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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 16, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operators' Enablement at the Heart of SAMENA Council's Digital Transformation-Centric Activities with Technology Providers
 
 
In the recently held SAMENA Council's Beyond Connectivity - In the Future conference, organized in collaboration with Tech Mahindra, one of the Council's newest members to join during 2018 and an emerging name in the Middle East region as regards enablement of Telecom Operators through technology and managing change, it became avidly clear why SAMENA Council believes in and strives to encouraging technology providers lead discussions on visualizing an AI, VR, AR, IoT, and software-led future...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC organizes Future Digitalization Expo (FUDEX 2018)
Member Logo STC is pleased to organize the Future Digitalization Expo (FUDEX 2018) which will be held on 17-18 April 2018 from 09:00 am to 03:00 pm at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, Riyadh...
 
•  Batelco sponsors Gulf Construction Expo 2018
Member Logo Batelco has announced its sponsorship of the Gulf Construction Expo 2018, which will take place from 24 until 26 April 2018, at the Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Centre...
 
•  Orange Jordan enhances its network in the southern governorates to provide advanced 4G+, fiber services
Member Logo As part of its network enhancement in different governorates across the Kingdom, Orange Jordan’s CEO announced the company's rollout of the advanced 4G+ service in different areas in the south governorates, and the...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Ofcom finalises spectrum auction result
British telecoms regulator Ofcom has published the final result of its recent spectrum auction, after concluding the process of allocating frequencies for the four winning bidders...
 
PTA invites consultations for spectrum sharing framework
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has invited Expression of Interest for Spectrum Sharing Framework...
 
North Africa
 
Mobilis Algeria launches new offer for professionals
Mobilis has introduced a new offer "eXtra", that aims to respond to the changing uses of Mobilis and the needs of its customers...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Robi's 4.5G service and Airtel's 4G+ service go live in Singra
Bangladeshi operator Robi has introduced its 4.5G service and Airtel’s 4G+ service in the Singra region...
 
GO launches LTE-A across Malta
Maltese fixed and mobile operator GO has launched its first LTE-A 4G cellular services under the name ‘4G+’...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Anevia seals Keepixo acquisition
OTT and IPTV software provider Anevia has sealed its acquisition of Grenoble-based compression specialist Keepixo...
 
Union Insurance launches a user-friendly intelligent mobile application
Union Insurance Company, a provider of innovative customer-focused insurance solutions to individuals and corporations in the Middle East, has launched a new user-friendly mobile application that offers various dynamic...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Entel to deploy fiber connecting 339 municipal capitals by 2022
State-owned Bolivian telco Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Entel) has confirmed plans to extend fiber-optic connectivity to all 339 municipal capitals by 2022...
 
Alternative providers connect 1 million to full fiber broadband
Nearly one million premises in the UK can now receive ‘ultrafast’ broadband speeds of more than 1Gbps from alternative network (altnet) providers...
 
 
Middle East
 
Smartphone-turned POS terminals to boost region’s contactless payment infrastructure
Security and identity solutions firm IDEMIA, payment solutions provider, Network International, and Mastercard have teamed up to launch a project to enable merchants to use smartphones to accept contactless payments...
 
STC Group wins 3 awards in Sport Industry Awards in MENA
STC Group received three major awards during the ceremony of Sport Industry Awards (SPIA) in the Middle East...
 
Siemens to invest US$500 million on digital initiatives in Middle East
The industrial conglomerate plans to establish the first two MindSphere application centres for digital applications in the UAE to transform data into real value...
 
Bahrain’s Riyada partners with British AI firm
Bahrain-based Riyada Consulting has partnered with UK’s nH2 Limited, a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI), computational science and materials discoveries with a focus on technology, energy and water...
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan to get faster internet through China’s submarine cable
Pakistan telecom industry is expected to receive latest and modern submarine cable system from Chinawhich will have two landing routes in Karachi and Gawadar...
 
SLT forays into cloud based data virtualization and enables ‘Analytics as a Service’
Sri Lanka Telecom has joined hands with dataWerks GmbH, an innovative data virtualization solutions provider that offers a radically new approach to delivering real time business insights to business organizations...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Siemens building global SD-WAN network
Global electronics and electrical engineering company Siemens has engaged Orange Business Services to deploy a global “Siemens Digitalization Network” (SDN) built on an SD-WAN infrastructure, connecting 1,500...
 
China Mobile spearheads IoT, 5G deployments
Having secured a leading position in 4G networks, China Mobile is currently deploying its IoT and 5G networks in full swing with plans to kick off trial operations of its 5G networks in 12 cities in China...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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