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• August 2023: Integrated Telecom Company (SALAM) collaborated with Oracle to drive 5G innovation across the Middle East. Salam will utilize Oracle Communications’ monetization and unified operations solutions to help quickly deliver differentiated services to its consumer and enterprise customers. The company aims to provide customer-centric offers that help create a digital society aligned with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 digital transformation plans.
• September 2023: Zain KSA unveiled new developments on the 5G-advanced network in collaboration with Huawei at the 5.5G City Summit held in Riyadh. With this collaboration, both companies started working on the 5.5G City Innovation Project, which unlock the transformative evolution of beyond-5G technologies. By exploring 5.5G characteristics, companies aim to surpass the 300Mbps FWA speed. It would support the demand for high-speed internet in the country, driving the market in Saudi Arabia.

• April 2023: The Government of India has launched 254 '4G mobile towers' in LAC villages in Arunachal Pradesh. Further, these 254 towers will provide 4G coverage in 336 villages, including several areas that have remained unconnected since Independence. Most of these towers are located in the villages bordering China to counter foreign telecom penetration. Furthermore, with the launch of this service, over 70 thousand people are expected to be benefitted.
• April 2023: Saudi Telecom Company (STC)'s subsidiary, Tawal, has reached an agreement to acquire the tower infrastructure of United Group for Euro 1.22 billion (USD 1.34 billion). The acquisition will include the United Group's infrastructure unit in Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Croatia, providing around 4,800 towers. Furthermore, this strategic acquisition aligns with Tawal's aim of expanding its international presence in key markets with promising growth potential within the STC Group.

• March 2023: OE Solutions is introducing two new Digital Coherent Optical (DCO) transceiver modules for access network applications: the 100G QSFP-DD DCO and the 100G/200G CFP2 DCO, both of which have EDFA booster amplifiers and movable optical filters. Digital coherent optical transceivers are well suited to meet the requirements of next-generation aggregation networks supporting primarily 5G wireless networks, Distributed Access Architectures (DAA), and high bandwidth enterprise services due to their high tolerance for diverse fiber characteristics frequently seen in edge networks. While a single wavelength often suffices short-term demands in edge networks, DCO transceiver technology allows simple initial implementation and upgrades as demand increases in the coming years.
• September 2022: The 50G SFP56 transceiver portfolio was enhanced by Eoptolink Technology Inc., Ltd., a top provider of optical transceiver solutions and services. Longer reaches up to 40km and tri-rate support are now part of the upgraded offering. Both duplex and single-fiber optical transceivers are available in the 50G portfolio. Tri-rate capability is supported by all models, allowing them to carry either 50G, 25G, or 10G Ethernet.
• March 2022: According to the company, Broadcom's 100G/lane Optical PAM-4 DSP PHY achieved record-breaking efficiency for pluggable transceiver modules. The company announced the demonstration of its 100G/lane optical PAM-4 DSP PHY with an integrated trans-impedance amplifier and high-swing laser driver, BCM87412, optimized for 400G DR4/FR4 module applications.

• In October 2022, Rogers Business unveiled the next stage of its strategic alliance with Microsoft for the first time in the world. After launching Operator Connect as the sole Canadian supplier last year, Rogers Business is the first operator to offer Canadians the newest hybrid work solutions from Microsoft. Critical solutions for Canadian organizations are expected to be delivered by the strength and performance of Rogers' 5G wireless network with Microsoft Azure's cloud architecture.
• In September 2022, Bell declared the availability of Bell Fibe Gigabit 8.0, giving consumers access to the fastest internet speeds in North America from the comfort of their homes. Bell's pure fiber Internet Gigabit 8.0 service, which offers symmetrical download and upload speeds of 8 Gbps, would now be accessible in Toronto's eligible areas. Bell's Giga Hub, which features the most recent Wi-Fi 6E technology, will also be available to consumers in Ontario and Québec.

• September 2022: AT&T unveiled its collaboration with Ford, thereby promising to deliver 5G Connectivity to the heavy-duty 2023 models of Ford. This ensures faster navigation, mapping, and audio downloads with AT&T 5G and enables Ford Power-Up software upgrades to be downloaded easily. This development will help the vehicle get better over time.
• August 2022: in association with Canva and Meta, T-Mobile launched an offer for small business enterprises to improve their marketing for free with user-friendly, skilled design and advertising resources. Through the end of the year, T-Mobile is providing Canva Pro on Us to ALL qualified small business customers, in addition to USD 200 in free Facebook and Instagram advertising.

