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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 28, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Member News
 
 
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
 
CRTC offers broadband fund consultation
To supersede Canada’s existing basic telephony subsidy scheme, the Canadian Radio-television & Telecommunications Commission started a consultation to hammer out the details of its planned broadband fund...
 
TRAI plans to frame rules for new-entrant mobile operators
Telecom Regulator TRAI is planning to come out with rules for the new entrant in the sector for testing their services before commercial launch...
 
Romanian telecom regulator inreases the number of stations
Romania’s communications authority ANCOM launched an action for the purchase of 50 stations for monitoring the electrical radiation generated by these antennas, as well as power lines...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Belfast tops list of UK's best mobile networks
According to a report, Belfast ranked first for network speed, data and text performance, giving it the edge over Manchester in terms of overall performance…
 
Globe set to boost LTE deployment
Globe Telecom enhanced its mobile Internet speed as it ramps up its deployment of long-term evolution (LTE) services across the country...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
IPTV tops the Spanish pay TV market
IPTV is dominating the Spanish pay-TV market as it exceeds the six-million barrier for the first time ever…
 
The Mobile Connect authentication platform launched
Singtel, Starhub and M1 customers will soon be able to log in to a range of apps without providing a username or password; thanks to the implementation of the Mobile Connect authentication platform, all they will need is...
 
CTE seals four OTT carriage deals in Asia
Pay-TV channel operator Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) has announced a raft of new over-the-top (OTT) carriage deals in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Eir underlines fiber rollout progress
Irish fixed line incumbent eir has highlighted the progress made so far with its fiber-based rollout, revealing that it has now passed 1.6 million premises with FTTx technologies…
 
NGCP supports admin’s national broadband program
NGCP fully supports the government’s efforts in creating a national broadband plan for the Philippines...
 
IPG Mediabrands brings mTraction to Indonesia
IPG Mediabrands has launched mTraction TV Sync, a collaboration between Affle and the newly launched full-service mobile marketing and technology agency IPG Mediabrands Ansible in Indonesia...
 
 
Middle East
 
Vodafone boosts investment in Qatar
In a bid to launch a range of innovative products and services such as their IoT solutions, Vodafone has invested QR1 billion in the past 24 months to boost the network in Qatar...
 
Huawei's OpenLab Dubai officially starts work
Huawei has announced the launch of its OpenLab Dubai, UAE, its first to serve customers and partners in the Middle East, and an important part of Huawei's Global Open Lab programme…
 
Dubai focuses on future, cybersecurity
As Dubai races toward a future of self-driving cars, drones and cybersecurity is becoming a growing concern, the sheikhdom is hosting a cybersecurity conference this week in this regard...
 
South Asia
 
Uber launches services in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan
App based service, Uber has started offering its services in Islamabad and Rawalpind which customers can avail after downloading Uber’s app...
 
Mobile app of Youth Opportunities launched
With the vision of building Digital Bangladesh, the mobile application of a Bangladesh-based international youth startup has been officially launched…
 
Telenor Pakistan conducts awareness session
To encourage Pakistani girls in ICT sector, Telenor Pakistan celebrated the ‘International Girls in ICT Day’ where it held an awareness session for female students at Islamabad...
 
North Africa
 
NXP offers eDL, vehicle registration smartcards to Algeria
In order to digitalize the system of public services, NXP delivered eDL and vehicle registration smartcards to Algeria…
 
Telecom operators identify methods for fast-track broadband penetration
Telecommunications operators in Nigeria highlighted the areas that need to be focused on to achieve the 30 percent broadband penetration target next year...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
IAR Systems plan investment in IoT security
IAR Systems signed an alliance with Secure Thingz, a provider of advanced security solutions focused on the Internet of Things (IoT) and has acquired an initial 10 percent equity stake in the company...
 
India plans to launch 5G by 2022
India is planning to launch 5G by 2022, which is two years behind the global economy...
 
MACBAN leverage telecom data on members’ identification
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has commenced the data bank profiling of its members for easier identification across the country...
 
Nordea inks partnership with Swedish mobile payment startup
Swedish bank Nordea has continued its policy of financial technology (fintech) collaboration by forming a partnership with Stockholm-based payments startup Betalo to expand its mobile offering...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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