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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 7, 2017
 
 
 
 
Beyond Connectivity 2017
 
 
3GPP unveils 5G logo
The logo can be used from 3GPP Release 15, the first set of technical standards for 5G. The 5G logo builds on the existing LTE waves with a new design, and uses the green of the LTE-Advanced Pro logo to highlight the technology's continuous evolution...
 
Operators missing out on $6.7 billion managed Wifi opportunity
With Wifi fast becoming the consumer’s preferred choice for connectivity, internet service providers need to ensure they are doing their utmost to meet service requirements...
 
Mobile-money company Wari buys Millicom's Tigo Senegal for $12 million
Wari is a leading platform for digital financial services in Africa. It describes itself as an international cash-to-cash funds transfer service with the aim to meet basic financial services in a cash-based economy...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat data centre receives tier three gold certification
Member Logo The certification is evidence of Etisalat's suitability as a good managed services partner...
 
•  Taqnia Space selects Eutelsat to empower its HTS Aero Service over Middle East, North Africa, Mediterranean and Europe
Member Logo The multi-million dollar, multi-year deal covers spotbeam capacity on the EUTELSAT 3B satellite in order to provide HTS connectivity services to Taqnia Space Airline clients...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
4G auction to be completed before June in Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan has decided that 4G auction to be completed before June, 2017 and the advisory committee for the 3rd round of spectrum auction has been constituted, in this regard...
 
Morocco’s Internet Users Total 17 Millions in 2016
According to ANRT, Morocco’s Internet users increased by 17.9 percent in 2016 to reach 17 million people, accounting for a penetration rate of 50.4 percent...
 
Communications Regulatory Authority resolves 94% of complaints
Communications Regulatory Authority of Qatar has published a report which reveals that the authority resolved more than 94% of complaints received in 2016…
 
South Asia
 
First app based delivery service launched in Pakistan
Couch Potato announced its launch in Pakistan, with the first delivery app in the shared economy/ on-demand space...
 
BlackBerry plans to invest in Bangladesh
BlackBerry-branded Android handsets will soon be available in Bangladesh, after the Canadian firm signed a deal with Optiemus Infracom to manufacture smartphones for, Sri Lanka, Nepal Bangladesh and India...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Mobile app launched to offer culture, language tips
A new mobile app has been launched to offer culture and language tips to Navy personnel and their families deployed abroad in Bahrain, Italy, Japan, Spain, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippines...
 
Defense contractor develops first-ever terrorism alert mobile app
TerrorMate is the world's first encrypted terrorism alert app with mobile to mobile encrypted instant messaging, terror alert and attack geo location feature and intelligence feed with 24/7 live support...
 
Ecobank Rwanda new app edges closer to financial inclusion
Ecobank Rwanda be launching a mobile app, as a continued measure to ensure their customers find better banking experiences…
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Philippines' Globe Telecom eyes residential broadband push
Globe Telecom aims to bring fixed-line broadband service into more homes with a goal of providing 2 million households with high-speed internet access by 2020....
 
Google Fiber signing up gigabit FTTH customers
Google Fiber has announced it has opened sign-ups for residents and businesses in the North Hills, midtown area of Raleigh, North Carolina...
 
 
Middle East
 
Smart Dubai, IBM launch cognitive services drive
IBM and Smart Dubai Office have launched an initiative for the establishment of a Cognitive Center of Competence in Dubai, UAE which aims to to develop cognitive citizen services across the Emirate...
 
North Africa
 
Mishwar seeks expansion in Greater Cairo
Mishwar which provides a transportation network through a mobile application has launched it’s a training course to teach driving to women, in a bid to empower the female workforce…
 
Arabsat to hold its ninth Telecom Forum in Tunis
Arab Satellite Communication Organization (Arabsat) is holding its ninth Telecom Forum in Tunis during the period of 14th -15th February 2017...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Vodafone Australia to be first to use NBN tower for 4G
Vodafone Australia will become the nation's first operator to use the national broadband network's cell site access service for 4G coverage...
 
Claro Peru doubles 4G coverage following LTE-700 launch
Claro Peru doubled its LTE footprint by deploying 4G services to more than 900 additional locations in the fourth quarter of 2016, thus reaching a total of 1,854 localities with LTE...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
5G to be available in nearly 30 countries by 2021
According to Ovum, 5G will launch in 2020 and will be available in every major region worldwide in 2021 and more than 50 operators will be offering 5G services...
 
SK Telecom achieves top 5G speeds on BMW connected car
SK Telecom has successfully tested its 5G network on a connected car running at 170 kilometers per hour, reaching 3.6Gbps data transfer speeds...
 
3GPP unveils 5G logo
The logo can be used from 3GPP Release 15, the first set of technical standards for 5G. The 5G logo builds on the existing LTE waves with a new design, and uses the green of the LTE-Advanced Pro logo to highlight the...
 
Operators missing out on $6.7 billion managed Wifi opportunity
With Wifi fast becoming the consumer’s preferred choice for connectivity, internet service providers need to ensure they are doing their utmost to meet service requirements...
 
Mobile-money company Wari buys Millicom's Tigo Senegal for $12 million
Wari is a leading platform for digital financial services in Africa. It describes itself as an international cash-to-cash funds transfer service with the aim to meet basic financial services in a cash-based economy...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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