• September 2022: Cloudflare Inc. announced the Cloudflare Zero Trust SIM, the first solution to secure every data packet leaving mobile devices. Organizations will effectively integrate devices with Cloudflare's Zero Trust platform and will be able to quickly and securely connect employee devices to Cloudflare's global network. Along with this, they can also prevent their network and employees no matter where they work with the help of Zero Trust SIM.
• July 2022: ORANGE and MASMOVIL agreed to merge their operations in Spain. The formation of a joint company combines the forces of ORANGE and MASMOVIL into a single, stronger operator, allowing for investments in 5G and Fiber that would benefit customers throughout Spain.
• March 2022: Lebara, a telecommunications firm focused on the ethnic market, began migrating to Telefónica, Germany, in mid-May and introduced the new "Hello!" tariff world. By June 30, all subscribers are expected to have received a new SIM card and gradually transferred to the Telefónica network. This not only improves their offer but also provides them with significant quality of service. With the network conversion, Lebara is evolving into a full-fledged and independent mobile communications provider capable of serving its customers' demands and worldwide lifestyles more flexibly and thoughtfully.

• March 2023: Onsemi announced the launch of a new, innovative image sensor – the AR0822. The device features an embedded High Dynamic Range (HDR) and optimized near-infrared response, necessary for applications in harsh lighting conditions such as security and surveillance, body cameras, doorbell cameras, and robotics. The sensor’s low-power architecture and Wake-on-Motion features are designed to significantly reduce system power consumption. The AR0822 is an 8-megapixel stacked 1/1.8-inch (8.81mm diagonal) back-side illuminated CMOS digital image sensor based on a 2.0 µm pixel. It boasts an active-pixel array of 3840 (H) x 2160 (V) and can capture 4K video at 60 frames-per-second, offering image capture in either linear or eHDR modes (120 dB) with a rolling-shutter readout.
• January 2023: Canon Inc. announced the development of a 1.0-inch, back-illuminated stacked CMOS sensor for monitoring applications. This sensor achieves an effective pixel count of approximately 12.6 million pixels (4,152 x 3,024) and provides a dynamic range of 148 decibels. Notably, the new sensor divides the image into 736 areas and autonomously determines the best exposure settings for each area.

• August 2023: Integrated Telecom Company (SALAM) collaborated with Oracle to drive 5G innovation across the Middle East. Salam will utilize Oracle Communications’ monetization and unified operations solutions to help quickly deliver differentiated services to its consumer and enterprise customers. The company aims to provide customer-centric offers that help create a digital society aligned with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 digital transformation plans.
• September 2023: Zain KSA unveiled new developments on the 5G-advanced network in collaboration with Huawei at the 5.5G City Summit held in Riyadh. With this collaboration, both companies started working on the 5.5G City Innovation Project, which unlock the transformative evolution of beyond-5G technologies. By exploring 5.5G characteristics, companies aim to surpass the 300Mbps FWA speed. It would support the demand for high-speed internet in the country, driving the market in Saudi Arabia.

• April 2023: The Government of India has launched 254 '4G mobile towers' in LAC villages in Arunachal Pradesh. Further, these 254 towers will provide 4G coverage in 336 villages, including several areas that have remained unconnected since Independence. Most of these towers are located in the villages bordering China to counter foreign telecom penetration. Furthermore, with the launch of this service, over 70 thousand people are expected to be benefitted.
• April 2023: Saudi Telecom Company (STC)'s subsidiary, Tawal, has reached an agreement to acquire the tower infrastructure of United Group for Euro 1.22 billion (USD 1.34 billion). The acquisition will include the United Group's infrastructure unit in Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Croatia, providing around 4,800 towers. Furthermore, this strategic acquisition aligns with Tawal's aim of expanding its international presence in key markets with promising growth potential within the STC Group.

• August 2022: Low6, the award-winning global leader in sports gamification, partnered with SCCG. The famous gaming industry investment and management firm will assist with identifying and facilitating North American-based Sports Betting Operators interested in leveraging Low6's technology to recruit new consumers.
• March 2022: NSoft, was committed to always providing the finest customer-centric solutions to its partners worldwide. It accelerated the growth of its gamification offer and engagement strategy by adding Ziqni to its operator portfolio. NSoft received a robust and easy-to-use solution through the Ziqni platform as part of the exclusive partnership, allowing it to provide a powerful and highly configurable gamification solution for its iGaming and Casino business partners.