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December 8, 2021

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Indonesia’s Luhut invites Huawei to enhance collaboration in smart future and new energy

The coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, met Guo Ping, Huawei’s Rotating Chairman, to discuss tightening ties between Indonesia and Huawei on digital transformation and a number of initiatives to develop digitalization, 5G, AI, and new energy...

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stc joins Battle of the East as the main sponsor of Kuwait’s premier fitness festival

The sponsorship comes as a continuation of the various local initiatives the Company has participated in throughout the year under its corporate social responsibility framework, which focuses on the key areas of health,...

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Global Cisco study unveils five data-driven security practices that actually work

Cisco has released its latest cybersecurity report, Security Outcomes Study Volume 2, surveying more than 5100 security and privacy professionals across 27 countries to determine the most impactful measures teams can take to...

Policy and Regulation

•	DCMS wants Open RAN future as it plans 2G/3G sunset In a joint statement with UK mobile operators, the government said it was now targeting 35% of the nation’s mobile traffic to be carried by Open RAN architecture by 2030...

•	New Chilean fiber project targets regional coverage Chilean regulator Subtel and the regional government of Ñuble in southern Chile have signed an agreement for a fiber optic and last mile programme...

Middle East

•	Tarabut Gateway and Zain Bahrain debut telco-powered open banking payments Bahrain-based open banking platform Tarabut Gateway has joined forces with telecommunications company Zain Bahrain to provide what the companies said is the first use case of open banking payments via telco app in the Middle...

•	Jordan Economic Forum to kick off in March Additionally, the forum will discuss means to provide smart organisational solutions to digital economy problems, and the challenges that technology creates in human resource management and training...

South Asia

•	Bangladesh enters 5G technology on Dec 12 Bangladesh is going to enter the 5G technology regime from December 12 since only a few countries across the globe have entered the technology...

•	eZ Cash partners Rakuten Viber to launch chatbot payments feature The eZ Cash Viber BOT will mark its debut as the first chatbot payments feature in Sri Lanka launched by a mobile money platform and will ensure secure transactions take place with greater ease...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Tigo expands LTE-A to 85% of population Tigo El Salvador has completed work to increase mobile data speeds for more than three million Salvadorans in 187 municipalities...

•	Lyca Mobile launches 5G to UK customers Customers of the MVNO Lyca Mobile can now access 5G services as long they have a compatible Android based smartphone...

North Africa

•	Microsoft and Injaz Al-Arab join forces to help youth acquire the digital skills needed NJAZ Al-Arab, a member of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide, the world’s largest non-profit business education organization, has announced a partnership with Microsoft to empower over 200,000 North African youth...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Viaplay set for Dutch launch The streaming service Viaplay has signed agreements with KPN and VodafoneZiggo ahead of its launch in the Netherlands, which according to its operator will take place on March 1 next year...

•	Vestel launches TV Smart Centre app TV consumer electronics giant Vestel has launched a TV Smart Centre app that it says will bring extra smart TV features to European viewers...

Satellite & Internet

•	Tele Columbus begins widescale gigabit network upgrade German cable operator Tele Columbus has announced that it has begun the upgrade of its broadband networks to enable maximum speeds of 1Gbps...

Global Telecom Update

•	S. Africa's Vodacom cuts international roaming costs South African mobile communications company Vodacom has reduced out-of-bundle roaming data speeds on partner networks around the world by up to 88%...

•	Axiata to provide US$20 million loan to edotco Axiata Group Bhd has entered into a shareholder’s loan agreement of US$20 million (RM84 million) with its subsidiary, edotco Group Sdn Bhd (edotco)...

•	Veon in major move into digital mobile security standard Mobile network operator Veon has incorporated the GSMA’s Mobile Connect standard into what it hopes will be a global identity system...

•	MCM Telecom partners Telia Carrier in Mexico Through the collaboration customers in Querétaro will now has access to Telia Carrier’s global backbone, AS1299, as well as the local availability of high-speed IP Transit, Cloud Connect, DDoS Mitigation, Ethernet...

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