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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 6, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Governor of Riyadh launches the GCC cancer awareness campaign
 
 
Prince Faisal bin Bandr bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh, launched the third GCC campaign for Cancer awareness 2018 in the presence of Dr. Khaled Biyari, STC Group CEO and Hamad AlDowele, Deputy Minister of Health for Health Affairs...
 
Abu Dhabi unites digital government services
The Abu Dhabi government has launched a new platform for unified government services, which it says will achieve a “paradigm transformation” in the delivery of services in the emirate...
 
Google's new Arabic safety courses aimed at safeguarding children in UAE
Google has launched an online safety course in Arabic to help teachers pass on the message of web security to children...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Omantel customers to enjoy ‘Jawazak voice’ plan for GCC
Member Logo Omantel recently launched the Jawazak GCC voice plan for customers travelling to other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries...
 
•  VIVA launches free internet roaming offer during February
Member Logo VIVA, has launched new internet roaming offer during February, celebrating the National and Liberation Days...
 
•  DE-CIX Apollon goes UAE-IX: Setup and activation of two active sites in Dubai
Member Logo Two Nokia 7750 SR12e's are now active in Dubai, and the first customers are connected to the new equipment...
 
•  Nokia and EDF join forces to test Internet of Things technology for industries
Member Logo Nokia has been selected by French power utility EDF's R&D unit to test the performance of LPWA wireless networking technologies - key emerging standards for Internet of Things (IoT) device connectivity - to support...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Oman to mark Safe Internet Day
Oman, represented by the Information Technology Authority (ITA), joins the rest of the world in celebrating the Safer Internet Day, which is marked on the first Tuesday of February every year...
 
Abu Dhabi unites digital government services
The Abu Dhabi government has launched a new platform for unified government services, which it says will achieve a “paradigm transformation” in the delivery of services in the emirate...
 
Digicel Panama awarded 700MHz spectrum
Panama’s National Public Services Authority has confirmed that Digicel Panama has been awarded 2×10MHz blocks of 700MHz spectrum in the 738MHz-748MHz/793MHz-803MHz bands...
 
South Asia
 
Sri Lanka Telecom celebrates 160th anniversary with school development programs
Sri Lanka Telecom celebrated its 160th anniversary by conducting programs to share knowledge and technology with schools in rural areas, enhance the well-being and protect the environment...
 
Google accelerator focuses on emerging markets including Pakistan and Bangladesh
Google has chosen 24 start-ups from developing markets around the world, including Pakistan and Bangladesh, out of thousands of applications to participate in a two-week boot camp to take their to the global stage...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Telefónica starts VoLTE, VoWiFi rollout
Telefónica Deutschland has started a project to roll out voice over LTE and voice over Wi-Fi to its customer base...
 
Viettel partners with iBasis for enhanced 4G and 3G roaming services delivery
Viettel Group has connected to the iBasis IPX network to enable 3G and 4G Roaming services, all provided via redundant, high quality private network connections...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Telecom Argentina to expand FTTH services
Telecom Argentina will expand fiber-to-the-home across the country, to enable delivery of digital content and faster speed...
 
ST Electronics to develop commercial satellite system with SatixFy UK
ST Electronics has signed an agreement with SatixFy UK to create a joint venture company, aimed at developing a satellite antenna system to deliver "enhanced" in-flight connectivity for commercial aviation...
 
Telstra, TPG, Vocus begin trialling NBN enterprise products
NBN is planning to launch its Enterprise Ethernet product by Q3 this year, with Telstra, TPG, and Vocus now trialling the symmetrical 1Gbps service designed for government and large business customers...
 
 
Middle East
 
Free WiFi launched in UAE
The WiFi UAE is available and can be used by people owning WiFi-capable devices, within the WiFi UAE hotspots...
 
Online platform launched for real estate transactions in Bahrain
Platform to streamline real estate transaction process with automated clearing and settlement of loan funding for purchases and digitised title transfer and registration at closing...
 
Google's new Arabic safety courses aimed at safeguarding children in UAE
Google has launched an online safety course in Arabic to help teachers pass on the message of web security to children...
 
UAE a leading country in safe use of internet
The UAE has succeeded in spreading social awareness among Internet users, to explain the dangers of inappropriate use..
 
North Africa
 
Egypt, Algeria and Morocco get Facebook’s online marketplace
Facebook announced the launch of its marketplace feature in Egypt, Algeria and Morocco, enabling people to use the platform to discover, buy and sell items...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Orange Cyberdefense launches “Mobile Threat Protection”
Orange Cyberdefense and Check Point Software Technologies have teamed up to deliver a new service called Mobile Threat Protection to help multinational enterprises safeguard their mobile device fleets against current and...
 
Sky Mobile to launch new mobile TV app for prepaid users
Mobile operator Sky Mobile, working under the Beeline Kyrgyzstan brand, plans to launch its new mobile application BeeTV on 8 February...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Thailand tops internet usage charts
Thailand is the world leader for time spent on the internet and mobile internet per day, a consequence of higher social media use and the popularity of online video consumption...
 
Liquid subsidiary unveils data centres
Liquid Telecom subsidiary, Africa Data Centres, has launched newly-expanded data centres facilities in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa...
 
PLDT ramps up deployment of fixed and mobile services
PLDT will spend more than US$ 2.9 billion over the next three years to ramp up its deployment of fixed and mobile services in preparation for the entry of a third major player in the local telecommunications industry...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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