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June 26, 2022

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Huawei talks digital fiber, building a connected LATAM at regional ICT congress

Huawei has stated that broader goals for the Latin American market remain to work with industry partners to define new standards for digital fiber, and "bring digital fiber to every home, every enterprise, for the All-Cloud Era and a brighter, better connected digital LATAM...

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ZainTech partners with Tunstall Healthcare to strengthen patient monitoring in MENA region

ZainTech, the digital and ICT powerhouse of Zain Group, has entered into a partnership agreement with Tunstall Healthcare to offer remote patient monitoring (RPM) as a service to healthcare providers (HCPs) across the Middle...

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Nokia launches a network-in-a-box program for rural broadband builders

Nokia has announced a Rural Broadband Relief Program for regional service providers in North America aspiring to close the digital divide...

Policy and Regulation

•	MCMC issues quality compliance directives to trio of operators The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Committee (MCMC) has issued a set of quality compliance directives to domestic mobile network operators (MNOs) Celcom Axiata, Digi Telecommunications and U Mobile...

•	Telesat applies to Ofcom for spectrum licence The satellite operator hopes that its planned Lightspeed satellite constellation will be able to provide services to various enterprise, maritime, and government customers in the UK...

Middle East

•	Kuwait ranks fifth globally and third in GCC for mobile internet speed The mobile Internet download speed in Kuwait reached 22.40 Mbps, and 26.33 Mbps for fixed broadband...

•	Bahrain eyes joining Saudi Arabia’s virtual hospital network SEHA Bahrain would soon become the first country to join hands with Saudi Arabia’s virtual hospital network if things progress as expected...

•	Huawei in tie-up to set up Future Space in Saudi Arabia A new technology experience centre, Future Space, the largest exhibition centre outside of China covering an area of 1,500 square metres will be launched in Saudi Arabia...

South Asia

•	Kacific to improve broadband internet access in Nepal The satellite operator successfully tested a Ka band terminal in Nepal, carrying out performance measurements and completing its first WhatsApp call via its Kacific1 satellite...

•	PTCL, Huawei successfully deploy AirPON Solution AirPON employs a purpose built pre-connectorized Optical Distribution Network (ODN) components, which offers a unique, efficient and agile deployment...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	ZEASN teams up with Euronews The OTT and smart TV solutions provider ZEASN has entered into a partnership with Euronews to distribute the Euronews French, German, English-language channels and AVOD content to WhaleLive...

•	Disney+ attracts 1.9 million in first week of Polish launch Streamer Disney+ attracted more than 1.9 million viewers within a week of launching in Poland, according to figures compiled by Nielsen...

North Africa

•	Orange Egypt taps vendor for satellite connectivity boost The operator will deploy a system to construct the network, boosting coverage, capacity and throughput...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Orange Romania 5G reaches Bacau Orange Romania has announced its 5G network now covers the city of Bacau, enabling customers with a 5G subscription and compatible handset to access theoretical download speeds of up to 1.2Gbps...

•	Bac Giang accelerates digital transformation There are currently five mobile network operators in Bac Giang and the coverage of 3G and 4G mobile networks in the province has reached 100 percent...

Satellite & Internet

•	SES-22 satellite set for June 29 launch Satellite operator SES has announced that its latest unit, the SES-22, is being prepared for launch...

•	GVA Gabon launches services in Port-Gentil Group Vivendi Africa has officially launched ‘CanalBox’ fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) services in Port-Gentil, the country’s second largest city...

Global Telecom Update

•	Cameroon launches SME-centric apps to attract investment NotaPME enables an enterprise to fill in a series of forms that offer information about its business, performance and sector, and allow it to be rated...

•	Onecom strengthens Vodafone partnership with expansion product offering The expansion builds on a long-standing partnership between Onecom and the operator...

•	Zscaler bulks up AI, cloud, IoT in its zero-trust systems Zscaler is growing the machine-learning capabilities of its zero-trust platform and expanding it into the public cloud and network edge..

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