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Industry News Briefing
March 9, 2026

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AT&T tips off 2026 Connected Learning Center expansion in Oklahoma City

AT&T will award more than 20 nonprofits with Connected Learning Centers (CLCs) in 2026, expanding digital access in communities across the country...

UAE accelerates AI‑native transformation as quantum computing enters strategic sectors

The UAE’s rapid move toward embedding artificial intelligence across its economy is setting a new global benchmark for digital transformation...

Member News

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stc group sets two Guinness World Records during Saudi Founding Day celebrations

stc group has set two Guinness World Records through an innovative drone light show staged across the skies of Riyadh in celebration of Saudi Founding Day...

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Cisco to power TPG Telecom’s next generation security and service operations across Australia with Splunk

Cisco has announced that Splunk will help TPG Telecom accelerate its transition to an AIOps-driven Service Operations Centre, boosting service reliability, strengthening security, and improving operational efficiency for...

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Huawei hosted Green & Resilience Elite Club: Accelerating green & resilient networks to enable CHB collaborative development

At MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei and global industry leaders launched the "Green Network Index Round 2" to advance AI-driven, sustainable, and resilient ICT infrastructure through cross-sector collaboration...

Policy and Regulation

•	UNHCR and ITU receive global mobile industry award for Connectivity for Refugees initiative UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and ITU, the UN agency for digital technologies, are honoured to receive the Chairman's Award at the Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards for their joint flagship initiative,...

North Africa

•	Libya reports record surge in e-payments and digital transactions following Central Bank review Data from the first two months of the year reveal a sharp increase in digital banking infrastructure, with Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals reaching over 170,000 units and activated bank cards exceeding 5.5 million...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Telstra to upgrade 4G and 5G services in Taminda Telstra will upgrade the mobile base station servicing Taminda this week, promising faster speeds and improved performance for local customers...

•	Liberty Costa Rica targets tourism sector with 5G service launch Liberty Costa Rica commercially launched the first sites of its 5G network across multiple regions on using gear from Ericsson, with plans to achieve national coverage before the end of this year...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Konodrac launches smart TV self-promotion platform Spanish technology company Konodrac has launched a new system designed to transform traditional television self-promotion into an automated, data-driven marketing tool for connected TV environments...

•	Amazon introduces redesigned Fire TV app for improved user experience Amazon has launched its redesigned Fire TV mobile app to customers, as users can only use the app as a backup remote...

Satellite & Internet

•	Axian Telecom partners with AST SpaceMobile for pan-African D2D Axian Telecom, the parent company of pan-African telecom group Yas, says it is partnering with AST SpaceMobile to deliver direct-to-device (D2D) satellite services across Yas’ markets in sub-Saharan Africa...

•	Arenova Capital invests US$50 million to accelerate Aspire Fiber’s 10 Gbps expansion in California As part of a majority investment, Arenova Capital, a Dallas-based growth equity firm, has committed to invest US$50 million of equity capital into Aspire to fuel the Company's network expansion...

Middle East

•	Ooredoo Kuwait approves record cash dividend of 150 fils per share Ooredoo Kuwait announced that shareholders approved a record cash dividend of 150 fils per share at the company’s Ordinary and Extraordinary General Assembly held March 4, 2026...

•	UAE accelerates AI‑native transformation as quantum computing enters strategic sectors The UAE’s rapid move toward embedding artificial intelligence across its economy is setting a new global benchmark for digital transformation...

South Asia

•	Pakistan strengthens digital transformation, cybersecurity framework Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja has highlighted Pakistan’s ongoing efforts to strengthen digital transformation, cybersecurity, and the protection of citizens’ digital rights...

•	Banglalink and Huawei partner to .aunch ‘Mukto Pay’ digital payment platform in Bangladesh Banglalink’s payment service subsidiary, Neo PSP, has signed a landmark agreement with Huawei to develop a next-generation digital payments platform branded as Mukto Pay...

Global Telecom Update

•	PNG DataCo and Oracle to give PNG’s Morobe govt an AI makeover The government of Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea announced it is partnering with PNG DataCo and Oracle to transform itself into an AI-enabled digital government...

•	NETSCOUT reveals qualitative shifts in DDoS attack sophistication, infrastructure capacity, and threat actor capabilities Implications for security professionals extend far beyond volumetric concerns and include reconnaissance and adaptive evasion which challenge traditional defense paradigms...

•	Tradewinds Networks launches community-focused broadband and Edge AI platform Tradewinds Networks announced its smart city integrated infrastructure platform following nearly a year of operational development, ecosystem alignment, and architectural validation...

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