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June 19, 2022

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Axians teams with Cisco to help enterprises in Germany and the Netherlands digitize and expand IoT with Cisco private 5G

Private 5G is helping organizations across industries to accelerate their digitalization needs and boost IoT adoption, providing the control and reliability they will need for business-critical activities, along with seamless integration across existing systems...

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ZainTech partners with LigaData to deliver data-driven digital services in MENA

ZainTech, the digital and ICT solutions powerhouse of Zain Group, has announced a partnership with data analytics specialist, LigaData to support its vison to deliver cutting-edge, data-driven digital services to enterprise...

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Nokia to help Wire 3 accelerate 10G broadband network build in Florida

Nokia has announced an FTTH deal with all-fiber service provider Wire 3. The Florida-based operator is rolling out a 10Gb/second network along Florida’s Atlantic Coast including the cities of Edgewater and New Smyrna...

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Thai Prime Minister attends Thailand 5G Alliance announcement

At the Thailand 5G Summit 2022, Thailand's Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA) has announced the establishment of the Thailand 5G Alliance with the support of Thai Prime Minister H.E. General Prayut Chan-o-cha...

Policy and Regulation

•	Communications Minister inaugurates headquarters of Webhelp International in Egypt Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat inaugurated the headquarters of Webhelp International in Egypt, which is one of the largest branches of the company in the world...

•	NCC, 3R sign pact on revenue assurance solutions The Nigerian Communications Commission has signed a Public Private Partnership agreement with its consultant, 3R Company Nigeria Limited, for the execution of the Revenue Assurance Solutions...

South Asia

•	Over 46 million mobile phones assembled in 11 months in Pakistan A record number of 46 million smart and feature mobile phones were assembled in Pakistan in 11 month of current fiscal year...

•	Bangabandhu satellite-1 to restore telecom in flood-hit areas Bangladesh has decided to use Bangabandhu Satellite-1 to restore emergency telecommunication services in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Natrekona and other flood-hit districts of Bangladesh’s northern region...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Russian OTT services eye Turkish and Korean content Russian OTT platforms are showing a growing number of Turkish and South Korean films and series in order to plug the gap caused by the disappearance of Western premieres from their offers...

•	Shorts TV expands SVOD to US with Amazon Prime video channels Short film network Shorts TV has announced a deal with Amazon to launch its SVOD service on Prime Video Channels in the US...

Global Telecom Update

•	Vodafone launches Italy’s first LTE-M network UK-based Vodafone hopes to gain an advantage in Italy’s IoT market by rolling the country’s first LTE-M network...

•	Biggest and greenest data centre promised for Kenya MAS101 data centre, as it will be known, is to be constructed near the electric power generating company KenGen’s five hydro power plants situated in the Seven Forks area along the lower part of the Tana River in...

•	Canada’s Telus bets on digital health sector growth Canadian telco Telus has agreed to acquire digital and in-person healthcare provider LifeWorks for C$2.3bn (US$1.77bn) to boost its position in the employer-based healthcare services sector...

Middle East

•	UAE collaborates with '4IR champions' to boost tech adoption in industrial sector The UAE gathered representatives from 17 national and global companies involved in using the latest technologies to boost tech adoption in the industrial sector...

•	Vodafone Oman signs exclusive agreement with Whisbi The signing of this agreement is aligned with Vodafone's constant endeavour to utilise the latest international technologies to provide an exceptional and comprehensive digital experience to its customers...

•	Trend Micro launches powerful unified security platform Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, has launched Trend Micro One, a unified cybersecurity platform with a growing list of ecosystem technology partners...

•	Google Cloud and Nana Direct collaborate to transform the online grocery shopping experience Google Cloud announced a collaboration with Nana Direct, a pioneering online grocery shopping and delivery startup, which provides Saudi households with a convenient online grocery shopping experience...

North Africa

•	Raqamyat for payments and e-commerce begins its work in Egypt The company aims to build a strong electronic payments community in the Middle East and Africa and creating new job opportunities by launching several e-commerce projects...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Magyar Telekom to conclude 3G shutdown by July Hungary’s Magyar Telekom has stated that its 3G network “will no longer be available anywhere from 1 July”, with phased shutdowns already in effect...

•	Bell ready to deploy ‘5G+’ with 3.5GHz spectrum Bell Canada announced that it is ‘poised’ to begin deploying the 3500MHz band spectrum it won last summer to expand and upgrade 5G services in urban and rural markets across the country...

Satellite & Internet

•	Airbus confirms June 22 launch for MEASAT-3d satellite Airbus has confirmed that its MEASAT-3d telecommunications satellite is set for launch later this month...

•	Jurassic Fibre FTTP network now passes more than 90,000 premises British full fibre broadband provider Jurassic Fibre has announced that its fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network now passes more than 90,000 homes/businesses, up from 75,000 in March 2022...

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