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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 10, 2017
 
 
 
 
Beyond Connectivity 2017
 
 
Digital transactions won’t be viable until cost, convenience, and confidence are addressed: Trai
Trai is suggesting that the payment industry should adopt something similar to interconnection charge for payments. Interconnection charges allows for interoperability between telecom operators. It also benefits the larger operators as the operator whose customer is receiving the call would be paying the operator whose customer is making the call. This could push payments companies to try and get their customers to make more payments which in turn could help cut down costs...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  ­­Batelco strategic telecom partner of the 3rd annual Bahrain Schools Expo 2017
Member Logo Batelco is supporting the 3rd annual Bahrain Schools Expo, a leading national project, as part of its strategy to support Bahrain‘s educational sector via highlighting initiatives that empower this sector...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• ARCEP discusses fixed broadband, civil engineering charges
French regulator Arcep has opened a consultation period on the market analysis of three fixed broadband wholesale markets...
 
• Digital transactions won’t be viable until cost, convenience, and confidence are addressed: Trai
Trai is suggesting that the payment industry should adopt something similar to interconnection charge for payments. Interconnection charges allows for interoperability between telecom operators. It also benefits the larger...
 
South Asia
 
• Karandaaz Pakistan inks grant agreements with Tech Startups
Karandaaz Pakistan has signed $300,000 grant agreements with Tech Startups, as Ricult Pakistan, Paysys Labs and PublishEX Solution...
 
• Zong’s ‘Cloud Clinik’ revolutionises healthcare with ‘cloud based’ solution
Zong, Pakistan’s first 4G network, has successfully launched its flagship product in the health care sector with the advent of ‘Cloud Clinik’ in the Family-Con event...
 
• M1 introduces new Asia data roaming plans
M1, Singapore’s third largest mobile operator, introduced two new regional data roaming packages covering major tourist and business destinations across Asia...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• TV Azteca partners with Google for YouTube distribution
Mexico’s Grupo Salinas has signed an agreement with Google for the online distribution of TV Azteca content...
 
• SPI/FILMBOX lands in Cameroon on Swecom
As Cameroon football fans are still celebrating winning the Africa Cup of Nations, TV viewers in the country have scored a televisual goal with the availability of content from SPI International / FILMBOX...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Ericsson to launch 5G, IoT innovation at MWC
Ericsson is demonstrating its latest innovative solutions including 5G and IoT at the Mobile World Congress 2017 running from February 27 to March 2 in Barcelona, Spain...
 
• Low-power IoT networks go global with a satellite backbone
Inmarsat and partners are combining LoRaWAN networks on the ground with a satellite mesh in the sky...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Iran pushes forward an ambitious plan to use IoT
Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology says a special committee has been working on the development of the IoT in the country for two years now...
 
• Vodafone Turkey launches campaign for business subscribers
Vodafone Turkey launched a campaign in cooperation with local e-retail brand Media Market which is aimed at 'Vodafone Eznaf' corporate subscribers...
 
North Africa
 
• Unity 1 drives e-payment plans
Unity Bank has announced the launch of Unity 1 account, an electronic product that puts customers in charge of their banking experience...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• 4G launch set to support Telecom growth in Ghana
Mobile data will be the fastest-growing segment in the telecom market in Ghana, primarily driven by operators' investments in 3G and 4G network coverage and attractive data bundles offered by telcos...
 
• Majority of Filipinos now on 4G
The local telco operators’ investments in 4G networks are paying off, as more than half of Filipino mobile consumers, 55 percent use 4G networks to access the internet...
 
• Orange SA expands 4G/LTE coverage in more than 1300 localities
Orange SA expanded its 4G/LTE coverage in more than 1,300 localities after taking into consideration the responses given by 26,000 3G and LTE customers...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Vodacom, Kaduna to launch ICT for development initiative
Vodacom has partnered with Kaduna State in Nigeria to launch an ICT for development initiative to support mass service delivery in healthcare, education and agriculture...
 
• PLDT to expand FTTH footprint by 80% in 2017
PLDT plans to expand the reach of its high-speed FTTH service by around 80% in 2017 to reach 4.4 million homes passed...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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