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Industry News Briefing
April 20, 2017


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Recent Developments

•	STC to host SAMENA Council's ICT Regional Regulatory Summit on April 12th

•	Transformation, co-operation, and fulfilling requirements of each stakeholder key industry imperatives

•	SAMENA Council to host Telecom Leaders' Summit 2017 in Dubai

•	SAMENA Council, CITC collaborate for Regional Regulatory Summit in Riyadh

Policy and Regulation

•	More frequencies set to be auctioned in Taiwan According to the National Communications Commission, the government is scheduled to release more frequency bands for the further development of 4G telecom services through a public auction…

•	NTA finalizes Quality Guidelines Nepal Telecommunications Authority is planning to implement the new Quality Guidelines for telecom companies from July…

•	TRA teams up with Dubai Police to cooperate in information security In order to resolve related issues, the Telecommunications Regularity Authority signed a deal with Dubai Police General HQ to boost cooperation in fields of information security…

•	IT Authority investigates public awareness on eGovernment services Information Technology Authority is conducting a survey on “Measuring the Public Awareness on eGovernment Services” during the period from April 20 to 22, 2017…

Middle East

•	Vodafone Turkey performs LTE call over local base station Vodafone Turkey carried out an international conference with VoLTE technology over the 4.5G pilot indigenously developed base station which is part of the ULAK project…

•	Virgin Mobile MEA hits 3.5m customers Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa has hit 3.5 million customers, making it the MVNO leader in the MEA region…

•	Q-Post teams up with Turkish Post for e-commerce To allow international shopping and shipping service directly from Turkey, Qatar Postal Service Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkish Post in the area of e-commerce…

South Asia

•	SLT makes investment to enhance social media experience In a move to the improve the quality of SLT Broadband services, Sri Lanka Telecom made a key investment for the National Internet Infrastructure and all social media users…

•	Innefu Labs to step into Bangladesh & Sri Lanka markets Artificial intelligence startup Innefu Labs is planning to enter into Bangladesh and Sri Lanka markets to enhance its AI platform for predictive intelligence and facial biometrics…

•	SBP studying new technology to stop cybercrime In order to keep digital payment system protected against cybercrimes, the State Bank of Pakistan is researching on a new technology solution model…

3G and 4G Networks

•	Samsung, SK Telecom launch LTE-R service To allow smooth mission-critical communications and control centres using real-time multimedia group calls, Samsung and SK Telecom presented Korea's first LTE-Railway (LTE-R) service on the 41 kilometer Busan Metro...

•	SKT all set to offer ultra-fast 4.5G LTE network SK Telecom has decided to offer an ultra-fast Long Term Evolution network that is around nine times faster than conventional LTE speeds in the country next month…

•	Mobile 4G LTE service gains momentum 4G LTE services in Trinidad and Tobago are seeing growth as more customers are enjoying access to fourth generation 4G services...

North Africa

•	Moroccan business leaders hold meeting on Insurance Technology Moroccan business leaders gathered at a meeting and decided reinventing the customer experience in the digital era with latest digital technologies…

•	First Nigerian developed smartphone launched In a bid to democratize technology, by offering affordable innovations, Contec Global Group announced the launch of AfriOne through its subsidiary AfriOne Limited…

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	PayPal, Google inks deal for digital wallet To strengthen Android Pay mobile platform for offline payments, PayPal and Google have signed an agreement for digital wallet…

•	MBank presents mobile app with Android Pay functionality Poland's mBank launched a mobile application with the Android Pay functionality, the possibility of logging in with a fingerprint, also on the Android platform, and a display of the client's spending…

•	Peepla launches live streaming platform In a bid to make experience sharing more convenient, a brand new live streaming platform of Peepla has recently been launched…

Alternative Telecom

•	First smart city launched in KSA To boost the efficiency and capabilities of the information technology environment of the City, ROYAL Commission of Yanbu, in collaboration with Etihad Etisalat launched the first smart city in Saudi Arabia at Yanbu…

•	World Bank assists Bangladesh e-governance services The World Bank has announced to provide US$74 million to improve the e-government services and air quality of Dhaka city…

•	Newsy, Verizon Cloud Video Unit boost OTT joint venture Verizon Digital Media Services enhanced expand deal with Newsy that will enable publishers to weave in content from OTT-delivered news service that’s tailored for younger audiences…

•	OTE tests FTTH network in Athens To offer broadband internet with VDSL and VDSL Vectoring, OTE is testing a new FTTH network in the capital Athens that supports 1Gbps speeds in the municipality…

Global Telecom Update

•	beCloud, Huawei reaches 2Gbps speeds in 5G test beCloud and Huawei have successfully displayed speeds of 2Gbps in their 5G technology test zone at the TIBO-2017 telecoms event in Minsk…

•	Foreign investment surges in Myanmar telecoms Foreign investment in Myanmar's transportation and telecommunications sectors surged to $3.08 billion…

•	NI partners with AT&T on mmWave channel sounder for 5G National Instruments teamed up with telecommunications giant AT&T to develop a 5G mmWave channel measurement tool…

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