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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 24, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
STC Malaysia Holding Signs a Facility Agreement
 
 
STC Malaysia Holding Limited signed a Malaysian Ringgit 1,510 million (equivalent of SAR 1,440 million) 5 years Islamic term finance facility with a syndicate of three banks namely Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, HSBC, and Standard Chartered Bank...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Huawei takes the lead in creating a converged ecosystem of partners to keep cities safe
Member Logo Huawei has announced new partnerships with ICT players in the Middle East to deliver tailored public safety solutions that cater to specific industry needs in order to meet the demands of increased urbanization in the face...
 
•  HKT empowers enterprises with multiple IoT technologies
Member Logo HKT establishes and drives a complete IoT ecosystem helping enterprises to capture invaluable data and gain business insights...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Guyana sets up new telecommunications regulator
The Guyanese government has announced the establishment of a new telecommunications regulator, one of the key targets set out in the country’s 2016 Telecommunication Act...
 
ANCOM proposes lowering number portability tariffs
ANCOM has launched a public consultation, in which it proposes lowering the cost of tariffs that the supplier owes to the donor provider for each ported fixed or mobile phone number...
 
NCCR to announce bids for 4G licenses for 2,600 MHz frequencies on Jan 26
The National Commission for Communications and Informatization Regulation has scheduled the opening of envelops with bids for 4G licenses for the 2,600 MHz frequency range on January 26, 2018...
 
Middle East
 
National SMEs fund, General Electric sign memorandum on digital applications
Kuwait's National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprise Development (SMEs) has signed a memorandum of understanding with General Electric company..
 
Saudi tech startups raise over US$ 12.79 million in 2017
Funding deals in technology startups saw an increase of 64% in comparison with the previous year...
 
South Asia
 
Airtel launches QR code based campaign in Bangladesh
Airtel Bangladesh has launched a QR code-based campaign which will enable Airtel customers attain access to Airtel's products and services that are best suited for their voice and data usage pattern...
 
E-commerce on the rise in Pakistan
Business to consumer E-Commerce (e-B2C) is on the rise in Pakistan as 571 local e-commerce merchants were already accepting payments through banking channels as of the end of June 2017...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Telstra transmission network hits 400Gbps
Telstra, Ericsson, and Ciena have announced attaining speeds of 400Gbps across the telco's transmission network using 61.5GHz spectrum in Melbourne...
 
ICE picks Telia Carrier for IP backbone services in Costa Rica
Costa Rica's state-owned operator will leverage Telia's carrier arm's IP backbone to boost internet services in the country...
 
 
North Africa
 
No plans for privatisation of Algerie Telecom or Mobilis
According to Imane Houda Faraoun, the government does not have any plan to sell shares in Algerie Telecom or its mobile subsidiary Mobilis...
 
Jumia CEO applauds as Egypt moves to regulate e-commerce
In an interview, Hisham Safwat, CEO of Jumia Egypt, estimated that just 2 percent of Egypt’s e-commerce market was regulated, with the vast majority of online businesses failing to pay taxes or adhere to advertising...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Safaricom and Airtel to start cross-network mobile money trials in Kenya
Airtel and Safaricom, have started to try out a joint mobile money system to allow customers of each to exchange funds...
 
Germany evaluates TV broadcasting via 5G
German broadcast technology institute IRT wants to examine through a research project to what extend the new mobile network standard 5G is suitable for the large-scale transmission of TV channels...
 
Taiwan ranks second in Asia for time spent playing mobile games
Taiwan is one of top 5 major markets for Google Play, and ranked second in the Asian region for the percentage of time spent playing mobile games per week, according to the Director of Google Play in the Asia Pacific...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Tigo to expand 4G to 70% of El Salvador this year
El Salvador operator Tigo (Millicom) has announced its intention to invest US$ 250 million in the country this year, including US$ 100 million in upgrading its 4G LTE network...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
U Mobile expands BSS partnership with Ericsson
U Mobile has extended its existing partnership with Ericsson in a bid to transform the Malaysian telecoms carrier’s BSS into an industrialized, real-time converged environment...
 
T-Mobile launches plan for narrowband IoT
T-Mobile has launched the first narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) service plan for customers looking to provide connectivity to a range of devices...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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