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June 20, 2022

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“etisalat by e&” launched as the new brand identity for Etisalat UAE, reflecting recent e& Group positioning

e& (formerly known as Etisalat Group) unveiled “etisalat by e&” as the new brand identity for Etisalat UAE in line with the Group’s recent positioning as the global technology and investment conglomerate that digitally empowers societies...

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Omantel fourth webinar to focus on role of 5G in the 4th industrial revolution

Omantel, the first to introduce 5G technology in the Sultanate, is hosting a series of 5 webinars to focus on this frontier digital technology and the benefit it will bring to individuals and corporates...

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Huawei and Nordic cellular IoT enter into licensing deal

The agreement grants a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) royalty-bearing component-level license of Huawei’s low power wide area (LPWA) cellular IoT standard essential patents (SEPs) to Nordic and its...

Policy and Regulation

•	New minister vows to further develop Bahrain's transportation sector Minister Al-Kaabi commended his predecessor’s dedicated efforts during his tenure, hailing the quality projects implemented to develop the transportation and telecommunications sector in order to benefit the nation...

•	FNA publishes telecoms minimum supply ordinance Germany’s Federal Network Agency (FNA) has announced that it has published the Telecommunications Minimum Supply Ordinance in the Federal Law Gazette...

South Asia

•	GP customers in flood-affected Sylhet get 10-minute free talk-time Grameenphone is offering 10 minutes of free talk-time to people in the flood-affected areas of Sylhet...

•	Alibaba extends logistics arm to Pakistan for e-commerce unit Daraz Cainiao, the logistics service operated by Alibaba, is launching two automated distribution centers in Karachi and Lahore as its first entry into Pakistan...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Pluto TV teams with SPT for new channels, passes 100 milestone in France Paramount’s FAST unit Pluto TV has launched four new channels in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television (SPT)...

•	Paramount+ set for DACH launch The streaming service Paramount+ will make its debut in the DACH countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) in December...

Global Telecom Update

•	edotco to expand presence in Philippines Malaysia-based tower company edotco plans to further expand its presence in the Philippines, with the recent acquisition of nearly 3,000 towers from telco giant PLDT just the beginning of the company’s big plans for...

•	Hanmi, KT jointly invest in digital therapeutics developer Hanmi Pharmaceutical and KT said that they have jointly invested in digital therapeutics developer Digital Pharm, a subsidiary of the Catholic University of Korea's holdings company...

•	Axiata and Digi extend merger deadline Malaysian telecoms group Axiata has announced that the deadline for the proposed merger of its domestic subsidiary Celcom with Telenor-owned Digi been pushed back...

Middle East

•	95% of users access internet in Oman through smartphones Ninety-five percent of internet users in Oman access the internet through their smartphones, says a new report released by the government...

•	SAP highlights Kuwait’s commitment to rapid digital transformation SAP identifies top 3 challenges currently facing organizations: business transformation in the cloud, building resilient supply chains, and creating the intelligent sustainable enterprise...

•	NuqtahNFT - ConsenSys partnership to empower Web 3 startups The agreement aims to transfer the knowledge and expertise of Consensys to empower Web 3 startups in Saudi Arabia in line with Nuqtah’s goal of accelerating Web 3 adoption...

•	Vodafone Qatar launches Smart Tracker Vodafone Qatar has launched a Smart Tracker of valuables which, according to a report in The Peninsula, is the world’s first consumer Internet of Things (CIoT) service...

North Africa

•	Huawei holds 1st "SFTF Alumni Reunion" in Tunisia Huawei held the opening ceremony of its first "Seeds For the Future (SFTF) Alumni Reunion -- North Africa 2022" in the Tunisian capital of Tunis...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Globe deploys new next-gen equipment Globe Telecoms has announced the use of next-generation antennas to facilitate faster internet speeds, particularly the 4G (fourth generation) acceleration and 5G (fifth generation) evolution...

•	Orange holds 5G Reunion Orange has launched 5G services in the French overseas territory of Réunion, reported Les Echos...

Satellite & Internet

•	SES-17 begins delivering satellite connectivity services across Americas Very high throughput geostationary satellite enters into fully operational stage and is set to expand high-speed broadband network capabilities and accelerate digitisation...

•	Magyar Telekom acquiring Cecoin fiber network Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom has exercised a call option allowing it to acquire a fiber network from a partner business, Cecoin, covering 110,000 access points in Hungary...

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