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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 20, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco Group Announces Half Year 2017 Net Profit of BD19.0 Million
Member Logo Batelco Group the international telecommunications company with operations across 14 countries, today announced its financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2017...
 
•  Viva Bahrain launches new 4G+ services
Member Logo Viva Bahrain has launched LTE-Advanced services, with nationwide coverage and speeds almost twice as fast as standard 4G…
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  New Bluetooth standard supports mesh networking for the IoT
 
•  Chinese government all set to prepare Nigerians on ICT
 
•  STC to collaborate on the digital future with Nokia
 
•  5G networks coming in 2019 'for sure'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Operators record growth in Bangladesh
According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, Mobile phone operators added 1.74 crore new connections in the nine months to May this year…
 
NBTC approves bandwidth for IoT, Sino-Thai railway
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission approved the 920-925 megahertz spectrum to be used for the Internet of Things (IoT)l...
 
Broadband subscribers including for 3G, 4G cross 44.32 million in Pakistan
According to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority,the total broadband subscribers including 3G and 4G services have crossed around 44.32 million mark in the country…
 
South Asia
 
Telecom all set to play vital role in Pakistani Agriculture
According to a “Connected Agriculture” report, Telecom operators can play a very vital role in the development of agriculture sector…
 
Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited to move to computrized system
Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) is working to move on a computerized system within July...
 
JazzCash offers visa debit card for mobile account users
To provide much-needed convenience to the number of JazzCash customers, JazzCash launched Visa Debit Card for all its mobile account users...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Ooredoo Offers New Levels of Convenience with Launch of Widget Feature
Cementing its role as Oman’s data experience leaders, Ooredoo launched a new Widget feature as part of the Ooredoo Oman application...
 
Ziptv joins MTN Ghana to offer mobile streaming service
Ghana’s new IPTV operator Ziptv joined MTN to offer premium channels and on-demand videos to the mobile operator’s customers…
 
Singtel's Dash mobile wallet app adds Visa virtual account
Singtel Dash app users will now have a Dash Visa virtual (prepaid) account to pay at all Visa PayWave accepted stores…
 
Katzenberg wants to go all-out on mobile video
Former DreamWorks Animation head Jeffrey Katzenberg is plotting a short-form mobile TV service for millennials, featuring A-list talent and premium production values…
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Guinea Bissau hits $47 million deal on submarine cable
Guinea Bissau teamed up with World Bank, Orange and MTN for a $47 million project to link the country to a submarine telecoms cable connecting Africa with Europe...
 
NH plans to sign on to first responder broadband
New Hampshire is planning to provide a dedicated wireless broadband network to the state’s public safety community…
 
Vodafone, Deutsche Glasfaser team up for fiber rollout in Dusseldorf
Vodafone Germany and Deutsche Glasfaser have announced an agreement that will see the pair cooperate in the deployment of fiber-optic networks…
 
 
Middle East
 
Vodafone Turkey boosts 4.5G coverage
Vodafone Turkey completely renewed its infrastructure in the past year in Samsun and Sakarya and increased its 4.5G coverage in Samsun to 80 percent and doubled coverage in Sakarya...
 
Dubai DIFC Courts, Microsoft in digitization alliance
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts on announced a partnership with Microsoft to drive the digital transformation of the commercial courts system…
 
Careem plans major push to cater for more Saudi women
Careem is planning a major push in Saudi Arabia that will target nearly 2.7 million women that cannot drive and have no means of transport outside of their immediate family…
 
Emirates NBD to invest in digital transformation
According to Emirates NBD (ENBD) one of the leading banks in the region, it is committing Dh1 billion for the digital transformation of the bank over the next three years…
 
North Africa
 
Maroc Telecom launches festival
Music enthusiasts set up their lawn chairs and planted themselves in front of the kick off of Maroc Telecom’s 16 Annual Beach Festival in M’diq…
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Vodafone Cameroon intsLTE network sharing agreement with Camtel
According to Vodafone Cameroon, its customers will have access to a larger LTE footprint following a network sharing agreement with Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel)…
 
Megafon witnesses LTE traffic double in Sakhalin
LTE data traffic volume doubled year-on-year on the network of Russian mobile operator Megafon in the Sakhalin region…
 
Vodafone UK redeploys 2.1GHz spectrum for 4G services
In a bid to boost its 4G coverage, Vodafone UK has redeployed part of 3G spectrum and will now use its 2.1GHz spectrum for LTE...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Kenya County joins Liquid Telecom to offer free Internet
Kwale County government and Liquid Telecom in Kenya have partnered to offer free street Wi-Fi and an online service delivery portal…
 
South Korea to join international efforts to set 5G standards
South Korea has teamed up with the U.S., Japan, China and Europe to set international standards for fifth-generation(5G) wireless technology…
 
Digital Insurance Protocol presents Blockchain Demo Apps for IoT devices
Aigang Network has launched its Android and iOS demo app, running on Ethereumtestnet, of a peer-to-peer digital insurance blockchain protocol for Internet-of-Things devices…
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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