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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 26, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
UAE ranked as global leader in Fiber Optic Network for a second year in a row
 
 
UAE is ranked no. 1 for the highest Fiber to the Home (FTTH) penetration among all its global counterparts for a second year in a row, according to FTTH Council...
 
Airspan small cells unlimit mobile broadband through massive network densification
 
 
With hundreds of thousands of cells installed worldwide, Airspan is delivering on the promise of small cells to improve wireless network capacity and coverage, increase macro network efficiency and revolutionize TCO...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  King Salman honors STC for its partnership with Saudi Equestrian
Member Logo Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz honored STC for its strategic partnership with Saudi Equestrian. Dr. Khaled Biyari, STC GCEO, received the honorary shield and he handed his Majesty a gift on...
 
•  Batelco Silver Sponsor of Consumer Protection Expo 2018
Member Logo Batelco, in line with its support to national initiatives in the Kingdom of Bahrain, announces its participation in the Consumer Protection Expo 2018 as a proud Silver Sponsor...
 
•  Nokia and Facebook work together to expand ecosystem for fixed wireless access over 60 GHz
Member Logo Nokia and Facebook are working to accelerate the adoption of 60 GHz fixed wireless access technologies to deliver gigabit services and connect more people, faster...
 
•  Huawei holds pre-MWC 2018 Digital Transformation Forum
Member Logo Huawei successfully held the Global Digital Transformation Forum leading up to Mobile World Congress 2018 (MWC 2018)...
 
•  LTE reaches milestone to comprise majority of global roaming traffic
Member Logo New data released by Syniverse shows that LTE usage has finally turned the corner and that inter-regional LTE data roaming traffic has surpassed non-LTE data roaming traffic...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• Arcep gives green light for 5G pilots to Orange and Bouygues Telecom
French regulator Arcep has issued the first frequency authorisations to develop 5G pilots in the 3.5 GHz band (3400 - 3800 MHz), after inviting applications from interested parties in January...
 
North Africa
 
• Orange picks Metaswitch Rhino for open service gateway
Orange has selected the Metaswitch Rhino platform as the framework for its Open Service Gateway (OSG), a unified services layer that provides consistency of services regardless of network type which will first be deployed at...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• Telstra plans to ramp up 4G speeds in the lead-up to its full 5G rollout
Telstra has invested US$1.5 billion into what the telco is calling the “Future program”, with initial work on the new 5G infrastructure to wind up by June 2019...
 
• SE Asia and Scandinavia rank high in 4G access
Both Southeast Asia and Scandinavia rank relatively high in access to 4G network according to a study made by the connection testing company Open Signal...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• iflix partners with Safaricom in Kenya
iflix, a subscription video-on-demand service focused on emerging markets has announced a partnership with Safaricom in Kenya...
 
• Western Digital transforms mobile experience to address consumer demand for high quality content
As mobile content and applications grow increasingly sophisticated, Western Digital Corporation is transforming the mobile experience with new industry-leading mobile solutions designed to enable consumers to better...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Mascom first to launch FTTH in Botswana
Mascom Wireless has became first operator in Botswana, to make commercial offers for Fiber to the Home (FTTH) service...
 
• Airbus, Delta, telecom companies form alliance for in-flight internet
European planemaker Airbus SE and US-based Delta Air Lines Inc have formed an alliance with US wireless carrier Sprint Corp, satellite startup OneWeb backed by Japan's SoftBank, and India's Bharti Airtel Ltd to...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Zain Bahrain, Ericsson deploy first active cooling enclosure
Zain Bahrain has announced that Ericsson’s state-of-the-art Outdoor Enclosure 6150 HEX/AirCon has been utilised by the operator to install indoor mobile sites with shelters and air-conditioning...
 
• Multi-cloud integral to business, say GCC executives
Majority of the C-level executives and business leaders in the GCC and Egypt overwhelmingly agree on cloud computing’s positive and transformative impact, according to new findings released recently...
 
• BisB seeks to make Bahrain fintech centre
Bahrain Islamic Bank aims to develop and accelerate financial technology in the region by tying up with investors...
 
South Asia
 
• Demand for 4G smartphones on the rise in Bangladesh
Mobile phone companies have already started experiencing an upward sales of their 4G supported smartphones after the introduction of 4G by operators...
 
• NTC alerts customers about scam messages
Nepal Telecom (NTC) has recently released a notice to aware the people about the fake lottery being conducted on various social media outlets...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• ADVA, BT and Mavenir collaborate on cloud RAN technologies as part of telecom infra project
ADVA, BT and Mavenir have announced that they will be collaborating on a number of research projects at the UK’s Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Community Lab based at the BT Labs in Adastral Park, Ipswich...
 
• Telefónica in AI move with Facebook, Google and Microsoft
Telefónica has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-based service for consumers in six countries in association with Facebook, Google and Microsoft...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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