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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 1, 2017
 
 
 
 
Beyond Connectivity 2017
 
 
Celkon in talks for a JV with telcos in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
Hyderabad-based Celkon Mobiles is in talks with telecom players in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for a possible tie up after joining hands with Dubai's largest telco, Etisalat...
 
Nokia launches a digital assistant for telcos
Nokia has announced the launch of MIKA, the first digital assistant customized for the telecommunications industry. Nokia also introduced a new predictive repair service, which will enable operators to reduce costs by predicting hardware failures and recommending replacements up to 14 days in advance. The vendor said the service can achieve up to 95% accuracy...
 
Trai proposes shutting down of analog transmission by 2023
While a large number of TV channels are available to the consumers through various delivery platforms such as DTH, Cable TV, IPTV, HITS etc, Trai said, the existing terrestrial TV platform provides only a few channels which do not offer a value proposition to the viewers...
 
Omantel launches first Omani open e-learning platform Edlal
One of the significant added features for Edlal is that it presents knowledge content in Arabic, which is important as it is trying to solve a vital weakness in the scarcity of Arabic e-content in the Middle East generally, which does not exceed three per cent, according to an international study in this field...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat offers free data, minutes and premium TV channels to affected subscribers by network outage
Member Logo Etisalat is offering 1GB of mobile data and 120 local free minutes for affected customers...
 
•  Saudi Banks confirm their confidence in Mobily strong credit worthiness and its future prospects
Member Logo Mobily has concluded successfully with a group of Saudi banks (National Commercial Bank, Banque Saudi Fransi, Samba Financial Group, Saudi British Bank, Riyad Bank and Al-Rajhi Bank) a SAR 7.9 billion Murabaha facility to...
 
•  Ooredoo appoints new CFO in Oman
Member Logo Ooredoo has announced the promotion of Abdul Razzaq Al Balushi to Chief Financial Officer. He takes over from Jorgen Latte, who has retired as 1 February 2017...
 
•  Omantel launches first Omani open e-learning platform Edlal
Member Logo One of the significant added features for Edlal is that it presents knowledge content in Arabic, which is important as it is trying to solve a vital weakness in the scarcity of Arabic e-content in the Middle East generally,...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Pakistan government vows ‘internet connectivity for all
The government is vigorously engaged in guaranteeing the most favourable environment for the promotion of mobile applications so that the underserved population of the country can benefit from them...
 
NTA permission mandatory for telcos to change share structure
Telecom companies operating in the country will now have to take permission from Nepal Telecommunications Authority prior to making any changes in their share structure...
 
Thai MVNOs must use fingerprint SIM registration
Thailand's MVNOs have to implement a new online fingerprint ID registration system for both prepaid and postpaid mobile SIMs by March...
 
Trai proposes shutting down of analog transmission by 2023
While a large number of TV channels are available to the consumers through various delivery platforms such as DTH, Cable TV, IPTV, HITS etc, Trai said, the existing terrestrial TV platform provides only a few channels which...
 
South Asia
 
App to hail taxis set to be launched in Nepal
The Nepal Meter Taxi Association (NMTA) is preparing to launch an online mobile application for taxis in a month...
 
Celkon in talks for a JV with telcos in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
Hyderabad-based Celkon Mobiles is in talks with telecom players in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for a possible tie up after joining hands with Dubai's largest telco, Etisalat...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Cambodian mobile operators race to expand 4G coverage
Cambodia’s three major mobile phone companies are locked in a race to become the first to cover the entire country with high-speed 4G mobile broadband internet...
 
Vodacom grows LTE population coverage to 70%
Vodacom has released its trading update for the quarter ended 31 December 2016, which shows that the company has significantly grown its LTE coverage...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Indonesian government to embrace IoT
By 2019, 20% of local and regional governments in Indonesia will use IoT devices to turn infrastructure like roads, street lights, and traffic signals into assets instead of liabilities, IDC predicts...
 
GSMA presents new developments for 2017 Mobile World Congress
The GSMA announced newly confirmed keynote speakers for the conference, as well as additional programmes and participating companies...
 
 
Middle East
 
Zain Bahrain posts 22 percent surge in customer base
Zain Bahrain has posted a 22 per cent surge in its customer base during 2016, from 795,000 to 971,000...
 
Iran ISP launches TD-LTE network
Mobinet Iran has launched a TD-LTE Network, with four cities namely Tehran, Karaj, Mashhad and Kish having access to the fast internet services…
 
New app for blood donation for Dubai residents
Dubai Blood Donation Centre launched a new app for blood donation, which will be made available on android platforms and App Store in Arabic and English languages, for free downloads, by March end this year...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt mobile firms add 970,000 new subscribers in Oct
According to figures from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the number of mobile phone subscribers in Egypt increased by 970,000 to 97.2 million in October, from 96.22 million in September...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Nokia launches a digital assistant for telcos
Nokia has announced the launch of MIKA, the first digital assistant customized for the telecommunications industry. Nokia also introduced a new predictive repair service, which will enable operators to reduce costs by...
 
Facebook to develop app for television set-top boxes
Facebook is creating an app for television set-top boxes, including Apple Inc's Apple TV, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Aire Networks chooses Interxion for OTT expansion
Spain’s Aire Networks has tapped Interxion to expand its over-the-top (OTT) platform Perseo TV...
 
Google Fiber debuts Raleigh service
Nearly six months after launching service in Morrisville, Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOG) subsidiary Google Fiber is debuting in Raleigh...
 
MatrixStream launches MatrixCloud OTT empowering operators to roll out
MatrixStream introduces the MatrixCloud OTT solution for IPTV operators enabling end-to-end IPTV and OTT platform rollout in less than 60 days...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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