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On Tuesday, March 29, the second WEPs Network Meeting of 2023 was held at Estarta. This session was used by Estarta to demonstrate its dedication to advancing mental and physical well-being, as well as its commitment to pushing youth skill enhancement, training, and development.

Representatives from Estarta spoke at the event about their initiatives to foster a progressive and beneficial workplace environment for all staff members, irrespective of their gender. Among what was touched upon, it was highlighted that Estarta prioritizes the training and development of its employees. To assist staff members in gaining new abilities and information to further their professions, it has provided many resources, such as the training academy and the Tafila Skill Center. These initiatives help build a skilled and well-rounded workforce on top of enabling individual employees to excel.

It was also underscored that Estarta is conscious of the importance of its workers’ overall well-being. Because of this, the company makes great efforts to implement a number of activities that support both physical and emotional wellness.

Ultimately, Estarta is an organization that genuinely cares about its workers and their welfare. Hence, the session emphasized the practices and policies that support Estartans as a whole.

A new series of reports from Arab Advisors Group has been released to provide an analysis of MENA’s cellular market with regards to OTT services. Arab Advisors Group conducted a comprehensive analysis of the OTT offerings by each cellular operator. Arab Advisors Group analyzed the offerings based on associated features and benefits, validities, as well as applied fees. Fees’ analysis highlights outlier figures, end of spectrum values, and averages to offer in-depth evaluation. Comparisons across the four parts of the MENA region were carried, weighing up each country’s offerings against its counterparts in its respective region.

Over-the-top (“OTT”) services bypass cable, broadcast, and satellite television platforms, providers that traditionally acted as distributors of such services. OTT providers are offering the same staple services of messaging, voice and video calls that used to be the domain of cellular operators. This bred a fierce competition between cellular operators and OTT providers. MENA’s cellular operators undertook diverse measures in response to this phenomenon. Measures include partnering with OTT providers, investing in or acquiring OTT providers, or through providing offerings with dedicated Internet consumption for OTT applications.

Arab Advisors Group released a new series of reports: Cellular Operators’ Expansions in the OTT Realm: The GCC and Yemen, The Levant Region, The Maghreb Region, and Egypt and Sudan. The reports, which were released in February and March 2023, answer the following questions:

• How did each region’s cellular markets change for the period between 2017 and 2022?
• What steps have the operators taken to hedge against the negative implications of OTT services?
• What OTT offerings have been provided to subscribers by the cellular operators in each region in 2022?
• How did cellular operators’ OTT offerings across each region differ with respect to fees, benefits, and validities?

Arab Advisors Group analyzed the OTT offerings of a total 53 cellular operators across MENA. The four geographical groups of the MENA region have responded differently to the increasing popularity of OTT services. According to Arab Advisors Group’s reports, the effects of the varying responses across MENA have been reflected on respective cellular market indicators. One of the four regions alone offered a combined sum of 310 cellular offerings bundled with OTT services (OTT bundles) and 54 standalone OTT offerings during December 2022.

Arab Advisors Group published four individual reports pertaining to each region (The GCC and Yemen, The Maghreb, The Levant, and Egypt and Sudan) with separate data sheets detailing all OTT offerings per region.

Please contact Arab Advisors Group for more details or to get a copy of the reports’ Table of Contents.

The reports were released to Arab Advisors Group’s subscribers and can be purchased for a fee of US$ 6,000 each.

Arab Advisors Group’s team of analysts in the region produced over 5,800 reports on the Arab World’s communications, media and financial markets. The reports can be purchased individually or received through an annual subscription to Arab Advisors Group’s (www.arabadvisors.com) Strategic Research Services (Media and Telecom).

To date, Arab Advisors Group serves over 965 global and regional companies by providing reliable research analysis and forecasts of Arab communications markets to these clients. Some of our clients can be viewed on https://arabadvisors.com/client-list

AMMAN, JORDAN – Arab Advisors Group, the Arab region’s leading independent market research, analysis and consulting company, is proud to announce that early bird registration for its upcoming 5G Summit is now open. With the summit taking place on June 6, 2023, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Amman, Jordan, the early bird registration is open till April 30, 2023.

Our Summit is the place for thought leaders, stakeholders, C-Level executives and Directors to come together and share their expertise about the true promises and the challenges of a viable 5G launch. Handpicked industry experts taking part in our event include speakers from the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, GSMA, SAMENA Telecommunications Council, National Cyber Security Center, Google, Pie, and Arcadis.

“We believe that the 5G Summit will be ideal to discuss MENA challenges and opportunities of the 5G ecosystem” said Fayez Abu Awad, Chief Advisor to the Board at Arab Advisors Group, “We encourage experts and companies in the related fields to join us. We look forward to seeing all our partners and industry experts there!”.

To learn more about the summit and the early bird discounts, please visit http://www.5gsummit.me/.

About Arab Advisors Group:

Arab Advisors Group is a specialized research, consulting, and training firm focused on the communications, media, and technology markets throughout the Arab World (MENA) region. Arab Advisors Group’s team of analysts provides reliable research-based analysis to help clients make informed strategic decisions. For more information, please visit www.arabadvisors.com.

For more details please contact us:

Rula Jabr

Senior Business Development Officer

Rula.jabr@arabadvisors.com

Flat6Labs Seed Program brought in top-notch international consultants, coaches, and mentors to work closely with each of the startup teams, empowering them to achieve their business goals.

The program facilitated networking opportunities to help the startups build and grow their networks and connect to global leaders.

The seven startup teams have been working over the past four months on growing their customer base, refining their offerings, expanding to new markets, and building strategic partnerships

where the seven Jordanian startup founders showcased their innovative products and solutions to an enthusiastic audience, including investors from Jordan and the region, representatives from entrepreneur support organizations, and the development community.

The startups operate across multiple sectors, including FinTech, HealthTech, FoodTech, FashionTech, AutoTech, and LogTech.

We are very elated to announce that Estarta is now certified among the “Best Places to Work” as of March 2023. This is a huge milestone for the company and its employees.

The Best Places to Work Award serves as a gold standard for excellence in employee satisfaction and involvement as well as a testament to the company’s workplace culture. Companies that exhibit a dedication to fostering a favorable work environment and a healthy culture of employee relations as well as advancement are given the award.

It is important to realize that this award is more than just a decoration to display on the wall; it is a testament to the company’s corporate ideals and its staff’s dedication. Thus, Estarta is very proud of this accomplishment and will strive to sustain it.

The award also corroborates the efforts made to promote the wellbeing, professional and personal growth, and overall job satisfaction of the workforce. As a result, a work environment that promotes a friendly and collaborative culture is developed, allowing for a high employee retention rate. This is especially crucial in the ICT sector.

We want to close by expressing our sincere gratitude to each and every one of the employees for helping make Estarta a top workplace. Here’s to many more achievements in the near future!

For more details regarding the “Best Places to Work” award, simply visit the website at https://bestplacestoworkfor.org/.

Hadhramout Commercial Bank (HCB) has successfully gone live on ICS BANKS® Awards-winning, Innovative Core banking, Digital Banking, and Islamic Banking solutions from ICS Financial Systems, (ICSFS), the global software and services provider for banks and financial institutions.

 Hadhramout Commercial Bank is a newly established Yemeni bank with a mission to become a leader in providing modern banking and financial services specifically catered for individuals and businesses from all sectors and aiming to support the recovery and flourishment of the Economic climate in Yemen.