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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
November 7, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cisco launches innovation and experience center to bring digitization to life for the Middle East
 
 
Cisco launched a state-of-the-art Innovation and Experience Center (IXC) at its Middle East regional hub in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The center will serve as a hub for open innovation and showcase what is possible with digital transformation in sectors that range from retail and hospitality to healthcare, education, and financial services.
 
Zain Group introduces Women Empowerment Network initiative with inaugural meeting in Kuwait
 
 
Zain Group announces the launch of its all-female empowerment initiative, aimed at achieving gender equality and empowering women in the organization to act, lead, develop, and succeed. The impressive initiative has been driven by the Vice-Chairman and CEO of Zain Group, Bader Al-Kharafi...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Airspan Networks becomes Member of SAMENA Telecommunications Council
Member Logo SAMENA Telecommunications Council has announced that Airspan Networks, one of the world's leading LTE-A small cell wireless access and backhaul solutions providers to telecom operators as well as vertical markets, has...
 
•  VIVA celebrates the successful iPhone X launch event
Member Logo VIVA, Kuwait's fastest-growing and most developed telecom operator, celebrated the remarkable success of the iPhone X launch, at the Headquarters in presence of the CEO Eng. Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Badran and number of...
 
•  du boosts digital footprint through partnership with Souq
Member Logo While expanding its digital footprint to offer even more choice to its valued customers, du announced that it has entered into a partnership with Souq…
 
•  Mobily picks Ericsson for 5G, IOT network
Member Logo Mobily has awarded Ericsson a modernization contract to upgrade its access network in the western region of Saudi Arabia, deploying the latest features of the Ericsson Radio System...
 
•  Nokia and Vodacom collaborate to shape the future of 5G in South Africa
Member Logo Nokia and Vodacom have signed an MoU under which the companies will trial Nokia 5G technology to accelerate the launch of the new technology and enable Vodacom to drive digitalization for the benefit of businesses and...
 
•  La Poste Sénégal picks Eutelsat to interconnect 200 post offices
Member Logo Eutelsat Communications announced a multi-year agreement with La Poste Sénégal, the country’s public postal service company, to interconnect 200 post offices nationwide...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Paraguay to award 700MHz licences in December
Paraguay’s National Telecommunications Council has formalised its plans to award 700MHz spectrum licences in December this year...
 
North Africa
 
Telecom Egypt to sell its products and lines on Souq
Telecom Egypt (TE) has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement to market its products through Souq, a subsidiary of Amazon, to sell its products it…
 
Morocco records 22.5 million internet users at Q3 2017
According to the Morocco's telecommunications regulatory body (ANRT) which the internet penetration rate in the country is at 64.74%, with the number of internet users in Morocco at 22.5 million at the end of September...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Maltese operator to launch 4G services
GO has submitted an application to be allocated 800 MHz spectrum which will enable the Malta based mobile operator to launch 4G+ services on a commercial basis in high population density areas...
 
AT&T deploys LTE-equipped flying COW drone in Puerto Rico
AT&T said that for the first time, it’s deployed a flying COW (Cell on Wings) in Puerto Rico to help with relief efforts...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Sling TV becomes first live and on-demand streaming service on Samsung Smart TVs
Sling TV became the first live and on-demand over-the-top (OTT) service available on select Samsung Smart TVs...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Satellite broadband to be launched to increase internet penetration in Nigeria
Coollinks has announced the launch of its new satellite broadband Asta to serve the needs of local consumers while increasing penetration across Nigeria…
 
C Spire kicks off ultra-fast 1 Gbps internet access initiative for businesses
C Spire says it will begin in Tupelo an initiative to offer gigabit-speed internet access to businesses in Mississippi...
 
Facebook messenger payments arrive in the United Kingdom
Facebook is bringing peer-to-peer (P2P) payments to the UK through Messenger, enabling people to send cash to their friends and family through the messaging app...
 
 
Middle East
 
Bahrain launches ‘largest’ MENA Fintech hub
The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) and FinTech Consortium (FTC) have launched Bahrain FinTech Bay (BFB), the largest dedicated fintech hub in the Middle East and Africa...
 
Microsoft 365 to supercharge UAE’s SMEs
Microsoft introduced the UAE’s fast-growing SME segment to Microsoft 365 Business, a multifaceted solution that ushers them into the modern workplace era by covering all of their productivity, admin and security needs..
 
South Asia
 
Nepal Telecom providing free internet in earthquake affected areas
Nepal Telecom has launched internet services in 55 different areas of the Earthquake affected districts within the country...
 
Sri Lanka telecoms continue focus on Capex investment
SLT and Dialog could acquire smaller telecom operators to strengthen their market position and consolidate spectrum assets and regain some pricing power...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Ericsson and Telstra claim world’s first 5G data call using 26GHz spectrum
Ericsson has announced that in partnership with Australian mobile network operator (MNO) Telstra it has completed what it claims is the world’s first 5G data call using 26GHz millimeter-wave..
 
APAC leading global online payments boom
Asia Pacific is at the forefront of a global trend toward increasing complexity in the online payments market...
 
Vodafone launches consumer IoT offering
Vodafone has launched V by Vodafone, its consumer IoT offering that enables its customers to connect millions of home and leisure electronics products to the company’s global IoT network..
 
BICS to provide Swazi Mobile with voice, data roaming
BICS has agreed to provide its complete range of voice and data roaming services to Swaziland’s second mobile network operator (MNO) Swazi Mobile...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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