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November 29, 2022

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etisalat by e& launches Hello Business Pitch 3 competition for the Startup Community

Etisalat UAE, branded etisalat by e& announced that it is inviting ideators and start-ups to pitch their next big business idea at the third edition of the ‘Hello Business Pitch’ competition, providing an innovative platform to support the growing entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country...

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Omantel tops 5G utilization in the Middle East region with 5G for fixed wireless access

After three years of relentless efforts across the nation, Omantel’s 5G now accounts for more than 60% of the total wireless access traffic on its network - making it the first operator in the Sultanate of Oman to...

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Cisco AppDynamics launches business transaction insights in AppDynamics cloud for observability of cloud-native applications on AWS

This allows organizations to expand observability over cloud-native applications correlated with business context across their Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment and beyond...

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Nokia and Orange France complete world’s first 20 Gbps microwave carrier aggregation link trial using E-Band and traditional frequencies

Nokia announced that it has extended its collaboration with Orange France to upgrade its microwave backhaul network with the latest product generation...

Policy and Regulation

•	Bahrain at the forefront of GCC countries releases spectrum for 5G Private Networks The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has made part of the C-Band spectrum available for 5G Private Networks, placing Bahrain at the forefront of GCC countries in enabling both private and public sectors to...

•	KDD to renew priority access scheme, will apply to 4G and 5G networks Norway’s Ministry of Local Government and District has announced that a scheme allowing priority access for personnel with ‘socially critical tasks’ to the country’s mobile network is to be renewed...

Middle East

•	Moro Hub ties up with Saimos to boost video analytics platform Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital Dewa, has teamed up with Saimos to offer high-quality and cost-efficient Saimos Video Analytics & LiDAR suite, which will provide enhanced security to enterprises...

•	Omnix signs strategic partnership with viAct for GCC region According to the agreement, Omnix will become the master distributor of viAct’s products and services across the UAE, Saud Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain...

•	Hub71 grows startup community to over 200 technology companies with latest cohort The new cohort marks Hub71’s third intake of startups this year, which received a 60 per cent increase in applications from founders worldwide seeking to join Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem...

North Africa

•	CTO reviews Orange Egypt’s plan to enhance the quality of company’s services in Egypt Ayman Amiri — Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Orange Egypt — said that the company has completed the implementation and construction of 91% of the 750 mobile stations planned for this year as part of the...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	SK Telecom, Singapore's Singtel join hands for metaverse push South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom it forged a partnership with Singapore’s largest mobile carrier Singtel to expand its metaverse service into the Asia-Pacific region...

•	Airtel Seychelles launches TV app after local demand for FIFA World Cup Airtel subscribers in Seychelles can now watch the FIFA World Cup competition live on their smartphones through the Airtel TV app platform and the streaming is free of charge...

South Asia

•	Internet user growth stagnates in Bangladesh The total number of internet users in the country, which includes both broadband and mobile data users, continued to stagnate in October...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Vodafone Spain to launch 5G FWA The service will originally be available in parts of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Malaga, Bilbao, and A Coruna, with Vodafone intending to increase this availability to 65 cities in future.

•	Public safety 5G networks represent US$700 million opportunity Research on public safety broadband and mission-critical communications over 3GPP networks predicts that cumulative spending on deployable network assets in sectors will exceed US$700 million between 2022 and 2025...

Satellite & Internet

•	Viasat inches closer to ViaSat-3 satellite launch Viasat recently took a significant stride toward the delivery and launch of ViaSat-3 Americas satellite as it completed the Final Integrated Satellite Test (FIST)...

•	Deutsche Glasfaser concludes FTTH wholesale agreement with Vodafone Deutsche Glasfaser has announced that it has concluded a wholesale cooperation agreement with Vodafone Germany for a period of at least ten years...

Global Telecom Update

•	MTN Ghana to deactivate over 5.7 million subscribers SIM cards The move is in compliance with the directive from the National Communications Authority (NCA) communicated to all telecom operators...

•	1&1, Orange seal worldwide international roaming agreement German startup telco and global operator take advantage of 5G OpenRAN technology to offer users seamless automatic network performance and quality, even when outside home territory...

•	Vodafone NZ becomes Microsoft Azure's peering service partner Microsoft Azure Peering Service provides direct access between Vodafone and Microsoft’s networks – providing users with diverse and highly available connectivity to Microsoft services at more locations, reducing...

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