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Orange Egypt and Avaya boost distance learning initiatives, as Egypt ramps up response to Covid19 pandemic

Orange Egypt has announced that it will partner with Avaya to ramp up its distance learning capabilities, following the Egyptian government’s decision to close all schools and universities in the country. As part of the new collaboration agreement, Avaya will offer educational institutions in Egypt full-feature access to its flagship collaboration app, Avaya Spaces, for […]

Evolv™ Hardened Connectivity Solutions

Next-generation passive optical and 5G networks are connecting more people and devices all over the globe. Our world is getting smaller, creating a need for more fiber connections in existing, congested spaces. Is your network ready to meet the needs of this smaller world? Evolving your network is as easy as “Push. Click. Connected.” Corning, the […]

Corona proposed Contingency Plan

Dear Minister of Telecommunications As the chair of Smart city committee in FTTH council MENA region, I have been greatly impressed by your efforts in the CORONA crisis, you are driving us to join these efforts and present our full support. Having said that I am proposing the below contingency plan for your kind consideration. […]

PRYSMIAN GROUP LAUNCHES RECORD BREAKING CABLES FOR FTTX AND 5G NETWORKS

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, launches its Sirocco High Density range of microduct cables, providing world record diameters and fibre densities for blown microduct cables. The new range boasts fibre densities of up to 10.5 fibres per mm2, enabling increased fibre count cables to be offered for standard […]

STL awarded T-Fiber project to deliver digital infrastructure to 6 million rural citizens of Telangana

STL [NSE: STRTECH], a global data networks innovator, was recently awarded the mandate to create a high speed rural broadband network from Telangana Fiber Grid Corporation Ltd. (T-Fiber). Supporting the vision to establish a ‘Digital Telangana’, T-Fiber and STL will work together for enabling affordable and high-speed broadband connectivity to 6 million rural citizens in the […]

Mexican govt awards Prysmian USD38m broadband contract

which will see the state-backed utility firm extend broadband services to remote regions of the country. The agreement covers around 14,900km of cable, with local reports noting that the network will connect a total of 52 Mexican towns and cities. Source

Prysmian Group introduces breakthrough innovation for telecom broadband development

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, keeps sustaining future digital developments and introduces a bend insensitive single-mode optical fibre with 180µm outer diameter. Prysmian’s BendBrightXS 180µm will enable an unprecedented level of cable miniaturization and confirms Prysmian commitment to support the evolution of high-density optical networks. We’re living in a time of technological transformation. As […]

FTTH Council MENA: UAE becomes digital hub for innovation with global leadership in fiber optic network for a third year in a row

FTTH has reached 95.7 percent of homes across the UAE, maintaining the country’s position as a global leader in FTTH, according to the latest international report from the FTTH council. The council publishes its annual report that showcases the countries with the highest fiber optic network penetration globally. The report highlighted UAE as the number […]

Etisalat as the Fastest Mobile and Broadband Network in the Region

The ranking is based on analysis by Ookla of millions of tests actively initiated by customers across every network to check internet speeds using various applications on web and mobile platforms. The Speedtest awards™ for top network providers are determined using a ‘Speed Score’ that incorporates a measure of each provider’s network speeds (download and upload) […]

The ITC and SOFRECOM partnership to deploy fiber network in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Leader in information and communication technologies in Saudi Arabia and Sofrecom, a subsidiary of the Orange Group, specialized in Consulting and engineering in the telecommunications sector, are proud to announce that they have connected more than 400,000 households to the FTTH network. The partnership which started in 2017 between ITC and Sofrecom, leads to sharing […]

High-speed network delivered to Adelaide, Australia with TPG Telecom

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has partnered with TPG Telecom in the realisation of the “Ten Gigabit Adelaide” project in Australia, a revolutionary high-speed fibre optic data network specifically designed for big data users in Adelaide. Prysmian supplied TPG Telecom a solution which included its Flextube and MINISM@RT mini loose tube cables. […]

The MENA 4G/5G mini panorama