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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
STC and Badir to support tech start-ups
 
 
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has signed an agreement with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology for offering a group of Communications and IT solutions to start-ups incubated by “Badir"...
 
Huawei announces new OpenLab in Cairo to build ICT ecosystem in Northern Africa
 
 
Huawei, together with industry alliance and partners in Northern Africa, aims to build ICT ecosystem in Northern Africa in response to industry digital transformation...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Umniah selects Secucloud for mobile internet security
Member Logo Umniah is working with the German security specialist Secucloud to provide its business and private customers with mobile internet security...
 
•  Viu signs JTBC's largest content deal in Asia
Member Logo Viu, a pan-regional OTT video service by PCCW Media Group, has signed an agreement with JTBC, a Korean cable broadcaster, to offer Viu viewers access to over 80% of JTBC’s quality drama series and variety shows...
 
•  Quad9 and DE-CIX extend their partnership at the world’s largest Internet Exchange DE-CIX Frankfurt
Member Logo In the midst of rising security and privacy challenges, DE-CIX and Quad9 have extended their partnership at the world’s largest Internet Exchange DE-CIX Frankfurt...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Orange Jordan launches the advanced (4G+ , 4.5 G) service
 
•  Batelco supports Autumn Fair 2018
 
•  VIVA launches special offer for Boubyan Bank customers
 
•  STC’s net income for the year 2017 increased by 14.3% compared to last year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• TRA to measure coverage, mobile services quality in Oman
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), in cooperation with a consultancy firm, is conducting a technical field survey to measure the coverage and quality of mobile telecommunications services in all governorates...
 
• NCCR plans to hold 4G license tenders in 1800MHz range in early March
The National Commission for Communications Regulation (NCCR) plans to hold a tender for the purchase of 4G licenses in the 1800MHz range at the beginning of March 2018...
 
South Asia
 
• Mobile operators witness jump in SIM, internet connections in Bangladesh
Mobile operators passed a very successful 2017 adding a record number of customers to their networks and connecting more people to internet, in a massive boost to the government's Digital Bangladesh vision...
 
• 1LINK adopts Gemalto PURE White-Label EMV technology for PayPak
1LINK has selected Gemalto PURE white label payment technology to enable member banks to launch EMV-compliant contact and contactless cards, mobile payments, Host Card Emulator (HCE) and other digital services in Pakistan...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• Russia mobile operators increase LTE base stations by 32 percent in 2017
The number of LTE base stations of the four major Russian mobile operators grew by 32 percent in 2017 to 159,800...
 
• Africell Gambia launches LTE
Gambian mobile operator Africell has announced the commercial launch of 4G LTE network services, joining rival QCell which introduced Gambia’s first LTE mobile service in May 2017...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Chunghwa Telecom to star pre-commercial 5G nework in Taiwan
Chunghwa Telecom said it will start with a pre-commercial 5G network in parts of Taipei City, which will be a testbed for the pilot team to conduct functional and interoperability tests, and to develop new applications and...
 
• MTC to roll out more than 500 rural telecom towers in 2018
Namibia based Mobile Telecommunications (MTC) has announced that it plans to roll out more than 500 telecom towers in rural areas of the country this year...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Thuraya launches dual mode, mobile M2M solution
Thuraya Telecommunications Company has announced the launch of its Thuraya Tracking and Monitoring (T2M) service in conjunction with the launch the T2M-DUAL terminal...
 
• Startups will lead digital future of Arab world: Sheikha Bodour
Start-ups and SMEs will drive the digital future in many Arab countries, according to Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Middle East and North Africa Regional Business Council (MENA-RBC)...
 
• Digital revolution calls for increased data protection
The undersecretary at MoF at UAE has stressed the importance of protecting personal data for financial transactions, in light of the digital revolution and the increasing global trends to protect individuals from the misuse...
 
North Africa
 
• Schneider Electric intends to launch smart cities in Egypt
Schneider Electric’s strategy is to connect energy in all areas of life in a smart way to reduce consumption through smart networks...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• O2 grows Czech IPTV business
The Czech incumbent O2 ended 2017 with a combined total of 237,000 IPTV and OTT customers for its O2 TV service...
 
• Huawei to roll out Huawei Pay worldwide
Huawei has entered a cooperation agreement with UnionPay International aimed at helping the company roll out its Huawei Pay mobile payment service worldwide...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Telia Lietuva boosts copper line speeds with ‘Super VDSL’
Telia Lietuva has announced the rollout of ‘Super VDSL’ technology, which enables maximum internet speeds of up to 250Mbps over copper lines, for residential and business customers...
 
• Viasat, Perfect 10 extend agreement to prepare for commercial internet launch
Viasat has extended its nationwide fulfillment services agreement with Perfect 10, in advance of the commercial internet service launch on its ViaSat 2 satellite...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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