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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
November 22, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
CommsMEA Awards 2017 celebrate transformation efforts in the industry
 
 
CommsMEA Awards 2017 opened to a packed house at Grosvenor House, Dubai, as various stakeholders of the telecommunications industry in the region came together for an evening of appreciation and networking...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain digital partner of the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition
Member Logo Zain Group will be the digital partner of 2018 MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Pan Arab Startup Competition...
 
•  Etisalat launches Business First, a first-of-its-kind mobile plan introducing ‘non-stop data’ to SMBs
Member Logo Etisalat has announced the launch of the new mobile plan Business First for the UAE Small and Medium Business (SMB) sector...
 
•  Batelco’s development of new datacenters for ICT & digital solutions
Member Logo Batelco has begun work to build a number of world-class TIER III Datacentre facilities to ensure the highest level of business continuity for the Enterprise and Government sectors...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
NCCR starts amendments to legal base for introduction of 4G
According to the the National Commission for Communications and Informatization Regulation, it has passed a draft of government resolution amending the fee for the radio frequency (RF) spectrum use licenses and the...
 
Iran Regulator launches Internet fair usage policy
In a move to expand access to the Internet, the Telecoms Ministry in collaboration with Communication Regulatory Authority has introduced a mandatory landline Internet Fair Usage Policy, which will be enforced from Dec....
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
HD streaming increases to 38% of mobile video traffic
According to Openwave Mobility, 38 percent of all mobile video traffic globally is now High Definition (HD) whichisfar beyond what mobile operators had predicted…
 
VIVA taps Oi2 for live TV app ad sales
Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) distributor VIVA Entertainment Group has signed Oi2 Media Group to act as lead advertising sales agent for the VIVA Live TV app…
 
MFS introduces QuickPay QR solution
JazzCash, Jazz’s mobile money arm, has announced a QR funds transfer service for its mobile account customers...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
CommsMEA Awards 2017 celebrate transformation efforts in the industry
CommsMEA Awards 2017 opened to a packed house at Grosvenor House, Dubai, as various stakeholders of the telecommunications industry in the region came together for an evening of appreciation and networking...
 
National Broadband Network launches enterprise Ethernet product
National Broadband Network has accelerated the launch of its enterprise Ethernet product to support businesses migrating to its broadband access network...
 
Virgin Media to upgrade ultrafast broadband FTTP
According to Virgin Media, it will upgrade ultra-fast broadband fiber to the premises (FTTP) network to as many as 3,000 properties in Wembleyby the end of 2018…
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Interop testing event in South Korea to boost IoT growth
Interop testing event will focus on increasing widespread IoT adoption through standardization and interoperability testing…
 
Orange, Tricom complete merger and relaunch as Altice Dominicana
Netherlands-based Altice Group has completed the merger of its two Dominican Republic-based telecoms businesses, Orange Dominicana and Tricom and has relaunched the combined business under the ‘Altice Dominicana’...
 
 
Middle East
 
Turkey's mobile internet economy worth US$26 billion
According to the report by Google Turkey and consulting firm OC&C Strategy Consultants, Turkey’s mobile internet economy rose 18 percent in 2016 when compared with 2015…
 
Iran all set to launch mGovernment Services
As part of Iran’s National Portal for smart Government Services, the country is developing its mGovernment services which will be soon launched...
 
Online mega sale mania sweeps UAE
This weekend, Dubai and the UAE prepare for its own version of online-sale madness, with companies ramping up the hype with deals so unreal you can't help but become interested...
 
South Asia
 
Policy dialogue on internet policy-making conducted in Pakistan
Bolo Bhi hosted a policy dialogue on internet policy-making in Pakistan at the Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services...
 
4G to transform Robi's transition as a digital company
The launch of 4G services from December 2017 will help fuel continued economic growth in Bangladesh and 4G technology will underpin a longer term strategy to transform Robi from a traditional telco to a digital company..
 
Commercial Bank of Ceylon to offer integrated digital banking experience
Commercial Bank of Ceylon is all set to offer integrated digital banking experience across smartphones, tablets and desktops in Sri Lanka...
 
North Africa
 
Vodafone Egypt exceeds 42 million subscribers
Vodafone Egypt has 42.1 million subscribers at the end of September 2017, compared to 41.8m at the end of June 2017...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
4G subscribers account for 69% of China total mobile subscribers.
According to the figures from China’s big three mobile operators, they added 17.2 million 4G subscribers in October, taking their combined LTE total to 967 million…
 
Smart enhances mobile internet
According to Smart Communications, it is installing four-component carrier or 4CC aggregation technology in Metro Manila to provide very high LTE-Advanced mobile data speed to users with capable devices…
 
Ericsson & Swisscom present Gigabit LTE across Switzerland
To provide enhanced quality of coverage and capacity, Swisscom and Ericsson have developed gigabit connectivity with radio dot system that can provide exceptional internet speeds...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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