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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 3, 2017
 
 
 
 
Beyond Connectivity 2017
 
 
Dutch operators begin refarming 3G spectrum for LTE
Mobile network operators (MNOs) in the Netherlands have begun deploying 3G spectrum for use on their LTE networks...
 
Snap reveals business details in IPO filing
Snapchat’s daily active users hit 158 million at the end of 2016. The firm is seeking to raise as much as $4 billion in the IPO, according to media reports, with a valuation of around $20 billion to $25 billion, making it the biggest US tech IPO since Facebook. Snap said it has committed to spend $2 billion with Google...
 
Classic attack vectors re-emerge; Cisco reduces “Time to Detection” to six hours
According to the Cisco® Annual Cybersecurity Report (ACR), over one-third of organizations that experienced a breach in 2016 reported substantial customer, opportunity and revenue loss of more than 20 percent. Cisco has successfully lowered the TTD from a median of 14 hours in early 2016 to as low as six hours in the last half of the year...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco to phase out fixed SMS
Member Logo The fixed SMS service available from landlines is no longer in demand due to the industry shift towards mobile communications and the growing use of social media channels...
 
•  Classic attack vectors re-emerge; Cisco reduces “Time to Detection” to six hours
Member Logo According to the Cisco® Annual Cybersecurity Report (ACR), over one-third of organizations that experienced a breach in 2016 reported substantial customer, opportunity and revenue loss of more than 20 percent. Cisco has...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
CRC consults on conditions of digital TV auction
CRC, Bulgaria's telecommunications authority has launched a public consultation regarding the the terms of a digital TV auction due to be organized soon...
 
Telecom subscriber base croses 1 billion
Telecom subscriber base grew by 21.02 million to cross 1.12 billion at end-November 2016 according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...
 
Middle East
 
Central Bank releases broad regulation aimed at data privacy
UAE’s Central Bank has released a regulatory framework for virtual currencies and electronic payment systems, aimed at digital payment service providers (PSPs)...
 
Kuwait's Bank acknowledged for its biometrics-secured mobile banking app
Kuwait’s Gulf Bank has picked up two regional World Finance Digital Banking Awards for Best Mobile Banking App and Best Digital Bank...
 
Direct operator billing enabled in Saudi Arabia
ICFLIX has enabled Direct Operator Billing to customers across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia via Saudi Telecom Company (STC), the largest telecoms operator in the Gulf...
 
3D printing to help Dubai tackle its health disease problem
Heart disease is the biggest cause of deaths in Dubai, but now advances in 3D printing are increasingly offering ways to help combat the disorder...
 
South Asia
 
Fico to provide technology solutions to Nepalese Banks
FICO has partnered with ELAM, to deliver its financial crime solution and market expertise to the banking sector in Nepal...
 
Free public WiFi network offered in Pakistan
The government of Punjab, Pakistan has taken an initiative to provide free public WiFi network in three big cities of the province...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Vodafone opens German narrowband IoT centre
Vodafone has opened a research and development centre focused on Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) technologies in Düsseldorf...
 
Huawei, Orange sign accord on 5G services
Huawei, Chinese telecoms giant and Orange, French telecommunication group on Thursday signed an agreement to bolster partnership on 5G services and cloudification...
 
 
North Africa
 
Ooredoo Tunisia lands in Sparkle's Sicily hub
Sparkle announced that Ooredoo Tunisia expanded its reach into Sparkle's Sicily hub, providing the company with a new Point of Presence (PoP)...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
ProSieben, Vodafone sign pact for distribution
German broadcaster ProSieben has signed a long-term contract with Vodafone to distribute its free, paid, HD and video-on-demand content...
 
Mobile driving content transactions
According to PayPal, the new digital economies that have emerged in the entertainment industry have changed everything from where content is consumed to consumer marketing to how the content creators themselves are...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Dutch operators begin refarming 3G spectrum for LTE
Mobile network operators (MNOs) in the Netherlands have begun deploying 3G spectrum for use on their LTE networks...
 
Cellcard aims for nationwide LTE by April
Cambodia's Cellcard reportedly plans to roll out nationwide LTE services by April, becoming the first operator to deploy 4G services covering the whole country...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Internet connectivity to roll through rural Norfolk
Norfolk County, Execulink Telecom and KWIC Internet are seeking a symbiotic solution to increasing scalable rural Internet connectivity...
 
TalkTalk's fiber broadband base grows by 74,000
TalkTalk has revealed that its fibre broadband base grew by 74,000 between October and December 2016...
 
Fiber based services to be launched in Bolivia
Entel, Bolivia’s state-owned fixed and mobile operator has announced that it will launch its first fibre-based triple-play internet, telephony and TV services in March 2017...
 
Messaging platforms revolutionizing mobile app stores
WhatsApp, WeChat, and Facebook Messenger together account for more than 3 billion monthly active users (MAUs) and are revolutionizing the mobile app stores...
 
Snap reveals business details in IPO filing
Snapchat’s daily active users hit 158 million at the end of 2016. The firm is seeking to raise as much as $4 billion in the IPO, according to media reports, with a valuation of around $20 billion to $25 billion, making...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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