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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 6, 2017
 
 
 
 
Beyond Connectivity 2017
 
 
Tunisian telecom authority consults on transparency measures
The Tunisian telecoms authority INT (Instance Nationale des Telecommunications) has opened a consultation on new measures aiming to increase transparency for consumers...
 
Jordan considering imposing industry fees on VoIP services
If a fee is imposed on this service, it will only be on making calls, not messaging. The ministry is still looking into the scenarios and will take the interest of all stakeholders into account. Jordan’s telecom sector is already one of the most highly taxed in the region...
 
Telecom Commission seeks clarity from Trai on penalty norms
The body is determining whether the regulator can impose penalty on the operators for violation of interconnect norms...
 
FCC says free-data plans offered by telecom operators enhanced competition
New chairman of the FCC Ajit Pai said the free-data plans offered by top operators including AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US had proved popular among consumers and enhanced competition in the country’s mobile market...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Sudatel Telecom Group hosts ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau Director's visit
Member Logo Mr. Brahima Sanou visited the Telecom Museum of Sudatel, which is the only of its kind in Sudan, inaugurated in 2012. He paid a visit also to Sudatel Data Center, winner of the Best African Project of the Global Carrier...
 
•  Mobily launches its new data packages offer
Member Logo Mobily launched its new data packages offer, which consists of the following packages; 150 and 500 Mbps, 1 GB, 2 GB, 5 GB and 10 GB...
 
•  Huawei and Zain Saudi Arabia forge long-term collaboration to enhance mobile customer experience
Member Logo Huawei will provide end-to-end Technology operation management through the multi-vendor managed services agreement that will see continued improvements to service quality and a better customer experience...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• CRTC looks to strengthen wireless code
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is looking for ways to tighten rules governing wireless service cancellation fees...
 
• Tunisian telecom authority consults on transparency measures
The Tunisian telecoms authority INT (Instance Nationale des Telecommunications) has opened a consultation on new measures aiming to increase transparency for consumers...
 
• Jordan considering imposing industry fees on VoIP services
If a fee is imposed on this service, it will only be on making calls, not messaging. The ministry is still looking into the scenarios and will take the interest of all stakeholders into account. Jordan’s telecom sector...
 
• Telecom Commission seeks clarity from Trai on penalty norms
The body is determining whether the regulator can impose penalty on the operators for violation of interconnect norms...
 
• FCC says free-data plans offered by telecom operators enhanced competition
New chairman of the FCC Ajit Pai said the free-data plans offered by top operators including AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US had proved popular among consumers and enhanced competition in the country’s mobile market...
 
South Asia
 
• PTCL summit program grooms young talent
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited undertook the Summit Program to hire graduates from all over Pakistan to groom their talent...
 
• Digital revolution moves ahead in Bangladesh
According to the VU Mobile CEO, the increasing use of smartphones and mobile internet is opening new horizons in online media, mobile VAS and digital services...
 
• Zong to invest $200 million in 2017
The company aims to expand its network by adding 3G/4G sites which are poised to reach the highest mark of 10,500 by the end of 2017...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• Smart upgrades Wi-Fi services to upgrade 3G, 4G service
To beef up its 2G, 3G, and 4G network coverage in LRT-1, the telco is deploying carrier-grade Wi-Fi in the 20 stations and platforms, inside the coaches and along the tracks...
 
• Movistar Argentina installs world's highest 4G base station
Movistar Argentina (Telefonica) announced that it has installed the world's highest 4G base station in Plaza de Mulas in Aconcagua Provincial Park...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Huawei, Oracle team up to build IoT ecosystem
Huawei and Oracle signed Power IoT Ecosystem Partnership’ MOU, to build an ecosystem for future power sectors using Huawei AMI Solution with Oracle Utilities MDM, Oracle Utilities SGG and related Oracle Utilities...
 
• KT set to enhance intelligence service in traditional telecom field
South Korea’s leading broadband and mobile carrier KT Corp. plan to reinvent itself to intelligence-based platform provider by increasing the revenue share of non-traditional telecommunications sector to 20 percent to...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Du steps up payment gateway security
UAE-based telecom provider Du has increased the security of its payment gateway with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DDS) compliance...
 
• Qatar Chamber unveils new service to obtain COO online
Qatar Chamber has launched a new service to allow private companies to obtain certificate of origin (COO) online from its website...
 
• Iran National Information Network to be upgraded
The Iranian projects optical fiber, development of data transfer networks and the national IP network are being upgraded to advance the development of startups and knowledge-based businesses...
 
• Emirates NBD launches mobile app-based bank
Emirates NBD has launched a digital bank that it hopes will appeal to tech-savvy millennials by focusing on mobile services and social media...
 
North Africa
 
• TT to launch VDSL Super Vectoring
Tunisie Telecom has initiated a two-year rollout of FTTC infrastructure with the view to provide customer fixed broadband speeds of up to 300Mbps via VDSL Super Vectoring...
 
• CIB launches mobile payment services workshop for micro enterprises
The Commercial International Bank-Egypt (CIB) organized a workshop for microfinance organizations with the aim of introducing them to the bank’s mobile payment services...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• AIS offers network code to MCOT in pay-TV trial
Advanced Info Service offered MCOT the use of its mobile network code for a joint trial of beaming MCOT’s 2.6 gigahertz to provide a pay-TV service on a telecom network...
 
• Mobile app helps China recover hundreds of missing children
The "Tuanyuan", or "reunion" in Chinese, app developed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd helped Chinese authorities recover hundreds of missing children last year...
 
• Mobile solution to support small farmers
Vodacom has partnered with GIZ on behalf of the German government to launch a mobile technology solution to support South African smallholder farmers into commercial agriculture...
 
• New batch of digital inclusion mobile apps launched in Hong Kong
The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer launched a new batch of government-funded mobile apps developed by non-profit social service organisations...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• O2 CR raises Internet at home to 99% of Czech households
Czech incumbent PTO O2 CR has announced that its ‘Internet at Home’ broadband service is now available to 99% of households in the Republic...
 
• DTH partners with OTT in Russia
The Russian DTH platform operator Orion Express has entered into a partnership with the OTT platform ivi to launch a new online service named Kinoteatr...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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