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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 26, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
AT&T declares dividends on common and preferred shares
 
 
The board of directors of AT&T declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.52 a share on the company’s common shares. The board of directors also declared quarterly dividends on the company’s 5.000% Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A and the company’s 4.750% Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C. The Series A dividend is US$312.50 per preferred share, or US$0.3125 per depositary share...
 
UAE’s ICT spending estimated to reach US$23 billion by 2024
According to a recent report by the Middle East Institute, information and communications technology (ICT), the UAE’s ICT spending is estimated to reach US$23 billion by 2024...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc participates in CHRO Table Talk’s ‘Sparking connections over coffee!’
Member Logo Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced its participation in the CHRO...
 
•  Huawei unveils seven innovations in digital infrastructure, creating more value for customers and partners
Member Logo The release highlighted how these products and solutions are set to shape digital infrastructure for the next decade. Huawei is one of the world's leading creators of digital infrastructure, and is dedicated to building...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  SAMENA ACCELERATOR Policy Roundtable during Huawei UBBF 2021 in Dubai to Address Rural Fiber Broadband Development & IPv6/IPv6+ Transition Issues
 
•  Etisalat senior executives share insights on the importance of inclusion & diversity to build an innovative workforce at ‘The Board Summit’
 
•  Huawei releases the Intelligent World 2030 Report to explore trends in the next decade
 
•  UN Broadband Commission Released Key 21st Century Recommendations to Finance Sustainable Broadband Development and Closure of the Digital Divide in the 21stCentury
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Brazilian telecoms regulator confirms 5G auction for November
Blocks will be auctioned across four frequency bands: 700 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz over a 20-year period, and the Brazilian government expects to attract approximately 50 billion reais (US$9.37 billion) in bids...
 
Burkina Faso lays out connectivity strategy
Burkino Faso’s government has detailed its National Strategy for the Development of the Digital Economy, which seeks to boost connectivity in urban areas....
 
Mongolia to get fifth mobile network
Mongolia’s Communications Regulatory Commission (CRC) has awarded the country’s fifth mobile licence to ONDO (registered as IN Mobile Network), which plans to operate under the SuperNet brand...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt launches pilot operation of e-receipt system
The Egyptian Minister of Finance, Mohamed Maait, announced the launch of the pilot operation of the electronic receipt system which will be fully implemented in six months and a half...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Orange launches 4G in isolated regions of Guyana
As a result of the new 4G coverage, 20,000 additional people will benefit from Orange mobile Internet services in French Guiana, as well as access to multimedia use on compatible mobile devices...
 
TSTT only company with 5G in T&T
Majority State-owned TSTT is the only telecommunications provider in T&T that has 5G technology and will only be available in the Phoenix Park Industrial Park that is at present under construction...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Pure TV launches in Ireland based on the Netgem TV platform
A first of its kind move in the Irish ISP market, Pure Telecom extends their brand to include TV services, improving its reach, ARPU and customer tenure through aggressively positioned Fibre & TV bundles...
 
DAZN and Common Goal join up for multi-year partnership
Sports streaming platform DAZN and pledge-based social impact football movement Common Goal have united in a global partnership to jointly tackle some of the most vital issues of our times...
 
 
Middle East
 
UAE’s ICT spending estimated to reach US$23 billion by 2024
According to a recent report by the Middle East Institute, information and communications technology (ICT), the UAE’s ICT spending is estimated to reach US$23 billion by 2024...
 
Saudi Arabis's Al Qaryan adopts SAP, drives innovation in US$6 billion recycling market
Al Qaryan Holding is driving innovation in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)’s US$6 billion recycling market, thanks to a digital transformation partnership with global technology company SAP...
 
South Asia
 
Bangladesh digital ID registration to include biometrics
Bangladesh has announced the collection of citizens’ biometric data for the issuance of digital identification numbers...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Lynk signs 2 mobile operators for satellite-to-cell service
Two mobile network operators, Aliv and Telecel Centrafrique, have acquired first-to-market rights to implement satellite-to-cell service from Lynk Global...
 
Izzi boosts fiber coverage in Mexico, Durango states
Grupo Televisa-backed cableco Izzi has invested US$40 million to expand its fibrer optic network in Mexico and Durango states...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Inmarsat finds industry accelerating IoT adoption in response to COVID-19
Industrial IoT rapidly adopted by global supply chains in agriculture, electricity utilities, mining, oil and gas, transport and logistics...
 
Telefónica chooses IBM to implement its first-ever cloud-native 5G core network platform
IBM collaborates with Telefónica to modernize Telefónica's 5G core network platform built with IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation, Red Hat OpenShift and Juniper networking...
 
AWS to open data centers in New Zealand
The new AWS Asia Pacific (Auckland) Region will consist of three Availability Zones (AZs) and join the existing 81 Availability Zones across 25 geographic AWS Regions at launch...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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