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December 28, 2017

Ministry of Education signs MoU with Etisalat to develop digital education in UAE

Etisalat announced the partnership with Ministry of Education to modernize and develop infrastructure of schools across UAE keeping in line with the UAE’s 2021 digital vision for all citizens in the country to implement a digital education across schools in the country...

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Dr Biyari discusses digital content and digital transformation field with VP LinkedIn

STC Group CEO, Dr. Khaled Biyari discussed the shared interests in the digital content and digital transformation field with LinkedIn VP & Middle East MD, John Hurley...

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Etisalat Digital partners with Cars Taxi to implement automotive surveillance solutions

Etisalat Digital has formed a partnership with Cars Taxi to implement smart surveillance solutions and analytics across its fleet of taxis in Dubai...

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Huawei showcases role of ICT in driving digital transformation

Huawei showcased the role ICT is playing in driving digital transformation and building sustainable knowledge-based economies at the Huawei Day KSA 2017...

Policy and Regulation

•	NBTC approves partnership between TOT and DTAC NBTC has given approval to a partnership between TOT and Total Access Communication (DTAC) to provide service on the 2300-megahertz spectrum...

•	Korea set to offer more frequency bands for new industries, social infrastructure in 2018 Kora haslaunched details of frequency supply plan for autonomous driving, IoT, smart factories, and 5G telecom network…

•	Peru mobile number portings increase 5 percent in November According to Osiptel, a total of 388,293 Peruvian mobile users ported their phone number in November to a new operator...

Middle East

•	Network International partners with 3C Payment UAE based payment solutions provider Network International has strengthened its product proposition following a partnership with payment solution counterpart 3C Payment...

•	Dubai Municipality to digitize workspace Dubai Municipality has adopted a new strategy to enhance running the city and it has to do with how its employees will drive the digital workspace...

North Africa

•	New e-commerce strategy aims to double online businesses in Egypt Egypt has launched its new e-commerce strategy with the aim to double the number of businesses in the country selling products and services online by 2020...

•	Mobile payments may arrive soon in Morocco Abdellatif Jouahri, the Governor of the Moroccan central bank is optimistic about bringing mobile payments to the country and noted that the principle of interoperability has been accepted...

Alternative Telecom

•	Fiber broadband sees record growth According to the latest statistics, 35 million new North American homes were passed by fiber during 2017 thanks to increased deployment participation by smaller ISPs and municipal broadband providers...

•	AfDB and EU pledge funds for fiber cable project in Central African Republic The African Development Bank Group has announced a donation to finance an extension of the Central African Backbone project to bring fiber optic connectivity to the Central African Republic...

South Asia

•	NIFT, 1LINK ink deal for digital financial services in Pakistan 1LINK and National Institutional Facilitation Technologies have decided to collaborate on digital financial services, for the development of Digital Payment Eco-system in Pakistan…

•	Digital payment systems set to be implemented in Nepal In a bid to ease tax collection process and cut back on costs incurred, the government has decided to implement digital payment systems to collect tax-revenue…

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	TV, video enhance digital revenue in Spain According to the ONTSI, Spain’s digital market invoiced nearly US$11.9billion during 2016, 4.8% more than 2015…

•	Netflix eyes Russian expansion Netflix is considering the launch of a full service in Russia in 2018...

3G and 4G Networks

•	Verizon and Qualcomm carry outs 4G LTE Advanced Trial Qualcomm and Ericsson jointly completed the first successful 4G LTE Advanced, FDD Massive MIMO” connection on a “fully compatible customer device…

•	Beeline enables subscribers to use 4G network in 39 countries Beeline subscribers can use 4G network in 39 countries while traveling during these New Year holidays...

•	Vip mobile achieves 95% population coverage with 4G Serbia's Vip mobile has installed more than 1,655 4G base stations that covers over 95 percent of the population...

Global Telecom Update

•	SK Telecom Successfully Deploys 5G Infrastructure in K-City According to SK Telecom, the company, along with Korea Transportation Safety Authority (KOTSA), successfully deployed 5G infrastructure in K-City….

•	SixDomainChain Foundation introduces IoT Blockchain Commercialization drive SixDomainChain Foundation introduced SDChain Initiative to serve East Asian IoT markets with innovative blockchain 4.0 technology…

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