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August 9, 2017

Ericsson to join Zain Kuwait for digital transformation project

Ericsson has become a member of consortium in Kuwait, being led by Zain to carry out a large digital transformation project for local utilities...

UAE mobile subscription base hits 18.7 million in H1

The subscription base in UAE mobile phone services expanded 2.4 per cent during the first half (H1) of 2017 to 18.7 million subscribers from 18.26 million in the corresponding period last year…

TRA Oman approves domain name registrar

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has approved the sixth registrar for the country’s code, top-level domain of Sultanate of Oman (.om), and its Arabic domain...

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STC Group grew with a net profit of 7.9% in 2Q17

STC Group grew with a net profit of 7.9% in 2Q17 comparing to the same quarter of last year (first half) of this year, net profit reached SR 4.9bn, growing 6.6%...

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Omantel to pay 20 percent dividend to shareholders

Oman Telecommunications Company announced that the company has got board approval to distribute interim dividend of 20 per cent of the share nominal value for the financial year 2017...

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Batelco partners with leading gaming content providers

Batelco has entered into partnership agreements with two leading gaming content providers to enhance the gaming experience for its customers...

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Nokia and Mobily conduct Saudi Arabia’s first trial of LAA in a live commercial network

Nokia and Mobily announced the successful completion of License Assisted Access (LAA) which once deployed will allow Mobily's customers to to enjoy faster internet speeds to download high-bandwidth consuming...

Policy and Regulation

•	Mexico's telecom regulator initiates auction consultation Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute has released draft bidding rules for its planned auction of spectrum in the 2.5GHz band...

•	Ukrainian goverment approves 4G tenders The National Commission for Communications Regulation will hold tenders to issue licenses for 1,800 MHz range and 2,600 MHz range to provide 4G mobile communications services in Q4 2017...

•	TRA Oman approves domain name registrar The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has approved the sixth registrar for the country’s code, top-level domain of Sultanate of Oman (.om), and its Arabic domain...

North Africa

•	TPAY to enhance presence in Egypt TPAY, Egypt's second-largest mobile payment service provider to enhace its presence in the local market ...

•	Xiaomi rolls out latest smartphones in Egypt Xiaomi in cooperation with its distribution partner Al Safy has introduced its latest flagship smartphones within Egypt...

3G and 4G Networks

•	Megafon boosts LTE, 3G network in Buryatia, Irkutsk Russian mobile operator Megafon upgraded the coverage of its LTE network in the Republic of Buryatia…

•	Beeline Uzbek LTE rollout adds a dozen cities in fortnight Beeline Uzbekistan offered LTE services in more than a dozen new cities over in late July and early August…

•	Verizon converts CDMA PCS spectrum to LTE Verizon has converted all of its 1900MHz PCS spectrum to LTE in New York City...

Global Telecom Update

•	QCell to launch mobile services in Sierra Leone Gambian mobile operator QCell is planning to launch mobile services in Sierra Leone, after it secured an operating concession...

•	Bank of America launches unified platform Bank of America Merrill Lynch has launched a payments collection service supporting mobile and card payments through China UnionPay Merchant Services Company...

•	Public cloud service launched in Poland OVH is launching a public cloud service in Warsaw to address the needs of customers and businesses across the region in terms of cloud resources...

Middle East

•	Western Union Digital expands to Kuwait To enable people to send money digitally to more than 200 countries and territories, The Western Union Company has announced the launch of new WU.com transactional website in Kuwait…

•	Ericsson to join Zain Kuwait for digital transformation project Ericsson has become a member of consortium in Kuwait, being led by Zain to carry out a large digital transformation project for local utilities...

•	Abu Dhabi group to invest in subsea cable projects ABDIG is planning to invest up to USD 5 billion in subsea cable projects and will restructure FPT to become a top tier worldwide subsea cable company...

•	UAE mobile subscription base hits 18.7 million in H1 The subscription base in UAE mobile phone services expanded 2.4 per cent during the first half (H1) of 2017 to 18.7 million subscribers from 18.26 million in the corresponding period last year…

South Asia

•	Sri Lanka's Dialog posts strong Q2 results Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata concluded the 1st Half of 2017 on a strong note, continuing its growth momentum across Mobile, Fixed Line and Tele-infrastructure businesses...

•	Telenor to digitally empower farmers in six developing countries Telenor has announced that GSMA’s mNutrition initiative empowered more than 5 million farmers in six developing countries including Pakistan and Bangladesh...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Vivacom makes IPTV gains The Bulgarian incumbent Vivacom ended the first half with 426,000 subscribers to its pay-TV services, or 9.2% more than in the same period last year…

•	Audioburst presents a web and mobile search engine for audio news Audioburst launches a new search engine designed to connect users to the information found in audio content from podcasts and programs aired on the radio…

Alternative Telecom

•	Viettel boosts broadband speed across Vietnam According to Viettel, it is increasing its broadband speed for free for all its subscribers nationwide…

•	SoftBank invests in regional broadband MIT's Altaeros is planning to start customer trials of its tethered aerostat providing low-cost broadband to regional areas at the start of 2018…

•	Open Fiber launches in Genoa Open Fiber offered its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network in the port city of Genoa, bringing its total coverage to twelve markets across the country…

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