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Oman’s telecommunications services provider Omantel, and Huawei, the global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, have collaborated to establish a regional ICT training center to support talent development in the Sultanate.

Viasat World has signed a renewal agreement with the telecommunication company Digi Group for the distribution of its channels on Digi TV’s digital cable, satellite, and Digi Online platforms in Hungary and Romania, and on IPTV in Hungary.

Truecaller, the Caller ID and telephone search engine, is rolling out a new feature called Smart SMS in Africa.

Swedish multinational telecommunications company and mobile network operator Telia Estonia said it now runs 5G services in more than 50 areas across Estonia.

Mexico’s rural communities are about to get a connectivity boost thanks to two satcoms-related businesses – ST Engineering iDirect and AXESS Networks – working alongside Altan, a major local operator.

The consumer durables and electronics manufacturer Arçelik Global has signed a strategic business agreement with Nokia and Türk Telekom to deploy the first private wireless network in Turkey.

ZTE Corporation together with China Mobile has deployed China's first "SPN&PTN Integration" demonstration project in Changde, Hunan province.

United Group has tapped Ekinops to build optical fibre networks for its Croatian subsidiary, Telemach Hrvastska.

Pakistan’s Jazz is implementing cloud communications provider Sinch’s managed SMS Firewall and application-to-person (A2P) service for domestic and international messaging traffic.

APAC region contributed nearly 60% of mobile gaming revenue in 2020, said a study. China accounted for the lion’s share of the global mobile gaming market.

Omantel has successfully tested the 5G High Band at its headquarters in Madinat al Irfan under the supervision of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Sultanate of Oman.

More 5G rollout news – this time from Slovenia, where operator Telemach has announced that it is rolling out a 5G network after gaining the necessary frequencies to offer wireless broadband through a national auction that took place in April this year.

Reliance Jio, the front-runner among the big three operators in India, can now claim another leading position: the use in a 5G field trial network of its own indigenously developed 5G equipment and technology in Mumbai.

Atos, which describes itself as a global leader in digital transformation, is to build a new data centre in Kenya.

Bahrain’s National Broadband Network BNET has selected Mobileum’s Active Intelligence Platform for risk management.

Veon’s Georgian mobile operator Beeline has chosen Nokia’s cloud-native software to modernise its core network throughout Georgia and to strengthen customer services, network performance and security as it extends its 4G network with 5G-ready equipment.

Bharti Airtel has turned on its 5G trial network in Gurgaon’s Cyber Hub in the Millennium city, reports local media outlets.

Philippines’ third major player in the telecommunications industry DITO Telecommunity Corporation is approaching the one-millionth subscriber mark a few months after its official launch in March.

The Iranian government has adopted major legislation to enable the government to take back control of physical hardware and transmission equipment used for the delivery of fixed data services.

Argentina is in the subsea cable news again. Late last week wholesale telecom service provider GlobeNet’s new subsea cable system Malbec, which connects Argentina and Brazil, was launched.

As part of what is described as an ambitious plan to strengthen Ghana as a maritime forerunner in West Africa, the Ghana Maritime Authority and Danish commercial satellite operator Sternula have announced a new partnership involving e-navigation connectivity.

Ooredoo Oman has launched super-fast, reliable 4G and 5G fixed wireless (FWA) access throughout the country, powered by Nokia.

Romanian cloud service provider ClusterPower will build the largest data centre in Romania and one of the largest in Europe in the southern part of Craiova.

The mobile operator Tele2, together with Nokia, launched a 5G test zone in the Kazan Metro, which thus became the first fifth-generation network in the Russian metro.

Colombia’s WOM announced that it has connected its 700MHz 4G network to 525 previously unserved rural areas.

IoT specialist Kerlink has partnered with wireless, real-time water-management systems provider WEGoT to expand and accelerate adoption of WEGoT’s solutions to help address serious water shortages in India.

Nepalese service provider Subisu has selected Nokia to modernise its 1500-kilometer backbone network stretching across East and West Nepal.

America Movil's Claro Uruguay unit began technical tests in 5G in the 28 GHz band in the country after receiving authorization from the Communication Services Regulatory Unit (URSEC).

PCCW Global's Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) submarine cable and PCCW Global have announced that they will deploy Infinera ICE6 optical engine equipment on the Mediterranean segment of the PEACE submarine cable system.

Claro Argentina, a part of the América Móvil group, has partnered with DOCOMO Digital, the integrator of digital app stores, to facilitate the purchase of applications and content with direct carrier billing (DCB), within the Samsung Galaxy Store, using Claro's pre-paid or post-paid accounts.

A 5G will be pilot launched in Kyrgyzstan by the end of 2021, according to Talant Kalykov, director of the State Communications Agency.