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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 9, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eutelsat and China Unicom join forces to provide satellite communication services
 
 
Eutelsat Communications has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China Unicom that is aimed at addressing the fast-growing satellite communications market in Asia-Pacific in the framework of the “Belt and Road” initiative...
 
Mobile internet speeds see growth in Saudi Arabia
According to a speedtest report, Saudia Arabia has seen a growth of 80 percent in average mobile internet download speeds...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  VIVA Bahrain warns subscribers against scams and spams
Member Logo VIVA Bahrain has undertaken fraud-protection initiatives to safeguard its wide-spread network from such potential attacks effectively and proactively...
 
•  DE-CIX and BCIX establish strategic partnership
Member Logo Global operator of Internet Exchanges, DE-CIX, and Berlin’s Internet Exchange (IX) BCIX have established a strategic partnership, effective im-mediately...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Leading UAE Universities Participate in “Seeds for the Future” Program to encourage students to think more innovatively
 
•  Mobily Business Unit holds its 7th CIO Summit
 
•  Etisalat Digital partners with Cars Taxi to implement automotive surveillance solutions
 
•  STC & KKF sign a strategic partnership agreement
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• TRA Bahrain fosters telecom tower sharing initiative with new regulatory framework
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in the Kingdom of Bahrain has commenced approvals of applications submitted by the telecommunications network operators for the deployment of new public radiocommunications...
 
• Mobile tower radiation within safe limits reassures TRA
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA UAE) has reassured residents that all telecom towers installed in the UAE follow international guidelines and radiation levels are within safe limits...
 
Middle East
 
• Mobile internet speeds see growth in Saudi Arabia
According to a speedtest report, Saudia Arabia has seen a growth of 80 percent in average mobile internet download speeds...
 
• UAE Space Agency launches iShuttle
The UAE Space Agency has launched a new online portal called ‘iShuttle' which has been designed to engage with and drive interest in space among students, teachers and the wider public...
 
• Emirates NBD and Dynamics partner to introduce wallet card
Dynamics Inc. and Emirates NBD announced plans to introduce the first battery-powered, interactive payment cards to the United Arab Emirates in 2018...
 
North Africa
 
• Contactless payments to be launched in Morocco
Visa has introduced a new technology in Morocco to reduce the time it takes to process transactions...
 
• Ghana to go full DTT in Second Quarter of 2018
Ghana will experience Digital Terrestrial Television Switch On nationwide by the second quarter of 2018...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• VNPT to restructure brand
VNPT aims to become a leading digital service provider in Vietnam and the digital transaction center in Southeast Asia and Asia after restructuring its brand...
 
• Bango brings carrier billing to Mexico
Bango has partnered with Netflix to launch carrier billing for Netflix subscriptions in Mexico...
 
 
South Asia
 
• NTC landline phones to implement prepaid billing system
Nepal Telecom is upgrading its billing system, after which the landline Public Switched Telephone Network phones will also be made prepaid...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• TiVo launches TV platform
TiVo has introduced a new platform. that aims to bring viewers a unified way to watch content from pay-TV providers and online streaming services...
 
• Google Pay assimilates Android Pay, Google Wallet into a single platform
Google has announced that all of its payments solutions, including Android Pay and Google Wallet, will be integrated into a single payment solution called Google Pay...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• Three firms show interest in offering 4G core network services to Nepal Telecom
Three firms have applied to offer 4G core network service to Nepal Telecom...
 
• Bite Latvia expands LTE coverage to 75 percent of country
After deploying LTE equipment on 125 of its base stations in 2017, Bite's LTE network now covers 75 percent of the country‘s area...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Horizon all set to offer high speed internet in Bermuda
Bermuda looks set to see the arrival of a new player in the high speed internet access market with the news that Horizon Communications plans to offer BFWA services by the summer...
 
• Ericsson to power Dallas smart city traffic solutions
Ericsson will provide the technology behind a smart cities traffic solution currently being implemented in Dallas, Texas…
 
• Panasonic Avionics unveils third generation satellite communications network
Panasonic Avionics has launchd its third-generation communications network, which has been built to meet the growing connectivity demands of airlines and their passengers...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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