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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 19, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat unveiled as official telecoms partner of Special Olympics
 
 
Etisalat has been confirmed as the official telecoms partner of both Special Olympics IX MENA Games Abu Dhabi 2018 and Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Expresso launches mobile money service
Member Logo Expresso Telecom, Senegal’s third largest mobile network operator (MNO) by subscribers, has launched its ‘E-Money’ mobile financial service...
 
•  Nokia and Tele2 sign strategic partnership to provide global IoT services
Member Logo Nokia and Tele2 IoT have signed a five-year agreement to enable the delivery of IoT services to Tele2 enterprise customers based on Nokia's worldwide IoT network grid (WING)...
 
•  Huawei unveils connected solutions at Bitex
Member Logo Huawei showcased more agile, more intelligent, more connected solutions designed to shape the future of smart and safe cities at the recently concluded Bitex 2018...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
UAE’s TRA foils 34 cyberattacks in January
A total of 34 cyberattacks against government and private sector entities in the UAE were foiled by the Telecommunications Regulations Authority (TRA) during January 2018, against 136 in the same month last year...
 
DICT publishes draft guidelines for selecting third telco
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) of the Philippines published its draft proposal on how it intends to select a third ‘major’ telecoms player to compete with the de facto duopoly...
 
Al-Jabri inaugurates digital radio stations
Minister of Information Mohammad Al-Jabri has inaugurated the new generation of digital DAB+ audio broadcasting stations in Al-Metlaa north of Kuwait City....
 
North Africa
 
Egypt launches its 1st smartphone
Egypt has officially launches its 1st smartphone named, 'SICO', nationwide...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Beeline Uzbekistan expands 3G network
Mobile operator Beeline Uzbekistan has expanded the coverage and raised the capacity of its 3G network in the Tashkent and Bukhara regions...
 
AT&T tipped for wireless launch in Brazil
US telecoms giant AT&T Inc. is considering bidding for LTE-suitable 700MHz frequencies in Brazil’s planned spectrum auction...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Vodafone eyes Czech IPTV market
Vodafone is preparing to launch an IPTV platform in the Czech Republic by the end of this year...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Edge computing lab to test 5G beam-forming and virtual RAN
Deutsche Telekom sets up US lab at Carnegie Mellon University for edge computing trials with 5G..
 
MyTel to launch next month
Myanmar’s fourth mobile operator, MyTel, is expected to launch services next month...
 
 
Middle East
 
Turkcell profits jump 32.6% as company focuses on 5G
Turkcell also added 1.1 million new mobile customers to its business portfolio..
 
Digital wallet launched in UAE
In support of the UAE’s goal to become a cashless economy, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has launched ‘payit’, the country’s first fully-featured digital wallet...
 
UAE luxury retailers want digital connect with Chinese shoppers
Apple Pay and the competing version from Samsung are not the only payment platforms that UAE retailers need to link up with alongside a Visa or a MasterCard...
 
Bahrain’s IPS picks Oracle security solution
Bahrain-based International Payment Services (IPS) will implement Oracle M8 SuperCluster, which incorporates a number of unique runtime security technologies to manage the electronic payment transactions market in the Middle...
 
South Asia
 
Grameenphone users in Dhaka to get 4G service 15 minutes into launch
Grameenphone subscribers in Dhaka will be able to use fourth generation (4G) data service within 15 minutes after the telecom giant launches the service...
 
Cellular subscribers reach 145 Million in Pakistan
Accoding to the latest stats, mobile phone subscribers have reached to 145 million in Pakistan marking the teledensity of 71.42 %...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
PLDT to expand broadband coverage
Philippines, dominant player PLDT has announced plans to expand its ultrafast broadband coverage to six million homes nationwide by 2020...
 
Altron wins deal to roll out broadband for Limpopo
The Limpopo Provincial Government, through Limpopo Connexion SOC, has appointed Altron's Altech Radio Holdings (ARH) to establish an open access broadband network in the province, in line with the National Broadband...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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