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May 19, 2025

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SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2025 to Spotlight Collaborative Ecosystem-Building for Digital Advancement

The SAMENA Telecommunications Council Leaders' Summit 2025 will take place on May 26th in Dubai, bringing together leading policymakers, regulators, and ICT innovators from across the SA-ME-NA region and beyond.

Algeria and Huawei forge strategic partnership to modernize vocational training in ICT

This strategic partnership aims to develop skills in information and communication technology (ICT) while aligning vocational training programs with the evolving digital job market...

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Ooredoo Kuwait places women at the forefront of telecom & technology

As part of its unwavering commitment to empowering Kuwaiti women and reinforcing their role in national development, Ooredoo Kuwait, premiere provider of integrated telecommunications, celebrated Kuwaiti Women’s Day by...

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AT&T announces preliminary results of 2025 Annual Meeting

At the meeting, all 10 nominees to the company’s board of directors were re-elected to a one-year term. Stockholders also voted to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young as the company’s independent auditors...

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Nokia and Celesta Capital launch Astranu to advance healthcare imaging technology

Nokia and Celesta Capital have announced that Astranu, a company transforming hearing care through next-generation imaging technology, has officially spun out from Nokia as part of a collaboration to accelerate the...

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World's first fleet of 100 5G-A autonomous electric mining trucks launched at Yimin Mine

Powered by a 5G-Advanced (5G-A) network, the mine became the world's first open-pit mine to achieve large-scale vehicle-cloud-network synergy, which has greatly improved production safety and set a new benchmark for...

Policy and Regulation

•	CRA launches national initiative to celebrate 160 years of the International Telecommunication Union These efforts reflect Qatar’s steadfast dedication to achieving digital inclusion and enhancing its active presence both regionally and internationally in the journey toward a knowledge-based digital economy that...

North Africa

•	Algeria and Huawei forge strategic partnership to modernize vocational training in ICT This strategic partnership aims to develop skills in information and communication technology (ICT) while aligning vocational training programs with the evolving digital job market...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	BSNL installs 84,000 new 4G towers The initiative aims to provide improved service to over 90 million BSNL subscribers, covering both urban and rural regions...

•	Telia Lithuania to pilot nation’s first standalone 5G network Telia Lithuania has announced plans to trial the country’s first standalone (SA) 5G network by deploying a private 5G system at the Baltic Sea port of Klaipeda, marking a key step in its nationwide rollout strategy...

Satellite & Internet

•	AST SpaceMobile prepares for five launches with block 2 satellite rollout AST SpaceMobile has ramped up it manufacturing capacity and has announced its plans to support five scheduled orbital launches over the next six to nine months...

•	Openreach reaches 90 percent broadband coverage in Northern Ireland Openreach Northern Ireland has announced that it has reached 90 per cent coverage in its full fiber broadband rollout...

Global Telecom Update

•	Brazil's Patria launches data centre platform Brazilian investment firm Patria Investimentos has announced the launch of Omnia, a hyperscale data centre platform that will invest about US$1 billion in its first project in the next 18 to 24 months...

•	Orange Business, Institut Curie form AI partnership to combat rare cancers This partnership, initiated by an Orange Business employee affected by the disease, aims to improve the diagnosis of cancers of unknown origin and personalize their therapeutic approach...

•	Vertiv to deliver AI-ready infrastructure solutions for Polar’s cutting-edge data centre in Norway The facility is the first in Polar’s portfolio of ambitious developments that will raise the standard of AI-ready data centers across Europe...

Middle East

•	Wahyd participates in high-level Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum in Riyadh The company’s participation emphasized the critical function of AI and automation in powering the next generation of trade and supply chain ecosystems across the Kingdom and beyond...

•	UAE partners with Italian startup for AI supercomputer United Arab Emirates tech firm G42 agreed on Friday to partner with Italian artificial intelligence startup iGenius to develop a major AI supercomputer in Italy, the companies said in a joint statement...

•	Oman announces public policy for safe and ethical use of AI systems This policy embodies Oman’s strategic orientation toward leveraging AI as an enabling tool to build a leading and sustainable digital economy...

•	AWS and HUMAIN announce US$5 billion AI investment to establish AI Zone in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is poised to become the largest AI economy in the Middle East, with PwC estimating AI will contribute US$130 billion to the Kingdom’s economy by 2030, representing over 40% of the region’s AI value...

South Asia

•	Singer Sri Lanka and Hutch partner to expand mobile connectivity Building on this convenience, Hutch plans to upgrade its digital services and technology offerings to provide seamless, high-speed connectivity...

•	Afghanistan to build 26 new telecommunications sites in Samangan These efforts to establish new telecom infrastructure in remote regions are designed to support social inclusion, economic growth, and improved emergency response capabilities across Afghanistan...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	RTL Group surpasses 7 million streaming subscribers RTL Group has reported a significant milestone in its streaming business, exceeding seven million paying subscribers in the first quarter of 2025...

•	Tele2 signs five-year deal to deliver TV, broadband Tele2 has signed a five-year agreement with the property company Klövern to deliver TV, broadband and network infrastructure to both tenant-owned and rental properties in their portfolio...

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