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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 21, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat reveals details on the application of VAT on its products and services
Member Logo Etisalat announced starting 1 January 2018, it will start collecting VAT with a standard rate of 5 per cent on behalf of the government, which will be added on applicable products and usage of its services...
 
•  Nokia and Huawei sign patent license agreement
Member Logo Nokia has announched that it has signed a multi-year patent license agreement with Huawei...
 
•  Top university students from Middle East heading to China for final round of Huawei’s ICT Skills international competition
Member Logo 13 teams of top ICT students from across the Middle East are traveling to China, where they will take part in the final round of Huawei’s ICT Skill Competition...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Orange Jordan, the Orange Foundation and JOHUD sign agreement to launch Women’s Digital Centers Program
 
•  Zain Group and Cisco blaze innovation trail to drive network transformation for the digital era
 
•  Ministry of Communication and STC sign agreement to qualify 800 Students for qualitative jobs
 
•  Sudatel and the ITU organized an important event in Khartoum
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• 160 million population now use internet: BTRC
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission reported that more than half of Bangladesh’s estimated 160 million-strong population, or over 80 million…
 
• UK Government to make high speed broadband access a legal right
UK Government has confirmed it is giving everyone in the UK access to broadband speeds of at least 10 Mbps by 2020…
 
South Asia
 
• Mobile remittance scheme to be launched in Pakistan
The State Bank of Pakistan is about to launch an innovative scheme to enable foreign remittances’ transfer on mobile phones to improve financial inclusion in the country...
 
• Smart School' programme set to transform 250 schools in Sri Lanka
According to Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka's premier connectivity provider, it is planning to launch the Nenasa Smart School initiative…
 
North Africa
 
• Vodafone appoints Egypt CEO as IoT head
Vodafone Group named Stefano Gastaut, current CEO of its Egyptian business, as the new global director of its IoT unit...
 
• Longenesis to aid Africa monotise data
Insilico Medicine, would launch a health application ‘Longenesis’ to help Africans monetise their data, live longer lives, as well as build the economy...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• Swisscom boost Gigabit LTE to eleven cities
According to Swisscom, its Gigabit LTE network is now available in Zurich, Bern, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne, Lugano, St. Gallen, Lucerne, Sitten, Chur and Fribourg – and 15 Swisscom shops…
 
• Telenor Hungary's 4G available to 99% of population
Telenor Hungary has announced that its 4G service is now available in nearly 2,700 towns and villages with a population of less than 6,000...
 
• Spark expands 4G network coverage
Spark has lit up two key areas with new 4G coverage in Marlborough just in time for Christmas...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• China Telecom taps ZTE for resource pool pre-commercial trial SDN project
China Telecom hasteamed up with ZTE for the provincial cloud resource pool pre-commercial trial software-defined network (SDN) project...
 
• Italy introduces a new wireless network for the IoT
Telecom Italia is working on a new wireless network for the Internet of Things that should be available nationwide by the end of January…
 
• Singtel to develop IoT smart meter infrastructure
Singtel has entered an agreement with global smart metering vendor EDMI Limited to develop a smart electric metering infrastructure for Singapore...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Noon.com launches daily flash sales
Arabic e-commerce platform Noon.com has launched daily flash sales as part of its annual ‘Homecoming’ promotion campaign in line with the holiday season…
 
• HyperPay to protect eCommerce payments for merchants across Middle East
HyperPay, a payment service provider in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has extended its relationship with ACI to offer merchants integrated real-time fraud prevention for eCommerce and mobile payments...
 
• Dubai set to become the smartest city in the world
According to the Fernando Fischmann, the founder of Crystal Lagoons, Dubai is well on course to becoming the smartest city in the world with 100 smart initiatives and 1,000 smart services to be completed before the end of...
 
• Youth looking forward to digital era in Saudi Arabia
70% of Saudi population is under the age of 30 and is looking forward to adjust to the digital age in line with Vision 2030...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Amazon presents Firefox and Silk web browser to Fire TV
Amazon plans Mozilla Firefox and its own Silk Browser for its Television streaming devices, including the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick...
 
• Mobile now preferred channel for Citi APAC clients
Citi has announced that mobile banking has become the preferred channel for its consumer clients in Asia Pacific...
 
• WhereverTV Latino brings Google live streaming to Latin America
WhereverTV Broadcasting and Google have launched WhereverTV Latino, a subsidiary that will act as the IT giant’s first live-linear streaming partner in Latin America...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• T-Mobile Poland looking for access to Orange fiber
Orange Polska and T-Mobile Poland are planning joint venture, which could see T-Mobile’s corporate customers granted wholesale access to Orange’s fiber-optic infrastructure
 
• Samsung, KT power LTE-R service launch on 250-kph train
Samsung Electronics has joined hands with KT Corp. to provide LTE-Railway, a next-generation communications network for a new bullet train line that serves a key Olympic venue...
 
• MTN Ghana launches broadband services to provide high-speed internet access
MTN has launched its Fibre Broadband service in Accra, to provide high-speed internet access as well as facilitate live streaming of online TV channels or Video on Demand by home and office automation, including security...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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