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March 9, 2020

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced its collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to spread medical awareness and contribute to the ministry’s efforts in fighting coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This collaboration comes as part of Zain’s commitment to reflect the Kuwaiti private sector’s role in shouldering the public sector for the nation’s"... Continue Reading

March 2, 2020

Leading operators; China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, EE, KDDI, Orange, Singtel, SK Telecom, Telefonica and TIM have joined forces, with the support of the GSMA, to develop an interoperable platform to make edge compute capabilities widely and easily available.

The platform to be developed in 2020, will make local operator assets"... Continue Reading

March 1, 2020

The ICT industry is today taking an unprecedented step forward in tackling climate change with the release of the first-ever science-based pathway to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions across the telecoms sector. This supports the GSMA’s commitment to helping the mobile industry achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The"... Continue Reading

February 28, 2020

Mavenir, the industry’s only end-to-end cloud-native, Network Software Provider and MTI announce the first commercial portfolio of OpenRAN RRUs with the O-RAN interface. The initial portfolio consists of 2x20W RRUs for B3, B20, B7 and 2x40W for B5, B28, B71 with general availability in Q2 2020. More variants and additional band support will be added over time.

This"... Continue Reading

February 28, 2020

Mavenir has announced integration of its 5G cloud-native telecom network functions (CNFs) with VMware’s container-ready Telco Cloud running on Dell Technologies’ edge computing solutions 5G deployments. Mavenir’s 5G deployments, pre-integrated and tested on Dell and VMware infrastructure will help speed deployments, simplify and reduce barriers for deploying 5G while providing new capabilities,"... Continue Reading

February 26, 2020

The O-RAN Alliance (O-RAN) and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) have announced today a liaison agreement that ensures alignment in the shared focus area of developing interoperable open Radio Access Network (RAN) solutions.

The O-RAN Alliance is focused on the development of open, intelligent, virtualized and interoperable RAN specifications."... Continue Reading

February 25, 2020

The GSMA today announced winners of the 2020 Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards. The GLOMOs showcase those companies and individuals that are driving innovation in the rapidly evolving mobile industry.

“Our congratulations to all of the winners and nominees of the GSMA’s GLOMO Awards 2020,” said John Hoffman, CEO, GSMA"... Continue Reading

February 25, 2020

• The global adoption of O-RAN Alliance specifications by the industry is creating the foundation for the future of Radio Access Networks
• O-RAN growth continues, with Vodafone as the newest operator member
• 22 planned MWC demonstrations of O-RAN-based equipment implementations are being converted to an O-RAN virtual showcase

The O-RAN Alliance continues to gain momentum"... Continue Reading

February 24, 2020

KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait, the first to launch innovated digital services in Kuwait successfully concluded its sponsorship of ‘Made in Qatar 2020’ exhibition as the telecom sponsor. The exhibition was held in Kuwait from February 19 until February 22 at the Kuwait International Fairground with the participation of over 220 companies and factories from Qatar with the attendance of Ooredoo Kuwait"... Continue Reading

February 18, 2020

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, took part in the inauguration ceremony of the 12th International Invention Fair in the Middle East under the theme ‘Where Inventors Meet Investors.’ The event, which comes in strategic partnership with Zain, runs from 16-19 February at Al-Raya Ballroom in the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, and is held under the patronage of His Highness"... Continue Reading