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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 5, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
SAMENA Council emphasizes on industry challenges during GSMA MENA workshop
 
 
The workshop was attended by ministers and senior regulators from MENA to look at the path to 5G and spectrum. SAMENA Council with its focus on broadband investment-friendly policies and addressing issues that drive efficient investment decisions, presented on some of the industry challenges...
 
Governor of CITC: Proud of STC investments in Saudi youth
 
 
His Excellency the Governor of the Communications and Information Technology Commission, Dr. Abdulaziz bin Salem Al Ruwais, expressed pride on STC's plan to invest in young Saudis and noted that the positive presence of Saudi youth was astonishing at the Mobile World Congress...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco customers benefit from superior calls with Voice over WiFi
Member Logo Batelco has introduced Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi), as part of the evolution of its network advancement to support voice services...
 
•  Mobily launches its new postpaid packages with various features
Member Logo Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has launched its new postpaid packages that have various features and allow subscribers more options to use data and local minutes on-network and off-network to meet its customers’ needs...
 
•  Arabsat hosts 10th edition of Telecom Forum in Marrakesh
Member Logo Arabsat will discuss its future High Throughput Satellites (HTS) that are scheduled for launch end 2018/early-2019...
 
•  PCCW Global to link Rodrigues with high speed undersea cable for Mauritius Telecom
Member Logo PCCW Global has agreed with Mauritius Telecom to construct and maintain a high speed submarine cable connecting the Indian Ocean Islands of Rodrigues and Mauritius which will vastly improve connectivity for Rodrigues...
 
•  Tele2 Netherlands deploys Nokia Cognitive Analytics real-time software to consistently deliver a superior customer experience
Member Logo Nokia Traffica is helping Tele2 Netherlands deliver a superior real-time subscriber experience on its mobile network by more quickly and accurately identifying and resolving service issues and improving network quality...
 
•  cnX reloaded meets digital2day in Frankfurt
Member Logo Digital Hub FrankfurtRheinMain e.V. organized the two-day event taking place March 7 and 8 at Frankfurt Palmengarten...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
ARKEP gearing up for spectrum sale
Kosovo’s telecoms watchdog has begun preparing to make more spectrum available to operators, opening a tender for consultation on pricing for the airwaves...
 
Nigeria’s internet users rise by 6% in Q4 2017
The number of mobile Internet subscriptions across mobile network operators (MNOs) increased by 5.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2017, a new industry report by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed...
 
South Asia
 
Techneed makes foray in to Sri Lankan IoT industry
Techneed has announced the deployment of its “Nurve IOT Gateway” in one of the largest Telecommunications Service Provider in Sri Lanka...
 
QR code based digital payment system launched in Bangladesh
Bank Asia Limited has recently launched QR-code based payment into its banking and payment services...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
ETECSA prepares for national 3G rollout
Cuba’s state-owned telecoms operator Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba (ETECSA) installed a total of 279 3G base stations in 2017, as it gears up to extend the data service to its citizens on a wider basis...
 
Tele2 Russia launches LTE services in Orenburg
Mobile operator Tele2 Russia has launched services on its LTE network in the Orenburg region...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
ICE lines up fiber expansion
Fixed line incumbent Kolbi has announced plans to roll out fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) to 66 locations over the next 24 months as part of its Next Generation Access Network programme...
 
Indonesia’s Telkomsel commercially launches CloudAIR 2.0 solution
Indonesia’s Telkomsel announced the successful commercial deployment of CloudAIR 2.0 Solution at the 2018 Mobile Word Congress (MWC 2018)...
 
 
Middle East
 
Honeywell launches platform for mobile computers
Honeywell has introduced a new hardware and software platform available in the Middle East for the next generation of its mobile computers...
 
Deloitte to set up digital centre in Riyadh
Deloitte has announced plans to build a state-of-the art Deloitte Digital Center (DDC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia...
 
Turkey has opportunity to realize 5G in telecom field
Turkey has a great opportunity to build a 5G system and the latest technologies in the telecommunications field, the chief executive officer of the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) has said...
 
STC announces collaboration with Nokia for a 5G network launch in 2018
STC and Nokia have announced that they are collaborating to launch the STC 5G network in 2018...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt to launch fiber optics plant
The plant is owned by HitekNofal Solutions and the Chinese Hengtong Group with investments up to US$15 million...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Sky launches Netflix rival in Switzerland
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has launched a subscription video-on-demand service in Switzerland offering TV series and movies for a flat monthly fee...
 
Google brings real-time video segmentation to YouTube app
Google has announced the introduction of real-time, on-device mobile video segmentation to the YouTube app, by integrating this technology into the latter's stories feature, a new lightweight video format, designed...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Mobile players race ahead with 5G plans
Technology companies are losing no time after the world’s biggest smartphone trade show to ensure their plans to seize on fifth generation (5G) telecommunications opportunities are realised over the coming months...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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