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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 29, 2024
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
More than 1 in 4 organizations banned use of GenAI over privacy and data security risks
 
 
The Cisco 2024 Data Privacy Benchmark Study reveals that most organizations are limiting the use of Generative AI (GenAI) over data privacy and security issues. 27% had banned its use, at least temporarily...
 
Bahrain tops GCC rankings for 5G gaming performance
Bahrain ranked first in 5G gaming performance across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Middle East during the first half of 2023, according to Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence data...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain hosted Drone Photography workshop
Member Logo The Zain Innovation Campus (ZINC) hosted a special workshop that covered the basics of drone photography and videography, presented by the talented Kuwaiti photographer and content creator Omar Alsayed Omar...
 
•  Nokia signs 5G patent cross-license agreement with OPPO
Member Logo Nokia announced it has signed a multi-year patent cross-license agreement with OPPO. Under the agreement OPPO will make royalty payments, along with catch-up payments to cover the periods of non-payment...
 
•  China Unicom and Huawei pilot large-scale 5.5G network in Beijing
Member Logo China Unicom Beijing and Huawei have successfully deployed a pilot large-scale 5.5G network in Beijing to provide continuous coverage in three key areas, including Beijing Financial Street in the city center, the landmark...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• MIC urges Vietnam telcos to invest in digital apps for new growth
Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications has reportedly urged the country’s telcos to find new growth opportunities in digital as the sector’s growth continued to slow down in 2023...
 
• ICANN proposes creating .INTERNAL domain to do the same job as 192.168.x.x
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has proposed creating a new top-level domain (TLD) and never allowing it to be delegated in the global domain name system (DNS) root...
 
Middle East
 
• Visa joins KAFD in digital payment access boost
Businesses in King Abdullah Financial District are poised for advanced digital payment access with card service provider Visa joining the Riyadh economic hub, reinforcing global economic connections...
 
• Vodafone Qatar launches ‘Business Talk’
Vodafone Qatar has launched ‘Business Talk’, a cloud-based telephone platform that allows businesses to take their landline everywhere they go, never missing another call or business opportunity...
 
• Bahrain tops GCC rankings for 5G gaming performance
Bahrain ranked first in 5G gaming performance across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Middle East during the first half of 2023, according to Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence data...
 
South Asia
 
• PTCL Group renews partnership with SNGPL for cellular services
PTCL Group, and the largest integrated gas company of Pakistan, SNGPL have renewed their partnership for the continued provision of the state-of-the-art cellular services to SNGPL under PTCL Group Business Solutions...
 
• Sri Lanka can employ ‘ed tech’ to make education more equitable
Despite having achieved near-universal participation in education, Sri Lanka has a long way to go in achieving equitable education for vulnerable groups, the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) said, proposing ‘ed...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
• Norigin Media launches CTV White-label FAST apps
Scandinavian streaming TV UI/UX specialist company Norigin Media has announced a brandable Connected TV product for linear or FAST TV channels...
 
• NBC Sports Next teams with Pixellot for amateur sports streaming
NBCUniversal’s sports technology division, NBC Sports Next’s SportsEngine has teamed up with technology outfit Pixellot to offer enhanced livestreaming opportunities for sporting venues across North America...
 
 
North Africa
 
• Fawry FMCG partners with Edita to enhance payments solutions
Fawry FMCG has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Edita Food Industries to provide innovative solutions to enhance electronic collection and payment systems...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Vodafone schedules 3G network shut down in North West
Vodafone is kicking off the switch off of its legacy 3G network in the North West region in the next few weeks, following network improvements and the introduction of 5G services in Carlisle...
 
• Boingo Wireless deploys high-speed 5G network
Boingo Wireless has deployed a high-speed 5G network that will support AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon subscribers at California’s John Wayne Airport...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
• Lufthansa Group to install EAN broadband on aircraft
Lufthansa Group, which operates the Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines, selected Viasat and Deutsche Telekom to equip more than 150 aircraft with EAN (European Aviation Network)...
 
• Quickline UK extends FTTP coverage
UK ISP Quickline, which is building a new gigabit-capable full fiber (FTTP) broadband network across parts of England, has announced that their network has just gone live across three new villages...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Office chooses NT to help develop 2 data centres
The State Enterprise Policy Office (Sepo) has assigned National Telecom (NT) to enhance its plan to develop its two new data centres to serve high demand for digital transformation among government offices under the...
 
• Telecom Argentina boosts Agtech sector
Telecom Argentina has announced plans to expand infrastructure and digital services in the Pergamino and Rojas districts of Buenos Aires Province, aiming to propel the Agtech ecosystem through the deployment of new sites...
 
• Telefónica, Nova Labs partner to launch Helium Mobile hotspots in Mexico
The solution, implemented with select customers in Mexico City and Oaxaca, will extend Telefónica’s coverage and enable offloading of mobile data to the Helium Mobile Network and improve overall mobile coverage...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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