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Industry News Briefing
March 7, 2023

Featured Member News

CMI successfully launched Oman MC1 PoP, marking another milestone of its digital infrastructure development

The CMI Oman MC1 PoP is CMI's second PoP in Oman, located in the operator-neutral Equinix MC1 data center in Barka, which is also a landing station for multiple submarine cable systems connecting Asia, Africa, and Europe...

Member News

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Nokia and Singtel successfully trial 5G IP transport end-to-end network slicing

Nokia and Singtel announced Asia Pacific’s first successful implementation of IP transport slicing across an end-to-end 5G network...

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Huawei wins big at GSMA GLOMO Awards

During the Mobile World Congress (MWC) that was recently held in Barcelona 2023, Huawei bagged a number of significant awards in various categories at GSMA’s Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards...

Recent Developments

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Zain KSA and Nokia sign MoU to accelerate sustainability efforts

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e& receives Brand Finance Awards during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

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Huawei at MWC 2023: Intelligent World needs stronger ICT industry and digital economy

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Omantel walks away with two awards for Covid initiatives at OSHRM 2023 Awards

Policy and Regulation

•	Under the Patronage of H.E. the Minister of Communications and Information Technology CST will explore the size of the largest and the fastest growing ICT market in the region The forum will be attended by high-level guests of Their Excellences, and CEO’s of major companies in the Kingdom, in addition to a group of national and international ICT experts, where the size of the Kingdom’s...

•	Ban on Robi's e-SIM sale withdrawn The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has withdrawn the ban on Robi's e-SIM sale...

South Asia

•	DeafTawk partners with Kingfisher to improve lives of deaf community Under this partnership, Kingfisher will provide smartphones to be distributed among the marginalized deaf community in Pakistan every year, enabling them to connect with the outside world and access employment...

•	Banglalink wins Ookla Speedtest Award for 6th consecutive time Based on millions of results obtained through the Ookla Speedtest app each day, it gives a comprehensive view of worldwide network performance, quality, and accessibility...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Free launches AVOD service Offering Freebox subscribers over 300 movies and series at no extra cost, it can be accessed directly on Freebox TV players and is also available on the OQEE app on multiple devices...

•	MK2 launches new SVOD offering for cinephiles French cinema chain MK2 is this week launching a new version of its SVOD service aimed at cinephiles, branded mk2 Curiosity...

Global Telecom Update

•	Airtel commits US57 million to boost education in Africa Airtel Africa, a mobile network operator, and mobile money service provider, with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has restated its commitment of US$57 million to boost education in Africa..

•	SK Telecom, Neubility, SK shieldus to develop patrol robot Patrol robots will monitor designated areas and call security if any abnormal activity is detected, explained SK Telecom...

•	Borda Technology's RFID Solution for Hospitals Borda Technology’s RFID solution tracks hospital assets in real time and their asset tags can be integrated with a hospital’s security system...

Middle East

•	Agility launches data centre sites across Middle East & Africa The sites are being readied at ultra-modern ALP warehousing complexes in fast-growing markets and mega-cities that are looking to add hyperscale data center capacity and resolve data latency, security and compliance...

•	New Oman-Australia undersea cable promises alternate, reliable route OAC will be “secure and resilient, as it will traverse the deep waters of the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, will be geographically diverse from all systems west of Australia, and will avoid shallow, congested and...

•	Mitel and Kalaam Telecom partner to deliver managed services in the Middle East Global business communications provider Mitel has teamed up with the top Pan-Arab MSP Kalaam Telecom Group to offer managed services to businesses and governments in the Saudi, Bahrain, and Kuwait areas...

•	Alibaba Cloud in deal to upgrade Dubai Holding data centre The collaboration aims to offer customers the best possible digital solutions during their digitalisation journey, said Alibaba Group in a statement...

North Africa

•	Intracom Telecom signs network modernisation agreement with Maxnet Intracom Telecom has announced the signing of a frame contract agreement with Maxnet, a provider of internet and data connectivity services in Sudan, for the supply of the WiBAS wireless access systems in the 28GHz band...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Orange gets financing from EIB to expand 4G, 5G infra in France In a release, Orange said that the new financing is aligned with its new strategic plan, dubbed “Lead the future”, which aims, in part, to capitalize on the company’s current infrastructure...

•	Airtel deploys 5G in 125 cities across India In total, Airtel 5G Plus is now available to customers in over 265 cities across India delivering several advantages for customers...

Satellite & Internet

•	Epsilon Telecommunications adds satellite to suite of connectivity solutions in KT Sat partnership Epsilon’s customers will gain access to KT Sat’s satellites with extensive global coverage, with a focus across South and East Asia...

•	Azerbaijan reports significant rise in average fixed broadband download speed The average fixed broadband download speed in Azerbaijan increased by 50% year-on-year to 26.3Mbps in January, according to a study from Ookla cited by the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport...

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