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November 26, 2017

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Member News

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Etisalat drives the digital future for Small and Medium Businesses

Etisalat and Intel jointly organised the ‘SMB Digital Cloud Conference’ exclusively for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) in the UAE...

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Cisco Announces $1 Billion Program for Smart Cities

Program aims to make it easier, faster, and more affordable for cities around the world to fund and adopt technologies that will transform their communities

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Saudis move to liberalize the oil field sector calls for Corporations and their local partners to re-visit partnerships

A recent study by global management consulting firm Strategy& has highlighted that multinational corporations and their local partners, operating in the Saudi oil-field services and equipment sector must review their...

Policy and Regulation

•	Azur temporarily closed by Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Azur RCA , the Central African Republic’s fourth largest cellco by subscribers, has been shut down on a temporary basis by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications...

•	NCC plans to activate 32 emergency centres next year According to Nigerian Communications Commission, the commission is working hard to ensure that more emergency centres in the country become operational next year…

•	Netherlands to evaluate 3.5GHz mobile licensing prospects In 2018 the government of the Netherlands will evaluate the potential for opening up the 3.5GHz frequency range to mobile services...

North Africa

•	Electronics payment company recieves foreign investment Ashraf Sabry, CEO of Fawry electronic payment company, disclosed that his company has received an investment of U$20 milion from a foreign investment fund.

Alternative Telecom

•	Deutsche Telekom plans to test demand for FTTH According to Deutsche Telekom, it will install 100,000 km of fiber optic cables over the next two years, provided there is sufficient take up of its pilot fiber-to-the-home schemes…

•	Telekom deploys 40,000km of fiber in Germany Telekom Deutschland is accelerating its rollout of fiber-to-the-home network and expects to lay 40,000km of fiber optic cables this year...

Global Telecom Update

•	China Mobile, ZTE develop 5G services China Mobile has teamed up with ZTE to develop six proof of concept 5G services, including 5G unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous submarines...

•	TIM Italia to become a digital player Telecom Italia is set to unveil its three year plan in Q1 of 2018, outlining its plan to become a fully digital player...

•	Google to launch cloud region in Hong Kong Google has announced plans to open a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) region in Hong Kong in 2018 as part of its ongoing Asia-Pacific expansion...

Middle East

•	Digital services to form core of Turkcell growth plan Turkcell has revealed that digital services and e-commerce will form the core of the operator’s growth strategy in the near-term as the company looks to maintain an upswing in sales in the opening nine months of 2017...

•	Smartphone app gives UAE labourers a chance to learn and earn A smartphone application that won an Expo Live grant teaches blue collar workers to speak English, learn safety material and may soon help them win vouchers for food or phone credit to call home...

•	Iran ranked higlhy by ITU in ICT development The latest data on ICT development from International Telecommunication Union shows continued progress in connectivity and use of information and communications technologies in Iran...

•	dnata, Flydubai team Up with IBM to trial blockchain technology dnata, has introduced a new blockchain-based logistics platform for air cargo in Dubai. Developed in partnership with Emirates Innovation Lab, IBM, and flydubai Cargo...

South Asia

•	Bangladesh to ensure 100 percent internet penetration by 2021 Bangladesh aims to ensure 100 percent internet penetration and 50 percent broadband connectivity for all by 2021...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Antel opens door to ClickVeo! in Uruguay Uruguay has welcomed another over-the-top (OTT) player, ClickVeo!, which is to be available for subscription through the public telco, Antel...

•	App launched to offer automated car parking Thai automated parking system provider Parkplus Co has entered the online platform, launching Park 2 Go, the first car park mobile booking application...

3G and 4G Networks

•	Namibian operator upgrades sites from 3G to 4G According to Namibia’s Mobile Telecommunications Limited, five new sites within the Oshana region, in the north of the country, have been upgraded from 3G to 4G…

•	Lifecell, Ericsson display LTE capabilities in Ukraine Ukrainian mobile operator Lifecell, in cooperation with Ericsson, is showcasing the possibilities of LTE introduction in that country, including high-data transfer rates and massive IoT deployments…

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