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June 15, 2017

Cellphone roaming charges end for Europeans

Europe will finally abolish cellphone roaming charges this week, allowing people from Britain to Bulgaria to call, send text messages and surf the web without incurring eye-watering charges when travelling across the 28-nation bloc…

Mobile Net usage increasing since launch of 4.5G in Turkey

After the availability of advanced 4G telecom services as 4.5G in Turkey, Mobile internet usage has expanded across the country…

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ICT Energy Efficiency Discussed in Dubai

As the region’s countries continue to inch closer to establishing knowledge-based economies and ICT becomes an integral part of everyday life, Dubai hosted the ICT Energy Efficiency Summit 2017, a two-day event that...

Recent Developments

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STC to host SAMENA Council's ICT Regional Regulatory Summit on April 12th

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Transformation, co-operation, and fulfilling requirements of each stakeholder key industry imperatives

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SAMENA Council to host Telecom Leaders' Summit 2017 in Dubai

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SAMENA Council, CITC collaborate for Regional Regulatory Summit in Riyadh

Policy and Regulation

•	Cellphone roaming charges end for Europeans Europe will finally abolish cellphone roaming charges this week, allowing people from Britain to Bulgaria to call, send text messages and surf the web without incurring eye-watering charges when travelling across the...

•	Lebanese cabinet passes drop in internet pricing The Lebanese cabinet has approved a reduction in internet pricing…

•	Welsh government consulting on 30Mbps broadband A public consultation has been launched by the Welsh Government regarding plans to bring 30Mbps-capable broadband connectivity to every property in the country…

Middle East

•	Orange Jordan sponsors local version of SeedStars Orange Jordan sponsored the local version of the annual SeedStars World, a global competition for startups, which was held at its Business Innovation Growth (BIG) premises, with the participation of ten startups…

•	Emcredit set to offer next generation mobile payment solution Emcredit, the company created by Dubai Economy, is soon going to launch empay, a mobile payment solution developed within the framework of the Dubai Smart Government initiative…

•	Zaloni agrees reseller partnership with UAE’s ixtel To support digital transformation of Middle Eastern companies in industries including telecommunications, US-based Zaloni has announced a strategic value added reseller partnership with leading UAE digital services company,...

•	Mobile Net usage increasing since launch of 4.5G in Turkey After the availability of advanced 4G telecom services as 4.5G in Turkey, Mobile internet usage has expanded across the country…

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Instagram introduces new 'archive' feature Instagram , the photo-sharing app has introduced a new feature called 'Archive,' which allows you to move posts that you've previously shared into a space and is visible only to you…

•	NBC News launches social video hub NBC News has officially launched Left Field, a social media hub for digital video news…

•	MY Entertainment, SBS team develop social experiment format in Korea Extending its reach into Asia, US production house MY Entertainment is teaming with SBS Broadcasting in South Korea and Critical Density Media to co-develop a social-experiment format, The Power, for international...

Alternative Telecom

•	Five Wrexham Schools to get superfast broadband Five schools across Wrexham are to get superfast broadband as part of a £5 million investment to increase internet speeds for schools across Wales…

•	More rural broadband options coming through fiber, satellites Quintillion, Alaska Communications and AT&T launch projects building out wireless and fiber optic networks…

South Asia

•	PTCL launches 4G in Azad Jammu and Kashmir The Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir launched 4G service of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to provide fastest telecommunication to people…

•	ZTE, Banglalink commercialize vSDM platform ZTE and Banglalink accomplished the migration of 60 million legacy users, and formal commercialization of what they say is the world’s largest virtual Subscriber Data Management (vSDM) platform in Bangladesh…

•	Digital currency market information Application launched in Nepal To allow users to get real-time digital currency information, Nepal’s Unelma Platforms launched digital currency market information application called UnelmaCash…

North Africa

•	Finland all set to build Cyber security system in Nigeria Finland has decided to construct a cyber-security system in Nigeria and establish new ICT services in the country…

3G and 4G Networks

•	Prasa all set for 4G network The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa rolls out 4G network to go live to an intelligent digital railway solution that will improve communications, increase capacity and improve safety on the country’s metro rail...

•	IS plans to support 4G and 5G networks in South Africa Internet Solutions is planning to use its Wi-Fi network in South Africa to support faster 4G, and eventually 5G…

•	C Spire installs LTE network capacity enhancements C Spire is ramping up deployment of new features in its LTE network that will boost capacity and peak speeds for wireless customers…

Global Telecom Update

•	ZTE achieves 2.1Gbps data rate in 3D-MIMO trial ZTE has announced it has achieved a record high peak data rate of 2.1Gbps over a commercial deployment of pre5G massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) in Quanzhou…

•	Globe Telecom approaches Canvas for automation Globe Telecom in the Philippines selected Canvas to become the platform that integrates service functionalities and help Globe automate its office processes…

•	Quantify Technology at forefront of IOT industry Quantify Technology Holdings has successfully developed and released for manufacture its passive infra-red motion sensor fascia to complement its growing suite of products…

•	Wireless carriers plan to fire up 5G networks Wireless carriers are planning to leap to fifth-generation network technology, providing a speed boost that could change everything from the way we watch sports to how we undergo surgery…

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