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    Sonatel launches Orange 5G in Senegal 

    5G & Beyond
    Orange money and network upgrades to 4G are both boosting subscriber numbers as well
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    Ooredoo Qatar, Nokia formalise commitment to sustainability

    Sustainability
    MoU hailed as "a cornerstone in our journey towards achieving the goals of Qatar’s National Vision 2030"
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    AWS to create new infra region in Saudi, pledging to invest $5.3bn

    Automation/AI
    Launch is scheduled for 2026 but the emphasis is on investment in upskilling, grants and mentoring with the aim of driving cloud adoption
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    Orange partners Microsoft to target SMEs in the Middle East and Africa 

    Digital Platforms & APIs
    The carrier also signs deal with World Bank to boost its mobile money offer in the region
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    solutions by stc signs an Open RAN agreement with Mavenir

    5G & Beyond
    They plan to launch Saudi Arabia’s first commercial Open RAN infrastructure in 2024
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    Turkcell partners to boost edge content delivery

    5G & Beyond
    Working with Qwilt and Cisco, it wants to improve streaming quality and data delivery for its 38.2m mobile and 3.1m fixed broadband subscribers
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    Airtel Africa launches wholesale fibre unit Telesonic 

    Middle East & Africa
    The move follows its December launch of a new data centre business called Nxtra
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    MTN South Africa and Huawei complete 800G optical network deployment 

    Digital Platforms & APIs
    Data centre connect network links Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town
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    E&, Telecom Egypt announce cable to India and Indonesia 

    Digital Platforms & APIs
    Indonesian partner Telin named but Indian telco partner has not been named despite being at the signing
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    e& to land 2Africa subsea cable in UAE 

    Digital Platforms & APIs
    Operator also expands SmartHub data centre network to Abu Dhabi
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    Court tells Maroc Telecom to pay Inwi $636m in antitrust case

    5G & Beyond
    The Royal-backed number three telco claimed unfair competition practices
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    Ethio Telecom posts 14% rise in 1H as financial services drive growth 

    5G & Beyond
    The telco’s Telebirr service proves popular as the telco shrugs off foreign investment hurdles for now
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    Telecom Egypt gets 5G licence and readies to take on the big players 

    5G & Beyond
    Reported tower sale will spur 5G competition from the smallest mobile operator as it chases market share
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    Vodafone’s techco _VOIS readies for April ‘relaunch’ with new CEO

    Automation/AI
    The new phase follows the announcement of a strategic partnership with Accenture last autumn
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    Defining the future for 6GHz, 6G, satellites and more WRC-2023

    5G & Beyond
    The World Radio Conference 2023 (WRC-23) concluded in December and was attended by more than 3,900 delegates from 163 countries
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