
The fund will work as an alternative investment fund and will be registered under Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC)...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Swiss DTH platform Kabelio adds UK channels
The encrypted subscription platform, which launched in October 2020 now contains a total of around 50 channels including all services from Swiss public broadcaster SRG...
 
Telemach brings EON video platform to Croatia
EON is provided by Austrian-based Solford Alpine and users can subscribe online or through Telemach Croatia sales channels...
 
H&C+ extends North American reach with Comcast
Equestrian sports network Horse & Country has secured the launch of its live and on demand subscription service, H&C+, on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Flex platforms in North America...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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