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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 5, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC sponsors CEOs summit in Jeddah
Member Logo STC, represented by Enterprise Unit, participated in IT CEOs summit organized by “IDC” in Jeddah...
 
•  Batelco wins 'Top Project Execution' award
Member Logo Batelco has been presented with the Top Project Execution Award for the Telecom Sector at the annual GEC Awards ceremony, held at Dubai...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Greek telecom regulator launch public consultation on internet regulation
Greek telecommunications authority EETT plans to launch a public consultation on the draft measures to regulate and specify issues related to access to the open internet...
 
Internet penetration at 61pc of population
According to Nepal Telecommunications Authority, over 6,581 new users are connected to the internet every day in Nepal…
 
Slovakia awards winners of spectrum auction
Slovakia’s Office for Regulation of Electronic Communications & Postal Services has announced the winners of its recent auction of regional wireless broadband spectrum licences...
 
South Asia
 
Microsoft all set to help Bangladesh in digital transformation
Microsoft is interested in helping Bangladesh in the country's digital transformation, according to the corporate vice president of Microsoft…
 
SUPARCO to launch Pakistan’s first optical remote sensing satellite
Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission will be launching its optical remote sensing satellite PRSS-1 in 2018 which would be the first ever optical remote sensing satellite in the country...
 
North Africa
 
Etisalat Misr partners with Ericsson to evolve network in Egypt
Etisalat Misr has signed a four-year contract with Ericsson to modernize and expand its core network and support systems...
 
Fast internet in Algeria to be brought by Huawei and ZTE
Algerie Telecom will be developing superfast internet service to the country in collaboration with Huawei and ZTE…
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Globe Telecom urges subscribers to use LTE network
Philippines mobile operator Globe Telecom predicted 50 per cent of its mobile data traffic will come from its 4G network by the year-end…
 
Vodafone and Optus upgrade 4G regional coverage
According Vodafone Australia has announced the expansion of 4G services in Central West NSW with the addition of nearly 1400 square kilometres to its mobile footprint in the region…
 
Globe Telecom to expand 4G footprint
Philippines based Globe Telecom has rolled out close to 5,000 4G LTE cell sites across the country, using the 700MHz, 1800MHz and 2600MHz bands...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Telenor And Cisco launch cloud platform
Telenor Group and Cisco have announced the launch of WorkingGroupTwo (WG2), a business entity that will offer mobile operators a cloud services platform designed to increase product innovation...
 
Ericsson opens ASIC design centre in Austin
Ericsson opened a new 5G design center in Austin, Texas, to focus on microelectronics and accelerating the path to 5G commercialization—and it’s no accident the Swedish vendor chose Austin.
 
Harvey Norman signs deal with IoT firm
To expand home automation solutions in commercial division, HNCD has signed an IoT to promote and sell its products into commercial and residential development projects…
 
 
Middle East
 
RIPE NCC holds roundtable meeting in Bahrain to explore opportunities and challenges
RIPE NCC successfully organized a roundtable meeting of Arab telecommunications ministries and Arab ICT regulatory bodies recently at the Ritz-Carlton, Manama in Bahrain...
 
Sterlite Technologies joins UAE based telecom services
In order to provide data communication infrastructure, Sterlite Technologies will enable UAE-based telecommunications service provider du to roll out futuristic networks, IoT and FTTH services through its smarter network...
 
Ooredoo 4G network all set to cover 90 per cent of Oman
Ooredoo will cover more than 90 per cent of the Sultanate with a 4G network by year-end...
 
Vodafone Turkey uses NB-IoT in 81 provinces
According to Vodafone Turkey, it's the first operator to use the NB-IoT technology in 81 provinces of Turkey, providing private networks for objects and enabling them to serve large areas in very narrow bands…
 
Workz plans to be first IoT eSIM manufacturer in MEA
According to Workz Group, it is planning to become the region’s first eSIM manufacturer by producing a specializedeSIM card for mobile network operators from its Dubai production facility...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Kiip expands its mobile rewards platform to Amazon’s Fire TV
Mobile rewards startup Kiip is launching its first integration on Amazon’s Fire TV...
 
Kopernikus taps CryptoGuard for CA for pay TV services
Serbia’s operator Kopernikus has tapped content security provider CryptoGuard to provide conditional access services to secure its content revneues as it digitizes its network and launches new pay TV services...
 
Deutsche Telekom offers Ultra HD service
Deutsche Telekom has launched Ultra HD content on its IPTV platform Entertain TV…
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Sky inks high-speed broadband agreement with BT Ireland
BT Ireland inked an agreement with Sky Ireland that sees the TV company tied into BT's network on a four-year contract for broadband and other services…
 
Vodafone extends broadband service to Takoradi
Vodafone Ghana has extended its fiber-to-the-home broadband service to Takoradi, the Western Region capital...
 
Proximus wins wholesale customer for new FTTH network
Telecoms provider edpnet has signed up to use Proximus’ emerging FTTH network in Belgium…
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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