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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
June 25, 2017
 
 
 
 
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Member News
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  STC to host SAMENA Council's ICT Regional Regulatory Summit on April 12th
 
•  Transformation, co-operation, and fulfilling requirements of each stakeholder key industry imperatives
 
•  SAMENA Council to host Telecom Leaders' Summit 2017 in Dubai
 
•  SAMENA Council, CITC collaborate for Regional Regulatory Summit in Riyadh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Arcep to allocate frequencies
French regulator Arcep has published a summary of the 66 contributions to the public consultation published in January on the future allocation of several frequency bands for 5G and other uses.
 
Ofcom wants more broadband competition
Ofcom is seeking to open up competition in the city’s broadband by investigating KCOM's dominant position in the market...
 
DCA announces ‘Telecommunication Reform Package’
Australia’s Department of Communications and the Arts (DCA) has published a press release to unveil the ‘Telecommunication Reform Package’...
 
Middle East
 
Viva re-opens flagship store
Viva Bahrain has re-opened its flagship store at City Centre Bahrain following a major transformation of its retail store to showcase the latest technology solutions...
 
Etisalat offers global business roaming packages
Etisalat has announced that it will provide customers travelling abroad with affordable access to more data through its ‘Unlimited Global Business Roaming’ packages...
 
Workz launches new eSIM operating system
UAE-based mobile solutions vendor Workz Group has entered into a value-added reseller agreement with UK telecoms software company Simulty Labs...
 
South Asia
 
National Bank of Pakistan & JazzCash to Facilitate with Driving License Fee
National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) along with its strategic partner JazzCash, have introduced digital payment collection facility for driving license fees across Sindh...
 
NDB customers to benefit from partnership with eChannelling PLC
eChannelling PLC, the largest doctor channelling network in Sri Lanka and the pioneer software developer and ICT service provider to the healthcare industry in the country, has entered into a partnership with NDB Bank...
 
Uber, Careem increase mobile internet subscribers
Ride-hailing services Uber and Careem have increased the mobile internet subscribers as its mandatory for driver to stay online throughout his duty hours for that every driver required a data sim...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Dutch FTTH homes passed to hit 3 million in 2021
The number of homes passed with FTTH connections in the Netherlands is expected to pass 3 million in 2021, equal to 38 percent of households, according to a latest report...
 
FTE Networks execute agreements to support fiber networks
FTE Networks announced that it has secured master services agreementswith three multibillion-dollar telecommunications network integrators to support fiber network and inside plant build-outs in the Denver market...
 
True awards 75% of 100G backbone project to ZTE
China’s ZTE Corporation has announced that it has been awarded contracts for three separate networks in True’s ‘beyond-100G’ backbone WDM deployment in Thailand...
 
 
North Africa
 
Telecom Egypt to secure loan to boost infrastructure
Telecom Egypt will secure a loan of up to EGP 13 billion (US$720.22 million) to improve infrastructure and mobile internet services according to its Chief Executive Ahmed El Beheiry...
 
African countries with most tech hubs ranked
Africa is known as the motherland, the birth of mankind, where it all began. Yet for many years it has also been called the “dark continent” due to the rate of development of many countries...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Turner invests in Vietnam digital media network POPS
Turner Asia Pacific has taken what it terms a ‘significant minority stake’ in Vietnamese digital media and creator network POPS Worldwide...
 
Leon County releases new emergency information mobile app
Leon County residents can now access emergency and disaster information in seconds, thanks to a new app...
 
YouTube becomes the latest app to be included in Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings
Nielsen announced that ad viewership on YouTube’s mobile app will be included in the Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings, which provides a complete look at an ad’s computer and mobile audience...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Tigo increases 4G coverage to 23 cities
Mobile operator Millicom Tanzania, which operates under the brand name Tigo, plans to invest USD70 million in the expansion of its network this year, in order to meet rising demand for mobile data services...
 
VoLTE subscriptions expected to exceed 540 million by end of 2017
The number of VoLTE or Voice over Long-Term Evolution subscriptions is expected to exceed 540 million by the end on 2017. VoLTE has now been launched in more than 100 networks in 55 countries, said an Ericsson Mobility...
 
AT&T brings faster 4G
AT&T has added a new cell tower to its 4G LTE network in Bloomington to give customers faster, more reliable wireless service...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
NetComm Wireless and Telefonica announce global IoT supply agreement
In a recent joint release, NetComm Wireless and Telefonica have announced the signing of an IoT Device Supply Agreement which strengthens NetComm Wireless' presence in the US and Europe...
 
BlackBerry reports quarterly profit on Qualcomm payment
BlackBerry reported a profit of $671 million, or $1.23 per share, for the first quarter ended May 31...
 
Telus and Huawei successfully pilot 5G wireless
Telus and Huawei say have successfully completed trials of 5G wireless technology using the global 3GPP standards platform...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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