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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 8, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
SAMENA Council Reflects on Public Policy Considerations for OTTs on behalf of Telecom Operators
 
 
SAMENA Council was invited to moderate the scene-setting Panel Discussion and to present a summary statement of its contribution to the Open Online Consultation...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC reviews latest digitization solutions at GITEX 2017
Member Logo STC, represented by STC Business, will be unveiling a variety of ICT digitization enabling platforms - essential to achieving the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 transformation objectives - during its participation at GITEX 2017...
 
•  Mobily Business expands its cloud computing footprint with Virtustream and Dell EMC
Member Logo As part of the new agreement, cloud computing services will be established at the Mobily Melgha 2 data center in Riyadh, which will be linked to the two existing cloud computing data centres located at Dammam and Jeddah.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
ACMA verifies details of multi-band spectrum auction
According to the Australian Communications and Multimedia Authority, the spectrum auction offering frequencies in four bands will get underway next month…
 
Google closer to using balloons for telecom in Puerto Rico
The Federal Communications Commission has given Google, a green light to fly 30 balloons over Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands to provide emergency connectivity for up to six months...
 
South Asia
 
Nepal Telecom's WOW TIME App crosses 50,000 downloads
Nepal Telecom's online video streaming app, WOW TIME, has crossed over 50,000 downloads on Google Play Store in just two weeks of its launch...
 
Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata launches mobile payment app
Sri Lanka’s diversified telco operator Dialog Axiata has introduced a mobile payment app which enables bill payments directly through credit or debit cards...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Iskon selects ThinkAnalytics for IPTV service
Iskon Internet, which is owned by Deutsche Telekom subsidiary Croatia Telecom (Hrvatski Telekom), selected ThinkAnalytics for its Iskon.tv IPTV service…
 
HBO Nordic, Turner launch new kids OTT service
The Nordic platform is the first partner on board for Turner EMEA’s new kid-targeted streaming service, Toonix...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Australia launches space agency with eye on satellite tech
Australia is planning to launch its first space agency in a much-anticipated move to ensure that the nation is not left behind in the new global space race…
 
M-net offers 1Gbps FTTH service
German regional telecoms operator M-net has launched maximum download speeds of 1Gbps over its fiber-optic network…
 
 
Middle East
 
New app a forerunner for cashless payments in UAE
In order to facilitate cashless payments, a digital platform created by 16 banks in the UAE is set to launch its new app next week…
 
Abu Dhabi Ports unveils Maqta Gateway trade digitalization platform
To help the company digitalize its trade and improve overall efficiency, UAE based Abu Dhabi Ports has launched a new digital platform known as Maqta Gateway…
 
North Africa
 
Bee supplies TE with self-payment machines
Egypt's Bee Electronic Payments says it has provided self-payment machines to Telecom Egypt (TE) in the first phase of a trial through which bills and mobile credit can be paid directly...
 
MTN Rwanda redefines mobile internet with launch of MTN Internet Irekure
MTN Rwanda has announced the introduction of MTN Internet Irekure, a tailored internet prepaid pack that edefines mobile internet...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Global Telecom Update
 
COM-IoT picked for Dubai Future Accelerators
Traffic and smart city solutions specialist COM-IoT Technologies has been selected for the third round of the Dubai Future Accelerators…
 
ZTE, Telenet launch 5G innovation Centre
ZTE has launched Telenet Belgium’s new 5G Innovation Centre in Brussels…
 
Ericsson opens 5G chip design center in US
Ericsson has opened a new design center in the US focused on microelectronics and accelerating the path to 5G commercialization...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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