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May 27, 2025
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2025 Advances Vision for Intelligent & Sustainable Digital Transformation across Communications Networks and Digital Economy
 
 
With the chief patronage of the TDRA-UAE, the SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2025 was held in Dubai with a renewed call for accelerating transformation across technologies, communications networks, and digital economies, with unified digital action across the South Asia–Middle East–North Africa region at large. Organized by the SAMENA Telecommunications Council, the Summit gathered a high-profile community of global policymakers, regional regulators, technology firms, and digital ecosystem enablers from across the globe at Madinat Jumeirah, to identify and address real-world imperatives of building intelligent, inclusive, and sustainable digital economies, especially in the 5G-Advanced and AI digital environment...
 
Huawei and SAMENA Council Drive 5G-A and AI Monetization Discussions at Leaders’ Forum
 
 
Huawei Middle East & Central Asia and SAMENA Telecommunications Council jointly hosted the 5G-A Leaders’ Forum in Dubai as a part of the SAMENA Council Leaders’s Summit 2025, bringing together industry experts to explore how 5G-Advanced (5G-A) and artificial intelligence (AI) are creating new value and monetization opportunities for the telecommunications sector...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  e& marks milestone in AI Graduate Programme, empowering 284 Emirati tech leaders
Member Logo Since its launch in 2021, the e& AI Graduate Programme has hired 284 exceptional Emirati graduates, underscoring the Group’s commitment to nurturing local talent and building a future-ready digital workforce...
 
•  Nokia accelerates mass market multi-Gig broadband with new high-density 25G PON line card
Member Logo Nokia has announced the launch of a new 25G PON high-density line card designed to deliver mass market, multi-gig, residential broadband services that users expect from a premium broadband experience...
 
•  Huawei reinforces commitment to SME digital transformation
Member Logo Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, reinforced its commitment to empowering small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with future-proof,...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Eutelsat and BHS renew partnership for satellite contribution services across the Middle East and North Africa
 
•  AT&T to acquire Lumen’s mass markets fiber business
 
•  Saudi Arabia ranks second among G20 in the ICT Regulatory Tracker Index
 
•  e& UAE unleashes region’s first 5G slicing technology
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
GCC eGovernment Executive Committee advances regional digital transformation
Bahrain’s active participation highlights its commitment to fostering Gulf regional integration in digital transformation, promoting knowledge exchange, and elevating government eServices quality across GCC countries...
 
The AI Skills Coalition: Democratizing AI education
The AI Skills Coalition recently held its first public meeting and introduced its newly formed Steering Committee during an open online AI for Good event...
 
South Asia
 
Veon and Engro secure regulatory approvals to combine telecom infrastructure assets in Pakistan
Veon announced that it has received all necessary regulatory approvals for its strategic deal with Pakistan’s largest conglomerate, Engro, to merge and manage their telecom infrastructure assets in Pakistan...
 
Data price reduction takes its toll on Robi’s financial performance
Sustained data price reduction has taken its toll on Robi’s financial performance in the first quarter of the ongoing year (Q1’25)...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Vodafone TV Czech launches own film channels
Vodafone has created a suite of own-branded movie channels, available commercial free to subscribers in the Czech and Slovak republics...
 
Local video services surpass Netflix subscriber share in South Korea
New research from Omdia reveals that Netflix maintains its leading position in South Korea’s subscription-based online video market, accounting for 31% of the total subscriber base...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Telkom Indonesia teams with Zoom for AI-powered B2B solutions
Telkom Indonesia announced on Monday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zoom Communications to cooperate on selling AI-based solutions for Indonesia’s B2B Market...
 
CNTXT AI and Beam partner to tackle the Gulf’s US$5.4 billion AI agent opportunity
The partnership enables Beam AI to expand into the GCC through CNTXT AI’s trusted infrastructure and data services, while CNTXT AI integrates Beam AI’s agentic execution layer into its sovereign stack...
 
Indosat goes Green with 'Jaga Raya' IoT environmental monitoring
Indosat has announced its new flagship environmental preservation program, Jaga Raya, which is harnessing the power of the Internet of Things (IoT) and innovative digital solutions to miontor and safeguard ecosystems...
 
 
Middle East
 
Saudi Arabia launches national AI incubator
By focusing on early-stage startups and providing customized support, the incubator is designed to build a robust AI ecosystem, positioning Saudi Arabia as a key regional and global leader in emerging technologies...
 
Globant opens Middle East Regional HQ in Riyadh
Globant, a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technology solutions, inaugurated its Middle East Regional HQ in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia...
 
Bahrain National Broadband Network completes first comprehensive risk culture assessment
Building on these insights, BNET has developed a comprehensive roadmap to achieve its targeted risk management maturity, reinforcing its mission to deliver a secure and resilient broadband network for Bahrain...
 
Jordan's ICT sector revenues grew tenfold since 2000 — Int@j
The Kingdom's ICT sector has witnessed a qualitative shift over the past decades, during which its revenues have increased nearly tenfold since the beginning of the millennium...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt and Algeria explore industrial collaboration
Algeria expressed keen interest in partnering with Egyptian firms for electricity grid development and boosting exports of Egyptian electrical equipment to support its decarbonization goals and energy transition efforts...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Kyivstar hails 4G network expansion
Ukrainian operator Kyivstar revealed it built 828 new base stations in the first quarter of 2025, continuing its modernisation project...
 
Vodafone, MediaTek achieve 5G uplink speeds of 277 Mbps
Vodafone said that this recent test was conducted at the telco’s testing facility near Madrid using its 5G SA network...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Hughesnet satellites are bringing faster internet to Rural America
A new satellite, known as Jupiter 3, allows Hughesnet to provide better speed and data offerings across the US...
 
Syntrio launches ultra-fast 100% fiber-optic internet in Aledo
Syntrio aims to address the urgent demand for high-speed, dependable internet, ensuring homes and businesses in the community can benefit from fast and consistent service...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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