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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 4, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
SAMENA Council's Beyond Connectivity 2018 is being held in Dubai
 
 
Beyond Connectivity 2018 is being held in joint partnership with Tech Mahindra, one of SAMENA Council’s newest members, focusing on the theme “In The Future”, with discussions centered on multiple aspects of the digital revolution and associated challenges as well as emerging opportunities...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco receives ISO 27001:2013 certification in Information Security
Member Logo Batelco has been presented with a new ISO Certificate in Information Security (ISO 27001:2013) that covers a wider scope...
 
•  Etisalat launches unlimited roaming pack for customers traveling to Saudi Arabia
Member Logo Etisalat announced the launch of a roaming pack exclusively for its mobile post-paid and prepaid customers, offering unlimited data and voice roaming...
 
•  du participates in corporate training and youth empowerment programmes through partnership with Emirates Foundation
Member Logo du benefits from its corporate training programmes while contributing to its youth development programmes across the UAE...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Ericsson obtains Swedish 5G testing licence for 26 GHz band
Swedish postal and telecoms regulator PTS said it has granted Ericsson a permit for 5G testing for 1 GHz of contiguous capacity in the 26 GHz band in Sweden...
 
Bahrain TRA Board of Directors hail sector progress
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s (TRA Bahrain) Board of Directors held its first meeting this year, at TRA’s headquarters in the Seef District....
 
Potraz seeks to facilitate economic growth with a new set of regulations
Post Telecom Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has drawn up a draft Bill that is intended to repeal The Postal and Telecommunications ACT {Chapter 12:05}...
 
North Africa
 
Ecobank mobile app reaches four million users in Africa
Ecobank mobile app is being applauded as a game changer for African banking to combat many of the financial inclusion barriers...
 
Orange Tunisia announces arrival of new smartphones
Orange Tunisia has added the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ to its smartphone portfolio...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Rakuten inks deal to use Kansai Electric’s facilities to support new 4G network
Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten last week signed an agreement with Kansai Electric Power Co to use the utility company’s transmission towers, utility poles, telecoms towers and other facilities for its planned 4G...
 
Wi-Fi and 4G calls arrive on BT Mobile
BT Mobile has announced that it will now support data calling over both Wi-Fi and 4G connections...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Microsoft Azure opens partner data centre in Canberra, Australia
Microsoft launched a new Azure region in Canberra, Australia, which enables customers to deploy their own applications and infrastructure within Canberra Data Centres directly connected via Azure ExpressRoute to...
 
AT&T pushes gender equality in ads
AT&T pushes gender equality in ads | WARCAT&T, the telecoms and entertainment company, is driving progress when it comes to making...
 
 
Middle East
 
Chinese corporation to help transform Tehran into smart city
Tehran Municipality and China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) signed a collaboration deal, as per which the Chinese state-owned firm will assist the municipality in transforming the capital into a smart...
 
Virgin Mobile KSA enables direct billing for Google Play
Virgin Mobile KSA subscribers will be able to pay for downloads from Google Play directly through their phone bill, the operator has announced...
 
ICA achieves 100 percent compliance in smart services
UAE-based ICA has achieved 100 per cent compliance with the criteria of transforming its services to smart and electronic services compared to 88.5 per cent in 2016...
 
South Asia
 
Uzbekistan, Afghanistan boosting cooperation on information technology and communications
Representatives from Afghanistan and Uzbekistan discussed development of cooperation in the sphere of information and communication technologies between the two countries...
 
Mobitel paves the way for IoT at Sri Lanka
Mobitel recently hosted Sri Lanka’s first ever industry Forum on NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things) technology...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Sony expands Sky OTT catalogue in Spain
Sky and Sony Pictures Television Networks Iberia have signed an agreement that will increase the former’s over-the-top (OTT) offering in Spain...
 
M6 breaks new ground in distribution deal with Free
French broadcaster M6 Group has struck a distribution agreement with IPTV operator Free/Iliad Telecom to secure distribution of its channels and associated services on the Free platform...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Openreach launches virtual dark fiber service
BT’s network arm Openreach has launched a virtual dark fibre service, ‘Optical Spectrum Access Filter Connect’ (‘OSA Filter Connect’)...
 
Construction begins on Japan-Guam-Australia cable
A consortium led by RTI Connectivity has commenced construction of a new subsea cable linking Japan, Australia and the US territory of Guam...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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