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December 27, 2017

Dr. Biyari Announces Launching the Construction of NOC Project

Dr. Khaled Biyari, STC Group CEO announces the beginning of the civil work for Network Control Center project inside King Abdulaziz Complex in Almursalat...

Member News

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Batelco extends network to Singapore

Two submarine cables will allow high network availability with short latencies to Batelco's Middle East customers across the Asia-Pacific region...

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Huawei names finalists of ICT contest in Bahrain

Huawei has announced the end of the Bahrain chapter of its ICT Skills Competition 2017. The winners have earned a trip to China at the end of December, where they will compete with international finalists and receive...

Policy and Regulation

•	NCC plans unused data roll over to 14 days The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is to extend the grace period of unused data roll over to 14 days...

•	TRAI set to relook policy structure to grow walkie talkie use TRAI will next month float a consultation paper inviting suggestions from the public and all stakeholders to relook at the policy structure governing the walkie-talkie service...

Middle East

•	Dubai Industrial Park announces Wi-Fi access Dubai Industrial Park has announced that it will implement Wi-Fi connectivity across all its labour accommodations at highly affordable rates…

•	Sultan Qaboos University conducts workshop on interactive technology The Centre of Excellence in Teaching & Learning at Sultan Qaboos University organised a workshop on ‘Using interactive technology to engage students in deeper learning’...

•	Multiple electronic services launched in Jordan Jordan will launching 10 electronic services in the Ministry of Justice, the Department of Lands and Survey, Amman Municipality and the Social Security Corporation, in addition to a number of services at the Customs...

North Africa

•	African Development Bank to support Tunisia digital plan The African Development Bank has signed two new loans for Tunisia to support increased technical education and training as well as the National Strategy Tunisia Digital 2020...

•	Space City to contribute 10 percent to Egypt's GDP Egypt’s space and satellite technology city will contribute 10 percent to the national income...

3G and 4G Networks

•	Mobile phone groups to boost 3G and 4G networks for New Year Cellular operators have prepared their network capacity to ensure smooth connections of their subscribers during the festive season...

Alternative Telecom

•	Work starts on new fiber broadband network for North East Somerset Gigaclear is carrying out essential surveys for CDS ahead of the installation of a new full-fiber network that will deliver broadband speeds up to 1 Gbps…

South Asia

•	UNICEF plans to make digital world safer for children in Pakistan In its latest version of their annual flagship global report, UNICEF focuses on the digital technology sector and telecom industries that must make expanding access to the internet and making priority to protect children...

•	Bangladesh's ICT sector sees growth in 2017 Bangladesh's ICT sector will bid farewell to 2017 on a high note as the year saw digital services thrive, exports hit a new peak and local companies go global...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Safaricom unveils new TV decoders Kenya’s telecom firm, Safaricom, has relaunched its Internet-enabled digital TV decoders in the market after a gap of one year...

•	4 million people started Amazon Prime service during the holidays Amazon said over 4 million people trialed its Prime service over the Christmas holiday...

•	Disney seals Vodafone deal in Spain Disney has reached an agreement with Vodafone TV to boost its video-on-demand (VOD) footprint...

Global Telecom Update

•	Digital security demand increasing in Thailand The national e-payment scheme, mobile banking and smart factories are driving demand for application security service technology in Thailand...

•	Google distributes AI voice recognition assistant service Google is distributing the software development kit (SDK) of its AI voice recognition assistant service “Google Assistant” so that numerous smartphone manufacturers can use it...

•	Kiwis’ data use reveals connected Christmas Nationally, New Zealanders consumed 411 terabytes (TB) of data over Christmas Day and Boxing Day on the Vodafone network, which is equivalent to streaming 182,666 hours of video...

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