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Industry News Briefing
June 22, 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

•	Thai regulator allocates wireless block for railway project NTBC has allocated a pair of five-megahertz blocks on the 800MHz spectrum to provide an internal wireless communication network system for the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway project...

•	Potraz evaluates local data charges and major cost drivers in Zimbabwe The Postal and Telecommunications Authority of Zimbabwe is evaluating local data charges and major cost drivers as part of regular exercises by the regulator to ascertain state of the industry...

North Africa

•	Egypt based MNO's recieve 4G frequencies Egypt's telecoms operators received the wireless frequencies needed to deliver 4G mobile broadband networks which is a pivotal stelp for the introduction of high-speed telecoms services...

•	Chamber of Information Technology and Communication to focus on innovation According to Walid Gad, the chairperson of CIT, the Chamber of Information Technology and Communication (CIT) is adopting a number of key axes in its future strategy, mainly encouraging creativity and innovation among all...

3G and 4G Networks

•	Telefonica Brasil expands 4G+ services to more cities Telefonica Brasil (Vivo) has announced that it is in the process of adding 20 new cities to its LTE-Advanced network, taking the total number of markets covered to 77...

•	Massive MIMO demonstrated by MegaFon Russia’s MegaFon and Huawei have demonstrated Massive MIMO mobile technology, reaching data speeds as high as 851Mbps using Huawei smartphones as the end-user device...

Alternative Telecom

•	Vodacom expands FTTH network in South Africa Vodacom has extended its Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) network through signing new lease agreements with third-party network infrastructure providers Link Africa, Octotel, Frogfoot and Waterfall Access Network (WAN)...

•	European Space Agency to support satellite based internet The European Space Agency has joined forces with 16 European space companies to demonstrate and champion satellite-based 5G internet...

Global Telecom Update

•	IoTCAN to begin rollout of nationwide IoT connectivity network for Canada Actility and IoTCAN, the Canadian communication service provider have launched a LoRaWAN network covering the Greater Toronto area...

•	Intel to deliver 5G platforms, drones and more at Olympics US chipmaker Intel has said it will showcase new technologies at the Olympics, starting next year at the Winter Games in South Korea...

•	Juniper launches new solution for faster deployement of cloud networks Juniper Networks has launched a Cloud-Grade Networking portfolio which introduces a new set of principles for the way applications and services are designed and delivered, utilizing telemetry, automation and machine learning...

Middle East

•	Careem enhances network and contact center services Orange Business Services is supporting Dubai-based ride sharing company Careem roll out its services throughout the region...

•	WhatsApp video, voice calls enabled in UAE To the delight of all WhatsApp users, UAE residents confirm they can now make calls using instant messaging app within country and abroad using the OTT service...

•	Thuraya introduces new M2M service Thuraya Telecommunications Company has announced the launch of the its new IP M2M Service which will support high volume, high throughput machine-to-machine (M2M) applications...

•	Middle East offering growth opportunities in IoT adoption A recent white paper from Frost & Sullivan explores disruptive opportunities in IoT across the automotive, healthcare, energy and manufacturing industries with GCC-specific examples...

South Asia

•	Nepal's municipality launches free Wi-Fi service Under the constituency special infrastructure programme, free Wi-Fi hotspots have been set up in six different locations of the Melamchi Municipality of Sindhupalchok district in Nepal..

•	Veon to expand into new markets including Bangladesh Wirecard and VEON have signed a global payments and processing agreement that will benefit hundreds of millions of mobile users across the world, as VEON expands into new markets throughout 2017 including Bangladesh...

•	E-Rozgaar initiative aims to promote technological entrepreneurship in Pakistan E-Rozgaar Centers are being established to promote the technological entrepreneurship to regulate and double the existing income through freelancing...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	US Hispanic TV network revamps US mobile presence US Hispanic TV network América Tevé has launched a refreshed mobile platform that delivers both live and on-demand content...

•	US sports centric streaming platform adds sports and entertainment channels to its live service US sports-centric streaming platform fuboTV has sealed a deal with CBS to add its sports and entertainment channels to its live service.

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