In the hopes of accelerating the adoption and deployment of Wi-Fi6E in Saudi Arabia, the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has published its ‘WLAN Regulations’, which strengthens the Kingdom’s regional and global leadership in the field Wi-Fi and license-exempt technologies, activates the latest generation of high-speed telecommunication technologies in the Kingdom, and enables the use of emerging and future technologies.

Read more: CITC brings out ‘WLAN Regulations’ for speedy Wi-Fi technology adoption

On the sidelines of the first edition of The Red Sea Maritime Transport and Logistics Conference (RSMTL) hosted by Egypt, Benya Marine, part of Benya Group –ICT infrastructure and digital transformation leader in Egypt, Africa and the Middle East – has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Egypt’s first smart university Galala University.

Read more: Benya partners with Egypt’s first smart university

A GSMA research finds that 5G mobile network services in the mid-band spectrum range could add more than $610 billion to global GDP by 2030. This analysis shows the extent to which government policies that prioritize the mid-band 5G spectrum can aid economic development strategies for the years ahead.

Read more: Mid-band 5G could deliver $610 bln GDP growth by 2030

Significant investments are being made around distributed edge technologies and in moving the network and compute platforms near to the consumer of the applications as the enterprise and consumer business demands bigger and better service and experience.

Read more: AI innovation at the Edge

MEF has launched its LSO Marketplace, a set of resources designed to accelerate the evaluation and implementation of MEF lifecycle service orchestration (LSO) APIs for automating service provider and enterprise business transactions. Moreover, the Celine LSO API Framework release is now available, adding a new service provisioning developer guide and features such as incident management and security profiles.

Read more: MEF launches LSO Marketplace and new LSO API Framework

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.

Read more: MWC22 Barcelona: There’s potential everywhere, says GSMA

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.

Read more: Meta may halt services in Europe over data-sharing dispute

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.

Read more: TRA set to drive network improvement in Oman with Ookla’s solutions

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