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Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. in 2020, comes with several major social development. Eva Berneke, CEO
Delivering 230 beams over Western Europe firmly committed customers for satellite of Eutelsat, said: "Our congratulations to
and with a Ka-band capacity of 500 Gbps, broadband connectivity, namely Orange Arianespace and the Guiana Space Center
EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS is the largest via its Nordnet affiliate for the French teams for successfully launching our
geostationary satellite ever ordered to coverage, Telecom Italia Mobile over Italy EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS satellite into
date in Europe. It has embarked the most and Thales Alenia Space to serve notably geostationary orbit. Thanks to this fine-
powerful 5thgeneration digital transparent the government connectivity services. tuned collaboration between three French
processor, offering capacity allocation These commitments testify to the ability players of excellence, Eutelsat, Thales
flexibility and an optimal spectrum use. of geostationary satellites to provide an Alenia Space and Arianespace, we are
This state-of-the-art satellite, offering a attractive solution for bridging the digital able to bring connectivity to the next level
capacity seven times that of its parent divide, at a time when access to connectivity in Europe and participate in bridging the
satellite EUTELSAT KONNECT launched plays a crucial role in both economic and digital divide everywhere on the continent”.

GO Telecom Meets Coverage Requirements of
3.5GHz License

Saudi fixed broadband provider Etihad Technology Commission (CITC) has required to cover at least 10% of the cities
Atheeb Telecommunication, which confirmed that it has met the rollout terms in which it operates. GO currently offers
trades as GO Telecom, says the country’s of its 3.5GHz fixed wireless license. Under fixed broadband access using TD-LTE and
Communications and Information the terms of its concession, GO was fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks.

5.5G is a Key Milestone on the Path to an Intelligent

World

The Striding Towards the Intelligent World Mobile DOU will surge from today's 15 GB are creating a full-fiber, 10 Gbit/s era. For
Summit at HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 to 100 GB. Requirements for latency and industries, digital transformation has now
successfully concluded today. David Wang, ubiquitous connectivity will also increase. entered the fast lane. Industrial-grade
Huawei's Executive Director of the Board and For households, the demands generated by applications such as smart manufacturing
Chairman of ICT Infrastructure Managing advanced services like 24K 3D VR games and power grid dispatching are raising
Board delivered a keynote speech titled and holographic education and meetings diversified requirements for connections,
Embracing the 5.5G Era: Striding Towards
the Intelligent World at this summit. In
this speech, he stressed that 5.5G is a key
milestone on our path to an intelligent world
and released Huawei's latest series of white
papers on the intelligent world. Wang also
called upon the ICT industry to coordinate
efforts around eight facets of this vision.
By working together to further define and
refine the industry vision and standards
for the 5.5G era, the industry will move
ever faster towards the 5.5G era and the
intelligent world. In the future, individuals,
households, and industries will have higher
requirements for digital infrastructure.
For individuals, immersive services like
XR and holographic communication are
maturing, and connectivity experience is
set to increase from 1 Gbit/s to 10 Gbit/s.

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