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Industry News Briefing
April 3, 2023

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Huawei strengthens Singapore R&D operations, unveils OpenLab 3.0 Asia-Pacific

A space where Huawei and its partners can jointly collaborate, OpenLab 3.0 will combine expertise and technologies to speed up digital transformation across the public and private sectors in Asia Pacific...

National Transformation Program: Saudi Arabia offers over 6,000 E-Government services

Under Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia propels digital advancements through the National Transformation Program (NTP), enhancing the IT sector, and securing top positions in regional digital government services and worldwide competitiveness...

Member News

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stc sponsors GUST’s ‘Ocean Plastic Week’

Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced that it was the official sponsor...

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Nokia expands OpenColo’s data center site connectivity using 800GE routing interfaces

Nokia and OpenColo announced the successful completion of the first commercial field trial to transport a 1.6 Terabit/s traffic flow over an 800GE link aggregation group with 800GE FR4 optics...

Recent Developments

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New Cisco 800G innovations help to supercharge the internet for the future

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Industrywide Dialogue on Digital Competence, Secure Cyberspace, Sustainable & Green ICTs, and Emerging Digital Ecosystems across Economies to Ensue on May 15th at the SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2023 in the UAE

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Global Digital Regulatory Outlook 2023 reveals progress and challenges in connecting 1/3 of world's population

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AT&T expands 5G and fiber nationwide

Policy and Regulation

•	MCMC orders telcos to block any URL links included in SMS The Ministry of Communications and Digital (K-KOMM) has issued a directive to all telecommunications companies (telcos) to block any URL links delivered through short message service (SMS)...

•	Nkom calls for feedback on 1500MHz, 26GHz spectrum allocation process Norway’s National Communications Authority has announced that it is preparing to allocate spectrum in the 1500MHz and 26GHz bands and has called for input on its initial assessments...

South Asia

•	Supernet co-signs agreement with MENA telecom operator Supernet Limited (SPNL), a subsidiary of Telecard Limited (TELE), has co-signed a commercial cooperation agreement with a leading telecom and IT services provider in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) and Asia Region...

•	Sri Lanka to launch remittance mobile app to boost inflows from expatriates The new app ‘Lanka Remit’ will see some duty concessions at the main airport for Sri Lankan migrant workers as incentives...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	CNN International joins Discovery+ Discovery+ is expanding its line-up of linear TV channels in Germany and Austria with CNN International...

•	Netgem.tv secures 500,000 subscribers Netgem, the company behind digital entertainment platform Netgem.tv has revealed by the end of 2022 it grew its subscribers base by 40% compared to the end of 2021, reaching over half a million...

Global Telecom Update

•	Brazil’s NLT teams up with floLIVE for enterprise connectivity boost NLT Telecom, a Brazilian operator specializing in IoT, and floLIVE, a provider of global connectivity and network services for IoT, have announced their collaboration to provide dual-connectivity access to both Brazilian and...

•	Infravia and Iliad-owned Play must deliver to Poland iliad Group has announced it has completed the sale of a 50% stake in iliad’s Polish entity Polski Światłowód Otwarty (PSO) which owns the UPC network infrastructure in Poland to InfraVia...

•	Airtel Rwanda and UNICEF Rwanda team up to increase access to digital learning for school children in Rwanda Airtel Rwanda and UNICEF Rwanda has announced a partnership to help accelerate the roll-out of digital learning through connecting schools to the internet and ensuring access to learning platforms in Rwanda...

Middle East

•	Astrocast and Yahsat's Thuraya strengthen collaboration through a strategic investment in LEO IoT Astrocast, a global nanosatellite IoT network operator has concluded Heads of Terms for an investment agreement with Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the mobile satellite services subsidiary of the UAE’s flagship...

•	National Transformation Program: Saudi Arabia offers over 6,000 E-Government services Under Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia propels digital advancements through the National Transformation Program (NTP), enhancing the IT sector, and securing top positions in regional digital government services and worldwide...

•	SCCI, Etisalat Holding collaborate to enhance digital environment The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and Etisalat Services Holding (ESH) discussed ways to boost cooperation and leverage the technical, information and communication technology solutions provided by ESH...

•	Ooredoo renews deal with beIN Media Group Qatar telco Ooredoo has struck a renewed deal with sports and entertainment broadcaster beIN Media Group to deliver Global Media network connectivity between its two main media hubs in Doha and France...

North Africa

•	SAS Analytics, AI accelerate digital transformation of Egypt’s financial services SAS, a leader in analytics, hosted an exclusive gathering of financial services key players, experts, and decision-makers in Cairo recently...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Crnogorski Telekom brings 3.6GHz commercial 5G to Montenegro Montenegro’s Crnogorski Telekom (CT) has launched a commercial 5G network in the capital of Podgorica, and is lining up the launch of a new VoLTE service...

•	China Mobile ends 2022 with over 18,000 commercial 5G deals China Mobile had signed over 18,000 agreements for 5G commercial projects across multiple sectors by the end of 2022...

Satellite & Internet

•	One NZ inks deal with SpaceX to provide 100% mobile coverage of NZ Vodafone has reached an agreement with Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite business to provide mobile coverage of the whole country for its customers via Starlink...

•	GoFibre expands its FTTP network across Fife GoFibre has switched on its full fiber network for more than 12,000 residents and businesses across Cupar, Cardenden and Burntisland...

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