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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 14, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
InMobiles' Innovation-Driven Solutions a New Addition to SAMENA Council's Membership
 
 
SAMENA Council has announced that InMobiles, technology innovators who create and promote proven and mature Service Platforms while assisting mobile operators and governments in shaping their innovations, has joined its membership of telecom operators and technology companies...
 
Etisalat honours top sales channel partners of 2017
 
 
Etisalat honoured its top performing partners at an awards ceremony in Dubai...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  PCCW Solutions expands data center services in Asia through new collaboration with SCSK under D-Infinitum Global Data Center Alliance
Member Logo PCCW Solutions announced a new collaboration with SCSK Corporation, a system integrator in Japan, to expand data center services in Asia...
 
•  Zain Saudi Arabia and Nokia collaborate to unlock potential of local talent with cloud and edge computing for the digital transformation era
Member Logo Nokia and Zain Saudi Arabia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work with the country's young talent to enable them to innovate and develop applications and services to serve local needs...
 
•  Huawei positioned in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for data management solutions for analytics again
Member Logo In the latest Gartner Magic Quadrantfor Data Management Solutions for Analytics, Huawei is positioned in Niche Quadrant again...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Etisalat Digital’s M2M connectivity solutions empower FEWA smart metering project
 
•  SAMENA Council to Hold "Beyond Connectivity 2018 - In the Future" summit with Tech Mahindra
 
•  Eutelsat commissions ELO, its first low earth orbit satellite designed for the Internet of Things
 
•  Ebtikar exhibits strong presence at Mobile World Congress 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• NPC approves fiber optic investment project worth US$383 million
The Afghan government approved a Fiber Optics related project worth US$ 383 million at the latest meeting of the National Procurement Commission (NPC) chaired by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.,.
 
• MoTC backs Nkom’s wholesale mobile market ruling
Norway’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) has upheld a July 2016 decision under which specific obligations continue to be imposed on Telenor Norge, after it was determined to still hold SMP in the...
 
• Europe gets closer to 5G spectrum harmonization
The Electronic Communications Committee has approved a set of recommendations to harmonize the 3.4-3.8 GHz and 26 GHz bands for 5G...
 
South Asia
 
• China's digital financial services land in Pakistan to boost mobile payment
A major Chinese digital financial services company invested US$ 184.5 million to mobile payment services provider in Pakistan to help boost the country's mobile payment and digital financial services...
 
• Bangladesh works on 3rd submarine cable
Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) has kick-started the preparations for its third undersea cable link to meet the country's growing demand for data...
 
• People’s Insurance partners with Mobitel as their official communications partner
People’s Insurance has partnered with Mobitel, Sri Lanka’s National Mobile Service Provider, as their Official Communications Partner to provide total mobile telecom solutions to meet the company’s evolving...
 
North Africa
 
• Samsung acquires Egyptian startup Kngine
South Korea-based Samsung Electronics announced on March 6 the acquisition of Egyptian artificial intelligence startup Kngine to improve its virtual assistant Bixby, developed by Samsung Electronics...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Ericsson, Telia, Intel demo augmented reality over 5G
Telia, Intel and Ericsson demonstrated an augmented reality (AR) case over a live 5G network during a Telia event in Stockholm...
 
• Monthly users of SK Telecom's AI speaker hits 3 million mark
SK Telecom announced that the monthly users of its artificial-intelligence speaker NUGU hovered above 3 million as of February, with the number of conversations taking place rising at a rapid pace....
 
 
Middle East
 
• Zain Life, a new portfolio of digital solutions for a smarter way of living
Zain has launched an array of innovative flexible digital services to enrich its digital transformation leadership...
 
• Microsoft plans its first Middle East data center for cloud customers
Microsoft announced plans for its first cloud data centers in the Middle East, hoping to bring capacity online in that region in the near future...
 
• Turkcell teams up with Daily Sabah to keep Syrian refugees up to date
Turkcell has joined forces with Daily Sabah to provide news for millions of Syrian refugees in Turkey through a free mobile app...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• ProSiebenSat.1 strikes long-term deal with 1&1
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has struck an agreement to distribute its TV channels on the recently launched IPTV platform of telecom provider 1&1...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• Eastlink mobile expands further into New Brunswick
Eastlink has expanded its commercial LTE network coverage to Saint John in the Atlantic province of New Brunswick...
 
• Visionary Broadband tests Telrad Carrier Aggregation LTE Solution
Telrad Networks has announced that Visionary Broadband, a multi-state Internet Service Provider (ISP), has successfully field tested the new Carrier Aggregation feature, enabling them to significantly increase capacity and...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Telefónica's Brazilian arm unveils expenditure plans with fiber focus
Telefónica Brasil has unveiled plans to boost fiber penetration in the country...
 
• Smart Axiata launches home broadband service
Cambodian mobile operator Smart Axiata has launched a plug-and-play home broadband service that enables subscribers to access Wi-Fi via a wireless router for up to ten simultaneously connected devices...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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