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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 4, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat participates in UAE Innovation Month
 
 
Etisalat has lined up workshops, lectures, educational activities, and competitions alongside the launch of its innovative products to instil a spirit of creativity and research to mark the UAE Innovation Month...
 
Mobily and Nokia sign MoU to launch 5G tests for the first time in the Kingdom
 
 
Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nokia Co to launch 5G tests for the first time in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Omantel partners with Huawei to roll out smart city solutions
Member Logo Omantel is ushering a new era with Huawei on the sidelines of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain to drive its smart city strategy forward in Oman...
 
•  Huawei outlines a vision for a 5G future as it unveils its latest innovative products and solutions at Mobile World Congress 2018
Member Logo Huawei shared its vision for a collaborative ecosystem that could stimulate innovation and the development of 5G, All-Cloud network, video, and IoT technologies, at the Mobile World Congress 2018 (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain...
 
•  Airspan and Sprint selected as the winner of “Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough” at GLOMO 2018 Awards.
Member Logo Airspan and Sprint have been selected as the winner of the Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough award in recognition of the ground breaking and successful mass deployment of the first all-wireless indoor small cell, the Magic...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  LTE-A and NB-IoT drive STC 4G expansion in Saudi Arabia
 
•  Huawei and Gartner host ICT industry leaders and experts at Huawei Digital Transformation Forum
 
•  Etisalat awarded ‘Most Valuable Telecoms Brand’ in MENA region at Mobile World Congress
 
•  Mobily, Huawei to launch 5G tests in Saudi Arabia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Arcep issues two 5G trial licences
French telecoms regulator Arcep has issued four authorisations for spectrum in the 3.5GHz (3400MHz-3800MHz) band, after inviting applications from interested parties in January 2018...
 
Gilat Telecom Zambia receives ISP license
Gilat Telecom has announced that its subsidiary in Zambia has received a license to provide cloud and fixed broadband services across Zambia from ZICTA, the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority...
 
South Asia
 
3G/4G users nearing 50 million in Pakistan
According to the latest telecom indicators, the number of 3G and 4G users in Pakistan have reached 49.46 million by the end of January 2018...
 
SLT group EBITDA improves by 5.4 percent
Sri Lanka Telecom reported that during 2017, Group Operating Profit Before Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) improved by 5.4 percent...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Vodafone launches 1Gbps 4G in Italy
Vodafone Italy has announced the launch of the country’s first 1Gbps mobile service in Rome, Naples and Palermo...
 
New rural 4G phone coverage
Pargs of North Yorkshire are to receive new 4G mobile phone coverage, following the installation of three new mobile sites...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Docomo picks Ericsson to automate CEE
Japan's NTT Docomo has contracted Ericsson to automate the deployment of the vendor's virtual infrastructure manager solution, the Ericsson Cloud Execution Environment (CEE), at commercial sites in Japan...
 
Huawei sets up ICT academy in Singapore
As part of its global initiative to support ICT skills development, Huawei announced a partnership with Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) to set up the first ICT Academy in Singapore...
 
 
Middle East
 
Lifecell Ventures pushes new frontiers for telcos
Lifecell Ventures, the digital services unit of Turkish leading operator Turkcell, is ready to roll out its services across the world, with an initial focus on Middle East and Africa...
 
Aruba to offer technology for wireless classrooms
Aruba is aiming to play a big role in the digital transformation of the educational sector in the UAE by providing innovative mobility solutions for the next generation wireless classroom...
 
ITC & SOFRECOM sign a partnership agreement
SOFRECOM is all set to provide planning, design and supervision expertise and knowledge transfer to the employees of Integrated Telecom Company...
 
North Africa
 
TOPNET receives award at the MWC
The Tunisian Internet Service Provider (ISP) TOPNET received the nPerf-THD Award for Best operator in the quality of fixed-line internet connection for the year 2017 in Tunisia...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
CENE Media, Kwese partner for premium entertainment
Internet Service Provider, CENE Media in partnership with Econet Media’s Pan-African media company, Kwesé recently launched the an on-demand content video streaming service, Kwesé Play.
 
Mastercard uses Facebook Messenger to help small businesses go digital
At Mobile World Congress, Mastercard announced that it will use Facebook Messenger to provide technology to small businesses in Africa and Asia to drive affordable acceptance of electronic and mobile payments...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Plans to extend superfast broadband to West Norfolk
Millions of pounds of investment could be ploughed into a county council programme to help double broadband access in West Norfolk...
 
SpaceX launch with Spanish satellite planned for early Tuesday
SpaceX aims to launch its next mission, the 50th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket, just after midnight Tuesday from Cape Canaveral with a commercial communications satellite for Hispasat...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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