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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mobily Business Collaborates With Microsoft To Provide Cloud Computing Services For Small Medium Enterprises
 
 
Mobily Business signed an agreement with Microsoft Arabia to provide and present Microsoft cloud services and productivity tools through the internet like; Office 365, Dynamics, Enterprise Security Suite, to fulfill the needs of Small Medium Enterprises in the Saudi market.
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat Launches Medicine Box Initiative for its Employees
Member Logo Etisalat today announced its ‘Medicine Box Initiative’ in partnership with Al Ihsan Charity Society to facilitate the donation of unused medicines by all its employees during the holy month of Ramadan. The...
 
•  Batelco Launches New Service Management Centre & ICT Lab
Member Logo The new SMC and ICT Lab, located at Batelco Headquarters in Hamala, was officially opened by Batelco Bahrain CEO Eng. Muna Al Hashemi
 
•  Ooredoo Joins Dar Al Atta’a for the 18th Annual Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Forum
Member Logo As part of its longstanding commitment to supporting entrepreneurs and champion social development, Ooredoo has joined hands with Dar Al Atta’a to sponsor the 18th annual Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Forum...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Pakistan all set to test 5G mobile internet by 2020
Pakistan is ready to test 5G, by the year 2020, as the telecom regulator works towards setting technical standards and inviting applications from mobile operators for the spectrum award…
 
Teleco operators get 1800MHz spectrum, networks to go 4G in Myanmar
Local telecom operators can now to utilize the 1800MHz spectrum that has been allocated to them by the Posts and Telecommunications Department…
 
Egypt’s mobile users increase by 4.5% in February
According to the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, rhe number of mobile service subscriptions increased by 4.5%, from 94.6 million in February 2016 to 98.8 million in February 2017…
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Beeline switches 1,800 MHz band to LTE
Russian mobile operator Beeline has switched almost all of its frequencies in the 1,800 MHz band to LTE services…
 
MPT offers commercial LTE in 1800MHz band
Myanmar Post and Telecommunications offered full commercial LTE services in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay, using frequencies in the 1800MHz band…
 
Inwi launches LTE-enabled ZTE router with new 'Idar Duo' plans
To facilitate customers, Moroccan operator Inwi has expanded its mobile broadband offering with three new LTE-based packages targeting home users, bundled with the ZTE MF253v router (priced MAD 499)...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Atresmedia offers OTT app for Apple TV
Spain’s OTT platform, Atresplayer launched an Apple TV app, while becoming the first Spanish broadcaster to deliver its content through the platform…
 
Samsung signs sports agreement for VR
Samsung has announced new sports and entertainment partnerships to bring live streaming events to the company’s virtual reality (VR) headset…
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Laird joins 5G Automotive Association
To contribute to future standards, Laird Technologies is planning to team up with the 5G Automotive Association, an association of blue chip companies and suppliers to help develop mobile communications standards for...
 
MediaTek offers Wi-Fi chipset portfolio for IoT
MediaTek announced its Wi-Fi chipset portfolio, which is custom built for connected smart home and office device makers…
 
SKT plans world's first underwater IoT network
In a move to launch world’s first underwater IoT network, a joint team of SK Telecom and Hoseo University researchers installs a hydrophone to receive sound waves underwater about 10 kilometers west of Incheon…
 
 
Middle East
 
Mobily Business Collaborates With Microsoft To Provide Cloud Computing Services For Small Medium Enterprises
Mobily Business signed an agreement with Microsoft Arabia to provide and present Microsoft cloud services and productivity tools through the internet like; Office 365, Dynamics, Enterprise Security Suite, to fulfill the...
 
Bluetooth mobile payment service launched in Iran
Iran’s programmers have developed a new payment application which enables users to transfer money via Bluetooth technology…
 
Astellia, Zain Saudi Arabia win GTB Innovation Award
Astellia and Zain Saudi Arabia announced that they have won the Global Telecoms Business (GTB) Innovation award for the project “Predictive CEM Analytics...
 
Ajman municipality, Huawei jointly launch Sanad project
To build and update technical infrastructure services by applying the latest and advanced technology, Ajman municipality has launched Sanad project in cooperation with Huawei…
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan’s 1st free mobile wallet SimSim approved by SBP
In order to create a digital financial product, Pakistan’s first free mobile wallet, SimSim has been approved from the State Bank of Pakistan…
 
KMG acquires stake in F1Soft to provide mobile financial services
In a bid to provide mobile financial services and promoting e-commerce in the country, Kantipur Media Group has acquired a stake in F1Soft International, a software development company and the developer of e-Sewa…
 
Jazz competes VoLTE test with Huawei and Nokia
To entertain and facilitate the customers, Pakistani mobile operator Jazz has completed a VoLTE trial, in partnership with Huawei and Nokia...
 
North Africa
 
Opera to invest in Africa for digital growth
To facilitate the growth of Africa’s digital economy, Developer of popular mobile browser, Opera are planning to invest $100 million, the equivalent of N30 billion, over the next two years...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
DFA to invest in fiber expansion
South African network provider Dark Fiber Africa has raised USD91 million in debt funding, with the new facilityto finance the continued expansion of DFA’s metro fiber footprint nationwide…
 
Comcast offersgigabit broadband service in Washington
To ensure faster broadband service, Comcast has launched superfast gigabit internet service across Oregon and Washington…
 
Wind Hellas reaches 1Gbps in fiber trials
Greek fixed and mobile operator Wind Hellas has achieved speeds of up to 1Gbps on its pilot fibre-to-the-home networks in the city of Kalamata and the Athens suburb of NeaSmyrni…
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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