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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 1, 2017
 
 
 
 
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Brands banking on OTT to attract younger generation
Most new-age companies are launching targeted campaigns and advertisements on OTT service in an effort to attract the new age millennials…
 
Mastercard expands global mobile payments
Mastercard aims to expand the scope and capabilities of its Qkr with Masterpass mobile payment service with the technology set to debut in the US and five other countries…
 
Saudi Telecom Company unveils its "STC Leap" strategy for the future, highlighting its commitment to offer world class communication services
STC announced its network strategy, titled “STC Leap”, as it enters into a new world of Extreme broadband, massive connectivity, ultra-reliability and ultra-low latency. This will impact both fixed and mobile networks...
 
Zain Group enters MoU with Myca Health Inc. to rollout a world-class mobile health platform
The MoU between the two organizations provides for the development and implementation of a world-class mobile electronic medical health record (EMR) platform across Zain’s network...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC enters into a new chapter of collaboration by signing 5G MoU with Ericsson
Member Logo The aim of this initiative is also to enable the full digitalization transformation, supporting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s 2030 vision. STC has already successfully carried out unique 5G experiments and Lab tests...
 
•  Zain Group enters MoU with Myca Health Inc. to rollout a world-class mobile health platform
Member Logo The MoU between the two organizations provides for the development and implementation of a world-class mobile electronic medical health record (EMR) platform across Zain’s network...
 
•  Mobily Business extends 50% discount offer on managed router service
Member Logo Mobily provides a comprehensive and integrated infrastructure which includes the biggest data centers in the Kingdom in order to support all business needs of all sizes and in all sectors and fields...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Digital Pakistan is on a priority agenda of Government of Pakistan
Minister of State for IT & Telecommunication Anusha Rahman said Digital Pakistan is on priority agenda of the government, during GSMA Mobile World Congress 2017…
 
French white-spots programme makes progress in 3G roll-out
French regulator Arcep has published an updated scorecard measuring the progress made in the white-spots programme addressing the lack of mobile services in rural France…
 
Spectrum auction in July – December: TRAI Secretary
The government is planning for a fresh round of spectrum auction between July and December and will send recommendations to the TRAI soon…
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan’s first Digital University set to be established
In a bid to promote online education, Information Technology University and edXsigned a MoU to establish Pakistan’s “First Digital University in which online courses on EdX are integrated into classrooms and...
 
Bangladesh starts stipend distribution through mobile banking
Under the project of Disbursement of Primary Education Stipend using Mobile Banking, the government stipends for 13 million primary students would be disbursed into their mothers mobile banking accounts…
 
North Africa
 
Honeywell showcases its latest connected technology
Honeywell recently showcased a wide variety of the latest connected technology offerings at the Egypt Petroleum Show (EGYPS) 2017—held under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
LTE Nano mobile network demonstrated
Quortus has partnered with operator Telefónica España, to drive the rapidly emerging trend towards the use of private cellular networks in a broad range of applications via LTE Nano, low-footprint, ultra-compact...
 
Taiwan mobile networks rank 11th in world
According to a survey by wireless coverage mapping company OpenSignal, Taiwan's 3G and 4G mobile networks have an overall speed of 20.49Mbps, ranking it 11th globallydemonstrationhow mobile networks have progressedin the...
 
LTE-M network to be built in US & Mexico
AT&T is building a US-wide network for the internet of things (IoT) and plans to extend it to Mexico at the end of 2017 by using a software upgrade to existing 4G networks…
 
Global Telecom Update
 
China Mobile to launch 5G trials in 2019
China Mobile has announced plans to launch large-scale pre-commercial 5G field trials in 2019, laying the groundwork for a 2020 commercial launch…
 
ZTE, Intel partner on IoT
ZTE and Intel have signed a strategic co-operation agreement to jointly establish an innovative lab for research and development of future key IoT technologies…
 
Mastercard expands global mobile payments
Mastercard aims to expand the scope and capabilities of its Qkr with Masterpass mobile payment service with the technology set to debut in the US and five other countries…
 
 
Middle East
 
Saudi Telecom Company unveils its "STC Leap" strategy for the future, highlighting its commitment to offer world class communication services
STC announced its network strategy, titled “STC Leap”, as it enters into a new world of Extreme broadband, massive connectivity, ultra-reliability and ultra-low latency. This will impact both fixed and mobile...
 
Qatar set to witness prominent boost in mobile internet speeds with 4.5G rollout
According to Ooredoo, Mobile data speeds of up to 800Mbps could become a reality in Qatar following the launch of a new 4.5G Pro network…
 
Ericsson and Cisco Transform Korek Telecom's core IP network
Korek Telecom Iraq has selected Ericsson and Cisco to deploy new IP core network sites and optimize existing ones for broader coverage and an enhanced user experience…
 
Iran-made software for children launched
Iran-made software for Children has been launched to facilitate access to suitable content for children and the content available on the platforms conforms to values…
 
UAE's Emirates airline started field-testing an innovative winter weather technology
In a bid to better manage operations, safety and environmental performance during disruptive winter weather, Emirates has started field-testing an innovative decision support technology…
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
New app to assist handicapped
To promote the contribution of the disabled to the socioeconomic development, Iran based nahantavan platform has been launched for the physically handicapped…
 
Scoop Network launched in Europe
Amsterdam based Scoop Network is launching on Post Luxembourg IPTV service and consists of a mix of light entertainment with movie, music, fashion and celebrity news for subscribers…
 
Tuluntulu nearing half million users
Africa is experiencing explosive growth in mobile penetration and usage, driven by the decreasing cost of smartphones, tablets and data and has driven rapid increases in mobile video consumption…
 
Alternative Telecom
 
FTTC network to be rolled out in Australia
Nbn has named the first areas set to receive a new cutting edge fibre-to-the-curb (FTTC) technology. with around 700,000 premises to benefit from the FTTC rollout…
 
Brands banking on OTT to attract younger generation
Most new-age companies are launching targeted campaigns and advertisements on OTT service in an effort to attract the new age millennials…
 
Wi-Fi calling launched in Poland
Orange Polska has introduced voice-over-Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) technology on a commercial basis which has supported by inbuilt device technology and will offer an enhanced experience to users…
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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