SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
July 4, 2021 |
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Featured Member News |
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solutions by stc-Kuwait Joins Manama-IX |
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Through their presence on the Manama-IX platform, ‘solutions by stc’ - Kuwait, will be able to reach a wider number of international peering partners and take advantage of, among other benefits, an enhanced VR and gaming experience for its end-users in Kuwait, due to improved internet quality with faster response time and low latency...
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Policy and Regulation |
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Romania preparing new frequency auction
The Romanian regulator ANCOM has announced plans for a new auction for the frequencies remaining after selection procedures carried out in 2012 and 2015...
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Nigeria once again extends SIM registration deadline
The Nigerian government has approved a further extension to the deadline for the country’s mobile phone users to register a valid National Identification Number (NIN) with their service provider...
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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HBO Max launches in Latin America and the Caribbean
HBO Max has launched in 39 territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, the first time the streaming service has been made available outside of the United States...
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Sky and Channel 4 expand partnership
This translates to more than 1,000 hours of All 4 exclusive shows being added to Sky’s on-demand catalogue, along with comprehensive catch up and box set offerings...
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allrites and SPI enter strategic content partnership
allrites, the online marketplace for TV, film and live sports rights, has signed a deal with TV and digital service provider SPI International that sees 264 film and TV titles added to the allrites platform...
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North Africa |
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Egypt to launch AI platform
The platform includes the national AI strategy and covers various events, news, and details of AI projects in Egypt, as well as the capacity-building programs provided by various institutions and Egypt’s achievements...
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Global Telecom Update |
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Swisscom selects AWS as public cloud provider for its enterprise IT
As part of its overall digital transformation, Swisscom will migrate to AWS a wide range of core applications that power its enterprise resource planning, OSS, BSS, analytics, contact centre and communications provisioning...
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KDDI, Deutsche Telekom, MobiledgeX, Sturfee, and Mawari develop MEC PaaS PoC
KDDI, Deutsche Telekom, MobiledgeX, Sturfee and Mawari have jointly developed a proof of concept (PoC) to develop the ‘world's first’ Platform as-a-Service (PaaS) for XR applications...
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Russia's MTS acquires telecom and CPaaS provider MTT
Russia’s largest mobile operator MTS has acquired compatriot service provider MTT for RUB 5.0 billion (US$69 million) on an enterprise value basis...
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Disclaimer: Information contained herein has been obtained from sources, which we deem reliable. SAMENA Telecommunications Council is not liable for any misinformed decisions that the reader may reach by being solely reliant on information contained herein. Expert advice should be sought. |
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