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June 25, 2025

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Zain Omantel International takes home four major industry Awards - Reinforcing its role as the Middle East’s connectivity powerhouse

Zain Omantel International (ZOI), the joint venture between Zain Group and Omantel, has earned four prestigious international awards – underscoring its position as a connectivity powerhouse in the regional and global wholesale telecom arena...

Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa highlights Bahrain’s space ambitions

Aligned with Bahrain Economic Vision 2030, the space agency is actively developing local expertise in aerospace engineering, satellite data analytics, and satellite manufacturing to position the Kingdom as a regional space innovation hub...

Member News

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Nokia selected by Verizon as hardware and software provider for Thames Freeport multisite private 5G deal

Nokia, Verizon Business and Thames Freeport have announced a strategic partnership to deploy Verizon Private 5G Networks across multiple key logistics, manufacturing, and innovation sites along the River Thames Estuary in...

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Jeraisy Electronic Services launches SASE services powered by Huawei, pioneering network security innovation in Saudi Arabia

This solution has significantly enhanced JES’s security operations, enabling the delivery of more competitive, efficient, and intelligent managed security services to its customers...

Recent Developments

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Omantel and FiberHome launch joint R&D Center to pioneer next-generation network solutions

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Eutelsat and France’s Armed Forces Ministry reach landmark framework agreement for low orbit satellite services in the context of Frances’ NEXUS program

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stc Bahrain strengthens its leadership in 5G private network, AI and 5G Advanced by signing a partnership agreement with Huawei

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ZTE releases Sustainability Report 2024: Empowering a sustainable future through digital intelligence

Policy and Regulation

•	Qatar’s CRA launches capacity-building initiative to boost digital literacy and awareness The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) of Qatar has launched a joint capacity-building initiative in partnership with the Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC), Cisco via Qatar Digital...

•	WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 in Geneva to guide the next phase of global digital development: 7-11 July The WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025, a United Nations multistakeholder forum on digital development and cooperation, will take place from 7 to 11 July 2025 at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland...

South Asia

•	Jazz, British Council, and Tech Valley join forces to bridge Pakistan’s digital education divide Together, the three organizations aim to unlock human potential and empower youth and women through accessible, tech-enabled learning aligned with Pakistan’s socio-economic development goals...

•	Sri Lanka ushers in a new era of digital learning Sri Lanka launched its first Wi-Fi 7 campus network at the University of Kelaniya, marking a bold step toward future-ready digital education...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	TF1+ heads to French-speaking Africa French commercial broadcaster TF1 is to offer its advertising supported streaming platform TF1+ in 22 French-speaking African countries...

•	Proximus expands Pickx Sports with Premier League, Bundesliga Keen to give its customers access to the best international sports competitions, Proximus has signed a distribution agreement with Telenet group to offer the Premier League and the Bundesliga on a non-exclusive basis from...

Global Telecom Update

•	Rack Centre and TelCables Nigeria announce strategic collocation agreement West African Tier III carrier and cloud-neutral data centre Rack Centre says it has signed a strategic collocation agreement with network operator TelCables Nigeria, a subsidiary of Angola Cables...

•	Vodafone, Cyient unveil VISMON AI platform for intelligent configuration management Vodafone and Cyient have launched an AI-powered Global Network Configuration Management solution supported by data-driven, intelligent configuration analytics...

•	SentinelOne teams with AWS to bring best in class cloud security protection to customers As an initial launch partner, SentinelOne and AWS give security teams the data, visibility, and automation to protect their AWS environments from build time to run time...

Middle East

•	Onsor Technologies hosts educational technology conference to drive Oman’s digital learning future Participants experienced panel discussions, live demos, and workshops showcasing virtual and augmented reality’s potential to revolutionize traditional education and vocational training...

•	Thales and Qatar Airways partner on IFE tech and local service hub . This collaboration aims to advance inflight entertainment (IFE) technology and accelerate Qatar Airways’ digital transformation, giving the airline access to cutting-edge innovations...

•	Orange Jordan announces the winners of the 2025 "Inspiring Change" Award for female entrepreneurs This year’s edition introduced a new category specialized in Fintech, providing a broader opportunity to support women entrepreneurs in advanced technology sectors...

•	Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa highlights Bahrain’s space ambitions Aligned with Bahrain Economic Vision 2030, the space agency is actively developing local expertise in aerospace engineering, satellite data analytics, and satellite manufacturing to position the Kingdom as a regional space...

North Africa

•	Egypt sees surge in mobile subscriptions Mobile phone subscriptions in Egypt reached nearly 120 million in 2024, accompanied by over 10% growth in mobile internet usage compared to the previous year, according to official data reported by Arab Finance...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Vodafone deploys satellite-enabled antenna sensors to boost 4G and 5G precision This latest technological innovation is part of a wider ‘Network as a Sensor’ programme that leverages Vodafone’s extensive geographical reach, comprising around 160,000 masts, across Europe and Africa...

•	Digicel Tonga completes first phase of 5G rollout Digicel Tonga announced that it has completes the first phase of its 5G rollout, with its network now covering about 30% of the population in Nuku’alofa...

Satellite & Internet

•	Second successful launch for Amazon’s Project Kuiper Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite initiative has been making headway both in terms of launches and regulatory approvals in recent weeks...

•	Deutsche Telekom FTTH expansion accelerates in May to 232,000 premises passed The number of new fiber-optic connections by Deutsche Telekom in May was 22 percent higher year-on-year, at 232,000 households and businesses passed with FTTP...

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