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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 1, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Batelco title sponsor of DreamLand expo
 
 
In line with its commitment towards supporting youth initiatives, Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain, announced its title sponsorship of DreamLand Expo 2018...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  VIVA records KD 40 million (US$ 133 million) as a net profit in 2017
Member Logo VIVA announced the financial results for the full year ended on 31 December 2017; whereby VIVA’s revenues reached KWD 278 million (US$ 928 million)...
 
•  Huawei’s new Video Cloud solution will facilitate video channel distribution shift from satellite to IP
Member Logo Huawei has officially released its Huawei Video Cloud solution to accelerate the shift of the video distribution channel from satellite to IP network...
 
•  Nokia releases financial report for Q4 and full-year 2017
Member Logo Strong results driven by growth and solid performance in Nokia's Networks business and record net sales in Nokia Technologies...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
PTS consults on amended 700MHz spectrum award proposals
The Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (Post & Telestyrelsen, PTS) has opened a consultation on its updated proposals for the allocation of spectrum in the 700MHz band...
 
CNMC confirms deregulation of Spain-Canary Island cable route

Spanish communications and competition regulator CNMC has announced that the submarine cable route between the Spanish peninsula and the Canary Islands has been deregulated following a public consultation...
 
Middle East
 
Google to expand in Saudi amid push to grow online Arabic content
Google aims to expand its offerings in Saudi Arabia as part of efforts to increase the amount of Arabic language content on the internet to better serve the needs of the hundreds of millions of Arabic...
 
Touch equips e-Touch education centres
Lebanon mobile operator Touch has partnered with ‘Teach for Lebanon’ (TFL) for the launch of e-touch, an educational programme that aims to support Lebanon’s underpriviliged children in rural areas...
 
DP World becomes catalyst for digital transformation in Dubai
DP World has accelerated efforts to drive digital transformation across its business operations worldwide using Oracle Cloud Applications (SaaS)...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt has a social media penetration of 40 percent
According to the latest statistics, the number of internet users who visit or have social media accounts in Egypt as of January 2018 is 40%...
 
Africa records the highest rate of internet users in 2017
Over the global population of 7, 593 billion people, there are now more than 4.021 billion using internet, according to the “2018 Global Digital” report released by We Are Social and Hootsuite...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
BT Openreach to extend ultrafast fiber broadband to three million more homes
BT's Openreach said it would connect fiber broadband into three million premises by the end of 2020, kicking off a drive to build the ultrafast network that Britain's homes and businesses have lacked...
 
SpaceX launches Luxembourg’s communication satellite
SpaceX has launched its Falcon 9 rocket which carried Luxembourg made communication satellite into space...
 
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan’s first FinTech Centre established at ITU
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and Information Technology University (ITU) have established Pakistan’s first FinTech Center at the university...
 
KMC starts free Wi-Fi zones in few areas
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has set up 16 CCTV cameras and free Wi-Fi zones at four different public places...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
DirecTV Now streaming service hits 1.2 million subscribers

DirecTV Now racked up nearly 1.2 million subscribers by the end of 2017, a little over a year after AT&T launched the internet pay-TV service...
 
TDC, MTG forge Nordic multiplay deal
Danish incumbent TDC Group is set to acquire media and content company Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Nordic subsidiary – a move the operator said would create Europe’s first fully integrated media and...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Sierratel launches 4G in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone’s state-owned incumbent operator Sierratel has launched mobile 4G services...
 
Bouygues expands LTE coverage to 95% of population
French telecoms operator Bouygues Telecom has revealed that it now covers 95% of the French population with 4G...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Celcom launches Yoodo digital mobile brand
Malaysia's Celcom Axiata has launched Yoodo, a new digital mobile brand that is offering what it says is the first mobile service in the country that enables customers to completely customize their mobile plan...
 
Argentina's Telecom plans to invest US$ 5 billion through 2020
Argentina telecommunications provider Telecom Argentina said on Wednesday it would invest US$5 billion in the country through 2020 to expand its network and improve infrastructure...
 
Colt to launch on demand SDN in HK and Singapore
Telecoms and data center services company Colt Technology Services has announced plans to expand its on demand SDN service to Hong Kong and Singapore in the second quarter...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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