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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 17, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Cisco reports second quarter earnings
 
 
Cisco reported second quarter revenue of US$12.7 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of US$3.0 billion or US$0.71 per share, and non-GAAP net income of US$3.5 billion or $0.84 per share...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  AT&T brings fans into the future for ‘22 NBA All-Star Weekend
Member Logo Showcasing AT&T 5G technology, fans everywhere can create their own personalized NBA All-Star experience throughout the weekend’s activities, whether they’re headed to the game in-person or celebrating with...
 
•  Now TV extends exclusive Premier League broadcast rights to 2024/25 seasons
Member Logo Now TV, the media entertainment arm of HKT, has secured the exclusive broadcast rights for Premier League on pay TV for the seasons 2022/23 to 2024/25 in Hong Kong, making it the city’s Premier League broadcaster for...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
PTA tests operators’ performance
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has carried out an independent Quality of Service survey to measure the performance and quality of Cellular Mobile Operators’ services...
 
Ofcom: 1.1 million UK households struggling to pay for broadband
A new report from Ofcom shows that around 5% of households struggle to afford their home broadband service, with millions missing out on potential savings...
 
Middle East
 
YOU app to launch multi-vertical platform in Bahrain
The app has successfully achieved a major milestone by carrying out the pre-launch app testing campaign which will include 10,000 participants selected locally to test the application...
 
Qashio fintech enters MENA market with US$2.5 million pre-seed fund
The money will be used by the firm to expand its operations team and customer support, and improve current features and integrations with rewards programs...
 
Iran embarks on FTTH rollout project
Iran’s Ministry of ICT has launched a new project to deploy fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure past more than 20 million homes and businesses by August 2025...
 
South Asia
 
Bangladesh ends 2021 with 181 mln mobile phone users, nearly 124 mln internet subscribers
The report also shows that there were 123.73 million internet subscribers at end-October, down from 129.46 million internet subscribers at end-October...
 
Dialog Axiata taps Intracom Telecom for FWA upgrade
Sri Lankan operator Dialog Axiata has tapped telecoms systems vendor Intracom Telecom to enhance its fixed wireless access (FWA) technology...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Telia to commence Lithuanian 3G shutdown in March
The deactivation will begin next month in Utena, Moletai, Ignalina and Svencionys in eastern Lithuania, where 3G frequencies will be refarmed for improving 4G network coverage and capacity...
 
Virgin Media O2's 5G mobile broadband available to 64% of London
This expanded coverage was made possible due to the deployment of the 700MHz low band spectrum which allows the 5G signal to travel a lot further and better penetrate buildings...
 
 
North Africa
 
Egyptian prop-tech startup Nawy raises US$5 million
Egyptian prop-tech startup Nawy has raised a US$5 million seed funding round to help it expand across the region...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
US to add 104 million SVOD subs by 2027
Gross SVOD subscriptions (for movies, linear channels and TV episodes – excluding other platforms such as sports) in the US will climb from 354 million at end of 2021 to 458 million in 2027...
 
Short-form sports app Buzzer signs up DAZN
Newly launched short-form sports content platform Buzzer has announced its first major broadcast agreement with DAZN...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Orange, Sonatel and SES to deploy O3b mPOWER gateway in Senegal
International service provider Orange, which has a presence in 18 African countries, along with its subsidiary, Senegalese telecommunications provider Sonatel, has announced a partnership with satellite operator SES...
 
ASTEL builds wireless network in Kazakhstan's Almaty region
Infinet Wireless, the global developer and manufacturer of broadband wireless access solutions, has assisted ASTEL, Internet service provider in Kazakhstan, to expand its backbone network via radio links in the Almaty...
 
Altice USA targets 6.5m homes passed with fiber by end-2025
Altice USA has unveiled plans to accelerate its fiber deployment strategy over the next four years, with a view to reaching 6.5 million homes passed by the end of 2025...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Nigeria’s internet subscriber base surges by 14 million to 154.3 million users in Q4 2021
The number of Internet subscribers in Nigeria grew astronomically by 14.03 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 154.3 million compared to 140.28 million recorded in the previous quarter...
 
Oracle, Telefónica partner to offer global cloud services
Oracle and Telefónica Tech announced an agreement to jointly offer cloud platform-as-a-service and applications to enterprises and public sector organizations across Telefónica Tech’s customer base...
 
Openreach deploys VIAVI automated testing
The deployment uses Viavi's Fusion, a virtual performance monitoring system, to deliver an on-demand network "speedometer" of the performance that end users can achieve...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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