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December 22, 2020

Mobily expands managed services partnership in Saudi Arabia

The deal covers fully managed end-to-end operations and optimization services with Ericsson Operations Engine in Saudi Arabia’s Western region in addition to Ericsson Charging System, PS Core and Intelligent Network (IN)...

Member News

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Batelco hosts Virtual National Day celebration for employees

As part of celebrating the Kingdom of Bahrain’s 49th National Day with its employees while maintaining social distancing, Batelco hosted a virtual live event with competitions and prizes, on the Company’s...

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BT renews sponsorship with Welsh rugby regions

BT announced that it will continue its support and investment into club rugby after agreeing a new three-year sponsorship deal with the four Welsh regions – Cardiff Blues, Scarlets, Dragons and Ospreys...

Policy and Regulation

•	ITU and the National Cybersecurity Authority of Saudi Arabia launch a new global programme to keep children safe online The new strategic partnership will strengthen the implementation of the ITU Child Online Protection Guidelines...

•	TDRA holds a workshop on Sustainability in ICTs It also highlighted the efforts of organizations in preserving UAE's environment, and educating the public on best practices to realize an effective consumption of tech products...

South Asia

•	Pakistan’s first digital platform Rinstra launches Rinstra uses multiple technology partners to bring the streaming content to the users, including Google Clouds, Amazon AWS, Microsoft 365, Akamai, and Verizon Media...

•	Robi to make a debut on the bourse on Thursday The subscription for shares of Robi Axiata started on November 17 and continued till November 23...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Sky and StudioCanal sign exclusive film rights deal deal Sky Deutschland and StudioCanal have signed a multi-year pay-TV and streaming rights deal across all Sky distribution channels in Germany and Austria...

•	Amazon and Sky sign long-term deal to bring Prime Video to Sky Q and Now TV to Fire devices Amazon and Sky have announced a long-term partnership which will see Prime Video finally launch on Sky Q across Europe...

Global Telecom Update

•	Samsung, SKT and Kakao join hands for pandemic-forecasting AI Samsung Electronics will join forces with South Korea‘s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom and Kakao to develop an artificial intelligence platform that alerts users of coronavirus risks in advance...

•	uCloudlink and Vodafone extend partnership on data procurement Under the partnership, Vodafone works as one of uCloudlink’s data suppliers and ensures the company’s occasional expansion of data traffic capacity and coverage...

Middle East

•	Fixed internet subscriptions increase in Oman Oman’s total fixed internet subscriptions rose 6.9 per cent to touch 506,091 at the end of November 2020 compared to the same period for 2019...

•	Launch success for UAE’s FalconEye satellite The Earth observation satellite FalconEye was successfully launched last night from the European Spaceport (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana by an Arianespace Soyuz rocket...

North Africa

•	Vodafone to test 5G mobile networks in Egypt This is in light of the group’s experience in communications and digital transformation and reliance on technological systems in managing new facilities and cities...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	COMSovereign delivers drone-based LTE network This milestone marks the commercial availability of a new tethered drone-based aerial platform that allows customers to "stand up" a fully operational LTE network without reliance on existing infrastructure...

•	5G connections reach 229 million globally Despite a global pandemic and economic challenges, the fifth generation of wireless “5G” powered ahead at four times the speed of subscriber growth as 4G LTE...

Satellite & Internet

•	Crosslake Fibre taps Hexatronic to supply fiber cable for CrossChannel Fiber submarine network The 150-km submarine network will connect Slough, UK, with Paris to supply dark fiber connectivity...

•	Satellite broadband on the boom Satellite broadband services took a step forward in recent days with Germany handing over frequencies to SpaceX and rival player OneWeb launching three dozen new satellites...

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