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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 15, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dr. Biyari: STC will witness a qualitative change in its investments
 
 
Dr. Khaled Biyari, STC Group CEO, confirmed that Telecoms turning towards Digitization is a need imposed by local and international reality...
 
Batelco board of directors and senior management attend key strategy workshops
 
 
Batelco’s Board of Directors and Senior Management from Batelco Bahrain and across the Batelco Group have attended key strategic workshops under the theme of Focus for a Successful Transformation...
 
Eutelsat consolidates its presence in Middle East with the acquisition of NOORSAT
 
 
Eutelsat Communications has acquired NOORSAT, a leading satellite service providers in the Middle East, from Bahrain’s Orbit Holding Group...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC concluded its participation in GITEX
Member Logo STC concluded its participation in GITEX, after a unique presence in its pavilion that focused on modern solutions related to enterprise sector in particular...
 
•  Alfa launches awareness initiative on mental illnesses
Member Logo Under the auspices of His Excellency the Minister of Telecommunications Jamal Jarrah, Alfa, managed by Orascom TMT, in cooperation with the Francophone Association for Mental Illnesses (AFMM), launched an awareness...
 
•  Orange Jordan sponsors BIG’s start-ups in GITEX Technology Week
Member Logo For the second consecutive year, Orange Jordan sponsored the participation of BIG Season 4 startups in GITEX Future Stars...
 
•  Huawei forges new alliances, launches new strategy and solutions to drive the Middle East’s digital transformation
Member Logo Huawei, the leading global ICT solutions provider, showcased an exciting range of innovative services and solutions as part of its ‘platform + ecosystem’ portfolio at GITEX Technology Week 2017...
 
•  STC Media Club visits Intigral
Member Logo A visit was paid to Intigral by the STC Media Club, on behalf of STC Group, which included a number of well-known media influencers...
 
•  GCC mission critical market could double in 10 years
Member Logo According to Strategy&, governments and enterprises need broadband communications networks, known as mission critical communications, with a high degree of reliability, accessibility and security to ensure fast and effective...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  STC participates in GSMA M360MENA
 
•  VIVA participates in 37th GITEX Technology in Dubai
 
•  Cisco to work with Monitoring Control Centre to enhance UAE capital's security
 
•  STC signs mutual agreements with Nokia, Ericsson, and Huawei to boost mobile broadband capacity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
PTA issues guidelines for local mobile phone assembly line in Pakistan
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has developed guidelines for the issuance of NoC for Local Mobile Phone Assembly Line in Pakistan…
 
CRTC bans cellphone unlocking fees
Cellphone companies will soon no longer be allowed to charge customers to unlock their devices under forthcoming changes to Canada's wireless code of conduct...
 
Middle East
 
Digital innovation highlighted at GITEX
The five-day Gitex Technology concluded at Dubai with a flood of partnerships sealed to boost the fourth industrial revolution in the region...
 
Artificial Intelligence demand in UAE on the rise
UAE is leading the way, in the region, in experimenting and enhancing the use of AI, which will be integrated as a part of many interactions and communication in the country...
 
UAE plans unified digital identity program
UAE aims to build a new unified digital identity for citizens of United Arab Emirates, bridging gaps between the national SmartPass service with the local Dubai ID system…
 
South Asia
 
Iflix launches in Nepal with Ncell
Emerging market SVOD service Iflix has launched in Nepal in partnership with mobile operator Ncell.
 
Mobitel launches hotline in partnership with the PSSL
Mobitel has partnered with the Perinatal Society of Sri Lanka (PSSL) to launch the SCOPE hotline, which enables peripheral level consultants and Medical Officers to connect with health care professionals...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Disney offers OTT platform in Ireland
Disney has launched a new OTT platform in Ireland that will include over 250 stories available as audio and ebooks…
 
Microsoft introduces mobile app for secured communication
Microsof Philippines introduced its mobile app Kaizala to address the communication needs of the frontline workers in the country working in banks, services, manufacturing plants, department stores and other industries...
 
 
North Africa
 
Fawry to push mobile banking in Egypt
Fawry, the country’s oldest and biggest electronic payments company, has ambitious plans that would see Egypt’s mostly unbanked population of 94m people carry out a broad range of financial transactions on their...
 
Icflix announces first original Moroccan production
MENA's online streaming service Icflix has announced its first original Moroccan production, 'Burnout'...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Ucell boosts LTE network to sixth city
Uzbekistan’s Ucell has expanded its commercial 4G LTE mobile network to its sixth city, Jizzakh, situated in the east of the country...
 
PLDT expands LTE coverage
After launching the LTE service for its Sun mobile phone brand in Metro Cebu, PLDT is now making available its 4G service and launching new data offers for Sun subscribers across the country...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
PLDT to launch AAE-1 cable system by end-2017
PLDT plans to open an international submarine cable link for the Philippines to three continents with the launch of the new Asia-Africa-Europe 1 Submarine Cable System (AAE-1) before the end of 2017…
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Hitachi and BT come together to create IoT products
Telecommunications giant, BT, and multinational Japanese conglomerate Hitachi have joined forces to develop products for IoT…
 
Operators stepping up preparations for 5G
Many operators have accelerated preparations for the arrival of 5G, and are increasingly looking to the enterprise as well as the consumer market as potential customers, research from Ericsson indicates…
 
Orange Business, Microsoft sign IoT partnership
Orange Business Services and Microsoft have teamed up to deliver large-scale, end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for the manufacturing sector...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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