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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
June 6, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIVA Celebrates Annual Ramadan’s Ghabga for its Staff
 
 
VIVA, Kuwait's fastest-growing and most developed telecom operator, celebrated its annual Ramadan’s Ghabga for its staff...
 
Nokia to unveil breakthrough innovation in IP
 
 
Nokia will hold a 360° Livestream event to announce a major innovation and share the company's vision and strategy on the evolution of IP networking.
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Omantel offers fiber optic services for Muscat
Member Logo In order to facilitate customers with fast broadband services, Telecom provider Omantel has announced the launch of fiber optic services to homes across Muscat…
 
•  Volunteers prove kindness lives on
Member Logo Every day since the start of Ramadan, at least 100 volunteers show up at Adhaaf's indoor football pitch to prepare around 1,200 boxes. Desk-bound professionals, mid-level executives, managers, students, young children...
 
•  Batelco Launches a Co-Branded Mobile App with the ENTERTAINER
Member Logo Batelco, the Kingdom’s leading Digital Solutions provider has entered into a partnership agreement with the ENTERTAINER, a leading provider of loyalty and reward solutions, to deliver fantastic benefits for...
 
•  IFM: Ooredoo Wins Most Customer Friendly Telecom Provider Award 2017
Member Logo Ooredoo has been named the winner of the prestigious International Finance Magazine (IFM) Award for Most Customer Friendly Telecom Provider 2017. Presented at an exciting ceremony in Dubai, the IFM Award celebrates...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Canada directs CRTC to review ruling on Wi-Fi-based providers
The Canadian government directed the country's telecommunications regulator to reconsider a recent decision that excludes Wi-Fi-based providers from broadening their access via other companies…
 
Costa Rica clears Telefónica, América Móvil for spectrum auction
Costa Rican telecom regulator Sutel has cleared telcos Claro and Movistar to participate in the upcoming auction for seven blocks of spectrum in the 1800MHz and 1900MHz/2100MHz bands…
 
Middle East
 
VIVA Celebrates Annual Ramadan’s Ghabga for its Staff
VIVA, Kuwait's fastest-growing and most developed telecom operator, celebrated its annual Ramadan’s Ghabga for its staff...
 
Ooredoo Kuwait offers revamped Nojoom rewards program
Ooredoo Kuwait announced the launch of its newly revamped Nojoom rewards programme which offers its customers exclusive discounts...
 
Qatar Airways ropes Inmarsat for in-flight broadband
Qatar Airways has become the first major Middle East airline to select Inmarsat's new GX Aviation in-flight broadband solution for in-flight broadband…
 
Ooredoo to expand FTTH network in Muscat
Ooredoo Oman has announced plans to extend its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network to new areas of Muscat governorate…
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Toonz Animation launches channel for kids
Technopark-based Toonz Media Group entered in Hollywood by launching Toonz TV, an entertainment channel, in association with ReachMe.TV…
 
OTT content creators embrace brand deals for monetization
Brand deals, where an online content creator includes the advertisement or endorsement in the video they make rather than running advertisements on top of, besides, before or after the video, have become mainstream in...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
nbn gets 1Gbps in first DOCSIS 3.1 trials
nbn, the company overseeing the construction of Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), has achieved downlink speeds of 1Gbps in a lab trial of DOCSIS 3.1 technology conducted in Melbourne…
 
Vodafone Spain crosses 18 million homes with FTTH
Vodafone Spain has reached over 18 million homes and businesses with its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network…
 
Nokia to unveil breakthrough innovation in IP
Nokia will hold a 360° Livestream event to announce a major innovation and share the company's vision and strategy on the evolution of IP networking.
 
 
South Asia
 
Grameenphone launches Wowbox
Grameenphone has developed the Wowbox lifestyle app, that enables users an easy access to a wide range of GP products, and discounts from popular outlets, along with updates of local and global content…
 
SMS helping Sri Lanka reduce risk from natural disasters
The users of the 25 million registered mobile phones in the country can receive warnings messages direct regarding disaster risk thus helping reduce the impact from natural disasters…
 
Telecom operators appreciates tax relief in budget
Cellular companies operating in the country have thanked the Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication for making concerted efforts to promote the telecom industry in the country…
 
Axiata’s Ncell resolves Nepalese tax issue
Axiata group Bhd has cleared the tax hurdle over its purchase of a stake in a Nepalese telecommunications company and reiterated that Ncell would continue to invest aggressively in Nepal’s telecommunications...
 
Ecommerce gains momentumin Pakistan
A mushroom growth of online sellers and stores has been observed in the past few years and it predicts the growth of the ecommerce industry growth in near future…
 
North Africa
 
PayU set to enhance Nigerian online payment market
In order to pursue PayU’s aggressive expansion in the online payment market in Nigeria, it has decided to intensify efforts to connect businesses to Nigeria’s online payment market…
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Safaricom boosts 4G+ and fiber access networks
To ensure high speed fiber broadband access network, Safaricom expanded 4G+’ LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) mobile broadband network services…
 
Telekom Romania all set to invest in 4G
In order to reduce its reliance on Orange's infrastructure, Telekom Romania will continue to invest in the expansion of its own LTE mobile network in areas with high data traffic…
 
O2 offers 4G coverage to Welsh village
O2 has installed the first permanent 4G mobile mast in Staylittle, Powys, Wales, while bringing mobile connectivity to the rural community…
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Tech Giant Apple Joins Internet of Things bandwagon
In a bid to join the connected world, tech giant Apple has joined the bandwagon of the Internet of Things (IoT)…
 
Keysight Technologies presents new 5G wireless tool
Keysight Technologies released a scalable microwave signal generator that can be used to create complex waveforms needed to drive emerging fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks…
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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