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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 26, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
STC & KKF sign a strategic partnership agreement
 
 
King Khalid Foundation (KKF) signed a strategic partnership agreement with STC, which aims to maximize the impact of CSR programs at the company...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat revamps roaming packages for prepaid and postpaid customers
Member Logo Etisalat has announced the revamp of its roaming packs for both prepaid and postpaid customers to give them flexibility and more affordable choices of tailored plans to stay connected...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Oman Broadband connects 37,000 homes in Muscat
 
•  Etisalat successfully deployed the first regional pre-commercial 5G
 
•  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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• NBTC backs Section 44 for digital TV
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has officially endorsed a three-year suspension of terrestrial digital TV operators' licence payments by requesting NCPO to postpone their payments...
 
• Mobile users reach 1.41 billion in China
According to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). the country has 1.41 billion mobile subscribers as of November 2017...
 
North Africa
 
• Egypt joins Japan to launch a satellite in July 2018
Egypt will launch a satellite with 70% to 80% Egyptian components in cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in July 2018…
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• Vodafone to launch VoLTE service in January
Telecom operator Vodafone will be rolling out voice over LTE (VoLTE) 4G service from January...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• WeChat starts issuing ID cards
Chinese citizens will be able to leave their identity cards at home and use their WeChat ID card for online and offline government services, hotel registration, delivery services, ticketing and other scenarios that require...
 
• StealthCrypto launches privacy for mobile phones worldwide
Stealth Grid has developed, tested and manufactured the first totally encrypted mobile phone in the industry and will be launching an ICO on Dec. 28, 2017...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• China Telecom plans to start mid-scale 5G field experiment in 2018
China Telecom, which is involved in standard setting, plans to launch a medium-scale 5G field experiment in various cities across the country in 2018 in preparation for the 5G commercial trial in 2019 and the subsequent...
 
• Taiwan plans IoT information security standards
To help domestic makers boost the safety and competitiveness of their products, Taiwan moving to set up IoT information security standards…
 
• Global mobile industry leaders achieve multi-band 5G NR interoperability
An important technology milestone based on the newly-approved NSA 5G NR standard has been achieved by a group of leading mobile communications companies...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Smart apps approved for public transport in Jordan
A by-law which aims to improve public transport services delivered via smart phone applications has been approved in Jordan…
 
• Irancell upgrades presence in Rasht
Mobile operator MTN-Irancell is expanding its presence in the northern city of Rasht…
 
• 5G digital boom to generate US$ 28 billion in GCC revenues by 2023
According to Ericsson, a 5G enabled digital boom in industries across the GCC is expected to generate around US$ 28 billion in revenues by 2023...
 
• STC signs an agreement with GSA
STC has signed an agreement with General Sports Authority (GSA) to activate “ my team” initiative...
 
South Asia
 
• 'Smart Lamp Pole' initiative launched in Sri Lanka
edotco has inaugurated the first Smart Lamp Pole solution, which will see the first set of energy efficient telecom solutions in Sri Lanka...
 
• Incubtion center launched to expedite digital revolution in Pakistan
The National Incubation Center has been inaugurated at LUMS Lahore, in a bid to accelerate the digital revolution in Pakistan...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Angola to launch satellite into the orbit
Angolan is poised to launch its first communications satellite AngoSat 1 into the orbit from the Baikonur in Kazakhstan...
 
• High speed internet to bring change in remote Alaska
Isolated Alaska towns would soon be getting access to high-speed internet...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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