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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 11, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Batelco signs Memorandum of Understanding with the British University of Bahrain
 
 
Batelco signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the British University of Bahrain (BUB) to mark the inauguration of a strategic partnership between the two organisations...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Apple announces new red iPhone 8 and 8 Plus
Member Logo Apple announced iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition, the new generation of iPhone in a stunning red finish...
 
•  Nokia and SKT conduct trial of LTE-based video and voice applications to enhance public safety in South Korea
Member Logo Nokia and SK Telecom (SKT) are conducting a major trial of LTE public safety technologies in South Korea to establish the application of first responders in sharing mission-critical voice, video and other data simultaneously...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA conducts the first meeting of 5G frequencies Working Group
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Kingdom of Bahrain chaired the first meeting of the 5G Frequencies Working Group to discuss and shed the light on Government’s efforts in general and TRA’s...
 
ACMA proposes new NBN migration rules
Australian telecoms regulator ACMA has introduced new draft rules aimed at improving the experience of consumers being migrated to the National Broadband Network (NBN)...
 
Middle East
 
Orange subsidiary opens Middle East innovation hub
Orange Business Services, the France Telecom-Orange branch dedicated to business-to-business services, opened its Middle East innovation hub and regional headquarters at Dubai Silicon Oasis...
 
Imperium to accelerate regional SMB cloud adoption with Avaya
Imperium is all set to deliver Powered by Avaya offering to meet growing demand of midmarket customers for cloud-based communications solutions...
 
North Africa
 
Iflix partners with Inwi to launch in Morocco
VoD service Iflix has partnered with Moroccan operator Inwi will give Iflix to all members of its subscriber privilege service Club during six months...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Movistar launches VoLTE in Ecuador
Movistar Ecuador, the nation’s second largest mobile network operator (MNO) by subscribers, has announced the launch of VoLTE on its network...
 
Taiwan Star expanding 4G network infrastructure
Taiwan Star Telecom has continued to enhance its 4G infrastructure by adding 1,163 base stations to its 4G networks in the first quarter of 2018...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Singtel, VMware to accelerate DX in APAC
Singtel has entered a partnership with VMware International to set up a Digital Transformation Foundry in Singapore...
 
 
South Asia
 
Digital payment systems evolving in Pakistan
Digital Payments in Pakistan is an evolving concept that intends to provide a basket of the solution to its citizen and in fact, it is rapidly gaining momentum in Pakistani market...
 
Bangabandhu-1 satellite to be launched May 5
Bangabandhu-1, the first commercial satellite of Bangladesh, will be sent into orbit May 5 and it will be ready for use in three months after the launch...
 
SLT launches cloud-based data virtualization service for enterprises
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has partnered with data virtualization services provider dataWerks to launch a cloud-based data virtualization service...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
SES accelerates Latin America’s path to Ultra HD
Following major space and ground infrastructure investments and the expansion of its Latin America video neighbourhood, SES announced the launch of its Ultra HD platform into the region to accelerate commercial 4K rollouts...
 
Nordea revamps prices to push mobile banking app
Finnish bank Nordea is to increase its charges for those customers who use online banking via a desktop computer and haven't downloaded their mobile app...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Emirates registers over 1 million in-flight wi-fi connections in March
Emirates has set a new record with over 1 million wi-fi connections made on board its flights in March alone...
 
VELCOM switches on VoWiFi in Belarus
Belarusian fixed broadband and mobile operator VELCOM is all set to launch Voice-over-Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) technology from 13 April 2018...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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