Volume 11, May, 2020 A SAMENA Telecommunications Council Publication www.samenacouncil.org S AMENA TRENDS FOR SAMENA TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL'S MEMBERS BUILDING DIGITAL ECONOMIES 46 Creating the Network You Need to Support New Ways of Working 57 Digital Workspaces: Enabling the New Normal 80 COVID-19: Contact Tracing Mobile Apps and Data Sharing Practices in MENA 91 Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security 94 A Digital Entertainment Leap into the Future Fueled by COVID-19 105 How ICT Service Providers Can Turn Pandemic Threats into Opportunities THIS MONTH DATA USAGE LANDSCAPE AMIDST COVID-19 VOLUME 11, MAY, 2020 Contributing Editors Knowledge Contributions Subscriptions Izhar Ahmad Arthur D. Little
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[email protected] Bocar A. BA Strategy& Tel: +971.4.364.2700 Tech Mahindra Publisher SAMENA Telecommunications Council CONTENTS 04 EDITORIAL FEATURED 12 REGIONAL & MEMBERS UPDATES Members News Regional News 61 SATELLITE UPDATES Satellite News 76 WHOLESALE UPDATES Wholesale News 06 Policy, Regulation, and 83 TECHNOLOGY UPDATES Governance Considerations in the Wake of 5G Adoption The SAMENA TRENDS eMagazine is wholly Technology News owned and operated by The SAMENA Telecommunications Council (SAMENA 95 REGULATORY & POLICY UPDATES SAMENA COUNCIL ACTIVITY Council). Information in the eMagazine is Regulatory News 09 From COVID-19 to not intended as professional services advice, and SAMENA Council disclaims any liability A Snapshot of Regulatory CONNECT-2030: Celebrating for use of specific information or results Activities in the SAMENA Region the World Telecommunication thereof.