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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 29, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yahsat buys majority stake in Thuraya
 
 
Yahsat has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in the mobile satellite services operator Thuraya, also based in the UAE, subject to final pre-closing conditions being met...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC: 9 names have been elected to the new Board
Member Logo The Saudi Telecom Company announces the results of the shareholder Ordinary General Assembly meeting (First Meeting) was held at the company head office in Riyadh...
 
•  Beyond high speed: du Business complete plan is the all-in-one telecom solution for UAE enterprises
Member Logo du announced the launch of Business Complete Planwhich will allow UAE enterprises to benefit from higher network speeds and free voice minutes in addition to the many bundled features du’s enterprise customers already...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Free video calls for hearing impaired in UAE to mark Arab Deaf Week
To mark the Arab Deaf Week, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has directed telecommunications services providers Etisalat and Du to waive off the monthly subscription fee for online video call applications -...
 
Saudi Ministry of ICT and Consensys conduct blockchain bootcamp
As part of its responsibility for the development of national cadres in the future technologies, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) conducted a blockchain bootcamp in collaboration with...
 
Monitoring centre for telecom services on cards
BTRC plans to set up a separate monitoring centre for about Tk 15 crore as part of its efforts to improve the quality of services in Bangladesh...
 
North Africa
 
Yahlive reaches 10 million North African homes
Yahlive is now delivering free-to-air satellite TV to 10 million households across Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, according to the Abu-Dhabi based joint venture between SES and Yahsat...
 
Algeria's internet user numbers rise 21% to 34.6 mln in 2017
Algeria signed up 34.6 million fixed and mobile Internet subscribers in 2017, up by 21 percent from 2016...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Telenor, Ericsson achieve 1Gbps downlink in LTE tech trials
Norwegian-owned Telenor Myanmar and vendor partner Ericsson of Sweden achieved download speeds of 1Gbps during a joint network trial of LTE technologies...
 
T-Mobile beefs up LTE network coverage
T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray says the company has dramatically improved LTE network coverage and performance across hundreds of additional cell sites...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Hutch, Etisalat merge Sri Lanka mobile ops
Hutch Sri Lanka, which overcome a near 3-month hurdle to clear its 4G equipment from the Colombo Port, is merging with Etisalat, according to an official announcement...
 
KDDI co-developing IoT disaster management system
Japan's KDDI has entered a partnership with Toyota and geology consulting services company OYO Corporation to develop an IoT-based disaster prevention and mitigation system...
 
 
Middle East
 
Abu Dhabi businesses get online boost with new Internet domain
Abu Dhabi’s Smart Solutions and Services Authority, ADSSSA, announced the launch of the Abu Dhabi Internet domain suffixes (.abudhabi), and (.أبوظبي) for Arabic to represent the...
 
UAE residents to enjoy greater internet privacy
Anyone living in the UAE or across the Middle East will inadvertently gain greater internet privacy come May 25, thanks to the European Union (EU)...
 
PayTabs to collaborate with the largest dedicated Fintech Hub in the Middle East and Africa
Bahrain Fintech Bay promises to be the Middle East's most dynamic and diverse fintech network...
 
South Asia
 
Grameenphone signs MoU with DataSoft
To accelerate the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) in Bangladesh, Grameenphone and DataSoft have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop comprehensive IoT solutions for businesses...
 
Dialog introduces the ‘Huawei Watch 2’ as the first eSIM enabled device in Sri Lanka.
Dialog Axiata PLC announced the commercial deployment of South Asia’s first embedded SIM (eSIM) technology, a reiteration of its promise to deliver the future...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Verizon’s live TV streaming service to launch this year
Verizon held their 1st quarter 2018 earnings call and gave new details about their 5G and live TV streaming plans...
 
Czech O2 makes IPTV and OTT gains
The Czech incumbent ended the first quarter with 243,000 IPTV and OTT customers for its O2 TV service...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Celcom launches home wireless broadband
Celcom Axiata Bhd has launched Celcom Home Wireless, a broadband service powered by its 4G network with data inclusions of one terabyte (TB) Internet...
 
Charter DOCSIS 3.1 footprint now covers 23m homes
US cable giant Charter Communications (trading as Spectrum) has announced that its in-deployment DOCSIS 3.1 network now covers around 23 million US homes...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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