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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 10, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
Orange Jordan offers its services to the Greater Irbid Municipality and Yarmouk Water Company
 
 
Orange Jordan recently signed two strategic agreements in Irbid governorate with the Greater Irbid Municipality and Yarmouk Water Company. Under these agreements, the company will provide them with a range of global IP-based networking solutions (IPVPN)...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC launches free Ishaar service
Member Logo STC, launched free service named Ishaar, which is a tone designed to alert customers when contacting a number outside the network...
 
•  Nokia selected by Kansas City Power & Light to supply a mission-critical communications network to enhance its power grid
Member Logo Nokia has been selected by Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) to enhance the microwave communications network that supports a range of mission-critical services...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Dr. Khaled Biyari has been awarded The Industry CEO of the Year Award
 
•  STC moves confidently towards digitization and achieving objectives of 2030 Vision
 
•  Sudatel Telecom Group hosts the first US trade mission to Sudan since US sanctions lifted
 
•  SAMENA Council's "Convergence to Kuwait" Engages Telecom Operators, Regulators, and Technology Providers to Promptly Address Digital Transformational Requirements in the Region
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• ARCT Burundi launches ‘Burundi Broadband’ project
Burundi’s Agency for Regulation and Control of Telecoms has launched the ‘Burundi Broadband’ project, an eight-year programme covering the period from 2018 to 2025...
 
• PTA actively pursuing broader targets for telecom services development
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has tackled every new challenge with determination, keeping interest of the country at heart of its regulatory decisions...
 
South Asia
 
• Digital Bangladesh initiative halfway to completion
Bangladesh has seen a massive rise in the number of internet users with an estimated 79.7 million people - almost half of the population - now online...
 
• Pajhwok launches SMS news service via Roshan
Pajhwok Afghan News has officially launched its Short Message Service (SMS) news service through Roshan telecom network in Afghanistan...
 
• Internet banking witnesses strong growth in Pakistan
The adaptation of Internet and mobile banking has witnessed a remarkable growth as the number of users and their use of the banking services through advanced and convenient channels are on the rise...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• Sazz to build first Pre 5G network operating on TD-LTE standard in Azerbaijan
Sazz company will build the first Pre 5G network operating on the TD-LTE standard according to Jeyhun Mollazade, head of Sazz...
 
• LTE tops Brazilian mobile market
Opening further opportunities for mobile video distribution, LTE has become the most used mobile technology in Brazil…
 
• Global LTE connections hit 2.5 billion
According to 5G Americas, the global LTE connections reached the milestone of 2.5 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2017…
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• InfoValue announces delivery of IPTV on Fire TV
InfoValue Computing announced the delivery of “IPTV on Fire TV” for combining consumer OTT Apps and commercial service offerings…
 
• Baidu, Qualcomm partner in DuerOS push
Baidu partnered with Qualcomm to add the DuerOS voice assistant to Snapdragon as part of the Chinese internet giant’s aspirations for its artificial intelligence (AI) technology...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Amino launches in Middle East to address Arabic content gap
Amino is seeking to address the online Arabic content gap for regional social media users as it officially launches in the Middle East region...
 
• UAE adopting technology with more gusto than West
The UAE is embracing technology at a faster pace than the West as the government promotes an ecosystem supportive of innovation, according to a study by HSBC...
 
• DFSA signs FinTech agreements with Hong Kong authorities
The Dubai Financial Services Authority has signed two cooperation agreements with Hong Kong to enhance collaboration in financial technology (FinTech) innovation...
 
• App launched in Jordan to boost e-learning
An online educational platform EDaura has been launched to help educators adapt to the new age e-learning technology to improve their teaching skills…
 
North Africa
 
• Vodafone Egypt to increase investments by 10 percent
Vodafone Egypt says it expects a 10 percent increase in its investments over the next three years, as well as an increase in profits after offering 4G services...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Orange boosts fiber footprint in France, Spain
Orange plans to reach 36 million homes in France and Spain with fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) by 2020…
 
• China turns space debris into in-orbit 'Internet of Things'
Chinese scientists have turned the final stage of a discarded launch rocket into a smart application programme by fitting it with intelligent chips...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Spark NZ expects to roll out 5G in next few years
According to Spark New Zealand, its plans for a fifth-generation network (5G) are progressing well and it expects to roll it out within the “next few years…
 
• MyRepublic targeting MVNO launch in March
Singapore-based ISP MyRepublic is aiming to launch MVNO services in its home market in March...
 
• Belgium embraces mobile IoT
Orange has announced the nationwide roll-out of Narrow Band-IoT (NB-IoT) and LTE-M, so called “mobile IoT”, technologies across Belgium…
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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