Karim Husami

Journalist for 8 years in print media, with a bachelor degree in Political Science and International Affairs. Masters in Media communications.

Brazil Approves Exploration of Satellites by SpaceX and Swarm until 2027

Anatel (A National Telecommunications Agency) granted satellite exploration rights, late last week, to both companies SpaceX and Swarm.   As such, Space Exploration Holdings, through its legal representative Starlink Brazil Holding Ltda, now has the right to explore the Starlink non-geostationary satellite system until March 2027.   On the other hand, Anatel granted the right to Swarm […]

Yahoo Japan to go dark in Europe, Except for Mails and Credit Cards

Yahoo Japan announced that most of its online services would no longer be accessible in the European Economic Area and the UK, starting April 6th.  However, the company’s email, credit card, and ebook services will continue to be available, but everything else is going dark.   The main reason behind that decision is the cost of […]

Huawei Retains 5G RAN Leadership

Huawei’s 5G RAN portfolio was rated a leader for the third year in a row in GlobalData’s recent H2 2021 report 5G RAN: Competitive Landscape Assessment.    In the H2 2021 report, Huawei’s product portfolio exceeded its competitors in all four criteria: radio unit portfolio breadth, baseband unit (BBU) capacity, ease of installation, and technological evolution.   […]

5Gi to Become Essential to 5G Standards for India, Other Countries

India’s 5G technology standard became part of global standards that companies will adopt locally and worldwide, a senior official of Indian telecom standards body TSDSI said late last week.   “In a significant development, stakeholders across the globe, that came together last week at the RAN plenary meeting of global standards development body 3GPP, have agreed […]

Saudi Telco, Zain's Net Profit Drops 18%

Mobile Telecommunication Company Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) reported a net profit after Zakat and tax of $ 57 million for 2021, down 18 percent from $69 million a year earlier.  In addition, it has seen a 17.7 percent decrease in net profit in 2021 as COVID-19 driven repercussions weighed on revenues.  The company explained that […]

In an Unprecedent Step, India Abandons 5Gi

In a surprise move, India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has decided to abandon 5Gi, as the local standard is known.  While this follows opposition from telecommunications companies worried about compatibility issues involving 3GPP’s 5G and India’s 5Gi, there should have been testing, equipment, manufacturing and software costs involved.  In addition, the Telecommunications Standards Development Society […]

Deutsche Telekom Introduces 5G Campus Network Service Across Europe

Together with telecom titan Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom has extended its campus network portfolio, in addition to offering a location-specific 5G mobile networks for companies based on 5G Standalone Technology (5G SA). As such, the new campus network offering is based on a local 5G infrastructure that is exclusively available for the customer’s digital applications. The […]

Nokia completes new 5G mobile broadband speed record of 3Gbps

Nokia, China Mobile (CMCC) and MediaTek has successfully achieved, in a joint trial, a new Standalone 5G (SA) download speed record of 2.94Gbps (Gigabits per second).  The trial isn’t as fast as some previous tests, however, it was achieved using modest amounts of spectrum within the common 700MHz and 2.6GHz bands.  “Achieved a new 5G […]

True and DTAC Set to Merge Before End of Q1, 2022

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) confirmed that the merger between DTAC and True Corporation is supposed to move forward, with the company’ accepting confirmation of their intent.   The merger is expected to close in Q1 2022, according to local outlet prachachat.net, especially after receiving approval from the operators’ respective boards of executives on 19th November […]