State-owned Saudi Telecom Company (STC) announced a $500 million partnership deal with venture capital fund eWTP Arabia Capital, and Alibaba Cloud to provide high-performance public cloud services in the Kingdom. Alibaba Cloud, which is the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, considers KSA as a strategic market for its operations in the GCC […]
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We streamed, we Zoomed, we ordered groceries and houseplants online, we created virtual villages while navigating laptop shortages to work and learn from home. In many ways, 2020’s pandemic-induced isolation threw our dependence on technology into overdrive, snipping away at our real-life connections while bringing digital relationships to the fore. But for every life-changing Zoom, […]
Following the rollout of several vaccines around the world, the once lost idea of traveling, going to the movies and concerts, and in-store shopping – is being currently revived with the development of a vaccine passport application. Companies and technology groups already started developing systems and smartphone apps that permit users to upload their coronavirus […]
Thailand’s dtac has selected Finnish telecoms company Nokia as its 5G RAN partner, ensuring that the company’s network performance is 5G-ready, with deployment expected to start later in the year with completion forecasted by 2022. Nokia has been in Thailand for over 30 years with the deployment of 2G, 3G and 4G networks and will […]
Sweden will rely on itself to set up its fifth generation of mobile networks infrastructure, excluding Chinese telecom titan Huawei from the construction efforts. The decision was made following a nationwide poll that addressed advancing human rights and democratic reforms, with China as its highest policy priority. The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) said […]
Nigeria’s Communications Commission (NCC) has extended the deadline for telcos to register mobile phone users who link their mobile SIM cards with their national ID numbers, according to a statement by the country’s ministry of communications and digital economy. The NCC had previously announced a week prior that telecoms operators would be given until December […]
The world we live in today is shaped by key events, discoveries, and technologies that have led us to a pivotal point in history. We are undergoing the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), dubbed Industry 4.0 which will symbolize our first step into the next generation. Before the 4IR can happen, several prerequistes need to be […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has made us more inclined toward digital payments, shying away from the exchange of hard currency due to our newfound hygiene awareness; it is here that contactless payments have quickly become the new norm. In Europe, Germans are increasingly ditching cash for hygiene reasons, according to Initiative Deutsche Zahlungssysteme e.V, a payment […]
At the close of 2019, telecoms operators around the globe set their strategies and laid out their plans for 2020, only to see them change almost overnight. As the industry looks at 2021, I think there’s a cautious optimism. We’ve seen what unexpected events can do to the global economy and how quickly the telecoms […]
How will 5G impact enterprise mobility in 2021? 5G will be a source of additional redundancy and diversity to company networks, providing much higher bandwidth and throughput. From a mobile perspective, 5G will allow several variations that need to be considered, such as 5G narrowband which will be great for IoT devices. End users looking […]