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Cable Bahamas Selects Nokia for XGS-PON FTTH Rollout

Finnish vendor Nokia has been selected by Cable Bahamas with its complete solutions advanced FTTH network in the entire
Cable Bahamas (REV) to deploy XGS-PON portfolio. Stephen Curran, chief technical region with XGS-PON technology.’ New
equipment for its new fibre-to-the-home officer at the Cable Bahamas Group, stated: Providence – the Bahamas’ most populous
(FTTH) network. The project aims to pass ‘I am very happy to be working with Nokia island – is understood to be home to
99% of the homes in New Providence by to allow us to provide our customers with around 80,000 residential properties and
2026. Nokia will be the sole FTTH equipment an upgraded user experience. At the end business locations.
vendor for the rollout, and will provide of this exercise we will boast the most

Tech Mahindra Inaugurates Innovation and

Technology Development Center in Oman

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital
transformation, consulting and business
re-engineering services and solutions,
inaugurated an Innovation and Technology
Development Center, in Muscat, Sultanate
of Oman, that will cater to the Telecom,
Oil and Gas, BFSI (Banking, Financial
Services, and Insurance), Energy & Utilities
and Public Sector by leveraging Artificial
Intelligence, Big Data & Analytics, Cloud
and 5G technologies on Sunday, June
5. This is in line with Tech Mahindra’s
commitment to invest in upskilling and
reskilling of the local Omani talent to take
on projects in Oman and around the world.
The inauguration ceremony was attended Gurnani, MD & CEO, Tech Mahindra, said, has a significant footprint in Oman and we
by H.E. Dr. Ali Al Shidhani, Undersecretary “I believe the vision of Oman based on the have the confidence of the local industries
for Communications & Information pillars of “People and Society”, “Economy which we have partnered with through the
Technology MTCIT, Mr. Amit Narang, Indian and Development”, and “Governance and years. The newly inaugurated innovation
Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, Institutional Performance” will transform and development center is one more
Senior Oman government officials, along and enhance the country’s economy. Tech significant development in our contribution
with Senior executives of key enterprises Mahindra is pleased to play a part in this to the country as we tap the huge young
in Oman and the top management team strategic narrative and support in building talent in the country.” Tech Mahindra also
of Tech Mahindra led by its MD & CEO a resilient tomorrow for Oman, that thrives inaugurated Maker’s Lab (Center for R&D)
Mr. CP Gurnani. H.E. Dr. Ali Al Shidhani, on growth & innovation, with a keen focus at the center, which will have strategic focus
Undersecretary for Communications & on empowering women. As a global on creating IPs, solutions & services that
Information Technology MTCIT, said, organization, we are committed to honing harness the power of technology to make
“Oman Vision 2040 prioritizes a future talent across geographies, and our initiatives continuous advancements that will enable
with a knowledge-based society where have been warmly embraced in Oman. digital transformation, smart enterprise
education and research play a vital role This innovation and development center solutions, cloud transformation, Big data
for the citizens. Being ahead of important will grow Omani talent in the technology & Analytics. Tech Mahindra believes in
developments in information technology is industry and will enable us to leverage it DigitALL philosophy for comprehensive
encapsulated in our vision statement, and for markets globally.” Ram Ramachandran, Business Transformation. As part of
this innovation and development center by Senior Vice President & Head of Middle NXT.NOWTM framework, which aims
Tech Mahindra is a step in that direction. East and Africa at Tech Mahindra, said, to enhance ‘Human Centric Experience’,
Developments like these are milestones “Across the world, the IT industry has been Tech Mahindra focuses on investing in
in achieving the success we envision of revolutionary — it has become an archetype emerging technologies and solutions that
being a competitive nation and one of of how economic liberalization combined enable digital transformation and meet the
the top countries in Digital Economy in with entrepreneurial spirit builds an evolving needs of the customer.
the region. It also supports our talent, industry that today contributes significantly
upskilling to compete in the job market.” CP to the GDP of any country. Tech Mahindra
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