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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 21, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
stc group raised its 4G & 5G network capacity by more than 350% during the Arab Summit Conference
 
 
stc group, the engine of digital transformation in the region, continues to play its leading national role in supporting digital empowerment of the major national events in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With the Arab Summit large scale, stc has focused on providing global standardised communication technologies and offering advanced technical solutions to support the Media Center of the Arab Summit held in Jeddah...
 
MTN’s 5G network reaches 13 Nigerian cities
MTN Nigeria’s 5G mobile network, which was launched on a commercial basis in September last year, currently reaches a total of 13 cities across the country...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Tech Mahindra and EarthID announce strategic partnership to create a blueprint for Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) powered metaverse
Member Logo The partnership will co-create a blueprint for a Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) powered Metaverse platform that will provide users control over their data, privacy, and consent...
 
•  Cybersecurity thought leaders across Middle East and Central Asia gather at high-level media roundtable hosted in parallel with GSMA M360 EURASIA 2023 conference in Baku, Azerbaijan
Member Logo Huawei Middle East and Central Asia joined a high-level media roundtable on day two of the GSMA M360 EURASIA 2023 conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, to discuss the latest telecom cybersecurity trends, innovations, and...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Cisco reports third quarter earnings
 
•  Early warning system could save lives
 
•  Huawei Technologies Highlights the Importance of Green ICT for Sustainable Digital Economic Growth at SAMENA Council Leaders' summit 2023
 
•  AT&T and BlackRock expanding fiber internet to Northeastern Pennsylvania through Gigapower joint venture
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• TRA reviews telecommunications infrastructure expansion projects in 2023
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) organised a dialogue on telecommunications infrastructure expansion projects in 2023...
 
• Regulator to cap mobile data prices
The telecom regulator is set to introduce fixed maximum tariff rates for mobile data packages with the aim of ensuring simple and affordable connectivity services for consumers...
 
Middle East
 
• Businesses prioritize unification and automation of cybersecurity estates
Organizations across the Middle East have realized that investing in multiple security tools without any integration leads to an ineffective siloed defense framework with continuously escalating operational costs...
 
• Bahrain tech group Beyon announces digital infrastructure initiatives
Bahrain-headquartered technology group Beyon has made a number of significant announcements relating to digital infrastructure that will, it says, support the acceleration of Bahrain’s digital transformation and the...
 
• TAM sets price range and start of subscription for its IPO
TAM Development Co, a Saudi-based digital solutions and management consultancy, has opened the subscription for its initial public offering (IPO) of 585,600 shares representing 16% of firm’s share capital on the...
 
South Asia
 
• Ncell announces My Plan service for postpaid, corporate users
Ncell Axiata Limited has announced the launch of My Plan, an exclusive custom-based plan which enables customers to choose voice, data, and SMS as per their requirements. ..
 
• S&P Global inks MoU with Teamup Pakistan
The initiative aims to establish a sustainable and mutually beneficial collaboration to provide employment to the youth and help facilitate, train and upskill young and upcoming entrepreneurs in Pakistan...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
• Orange Romania extends SPI deal
The Orange Romania Group (Orange Romania and Orange Romania Communications) and SPI International have extended their distribution agreement...
 
• Play unveils new TV service
Iliad Group-owned Polish service provider, Play, has launched a new TV service which includes two variants, New Television combining channel packages with streaming services and TV Max offering a wide portfolio of channels...
 
 
North Africa
 
• Vodafone Egypt contributes US$418.4 million to South Africa's Vodacom in 4 months
Vodacom announced that Vodafone Egypt has contributed around US$418.47 million to its revenue and profit growth since December, according to a statement by the South African mobile communication group...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Network operators compete to receive 4G and 5G bands
There will be four operators participating in the auction of 4G and 5G frequencies to get three frequency licences to provide 4G and 5G services...
 
• MTN’s 5G network reaches 13 Nigerian cities
MTN Nigeria’s 5G mobile network, which was launched on a commercial basis in September last year, currently reaches a total of 13 cities across the country...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
• brsk reports coverage milestone, details new locations for rollout
British full fiber network operator brsk has confirmed its fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) infrastructure is now available to 200,000 premises, more than double the 100,000 homes and businesses it reported as being covered back...
 
• Hispasat and Comitas e-Health market telemedicine solution to Latin America
Hispasat, a provider of broadband and connectivity services, has reached an agreement with Comitas e-Health, a provider of telemedicine and tele-diagnostic solutions, to market a satellite telemedicine solution in remote...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• IBM aims to enable multicloud infrastructure control with Hybrid Cloud Mesh
IT giant intros application-centric connectivity solution designed to allow business operations in a hybrid cloud environments to gain the ability to provide secured, dynamic access to workloads and services while...
 
• PLDT closes sale of 135 towers to Unity
Philippines-based operator PLDT revealed it closed the sale and leaseback of 135 towers with Unity Digital Infrastructure...
 
• NTT and Cisco help customers transition to IoT-as-a-Service model
NTT and Cisco have announced a collaboration to develop and deploy joint solutions that empower organizations to improve operational efficiencies and advance sustainability goals...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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