GSMA has revealed the event highlights for MWC22 Barcelona. The show theme, Connectivity Unleashed, explores 5G Connect sponsored by Salesforce, Advancing AI, Internet of Everything, CloudNet sponsored by Kyndryl, FinTech, and the Tech Horizon.
The 5G C-band deployment in the US has been put out of its airplane mode, but still with restrictions. It has been weeks of back and forth negotiations between the telecom operators involved and the aviation players just to kickoff the midband spectrum on air.
Facebook and Instagram may be shut down across Europe, parent company Meta has said. The issue comes down to European data regulations that prevent Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, from transferring, storing and processing Europeans’ data on US-based servers.
The cellular chipset market has evolved, with more 5G chipsets becoming more available. These 5G chipsets are an integral part of smartphones, tablets, C-V2X devices, and CPEs, among other 5G-enabled products.
The telecommunications regulatory authority of the sultanate of Oman (TRA) and Ookla are engaging in a collaborative arrangement as part of TRA’s aim to leverage the latest technologies and up-to-date insights for understanding mobile and fixed broadband performance across Oman.
Application programming interfaces (APIs) are widely used in IT and telecom as the need for a secure exposure platform arises to make the development easier, brings agility to the creation of services, and hides complexity. This makes APIs an obvious choice for providers to implement over-restrictive and expensive integration techniques.
By Hesham Fayed, vice president - head of sales Middle East & Turkey, Atos
The tremendous growth in mobile phone usage worldwide and a number of trends will underpin the continued emergence of a 5G market that uses the millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum.
The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) issued the UAE Digital Transformation Enablers Report. The report includes the milestones of the digital transformation process in the UAE since its establishment. The report also highlights briefly TDRA’s role in empowering government entities and society throughout the process of digital transformation. This role is consistent with TDRA’s mandate to work on two parallel and integrated tracks, which are to regulate and enable the ICT sector on the one hand, and digital transformation on the other hand.
In a one of a kind virtual event hosted by the Kingdom of Bahrain on 25-26 January, over Zoom, WomenTech Leaders was the most important meeting for women leaders in the field of technology from more than 20 countries. Women leaders shared their experiences besides the challenges they face in the society and in their work field.
