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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 7, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zain Iraq partners with Media World to manage its VAS services introducing the most innovative solutions
Zain Iraq, part of Zain Group - the leading mobile telecom provider in the region, recently signed a Master Aggregation agreement with Media World Company...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC launches new SAWA packages
Member Logo STC has launched the new SAWA packages (SAWA start- SAWA post-SAWA Share- SAWA like) to meet the customers’ needs for calls, internet or social Media.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Outdoor mobile coverage at 99% of population in Bahrain
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Bahrain recently published its mobile quality of service report for year 2017, surveying the most popular mobile services in Bahrain...
 
Saudi Minister of Telecommunications and IT directs mobile service providers to ensure roaming services, network in remote areas
Minister of Telecommunications and IT Abdullah bin Amer Al-Sawaha has directed all mobile service providers to ensure the availability of local roaming services and network sharing in remote areas...
 
Cellcos to warn subscribers before connecting high tariff calls
Latvian telecoms watchdog has implemented new rules, under which cellcos must alert their subscribers when they are about to make high-tariff calls...
 
South Asia
 
Nepal Rastra Bank to introduce national payment gateway
Nepal Rastra Bank is preparing to introduce a national payment gateway in a bid to conduct regular monitoring of digital payment system...
 
MFS to empower customers
In an industry first move, JazzCash and Bank Alfalah are set to empower customers to transfer funds to people’s CNIC through Alfalah Internet Banking...
 
North Africa
 
Morocco satellite launch could accelerate Spanish space efforts
Morocco’s launch of its Mohammed 6-A satellite last November could accelerate Spain’s work on its SeoSat/Ingenio optical Earth-observation satellite, which is expected to launch in late 2019 or early 2020...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
TOT and AIS seal spectrum deal
After providing a trial service for 18 months, state telecom enterprise TOT and the largest mobile operator, Advanced Info Service (AIS) have signed an official partnership contract for commercial use of TOT's...
 
Verizon selects Samsung for 5G FWA commercial launch
Verizon has selected Samsung to provide commercial 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network and customer solutions...
 
 
Middle East
 
First robot employee appointed at Jordan's PSUT
The Princess Sumaya University for Technology has appointed the Japanese-made robot ‘Pepper’ as an employee at the university...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Movistar kicks off open-source IPTV project in Latin America
Movistar has started delivering Wyplay-powered, open source IPTV set-top boxes across some of its key markets in Latin America...
 
Delta offers interactive IPTV platform
Dutch cable operator Delta, that serves the province of Zeeland, is soft-launching a new interactive IPTV platform this month…
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Digi aims to grow on LTE in 2018
Digi has highlighted the solid development on 4G Plus network significantly improved market perception of its network while actively driving internet revenue growth...
 
MegaFon claims Russia’s largest LTE-A footprint
MegaFon, Russia’s second largest mobile operator by subscribers, has confirmed that its LTE-A network now covers 38 regions, following its activation in Siberia...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
TOT moves fiber optic installation forward
The state telecom enterprise TOT plans to install fiber optic lines to replace copper wires nationwide by 2021, five years ahead of its original plan...
 
3GPP groups are working to find out the role of satellite in 5G connectivity
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) plans to incorporate satellites and other forms of non-terrestrial networks to enhance the 5th generation mobile networks...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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