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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 12, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
etisalat by e& announces first 5G SatComs in the UAE
 
 
etisalat by e& announced the implementation of the EUTELSAT QUANTUM satellite solution, becoming the first telco in the country to expand 5G network capabilities over a software-defined satellite giving customers access to high speeds, enhanced coverage and scalability to meet future demands for high bandwidth applications...
 
Media registration open for WSIS Forum 2023
The WSIS Forum is the world's largest multi-stakeholder platform on sustainable digital development. The event seeks to align technologies like artificial intelligence, the metaverse, big data and the Internet of Things with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain ‘Best Mobile Operator’ and ‘Best ISP’ in Kuwait during 2022
Member Logo Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, ranked first in the ‘Best Mobile Operator’ category for the eleventh time and the ‘Best Internet Service Provider’ category for the seventh time...
 
•  stc Group confirms its outstanding achievements in driving sustainability in the Middle East
Member Logo stc Group, the leading digital enabler in the region, won the sustainability Middle East Champion of the year award 2023. The awards were arranged by “SME Awards – Sustainability Middle East”, highlighting...
 
•  Tech Mahindra appoints Mohit Joshi as MD & CEO designate
Member Logo The Board of Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services and solutions, today announced Mohit Joshi as the MD & CEO designate of Tech Mahindra. Mohit will take...
 
•  Ooredoo signs fintech service agreement with Huawei at MWC 2023 to explore promising new business together
Member Logo Ooredoo Group has signed a partnership agreement with Huawei to leverage Huawei Mobile Fintech platform to provide Fintech services in markets across the company’s footprint. Under the agreement, the two entities will...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
CRTC drops internet wholesale rates in effort to boost competition
The regulator will also look at mandating wholesale access to fibre-to-the-home, the newest networks that offer the highest speeds...
 
Media registration open for WSIS Forum 2023
The WSIS Forum is the world's largest multi-stakeholder platform on sustainable digital development. The event seeks to align technologies like artificial intelligence, the metaverse, big data and the Internet of Things...
 
South Asia
 
‘Sew Desatama Dialog’ initiative commissions new tower in Deegithawa, Kurunegala
As part of its efforts to expand and improve connectivity at every corner of the country, Dialog Axiata PLC, continues to expand connectivity to villages and deep rural communities with the commissioning of the most recent...
 
Ncell announces home delivery of 4G SIM upgrade free of cost
The private telco said that users will get their 4G SIM right in their homes and delivered by the telco’s delivery partner Upaya City Cargo...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Telkom and Clickatell to launch WhatsApp payments in South Africa
Telkom now deploys to its customers the Chat 2 Pay pay-by-link capability in WhatsApp, providing them with the convenience of safe and effortless mobile payments...
 
Hispasat showcases new OTT on-demand service for Latin America
The white-label OTT video distribution platform that the satellite operator launched last year is now joined by an offering of more than 50 international linear channels, series, movies and other content...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Zambia signs MOU with Liquid Telecommunications to establish commercial data centre and fiber projects for a connected digital future
The MOU also includes the establishment of fibre projects in Zambia, which will strengthen middle mole connectivity between towns and connect citizens better...
 
Dell expands its Open Telecom Ecosystem Lab program, adds new participating partners
The telecom industry is moving into the cloud-native world, and Dell Technologies Inc. recently unveiled two initiatives to make that process easier...
 
Cameroon telco services to improve
MTN Cameroon and Orange Cameroon have undertaken work to optimize the performance of their mobile telephone networks in the country to improve the quality of telecom services...
 
 
Middle East
 
Agility Logistics Parks announces MEA data centre drive
The sites are being readied at ALP calls its ultra-modern warehousing complexes in fast-growing markets and megacities that are looking to add hyperscale data centre capacity and resolve data latency, security and compliance...
 
Equinix launches flexible connectivity solution for UAE businesses
UAE's datamena, the fastest growing carrier neutral digital ecosystem from du, has collaborated with Equinix, a top global digital infrastructure company, has announced the launch of Equinix Fabric, an advanced...
 
Lightstorm forges partnership deals with Kalaam Telecom and GDH in Middle East push
The partnerships with Kalaam and GDH will see Lightstorm provide state-of-the-art digital infrastructure to enterprises in the Middle East...
 
DEWA inaugurates cyber security innovation lab
This enhances the integrated protection for all stakeholders against cybersecurity risks and ensures secure access to DEWA’s cyberspace, especially with the acceleration of digital transformation at DEWA and its wide...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt leads African smartphone decline
Smartphone shipments in Africa declined 16.2% year-on-year in Q4 2022, marking a sixth quarter of decline, as consumer and vendor confidence was cut by macroeconomic factors, according to analyst firm IDC...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Azercell increases LTE network coverage, data transfer rates
Azercell, Azerbaijan’s largest mobile network operator (MNO) by subscriptions, has announced that its 4G network now covers 88.9% of the country’s population and 80.2% of territory...
 
Uzbekistan introducing 5G technology
As part of the project, more than 3,000 existing base stations across Uzbekistan will be modernized using the latest technologies, and more than 2,000 new base stations will be built and put into operation...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Airbus wins contract from Angola for Earth observation satellite
Airbus Defence and Space, a major player in the aerospace industry, has announced an agreement for Angeo-1, the first very high performance Angolan Earth observation satellite, to be manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space...
 
Magenta upgrades cable speeds for 500,000 customers
hrough the upgrade, customers on low download rate plans will now be able to access speeds of 100Mbps, which has become the operator’s new entry-level plan...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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