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August 4, 2025

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Omantel continues its “Break the Barrier” campaign as Technology Partner of Khareef Dhofar 2025

This collaboration underscores Omantel’s commitment to enhancing its brand presence and supporting national efforts to ensure the success of the tourism season, which attracts a growing number of visitors from within and outside the Sultanate...

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Eutelsat and Station Satcom expand long-standing partnership, integrating LEO capacity to deliver global maritime connectivity

Building on a strong GEO partnership, Station Satcom will integrate Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO services to enhance its global maritime offering...

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Optus partners with Nokia to strengthen reliability of Voice with cloud-native solution supporting the deployment of new 5G enhanced voice services

Nokia’s IMS platform (Cloud Native Communication Suite – CNCS) is cloud native, operationally efficient and has lower energy consumption, making it the right platform for addressing the needs of Australian...

Policy and Regulation

•	Bahrain launches National Policy for responsible and ethical use of Artificial Intelligence Bahrain has unveiled a national policy promoting the responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI), alongside the adoption of the GCC Guiding Manual on the Ethical Use of AI...

•	NCC convenes legal leaders to align telecom laws with tech realities The initiative underscores the NCC's commitment to collaborating with legal professionals to ensure a robust and effective regulatory framework for Nigeria's digital future...

Middle East

•	Saudi Arabia launches third phase of AdopTech to boost Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies The initiative aims to foster an innovation-friendly ecosystem and accelerate the adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies...

•	Oman’s Tahawul digital transformation programme achieves 80% performance milestone Since its launch in 2021, Oman’s National Programme for Digital Transformation, Tahawul, has reached an overall performance rate of 80%, marking a 19% improvement over mid-2024 results...

•	BENEFIT teams up with General Assembly to empower Bahrain tech talent The agreement outlines BENEFIT’s access to the General Assembly’s pool of trained professionals for recruitment purposes with the ability to share job openings to facilitate candidate matching, said the company...

South Asia

•	Dialog Axiata expands 5G roaming Sri Lanka-based operator Dialog Axiata has expanded its 5G roaming footprint to 40 countries through partnerships with more than 150 operators worldwide...

•	Bangladesh TowerCo Association launches to drive telecom infrastructure reform and collaboration Bangladesh’s four licensed tower companies have united to form the Bangladesh TowerCo Association, a collective platform aimed at enhancing industry coordination, advocating policy reform, and engaging regulators...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	ROXi, Sinclair launches interactive music channel on US broadcast TV with NextGen experience ROXi’s interactive channel delivers easy, frictionless, and free access to music videos on-demand, on NextGen enabled televisions with an interactive app-like experience, without the need for user accounts, passwords,...

•	Paramount streaming numbers grow Paramount says its Q2 financials demonstrate continued progress in its transformation towards a streaming first company...

North Africa

•	Algeria joins Pan-African payment and settlement system to boost continental financial integration This marks a significant step in Algeria’s commitment to advancing financial integration and economic collaboration across Africa...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Hawes gets new 4G mast for improved mobile coverage The upgrade, part of the UK Government’s Shared Rural Network (SRN) scheme, aims to improve mobile coverage in rural areas and bring all four major networks to areas that previously had limited service...

•	Rakuten Mobile expands 5G coverage by 100% in Kyushu and Okinawa Rakuten Mobile announced it has expanded its 5G (Sub6) network coverage area in parts of the Kyushu/Okinawa, Shikoku and Chugoku regions by up to 100% compared to December 2024, as part of the company’s ongoing efforts...

Satellite & Internet

•	EchoStar taps MDA Space to build LEO sats for new D2D network EchoStar intends to launch a non-terrestrial network (NTN) LEO satellite constellation to provide global voice, text and broadband services directly to standard 5G NTN handheld devices...

•	Ooredoo Maldives lands submarine cable at Waldorf Astoria Ithaafushi Ooredoo Maldives has officially marked a major milestone in the country’s telecommunications landscape with the successful landing of a submarine cable at Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi, the first-ever such...

Global Telecom Update

•	PLDT and Smart test FWA solutions from Radisys PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications said that they are testing fixed wireless access (FWA) technology from Radisys as a potential alternative for fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), particularly in areas in the Philippines...

•	Fresha boosts customer engagement with RCS Messaging Fresha, which facilitates over 700,000 appointments daily for its 130,000 partners in 120 countries, upgraded from traditional SMS to RCS to transform standard notifications into trusted, branded conversations...

•	Capita launches managed cloud connectivity service Capita has launched a managed cloud connectivity service, offering clients a comprehensive, E2E, AI-driven connectivity solution built on AWS Cloud WAN technology and SDWAN capability...

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