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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 29, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIVA wins 2017 Speedtest Award
 
 
VIVA has been recognized as “Speedtest Award Winner 2017 – Kuwait’s Fastest Mobile Network”, based on Ookla’s analysis of Speedtest Intelligence data in 2017, in Kuwait...
 
Sudatel wins prestigious Global Carrier Award for fiber network
 
 
The Sudatel Telecom Group picked up the award for Best African Project at the annual Global Carrier Awards at a glittering ceremony held in London..
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC net profit for the 3rd quarter sees an increase of 18% compared to comparable quarter last year
Member Logo Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has announced the company’s interim financial results for the period ending at 30 September 2017...
 
•  Etisalat launches new postpaid premium plans
Member Logo Etisalat announced the launch of its new postpaid ‘Gold’ and ‘Platinum’ premium plans giving these exclusive customers a special mobile number along with more talk time and data...
 
•  Zain Group records net income of KD 40 million (USD 133 million) for the third quarter of 2017
Member Logo Zain Group announced its consolidated financial results for the nine-month and third-quarter periods ended 30 September 2017...
 
•  iPhone X arrives at Mobily on 3rd Nov
Member Logo Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has announced it will offer iPhone X, Customers will be able to pre-order iPhone X beginning of 27th Oct at the Mobily website, and it will be available in Mobily outlets starting on 3rd Nov...
 
•  Eutelsat Communications first quarter 2017-18 revenues
Member Logo Eutelsat Communications has reported revenues for the First Quarter ended 30 September 2017...
 
•  Upstream companies expect shorter time to produce oil and gas due to digital technology investments
Member Logo Faster & better decision-making and shorter time to produce oil & gas top the list of expected benefits that digital technologies can drive for upstream oil & gas companies according to a survey...
 
•  The sharing economy boom benefiting GCC businesses and consumers
Member Logo The GCC can truly benefit from sharing economy platforms by tapping into underexploited human resources and assets, according a Strategy& study ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Roaming tariff cut between South Asian countries in the works
The telecom regulators of the South Asian countries are expected to bring out a proposal by December to cut down high roaming charges for subscribers travelling between member nations...
 
FCC plots 3.5GHz licensing overhaul
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a number of revisions to its rules governing the 3.5GHz band, which it says will help promote investment and keep up with technological advancements...
 
Trai to come out with recommendations on data privacy
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is planning to come out with recommendations on data privacy, security, and ownership by January...
 
South Asia
 
70 percent of the work to lay optical fiber along the Mid-Hill Highway completed by Nepal Telecom
Nepal Telecom (NT) has stated that almost 70 percent of the works to lay optical fiber along the Mid-Hill Highway has been completed and the project is on track to be concluded within the designated time...
 
VEON to redefine connectivity in Pakistan
Veon promises to completely revolutionize the digital landscape of how Pakistanis communicate by introducing an ecosystem that combines usual telecom services, popular OTT services and a smart core based on AI and Big Data...
 
Dialog launches IoT based home automation solution
Dialog Axiata recently announced the launch of ‘Connected Home’, a futuristic home automation solution in Sri Lanka, which is to be one of the many revolutionary solutions introduced under Dialog;s IoT platform...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Telekom Malaysia, edotco ink deal for LTE deployments
To provide backhaul services for Malaysian mobile operators' LTE deployments, Telekom Malaysia has entered an agreement with regional infrastructure services company edotco…
 
MTS Belarus extends 4G to new locations within the country
MTS Belarus has announced that ten more cities and towns in the country are now covered by its 4G signal in the country...
 
Freedom Mobile set to deploy LTE spectrum
Freedom Mobile announced that it will deploy its recently acquired 2500MHz spectrum, which will enhance its LTE-Advanced network for customers in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
LG U+ and Huawei complete world's first trial of live UHD IPTV over 5G FWA
LG U+ and Huawei have successfully completed the pre-commercial trial of the world's first live ultra-high-definition (UHD) IPTV over 5G FWA with a chipset based 5G millimeter-wave CPE...
 
NLZiet adds live streaming video
The Dutch OTT platform NLziet has added live streaming channels from both private and public broadcasters to its premium on-demand service...
 
MintHealth launches blockchain-driven mobile health records platform
MintHealth has announced the launch of its self-sovereign health record platform that allows patients to access their health records in real-time through a mobile or web app, and features a specialized digital currency as...
 
 
Middle East
 
Saudi Arabia leads Arab countries in online transactions
Online transactions increased in Arab countries by 22 per cent in 2016, a growth that was led by Saudi Arabia with 27 percent, followed by Egypt with 22 percent and UAE with 21 percent...
 
Facebook boosts presence in Middle East and North Africa
Over the past five years Facebook has grown its MENA user base by 264%, and now looks to galvanize the digital transformation in the Arab World, collaborating with users and partners to create products and solutions relevant...
 
Turkcell launches new search engine Yaani
Turkey's leading cellphone operator Turkcell announced the launch of its new search engine called Yaani...
 
Online shopping platform to launch in Saudi Arabia
Noon, the online shopping platform, will launch in Saudi Arabia before the end of this year and is working with large Saudi retailers as well as small and medium enterprises, and start-ups...
 
Oman switches over to SmartKargo
Oman Air Cargo has introduced a new 100% Cloud-based cargo ERP solution from SmartKargo to maximise the potential of its cargo business - leveraging the solution’s advanced, real-time capability to bring digital...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt's TE added 22,000 new customers to fixed-line services in August
Telecom Egypt (TE) added 22,100 new customers to its fixed-line services in August, according to a report with the number of customers increased from 6.25 million customers in July to 6.27 million customers in August...
 
Libyan tech company to launch mobile video game
Libyan tech company Techneon Group is launching its first mobile phone video game later this year called Nitro Bus and is based on Libya’s iconic IVECO brand minibuses seen taxiing people all around the country...
 
Electronic payments worth US$ 1.4 billion to be made via Fawry by end of 2017
According to the Managing Director of Fawry Payment Services the electronic payments expected to be made via Egypt’s Fawry network will reach EGP 25billion (US$ 1.4 billion) by the end of this year...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Spanish operator reaches 9 million homes with fiber
Grupo MASMOVIL, the Spanish alternative operator has announced that it has increased the coverage of its fibre-optic networks to nine million available households in Spain...
 
SpaceX Falcon 9 set to launch Korean satellite
SpaceX is poised to launch the Korean satellite built in France by Thales Alenia Space that provide television and Internet services in Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Southeast Asia and the Middle East...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
China aims to roll out 5G standard and mobile prototypes next June
The second phase of China's 5G testing program will be concluded by the end of this year with the third round starting in 2018...
 
Cloud computing drives massive growth for big US tech firms
Amazon Inc., Microsoft Corp., Alphabet Corp.’s Google and Intel Corp are all putting their chips on the cloud computing business, and it is booming...
 
Myanmar's telco revolution opens new chapter
Myanmar is three years into a telecoms boom that has changed the physical and technological landscape of the country with unparalleled speed...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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