Middle East & Africa

FTTx

Soweto first South African township to get fibre to the home

5G

Nokia to help Ooredoo Qatar take 5G lead with its cloud native core network

5G

Zain Saudi Arabia places first 5G call

Healthcare

STC and Philips to unlock telehealth’s potential to transform care in Kingdom

Zain

Zain Group Net Profit rises 15% in Q1 2019 to reach USD 155 million, Revenue up 56% to reach USD 1.33 billion

Media & Entertainment

Thousands of gaming enthusiasts participated in the Ooredoo and Blink gaming tournament

Telco & CSP

STC has contributed SAR 168 billion to the Kingdom's GDP over 19 years

Cloud Native

Vodafone Egypt Reboots Customer Experience with Red Hat’s Hybrid Cloud and Cloud-Native Technologies

Patents and IPR

Cisco and Dimension Data Announce Co-Innovation Partnership

Security

Mobile Industry in Côte D’Ivoire Joins Forces with GSMA to Tackle Handset Theft

Mobile

HPE technology powers Saudi Arabia’s first local mobile payment solution that supports contactless transactions

Mobile

GSMA study finds that mobile is powering economic growth and job creation across West Africa

Network Services

Cellcom Israel to deploy Nokia's Sensing as a Service

Mobile

Zain KSA signs agreement to sell and lease back tower infrastructure for revised amount of $672m

5G

Batelco and Ericsson to launch 5G in Bahrain

OSS/BSS

RADCOM enters into a three-year contract with AT&T

Green

MTN Group releases integrated and sustainability reports

5G

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) announces the first global multi-vendor integration in its 5G network

5G

Ooredoo Oman continues pre-5G Massive MIMO Supernet upgrade

Security

Ooredoo Kuwait signs a strategic partnership with cybersecurity SaaS provider Z Services

Mobile

New GSMA study: mobile significantly advancing economic and development goals in Tanzania

Optical

PR: ECI Selected by CEB Fibernet To Design and Deploy Enhanced Fiber-Optic..

Optical

Toyota Tsusho and NEC conclude contract with Uzbektelecom on nationwide data communication system

Devices

Africa’s Smartphone Market Sees First Growth Since 2015 Despite Downturn in Global Market