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September 26, 2017

STC celebrates national day with “Ardah”

Dr. Khaled Biyari, STC Group CEO, participated in the “Ardah” dance in occasion of the Saudi national day 87...

Batelco gold sponsor of Amazon web services first middle east summit in Bahrain

Batelco, Bahrain’s leading digital solutions provider was very pleased to be the gold sponsor for Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) first Middle East Summit in Bahrain which took place at the Four Seasons Hotel on September 25th...

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Alfa Telecom Lebanon to use Syniverse's LTE roaming services

Syniverse has signed a multiyear agreement to provide LTE roaming and real-time monitoring services to Lebanon-based operator Alfa...

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du teams up with Amazon Web Services network

du has joined the Amazon Web Services Partner Network (APN) to accelerate access to the cloud for enterprises across the UAE…

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Huawei’s platform + ecosystem to be showcased at GITEX 2017

Huawei, will showcase its ‘platform + ecosystem’ portfolio of innovations at GITEX Technology Week 2017, designed to equip Middle East organizations for the next big step on the road to digital transformation.

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Nokia 8 pre order opens in Saudi Arabia

After UAE, Nokia 8 pre-order has opened in Saudi Arabia and can be pre-ordered online at Axiom Telecom site for Saudi Arabia...

Recent Developments

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Saudi telecom regulatory authority amends regulations to boost consumer rights

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Korean telcos speeding up 5G network to prepare for new era

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Twitter testing Android app that uses less mobile data

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PCCW Global wins best anti-fraud award at Capacity Africa

Policy and Regulation

•	Bahrain TRA’s mobile network audit for 2017 underway The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of Bahrain held a workshop for operators at TRA’s headquarters in the Seef District...

•	NTA offers ISP license to five new companies Nepal Telecommunications Authorityhas presented ISPs licenses to five companies including Himalayan Gorkha Net, City Net, KCN Net, Pathivara Network and Prime Net…

•	Mobile trio to swap 900MHz, 1800MHz frequencies According to Lithuania’s Communications Regulatory Authority, the local cellular operators Tele2, Telia and Bite are preparing to exchange certain frequencies in the 900MHz and 1800MHz bands at midnight on 27...

South Asia

•	Development Committee instructs bodies to ensure free internet access A meeting of the Development Committee under the Legislature-Parliament yas instructed the concerned bodies to ensure that all wards of rural municipalities in Nepal have access to free internet services in an year...

•	Pakistani bank to expand IT Infrastructure through virtualization and cloud Pakistan based Meezen Bank plans to modernize its IT infrastructure across 571 branches and 146 cities in the country...

North Africa

•	Aramex offers online shopping, delivery in Nigeria A Dubai-based logistics/transportation company, Aramex, has established its easy-access online shopping and shipping delivery service, Shop & Ship, to Nigeria…

•	Taxi hailing app Uber set to launch a national bus service in Egypt Uber is set to launch a bus service in Egypt, the most populous Arab country with over 90 million inhabitants and notoriously heavy traffic...

3G and 4G Networks

•	Minsvyazi targets 4G in all regional centres According to the Minsvyazi, 4G LTE coverage will have been extended to all regional centres of Belarus by the end of this year…

•	AT&T upgrades LTE coverage in key markets To provide enhanced LTE coverage, AT&T confirmed it is deploying Band 29 spectrum in a handful of key markets including New York, Los Angeles, Northern California and parts of New England…

•	Nordic to build next generation LTE network in 2018 Czech mobile broadband operator Nordic Telecom, aims tolaunch its new LTE network next year, after completing the migration away from its CDMA-450 network...

Global Telecom Update

•	UK’s first 5G test pipelined Working in partnership with the University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC), the scheme will involve the new test bed focusing on the commercial applications of the 5G technology…

•	Aemulus plans 5G test solutions Malaysia-based automated test equipment (ATE) company Aemulus has announced the availability of its new test solutions for 5G wireless…

•	Vietnam's mobile operators testing Mobile Number Portability Vietnam's three largest mobile operators have started testing MNP ahead of its planned implementation in the country...

Middle East

•	STC celebrates national day with “Ardah” Dr. Khaled Biyari, STC Group CEO, participated in the “Ardah” dance in occasion of the Saudi national day 87...

•	Virgin Mobile UAE licenses the Apptimize platform Apptimize and Virgin Mobile UAE have signed a license of Apptimize’s mobile A/B testing and release management platform...

•	Turkcell’s launches new brand to meet all of its customers' communication needs Turkcell has created Lifecell as Turkey's new digital brand to meet all of its customers' communication needs, including calls, entirely over the Internet...

•	Dubai Economy launches partnership to expedite emcash Dubai Economy has achieved a milestone in its Accelerators initiative by establishing a partnership to facilitate financial transactions through contactless payment…

•	Batelco gold sponsor of Amazon web services first middle east summit in Bahrain Batelco, Bahrain’s leading digital solutions provider was very pleased to be the gold sponsor for Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) first Middle East Summit in Bahrain which took place at the Four Seasons Hotel on...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Barcroft Media to presentTV app Independent factual content production and distribution company Barcroft Media is all set to introduce a new free TV app, available across multiple digital platforms…

•	Teleste, Samsung and Euroaxes offer IPTV and Wi-fi to Bitzaro Grande Hotel in Greece To provide their guests with high-quality Wi-Fi and internet services, Teleste Corporation in partnership with Samsung Electronics has deployed an All-IP hotel TV solution to Bitzaro Grande Hotel in Zante, Greece…

•	Demand Africa SVOD service set to be introduced The Africa Channel (TAC) has announced that it will launch its new streaming video venture, Demand Africa (DA), on 1 October 2017…

Alternative Telecom

•	Blue Origin to launch satellite with Thai telecom startup Blue Origin, announced an agreement to launch a telecommunications satellite with its next-generation New Glenn rocket in the 2020s...

•	UHP Networks and Intelsat EpicNG foge partnership UHP Networks and Intelsat EpicNG have partnered for Broadband Functionality-as-a-Service (FaaS) Platform for emerging markets…

•	Hawaiki subsea cable to be installed next month Hawaiki Submarine Cable and cable supplier TE Connectivity have announced that the installation of the 14,000km cable is due to commence next month...

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