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November 25, 2025

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Zain Group Data Office and ZainTECH’s regional leadership in Data and AI modernization recognized at Cloudera’s Data Impact Awards

This recognition celebrates Zain Group’s regional leadership and commitment to building a modern, scalable, and intelligent data ecosystem across its operations...

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RailTel collaborates with Nokia to modernize its National Long-Distance and metro optical transport networks across India

Nokia has announced the successful upgrade of RailTel’s DWDM National Long-Distance (NLD) network, undertaken in collaboration with its authorized partners...

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Huawei and its partners won 3 IDC Asia/Pacific FEA Awards

At the IDC Asia/Pacific Technology Symposium & Awards 2025, Huawei, together with Shandong Port Group Yantai Port and Shenzhen Big Data Resource Management Center, won two Asia Pacific Excellence Future Enterprise Awards...

Policy and Regulation

•	CRA launches public consultation on market definition and dominance designation review This initiative forms part of CRA’s broader review and update of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Competition Framework for the period 2024–2026...

•	Communications Ministry hosts launch of GO AI HUB platform, unified gateway for AI solutions The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, in partnership with Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication Co (GO Telecom), held a ceremony to launch the GO AI HUB platform...

North Africa

•	Orange Egypt and Qilaa partner to launch integrated digital tourism platform for Egypt Orange Egypt and Qatar-based Qilaa International Group have formed a strategic partnership to build a fully integrated digital tourism platform designed to redefine how visitors experience Egypt...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Nur Telecom upgrades LTE network at 140 sites Kyrgyzstan operator Nur Telecom, trading under the O! brand, said that it has upgraded its LTE network in 140 sites in all regions across the country...

•	EE expands 5G+ to 20 new UK locations At the same time, 20 new towns and cities, as well as festive attractions like Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, are now live with EE’s 5G+ connectivity as its rapid rollout surpasses 44 million people...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	ANT1+ to act as exclusive DAZN distributor in Greece DAZN has agreed a strategic partnership with Antenna Group that will see its sports streaming service distributed exclusively through ANT1+ in Greece...

•	North Korea’s first multi-channel IPTV service apparently launched North Korea’s Manbang Supply Center has launched a multi-channel Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) streaming service, providing 20 channels of linear television across the country’s internal data networks...

Satellite & Internet

•	Kyivstar commercially launches Starlink’s D2C service in Ukraine Veon-owned Ukrainian telco Kyivstar announced that it has officially launched Starlink’s Direct to Cell (D2C) LEO satellite service for its customers after months of testing, with the initial service supporting only...

•	Australia, Solomon Islands strengthen partnership with second submarine cable project Australia, in partnership with the Solomon Islands Government and the Solomon Islands Submarine Cable Company (SISCC), is supporting development of a second international submarine telecommunications cable for Solomon...

Middle East

•	Vodafone Qatar tests super uplink technology, achieving 600+ Mbps and marking a leap toward 5G-Advanced Vodafone Qatar has successfully tested its new Super Uplink technology on a live 5G-Advanced commercial network, achieving upload speeds exceeding 600 Mbps and positioning Qatar among global frontrunners in next-generation...

•	Aramco, Pasqal make history with Saudi Arabia’s first quantum computer Aramco in partnership with Pasqal have achieved a major breakthrough for the Middle East’s technology landscape with the successful deployment of Saudi Arabia’s first quantum computer, and the region’s...

•	Qatar hosts first Arab cyber exercise to boost regional digital security Qatar has hosted the first-ever Arab Cyber Exercise as part of its 12th National Cyber Drill, held under the theme “Cross-Border Attacks.” The event brought together 21 Arab countries and the General Secretariat...

•	Intersec’s InCyber Briefing to offer key digital threat insights Intersec 2026’s InCyber Briefing will outline critical insights into the evolving digital threat landscape and the governance of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI)...

South Asia

•	Pakistan boosts global digital connectivity with launch of SEA-ME-WE 6 submarine cable The new route enhances redundancy, reduces network ownership costs for operators, and strengthens Pakistan’s position within the global internet backbone...

•	Edotco Bangladesh and Summit team up for integrated tower rollouts Under the renewed agreement, Edotco and Summit will collaborate to support a more efficient build-out of high-capacity, low-latency transmission between sites across Bangladesh...

Global Telecom Update

•	Vantage Data Centers buys Yondr’s data centre campus in Johor The transaction, first announced in September, expands Vantage’s regional platform to 1GW of operational and planned IT capacity across Australia, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong...

•	Comviva partners with Aduna to drive global enterprise adoption of network APIs via NGAGE.ai The collaboration will focus on accelerating worldwide enterprise adoption and monetisation of Network APIs through NGAGE.ai, Comviva's flagship SaaS-based platform for programmable communications and Network...

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