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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 1, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
National Transformation initiatives to be drafted based on public feedback
The Malaysian government wants to hear from the people about 2050 National Transformation (TN50) initiatives, so that TN50 will be drafted based on public feedback. It is important for Malaysians to contribute their views as Wawasan 2020 was drafted by public servants without consultation with the public. To develop the potential of our young people, we must first solve the network problem...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC Signs MOU With Optics Company To Deploy Fiber Optic Networks
Member Logo The agreement was signed by Dr. Khaled Bin Hussain Al Biyari, STC Group CEO and by Dr. Ahmed Sandi, Executive Chairman of Optics Company...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
BTRC set to measure mobile phone tower radiation
Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission has decided to buy two devices to measure the level of radiation emitted by mobile phone towers, on public health and environment…
 
National Transformation initiatives to be drafted based on public feedback
The Malaysian government wants to hear from the people about 2050 National Transformation (TN50) initiatives, so that TN50 will be drafted based on public feedback. It is important for Malaysians to contribute their views as...
 
TRAI reports boost in total telecom subscribers
According to TRAI, India's total telecom subscriber base grew to 1.18 billion by end of February…
 
South Asia
 
Robi, Ericsson accomplish LTE test in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi mobile operator Robi Axiata and Ericsson have completed a LTE technology trial in the Dhaka capital using1800 MHz and 2100 MHz spectrum and experienced high-speed mobile broadband speeds…
 
Nepal urged to allow Ncell to provide 4G services
The Development Committee has directed the Nepal government to allow the NCELL to offer 3G and 4G services, so the general customers can benefit from latest information and communication technology…
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Telstra expands 4G voice calls service
To give more regional and rural customers a mobile data connection, Telstra is rolling out new technology to introduce 4G voice calls to Taylors Arm…
 
Movistar Ecuador offers 4G service to Santo Domingo
Movistar Ecuador has launched 4G services in Santo Domingo, the country's fourth most populous city and capital of the Santo Domingo de losTsachilas province…
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Mobile apps accounted for 44% of retailers’ online traffic
According to the App Annie 2016 Retrospective, Mobile apps accounted for 44% of retailers’ online traffic and more than $220 billion in revenue last year…
 
Co-working mobile app launched
To provide online and offline platforms as a place for business players to grow and develop, Indonesian modern work space and co-working platform Rework offered Mobile app…
 
Alternative Telecom
 
SAP, Siemens ink cooperation agreements with Saudi Arabia
In a move to speed up kingdom's digital transformation plan, Siemens and SAP has signed cooperation deals with Saudi Arabia…
 
NGCP to support broadband project
National Grid Corp has decided to support the national broadband network project of the Department of Information and Communications Technology…
 
Paymark, TNS expand New Zealand payments infrastructure
In a move to reinforce its EFTPOS services with a new range of alternative, feature rich and highly reliable payment solutions, Paymark, has teamed up with Transaction Network Services…
 
 
Middle East
 
UAE, Qatar and Saudi lead Arab world in connectivity
UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia remain top ‘adopter’ economies in terms of connectivity within the Arab world, according to Huawei’s Global Connectivity Index (GCI) 2017…
 
Zain Bahrain sees revenue growth
Zain Bahrain reported a net profit of BD503,000 (US$1.3 million) for the three-month period ending 31 March 2017, down 45% on the BD917,000 (US$2.4 million) reported a year earlier…
 
Rise in fixed phone lines seen in Oman
The total number of fixed telephone lines till the end of March 2017 has become 453,140 compared to 449,258 by the end of February 2017, showing an increase of 7.2 per cent…
 
MENA satellite providers set to remove pirate channel clients
The MENA Broadcast Satellite Anti-Piracy Coalition has decided to remove pirate channel clients by May 4, 2017…
 
Zain Saudi Arabia inks deal with axiom
To allow its customers to enjoy a one-stop visit to a wider range of the latest mobile products and services, Zain and axiom telecom signed a joint business partnership…
 
North Africa
 
Nigeria’s Cars45 set to improve its platform
Nigeria based technology company has a $5 million Series A round from the Frontier Cars Group, a holding company…
 
CIB Egypt digitizesmobile banking experience
To revolutionize the customers' banking experience, Commercial International Bank Egypt announced the official launch of its Mobile Banking application…
 
Global Telecom Update
 
SK Telecom inaugurates 3 IoT devices
In order to allow everyday appliances to link to the Internet, South Korean SK Telecom launched three gadgets using Internet of Things (IoT) technology…
 
NTT Communications joins Nimble for cloud, managed services offerings
NTT Communications has presented the latest storage services based on Nimble Storage’s All Flash Systems for its utility, cloud and managed services customers…
 
Portugal plans cross-border frequency deals to enable 5G
Portugal is planning to sign cross-border agreements that will allow the release of the current DTT frequency bands for mobile networks and boost IoT or services in the cloud…
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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