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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 14, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Malawi puts SIM registration process on hold
The government of Malawi has deferred the country’s mandatory SIM card registration campaign, until the administrative and technical concerns and questions’ raised by the public are addressed...
 
Orange secures contract to run public-initiative fiber network in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte
Orange has been selected to run the public-initiative network (known as RIP, 'Reseaux d'Initiative Publique') planned in five French departments of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Huawei to build data centre for Algerian customs office
Member Logo Huawei has deployed a modular data centre in Dubai, UAE, and has signed a contract in Algeria to build a new facility as the company continues to expand its reach across the Middle East and Africa (MEA)...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Malawi puts SIM registration process on hold
The government of Malawi has deferred the country’s mandatory SIM card registration campaign, until the administrative and technical concerns and questions’ raised by the public are addressed...
 
Middle East
 
Turkcell teams up with Samsung over 5G technology in Turkey
Turkcell and Samsung have signed a letter of goodwill to collaborate on 5G technology in Turkey...
 
Ogero awards fiber optic project
State-owned internet company Ogero awarded a US$ 283 million fiber-optic project to three companies...
 
South Asia
 
Nepal Telecom upgrades ADSL speed to 5 Mbps
Nepal Telecom (NT) has increased the Internet speed of ADSL service to 5 Mbps, adhering to subscriber’s demands for higher speeds...
 
Sri Lanka's Sampath to accept Alipay payments
Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank said it had started to accept payments of Alipay, a payment platform set up by China's Alibaba group...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
SpaceX is launching its broadband satellites into orbit
Following the success of its Falcon Heavy launch, SpaceX is gearing up for its next mission: sending satellites into orbit so they can beam down internet access to earth...
 
Orange secures contract to run public-initiative fiber network in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte
Orange has been selected to run the public-initiative network (known as RIP, 'Reseaux d'Initiative Publique') planned in five French departments of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region...
 
 
North Africa
 
Line Live launches in MENA
Line Corporation has launched its Line Live app in twelve countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including Egypt...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Bell deploys Arris STBs in Canada
Leading Canadian TV provider Bell is deploying Arris set-top technology to its Fibe TV customers, for what it calls personalised, next-generation television...
 
Virgin Money launches 3D Secure payment solution
Virgin Money, wants to change the way friends exchange money, with its peer-to-peer payment application, Virgin Money Spot...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Mobile internet could be a solution to the UK’s broadband coverage problem
EE has unveiled a 4G router with an external antenna as a way to provide mobile internet to areas of the UK not connected by fixed line broadband...
 
Zong claims 70% 4G market share in Pakistan
Zong has announced it has reached a 70 percent share of Pakistan's 4G market at end-2017...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
China Mobile picks Viavi to support 5G service rollout by 2019
Viavi Solutions said it’s working with China Mobile to support the mobile giant’s deployment of 5G services in China by the end of 2019...
 
Globe Telecom introduces cloud-based WAN for business
Philippine based telco Globe Telecom has launched a fully integrated, cloud-based WAN for businesses, based on Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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