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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
Huawei unveils its commitment to "Quality Broadband"
 
 
At the 4th Ultra-Broadband Forum, Ryan Ding, Executive Director and President of the Carrier Business Group of Huawei, unveiled the company's commitment to providing "Quality Broadband"...
 
Qualcomm performs 5G test on first 5G smartphone
Qualcomm Technologies has successfully achieved a 5G data connection on a 5G modem chipset for mobile devices. Qualcomm developed Snapdragon X50 5G modem chipset which delivered,gigabit speeds and a data connection in the 28GHz mmWave radio frequency band...
 
National data centers to be tendered by Lebanon Ministry of Telecom
The Ministry of Telecommunication, Lebanon (MoT) is planning to build data centers hosting a local cloud platform, to be owned, managed, and operated by the private sector through the Private Public Partnership law across Lebanon…
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Analysys Mason joins SAMENA Council's membership
Member Logo SAMENA Council has announced the joining of Analysys Mason as a new member. Analysys Mason joins leading regional telecom operators, renowned global telecom technology providers, and specialist firms that are already a part...
 
•  RAKBANK appoints Etisalat as managed service partner for its merchant acquiring business
Member Logo Etisalat and RAKBANK today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Managed Point of Sale Services and as part of the strategic partnership...
 
•  du posts 4 percent rise in Q3 profit
Member Logo du has posted a 4 percent rise in third-quarter net profit on Tuesday, in line with the forecasts of two analysts...
 
•  PCCW Global in consortium to build JUPITER trans-Pacific network
Member Logo PCCW Global has come together with consortium members to construct JUPITER, a high-capacity cable system that will connect Maruyama and Shima in Japan with Los Angeles in the USA and Daet in the Philippines...
 
•  OneWeb plans may 2018 launch
Member Logo OneWeb is a proposed mega-constellation of an initial 648 low-orbiting satellites designed to bring affordable broadband access to the whole planet...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
MOIT: 75% population has access to broadband Internet in Pakistan
According to the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications, approximately 75 percent of population in the country has access to broadband Internet over mobile networks…
 
National data centers to be tendered by Lebanon Ministry of Telecom
The Ministry of Telecommunication, Lebanon (MoT) is planning to build data centers hosting a local cloud platform, to be owned, managed, and operated by the private sector through the Private Public Partnership law across...
 
Middle East
 
du launches Apple mobile payment service
du has launched Apple Pay, which is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay that’s fast and convenient...
 
Vodafone Turkey provides free communication
Vodafone Turkey enabled all customers to chat, message, access the internet, the 'fizy' music service and 'TV +' service at no cost on 29 October in honor of the 94th anniversary of the Republic…
 
DAFZA launches first regional e-Commerce free zone
DAFZA has launched, 'Dubai CommerCity,' a joint venture with Wasl Asset Management Group, in the Umm Ramool area. Dubai CommerCity which will be the first free zone dedicated to e-commerce in the MENA region...
 
South Asia
 
Mobile Banking flourishing in Pakistan
A total of 2.3 million Internet Banking users have been registered by end of June 2017, showing a reasonable annual growth in volume and value of transactions...
 
Nepal Telecom boosts coverage to remote areas of Bajura
According to Nepal Telecom, it has extended its GSM mobile network services to two remote places of Bajura district, Badhu, and Bichha…
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Openreach finds broad support for large scale fiber deployments across UK
After conducting an industry consultation Openreach has claimed that ISPs offered “broad support” for their proposal to conduct a “large scale” rollout of Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) ultrafast...
 
Empire Access acquires open-access fiber-optic network ring for wider coverage
Axcess Ontario has signed an agreement to sell its open-access fiber-optic network ring to nearby New York state telecommunications service provider Empire Access, enabling the latter company to extend its service...
 
 
North Africa
 
TD Mobile launches in Ghana to advance mobile penetration
TD Mobile has revealed that the company has officially launched its operations in Ghana and has also been appointed as the exclusive distributors of Nokia mobile phones...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Tanzanian banks partner with telcos to reach unbanked masses
Commercial banks in Tanzania are partnering with telecom companies to reach the unbanked as well as allowing mobile money subscribers with bank accounts to transfer cash between the two services...
 
KPN sees convergence growth as IPTV subscribers rise
Dutch telco KPN added 23,000 IPTV subscribers in the quarter to September, along with 11,000 broadband subscribers and 12,000 post-paid mobile customers…
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Home wireless broadband launched by Optus
Australia's Optus Wholesale has added home wireless broadband to its product suite for MVNOs utilizing the Optus 4G network...
 
4G data roaming enabled by Makedonski Telekom in Germany
A new service which allows Makedonski Telekom's customers to use LTE data roaming service while staying in Germany has been enabled by purchasing and implementing a new network element and successfully passing the...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
China Telecom signs IoT deal with Bridge Alliance
China Telecom has forged an IoT business partnership agreement with APAC and MEA mobile industry group Bridge Alliance...
 
BT signs deal with AWS as part of hybrid cloud strategy
BT has signed a deal with AWS will focus on networking, security and managed services across multiple cloud environments...
 
Qualcomm performs 5G test on first 5G smartphone
Qualcomm Technologies has successfully achieved a 5G data connection on a 5G modem chipset for mobile devices. Qualcomm developed Snapdragon X50 5G modem chipset which delivered,gigabit speeds and a data connection in the...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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