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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 26, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
SAMENA Council and TECH MAHINDRA to host "Beyond Connectivity 2018 - In the Future " Summit on April 5
Beyond Connectivity conference 2018 and Tech Mahindra’s Annual CME Summit 2018 to bring telecom and ICT industry stakeholders under one roof in Dubai...
 
Batelco and Huawei partner to work towards National Broadband Network and deploy Safe City Solutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain
 
 
Batelco and Huawei have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their cooperation on collaborative business initiatives and to work together on the development of Safe Cities and the National Broadband Network in Bahrain...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat Digital shortlists 6 global companies for Dubai Future Accelerators Program
Member Logo Etisalat Digital announced the shortlisted scale-ups to foster digital innovation and entrepreneurship and to bring new solutions to the market as part of ‘Dubai Future Accelerators Program,’ the world’s...
 
•  Zain official partner of Alnowair initiative
Member Logo Zain Kuwait will be the official partner of Alnowair, a non-profit initiative aimed at spreading positivity and enriching positive behavior within the Kuwaiti society...
 
•  STC to be global partner in education services
Member Logo STC, represented by General Department of Learning and Development, in cooperation with “STC Solutions” launched a Juniper networks Lab in Riyadh...
 
•  Huawei announces strategic partnership with IATA
Member Logo Huawei announced that it has joined the Strategic Partnerships Program of the International Air Transport Association (IATA)...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• Lebanon licenses three operators to provide FTTH via Ogero’s network
Lebanon’s Ministry of Telecommunications (MoT) has licensed three local operators to operate fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband services via state-owned incumbent telco Ogero’s in-deployment network...
 
• MSIT preparing to consult on plans for 5G spectrum auction
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) has reportedly begun the process of defining the terms for its planned spectrum auction of frequencies that will support the introduction of 5G services...
 
South Asia
 
• Mobile banking witnesses growth in Pakistan
A remarkable growth of internet and mobile banking has been witnessed in Pakistan as banking services through advanced and convenient channels are on the rise...
 
• FSS forms strategic alliance with Just in Time Group to expand its Sri Lanka footprint
Payment technology and transaction processing firm Financial Software Systems (FSS) has formed a strategic partnership with systems integrator Just In Time Group (JIT) to expand its market footprint in Sri Lanka...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• EE fills more mobile not-spots to extend 4G coverage
EE has upgraded more than 4,000 existing sites to provide 4G, and built 105 brand new sites, delivering mobile coverage to the most remote parts of the UK for the first time...
 
• Vodafone Portugal builds 4G and fiber solution for water company
Vodafone is set to provide fixed and mobile connectivity to a Portuguese water company as the latter looks to launch new digital services...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Spark NZ launches IoT network across New Zealand
Spark's LoRaWAN network is already available in cities including Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch, and will provide coverage to Queenstown and 10 other regions by June...
 
• KT plans to launch 5G next March
South Korea's KT has announced plans to commence commercial 5G operations in March next year following its successful trial service during this year's PyeongChang Winter Olympics...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Artificial intelligence among key topics of Saudi Crown Prince’s agenda to US
Agreements signed between Saudi Arabia and the US in the technology sector included the signing of an MoU between Saudia Arabia and Microsoft to contribute to the digital transformation of Saudi Arabia...
 
• RIPE NCC organises interactive workshop series in Lebanon and Jordan universities
RIPE NCC has recently organised the seventh in a series of interactive meetings and workshops at three universities in Lebanon and Jordan to enrich their understanding of topics related to the technical fundamentals that...
 
• Mena’s digital potential to drive financial sector growth in the region
The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region offers promising opportunities for the banks and other financial institutions for digital adoption as the regions is fast catching up in technology adoption...
 
North Africa
 
• Egypt launches its own social network
A new social media network similar to Facebook was launched in Egypt recently, under the name ‘Egypt Face’...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• KDDI, Samsung complete 5G multi-mevice mobile video trial
In the latest example of the increasing momentum for the technology and its application in TV and video, KDDI and Samsung Electronics have announced the successful completion of a 5G field trial in Japan...
 
• Mobile video dominates during strong Q4
The proportion of video plays started on mobile devices topped 60% globally for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2017...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• NEC to deliver 10G-EPON to support KDDI’s FTTH services
NEC Corporation has supplied a 10 Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (10G-EPON) system to domestic carrier KDDI Corp, to support the latter’s residential fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) service...
 
• Telefónica holds latest fixed-wireless access tests
Telefónica has taken part in trials that demonstrate fixed-wireless connectivity using a new means of modulation...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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