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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 18, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
SAMENA Council and TRA Bahrain Co-operation Building Efforts a Step toward Addressing Challenging Industry Areas
 
 
SAMENA Council and TRA Bahrain discussed bringing public-private sector engagement to the next level, whereby the industry's sustainability needs as well as progress in regulatory transformation could be maintained in the larger digital transformational requirements of the region...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Mediaset launches three of its HD vhannels on Eutelsat's flagship video position in Italy
Member Logo Elettronica Industriale, a subsidiary of the Italian group Mediaset, has signed a multi-year capacity agreement with Eutelsat (Euronext Paris: ETL) to accelerate its transition to High Definition (HD)...
 
•  Accenture Supports Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank’s Tech Transformation, Setting Stage for New Digital Future
Member Logo Accenture helped ADCB replace the separate systems running its retail banking, corporate banking, Islamic banking and trade finance operations with a single core banking solution. The new simplified and merged solution also...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Anatel to stage new 700MHz auction in 2H18
Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes, Anatel) is set to stage a tender for previously unsold 700MHz spectrum in the second half of 2018...
 
South Asia
 
PTCL collaborates with Microsoft for enhanced cloud computing technology
Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited and Microsoft have signed an agreement namely Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partnership and Service Provider Licensing Agreement Partnership (SPLA) to improve the PTCL cloud...
 
Mobitel named fastest mobile network in Sri Lanka by Ookla
Ookla has declared the National Mobile Service Provider, Mobitel, its Speedtest Award Winner for having the Fastest Mobile Network in Sri Lanka...
 
Digital wallet launched in Nepal
Unelma Platforms announced the launch of a digital wallet platform for an instant, secure and hassle-free online payments...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
iflix extends reach in Vietnam with Viettel deal
Digital platform iflix is partnering with Vietnam's Viettel Telecom to offer almost 70 million mobile customers three months' unlimited access to an array of streamed video content...
 
Pakistan Post, NBP join hands to boost digital financial services
Pakistan Post and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) agreed to boost Digital Financial Services in the country and meet its targets..
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Orange inks a fiber-optic deal with SPL BFC Digital
Societe Publique Locale (SPL) Bourgogne Franche-Comte Numerique (SPL BFC Digital), a local public company tasked with the construction of fibre-optic networks in five departments...
 
edotco Bangladesh cuts 20 percent carbon emission
Mobile phone tower company edotco Bangladesh has begun its operations of using renewable energy in remote areas, its officials said...
 
 
Middle East
 
Avanti, GRC ink EMEA defence communications deal
Avanti Communications has signed a contract with Global Radiodata Communications to provide high speed and resilient Ka-band satellite communications to defence and commercial operations...
 
Oman bank launches e-wallet on mobile banking app
Oman's Alizz Islamic Bank has launched the ‘Alizz Wallet’ for electronic payments...
 
North Africa
 
Orange Tunisia includes mobile data in new contract-free postpaid offer
Orange Tunisia has started offering new postpaid smartphone plans with no minimum contract commitment and a mobile data allowance of up to 40 GB per month...
 
Overall fintech in Africa will grow from around US$ 200 million currently to US$ 3 billion by 2020
Millions more people in Africa now have access to financial systems thanks to cashless systems using digital technology, and more and more people are seeing the benefits of mobile banking, according to Ecobank, the leading...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Vodafone brings 200Mbps 4G services to Britain's rural communities
After successful trials in the Cornish town of Porthcurno, Vodafone is set to roll out its 4G mini-masts across the country...
 
Rain working to optimise LTE sites experiencing congestion
Rain has stated that it is working to optimise its LTE sites which are experiencing congestion...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
ZTE jumps into Japan's 5G market with low-cost strategy
Japan's mobile phone carriers are gearing up for massive investments in fifth-generation technology, and major Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE wants a piece of the pie...
 
Qualcomm Iaunches IoT wireless edge services
Qualcomm has joined the growing number of companies that are delivering edge computing services...
 
Elisa starting 5G-ready upgrades in Turku
Finnish mobile network operator (MNO) Elisa plans to begin upgrading its existing infrastructure in Turku and its surroundings in March 2018 with a view to making it ready for 5G services...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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