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January 14, 2018

BIG by Orange Summit takes place at the King Hussein Business Park

Under the Patronage of Her Excellency Mrs. Majd Shweikeh, Minister of Information and Communication Technology and Minister of Public Sector Development, the “BIG by Orange” summit took place on the 10th of January at the King Hussein Business Park...

Cisco appoints Hani Raad as General Manager for the Middle East’s West Region

Cisco has announced the appointment of Hani Raad as General Manager for its West Region in the Middle East, where he will focus on leading Cisco’s digital transformation initiatives in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the Levant and Iraq...

Member News

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STC and Oracle sign agreement to provide latest cloud computing services in the Kingdom

STC represented by Enterprise Unite, signed the first agreement of its kind with Oracle to provide unique services to government and private sectors in the field of cloud computing, which will enable data storage at the...

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Accenture agrees to acquire Mackevision

Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire Germany-based Mackevision, a global producer of 3D-enabled and immersive product content which will add state-of-the-art visualization capabilities to Accenture...

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GCC landowners urged to unearth value from dormant land

Traditionally in the GCC, owning large pieces of land has been a means of safeguarding wealth for both governments and the private sector. However, these lands often lie dormant and unexploited. According to management...

Policy and Regulation

•	FCC accelerates Puerto Rico 600MHz licence shift The Federal Communications Commission has granted a request from T-Mobile US which will speed up the transfer of 600MHz licences from TV broadcasters to mobile operators in Puerto Rico...

•	Nkom announces new EU-funded Wi-Fi project Norwegian telecoms regulator the National Communications Authority has announced the launch of a new EU-funded support scheme...

South Asia

•	Mobile operators all set to apply 4G licences in Bangladesh Mobile phone operators, including state-run Teletalk and now out-of-service Citycell, will be applying for 4G licence in Bangladesh...

•	Mobille banking on the rise in Nepal Mobile banking has become a convenient method of banking and the number of mobile banking users in Nepal has increased to 3 mllion...

3G and 4G Networks

•	French telcos commit US$3.7 billion to cover network black spots France’s mobile telephone operators will spend more than US$3.7 billion to roll out a 4G network in black spots across the country to ensure that there are no coverage gaps by 2020...

•	Vodafone Ukraine to purchase 4G license The supervisory board of PrJSC VF Ukraine has decided to borrow US$110 million for the purchase of 4G (LTE) licenses...

Global Telecom Update

•	NTT DoCoMo, Ericsson, Qualcomm to carry out C-V2X trials in Japan NTT DoCoMo, Ericsson, Nissan, OKI, Continental and Qualcomm Technologies plan to carry out their first C-V2X trials in Japan, with the goal of validating the benefits of C-V2X...

•	Telstra expands IoT network and debuts narrowband Telstra has rolled out its latest innovation, ‘narrowband’ technology, claimed to offer Australian residents and businesses better connection with the Internet of Things (IoT)...

Middle East

•	Saudi’s ACWA Power adopts solar cryptocurrency ACWA Power has made the move to adopt SolarCoin, becoming the first utility-scale generator to implement the blockchain-based digital asset and currency...

•	Taageer Finance launches Tamweeli Taageer Finance, has become the first non-banking financial institution to launch a mobile app branded as 'Tamweeli' for its customers...

•	Job seeking platform for 1 million Arab coders launched Dubai Future Foundation has signed an agreement with Bayt to provide a job-seeking platform for the One Million Arab Coders Initiative...

North Africa

•	Orange launches 'Start On' co-working initiative in Morocco Orange announced the launch of a new initiative, ‘Start On’, offering Moroccan digital start-ups a co-working space and a support team tasked with mentoring new businesses...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	SK Telecom to build broadcast platform for US SK Telecom will develop a next-generation broadcasting platform jointly with Sinclair Broadcasting Group across the United States...

•	Walmart expands mobile self checkout All signs point positive for Walmart’s initial testing of its mobile self-checkout called Mobile Express Scan and Go...

Alternative Telecom

•	EasyCall sets up more data satellites in remote areas EasyCall is ramping up the installation of two-way satellite communications system that can transmit and receive data to more far-flung Philippines provinces...

•	Rostelecom deploys infrastructure for 112 emergency system in Novgorod Russian national operator Rostelecom has deployed the telecom infrastructure for the 112 emergency system in the Novgorod region...

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