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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 27, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat and Pro League Committee launch the region’s first Virtual Reality Football app
 
 
Etisalat and the Pro League Committee (PLC) announced the launch of ‘Etisalat VR’, a virtual reality app that will bring football enthusiasts closer to the action and allow them to watch the upcoming AGL Cup Final broadcast LIVE and in ‘Virtual Reality’ on March 29...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco & iGA sign framework agreement for AWS cloud migration
Member Logo Batelco has been selected by the Information and eGovernment Authority to help implement the migration of a number of ministry platforms to the Amazon Web Services (AWS)...
 
•  Cisco Connect to highlight growing opportunities presented by Saudi Arabia’s digital acceleration
Member Logo Themed ‘Your Time is Now’, Cisco’s flagship technology forum returns to Saudi Arabia to address how digital transformation is fundamentally changing the business landscape...
 
•  Nokia's new AI-powered analytics software dramatically improves customer experience and satisfaction
Member Logo Nokia has unveiled the latest version of its Cognitive Analytics for Customer Insight software, providing powerful new capabilities...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
South Korea aims to hold 5G auction in June
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT (MCIT) is in the process of setting the terms for a planned 5G auction of 3.5-GHz and 28-GHz spectrum in June...
 
ICASA raises spectrum licence fees
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has announced a 5.3% increase in spectrum and general licence fees, effective 1 April...
 
North Africa
 
Egyptian internet audience rises by 6.4 mln users in December
According to the latest statistics, the number of internet users in Egypt increased in December by 6.4 million to 41.3 million from 34.9 million in November 2017...
 
SimbaPay launches Pan-Africa remittances chatbot in collaboration with Interswitch
SimbaPay has announced the launch of an AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered chatbot service which now makes International Money Transfer (remittance) possible with only an SMS...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Digicel Fiji extends 4G+ coverage
Jamaica-based Digicel Group’s Fijian mobile unit has published the latest update on its ongoing LTE-A deployment, adding the areas of Lautoka and Ba to its 4G+ footprint across the country...
 
Tele2 boosts Lithuanian LTE-A coverage
Tele2 Lithuania, the country’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, has announced that coverage of its ‘4G++’ LTE-A network has reached 40% of the population...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
MyTel kicks off commercial services
Myanmar’s fourth wireless provider, MyTel – a joint venture between Vietnam’s Viettel, a consortium of eleven local firms and Myanmar military-backed Star High Public Company – has begun offering...
 
Telstra fires up 5G-enabled Wi-Fi hotspot precinct
Telstra has established what it claims is the first precinct of 5G-enabled Wi-Fi hotspots in the world, with the network set to go live on 28 March in Queensland’s Gold Coast region...
 
 
Middle East
 
BT Al Saudia launches next-generation managed security services
BT Al Saudia Security will provide Saudi customers a locally managed world-class cybersecurity platform for protection against emerging threats...
 
UAE leads the way in technology investment
UAE is changing the way it invests to drive technology adoption...
 
Cyber attacks a ‘real threat’ to Gulf business
Cyber attacks in the Gulf are a growing threat for businesses operating in the region, Internet security experts warn, calling for more to be done to protect data...
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan telecom industry to improve digital and financial inclusion
Pakistan Telecom industry aims to accelerate socio-economic development, particularly in improving digital and financial inclusion by providing a high quality of life for all its citizens...
 
Valyou launches bKash product integration
Valyou has launched its bKash product integration that enables wallet-to-wallet remittance from Malaysia to Bangladesh, using the Valyou Mobile Wallet app...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Russian telco expertise boosts Cuban DTT
Cuba's state broadcaster and Russia's telecom and media ministry have inked an agreement to improve DTT deployment across the Caribbean country...
 
Cellular One launches new TV & VoD search and discovery app
The Chill VoD App enables users to search and discover movies and TV shows across all their favorite online Video on Demand services simultaneously...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Telekom kicks off FTTH project to connect 40,000 homes
Telekom Deutschland, the domestic fixed and mobile operating unit of Deutsche Telekom (DT), has embarked on the rollout of a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network to connect 40,000 homes...
 
Dark Fiber infrastructure to boost UK connectivity
UK based tech firm, Elite, is set to rollout 100,000 gigabit broadband connections in the UK using Dark Fiber infrastructure...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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