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September 4, 2025

Featured Member News

AT&T Business uplifts small businesses with shows by LinkedIn

AT&T Business is the launch partner for LinkedIn’s Small Business Builders to empower small business owners with stories and insights...

Global regulators endorse blueprint for future digital ecosystems

Empowering national regulators to build the tools of a digital society takes focus for the 25th year of the ITU Global Symposium for Regulators...

Morocco emerges as North Africa’s Artificial Intelligence leader

With long-term planning, talent development, and targeted investment, Morocco is poised to consolidate its role as a North African AI hub and unlock broader economic growth...

Member News

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Tech Mahindra and MIT Technology Review Insights release report on AI’s growing role in sustainable product design

The report highlights that enterprises combining AI with sustainability in their design and prototyping processes will gain a significant competitive edge...

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Nokia study reveals surge of ROI and AI-enabled use cases with on-premise edge and private wireless

Nokia released the 2025 Industrial Digitalization Report developed with GlobalData, which highlights that 87% of on-premise edge and private network adopters are seeing a return on investment in just one year while enabling...

Recent Developments

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Nokia partners with Extreme Broadband to improve security and future-proof data centers in Malaysia

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GSR25 Experts: Saudi Arabia Key to Digital Diplomacy, Data Centralization for Development

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Huawei 5G Core named "Leader" for the seventh consecutive year and awarded top scores in all dimensions by GlobalData

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stc Group launches ‘sccc by stc’ as new identity for its cloud subsidiary

Policy and Regulation

•	Saudi Arabia, Palestine explore strategic digital partnership at GSR-25 According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the talks focused on building a strategic partnership in digital infrastructure, with participation from leaders in digital economy, space, and innovation...

•	Global regulators endorse blueprint for future digital ecosystems Empowering national regulators to build the tools of a digital society takes focus for the 25th year of the ITU Global Symposium for Regulators...

South Asia

•	Jazz Business partners with Mechrevo to deliver premium IT hardware in Pakistan By integrating connectivity, cloud, cybersecurity, and now premium IT hardware, Jazz Business continues to build a complete ICT ecosystem, enabling enterprises to thrive in Pakistan’s rapidly evolving digital economy...

•	Edotco scores neutral infrastructure services licence in Sri Lanka Axiata’s telecoms infrastructure company Edotco announced on Wednesday that its Sri Lankan subsidiary, Edotco Services Lanka, has received the country’s first licence to provide neutral-hosted infrastructure...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	MainStreaming brings innovative edge video delivery to BT’s mobile and fixed networks MainStreaming has announced a partnership with BT Group to deliver high-performance, scalable, and efficient video streaming across BT’s mobile and fixed networks nationwide...

•	TiVo OS expands to 40+ countries The TiVo OS, which powers smart TVs, is now adopted by numerous television brands and is available to consumers in over 40 countries...

Global Telecom Update

•	Viva Bolivia enhances A2P SMS security with VOX solutions partnership VOX Solutions, a leading provider of comprehensive A2P voice and messaging monetization solutions, announced a strategic partnership with VIVA Bolivia, one of the country’s pioneering mobile network operators...

•	Zamtel champions digital education with sponsorship of EdTech & AI Indaba 2025 Zamtel’s initiatives align with a broader national strategy to strengthen Zambia’s digital backbone for education, equipping students with the tools to thrive in an increasingly digital world...

•	Mavenir transforms charging for Aruba operator SETAR Cloud-native network infrastructure provider Mavenir has announced the successful completion and go-live of its converged charging system (CCS) transformation for SETAR, the primary full-service telecoms provider on the...

Middle East

•	Oman showcases digital progress at UNESCO Digital Week Through its participation, Oman emphasized its ongoing initiatives in smart governance, digital learning platforms, and ICT-driven public services...

•	Iraq’s Southern Technical University launches IT and AI Training Lab Southern Technical University has inaugurated a new Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence training laboratory in partnership with Smart Cloud Group, aiming to boost Iraq’s digital capabilities and align...

•	Bridgestone partners with Hakaya Group to enhance transport safety in Jordan Jamil Bustami & Sons, the authorised distributor for Bridgestone tyres in Jordan, and Hakaya Group, a leading passenger transport company, have signed a Bridgestone 3M Contract for tyre maintain and monitoring...

•	UAE's Khazna secures US$2.62 billion facility to expand data centre footprint UAE-based Khazna Data Centres (Khazna) has secured a US$2.62 billion credit facility from a consortium of local banks to support its UAE and global growth strategy...

North Africa

•	Morocco emerges as North Africa’s Artificial Intelligence leader With long-term planning, talent development, and targeted investment, Morocco is poised to consolidate its role as a North African AI hub and unlock broader economic growth...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Paratus Group launches Namibia's first private mobile network The new network is built entirely on 4G LTE technology and is positioned to compete directly with the state-owned incumbents, MTC and Telecom Namibia...

•	Net4Mobility maxes out Sweden 5G coverage Tele2 and Telenor essentially completed a deployment of 5G in Sweden, achieving population and landmass coverage matching their 4G capabilities through joint venture Net4Mobility...

Satellite & Internet

•	Project Kuiper, demos 1 Gigabit downloads The team behind Amazon's Project Kuiper has posted a video showing the satellite internet service delivering a 1,280Mbps download rate...

•	New hollow glass fiber design carries internet in air with 1,000x transmission power Hollow fibers guide light through air, reducing signal loss and enabling faster, more efficient data transmission...

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