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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 31, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dr. Alsawaha and Dr. Biyari visit STC Pavilion at IoT Conference
 
 
Dr. Abdullah Alsawaha, Minister of CIT, and Dr. Khaled Biyari, STC Group CEO visited STC Pavilion at the 1st Annual Saudi IoT Conference...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  New predictive analytics, assurance capabilities advance Cisco's strategy to reinvent the network for digital business
Member Logo Cisco announced powerful assurance innovations across its intent-based networking portfolio that will help IT teams shift from reactive to proactive...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
FNA publishes draft decision of 5G spectrum auction procedure
Germany’s Federal Network Agency has published a draft decision on its plans for the allocation of 5G-suitable frequencies, as it seeks to encourage the nationwide rollout of next generation wireless networks as early...
 
China to issue commercial licenses for MVNOs
China is set to further open up the nation’s mobile market by giving out formal commercial licenses to private firms reselling mobile services as a virtual network operators...
 
North Africa
 
Algerie Telecom announces major FTTH deployment
Algerie Telecom has announced the commercial launch of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband services in several provinces, with further regional launches expected through the year...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Kyivstar cecures 4G/LTE license in Ukraine
Kyivstar, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Veon in Ukraine, has secured one of three licenses to provide nationwide 4G/LTE services...
 
Zong invests US$ 200 million to ensure 100 percent 4G coverage
Zong has pumped in an investment of US$ 200 million last year to ensure 100 percent 4G coverage across Pakistan...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Viu signs JTBC's largest content deal in Asia
Pan-regional over-the-top (OTT) video service provider Viu has inked a deal to gain access to over 80% of Korean cable TV firm JTBC...
 
Telkom invests in Hungary-based mobile payments company
Telekom, Indonesia's state-owned telecommunications company has agreed to buy a 30.4% stake in a Hungary-based mobile payment service provider...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
VEON joins ngena for SD-WAN
VEON has signed up to the Next Generation Enterprise Network Alliance (ngena) in order to deliver global software-defined wide area networks to its base in Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan...
 
Globe deploys Openet's platform
Globe Telecom has entered a contract to deploy software vendor Openet's Digital Business Platform to provide monetization and customer engagement for all the operator's data services...
 
 
Middle East
 
98 percent of people living in Kuwait use internet
According to Hootsuite, 98 percent of the population living in Kuwait have access to the internet...
 
Target to build cloud data repository for Oman
Target Oilfield Services is building a cloud based data repository for the Oman government and finding that putting data on the cloud can make it easier to manage...
 
FIME to develop cloud testing and validation scheme
FIME has been selected by mada, the domestic payment scheme, to develop a state-of-the-art, bespoke cloud-based testing platform and certification process...
 
Dubai Police signs MoU with Riverbed to drive IT services
UAE’s Dubai Police has signed a memorandum of understanding extending its relationship with Riverbed Technology to a broader spectrum in the field of development and upgrade of both applications and infrastructure...
 
South Asia
 
Grameenphone witnesses growth in Bangladesh
Grameenphone's net profit rose to its highest level in its 21 years of operations in Bangladesh, thanks to rising data revenue and subscribers...
 
NBP and UBL to collaborate for digital financial services
National Bank of Pakistan and United Bank Limited inked a strategic partnership agreement to offer NBP customers digital financial services...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
AT&T and Verizon set to launch 5G services in 2018
Verizon will launch 5G residential broadband services in up to 5 markets in 2018 while AT&T will launch mobile 5G service in a dozen markets by late 2018…
 
Google to launch a digital marketplace
Google is building a digital marketplace that will offer cloud-based services to businesses and organisations, in an effort to close the gap on Amazon Web Services (AWS)...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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