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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 24, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Omantel & Infoline to deliver effortless experiences across entire customer journey with Avaya OneCloud CCaaS
 
 
Avaya announced a new partnership with Infoline, Omantel ICT’s business process outsourcing leader, that will see Infoline significantly advance customer experience across the Sultanate as it adopts Avaya OneCloudTM Contact Center as a Service...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc’s Net income for Q3 and 9 months of 2021 compared to the comparable quarter and same period of last year increased by 5.71% & 3.52% (respectively)
Member Logo stc has announced the company’s preliminary financial results for the period ending at 30 September 2021, with revenues for the 3rd quarter reached SR 15,735m with an increase of 5.74% compared to the corresponding...
 
•  Cyber Security Council issues directives to strengthen cyber incident response
Member Logo In this regard, the council has entered into a strategic collaboration with Etisalat, one of the world's leading telecom groups in emerging markets, and Help AG, the cybersecurity arm of Etisalat Digital, as part of its...
 
•  Cisco partners with COP26 to support a more inclusive and sustainable future
Member Logo With the goal of increasing inclusivity and supporting resilience, Cisco will provide the technology to securely connect both those on-site, and permitted registered delegates who are unable to be onsite, through Webex...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Egypt’s communications ministry launches scholarship with Microsoft to build youths' DX capabilities
In a statement, the ministry said the scholarship includes several training programs related to technological infrastructure and IT, like artificial intelligence, cloud computing operations, advanced programming and database...
 
Communications Ministry wants telcos to jointly help improve communication network in Malaysia
The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) wants telecommunication companies to jointly help the government in efforts to improve the country’s communication network, especially in rural areas...
 
South Asia
 
Dhaka-based IoT company Bondstein raises US$1 million in new investment
Built on the IoT Cloud, Bondstein also provides remote power monitoring solutions in over a thousand telecom towers across the country...
 
NTC adds VoLTE support to Vivo smartphones
Upon activation, this next-gen communication standard allows phone users to make calls on 4G without falling back to 3G or 2G...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Altibox Android TV service goes live with 3SS and Technicolor
3 Screen Solutions (3SS) announces thad Stavanger-based multiservice provider Altibox has launched its next-generation TV entertainment service for consumers in Norway and Denmark...
 
Wurl launches Global FAST Pass for content distribution
FAST Pass is described by Wurl as a ‘global onramp’ for FAST Channels to build worldwide distribution across millions of connected TVs...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Halotel aims to increase subscriptions to 10 million by end-2023
Viettel Tanzania, which operates under the brand name Halotel, is aiming to reach the milestone of ten million mobile subscriptions by the end of 2023...
 
Türk Telekom invests in 4 artificial intelligence-based startups
TT Ventures, the corporate venture capital company of Türk Telekom, aims to use its investments to help grow and strengthen the Turkish venture ecosystem, which has the potential to grow especially in the global...
 
New Angolan entrant Africell launches data centre
The new mobile communications entrant in the Angolan market, Africell, says it has taken another major step towards launching services in Angola by opening a data centre in Luanda...
 
 
Middle East
 
A women’s well-being app builds on Saudi Arabia’s health-tech success
The app is part of a set of digital solutions that the IMC Hospital aims to provide to women throughout Saudi Arabia...
 
Abu Dhabi Customs, TAMM to automate e-commerce policy procedures
The project contributes to facilitating the practice of business by improving the procedures for the movement of trade for shipments and keeping pace with the requirements of the growing trend towards e-commerce...
 
Airbus signs strategic MoU with Esharah Etisalat Security Solutions at GITEX
According to the MoU, the two parties will collaborate to deploy the Tactilon Agnet communication and collaboration platform across Dubai to support the government’s operations and the Emirate’s public safety and...
 
Bahraini firms sign over 10 deals at Gitex
The Bahraini participants in Gitex were able to accomplish several objectives, including maintaining close contact with customers and partners, better understanding the challenges of digital transformation and ways to speed...
 
North Africa
 
Moroccan INPT students win 2nd in Arab IoT & AI challenge in Dubai
The three participants designed NoFoasty, a mobile application for kitchen users, catering and restaurant service managers, that implements Artificial Intelligence models to reduce food waste and to improve the quality of...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Virgin Media O2 enters into 4G, 5G trials with Samsung
During the trials, the two companies will set out to demonstrate the capability and performance of 4G and 5G, and will also assess the interoperability between Samsung’s latest systems and Virgin Media O2’s 2G...
 
Angola's mobile operator Unitel invests in 5G services
Angolan mobile phone company Unitel has so far invested US$25 million in technology innovation and digital upgrades to prepare for the launch of the 5G service in the country...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
SES sends new half-a-billion satellite into space
The SES-17 will enable passengers and crews to use WiFi aboard planes - lifted off from its launch pad in French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 rocket...
 
Proximus steps up fiber rollout in Wallonia
Belgian full-service provider Proximus and Unifiber, have announced deployment of its open access fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network has kicked off in a further 15 municipalities in the Wallonia region...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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