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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 9, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIVA Kuwait and Intigral sign strategic partnership for JawwyTV
 
 
VIVA Kuwait has signed a strategic partnership with Intigral Company for JawwyTV, the new mobile application that provides a wide range of the latest Arabic, Turkish and Western movies, TV series including top documentaries and kids’ channels...
 
Saudi Arabia striving to be among 1st 5G providers
Several initiatives are to be implemented to ensure that Saudi Arabia is one of the first countries to provide fifth-generation (5G) technology according to the governor of the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), H.E. Dr. Abdulaziz bin Salem Al-Ruwais...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco participates in the International Telecoms Week 2018
Member Logo Batelco, in line with its efforts to expand its global reach, is participating at the International Telecoms Week (ITW) 2018 event, which is taking place from May 6 to May 9 in Chicago, USA...
 
•  Cisco among top 10 best places to work in the UAE
Member Logo Cisco has been ranked among the top 10 best places to work in the UAE, by Great Place to Work® (GPTW), a global research, training and consultancy firm that identifies the best workplaces in over 50 countries...
 
•  Mumbai-IX, powered by DE-CIX, expands footprint by adding a point of presence at GPX
Member Logo Mumbai-IX, powered by DE-CIX, will make its services available at GPX’s Tier IV Internet data center in Chandivali, Mumbai...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
RIPE NCC organizes interactive workshop on IPv6 with Omani Information Technology Authority
Information Technology Authority (ITA) recently hosted Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Center’s (RIPE NCC) first highly successful workshop for the Omani Government in Muscat...
 
Togo to issue 4G licences to Togocel and Moov
Togo’s Minister of Posts & Digital Economy has announced that she will issue 4G mobile licences to the country’s incumbent mobile network operators (MNOs), Togo Cellulaire (Togocel) and Moov Togo...
 
Saudi Arabia striving to be among 1st 5G providers
Several initiatives are to be implemented to ensure that Saudi Arabia is one of the first countries to provide fifth-generation (5G) technology according to the governor of the Communications and Information Technology...
 
South Asia
 
SpaceX to launch Bangabandhu-1 satellite
SpaceX will target Thursday, May 10 from 4:12pm to 6:22pm (local time Florida, US) for the launch of Bangabandhu-1...
 
Dialog Axiata hosts 'Google I/O 2018 Extended Sri Lanka' event
Mobitel recently hosted the Extended event of the highly anticipated Google I/O 2018 at the Stein Studio Complex in Ratmalana, for the 5th time in Sri Lanka...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Deutsche Telekom increases IPTV customer base
German telco Deutsche Telekom has won 54,000 new customers for its IPTV platform Entertain TV in Q1 2018 which now has a total of 3.19 million customers...
 
LiveXLive launches OTT streaming app on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV devices
LiveXLive Media announced the launch of its LiveXLive App across Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV devices...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Red Hat and Microsoft co-develop the first Red Hat OpenShift jointly managed service on a public cloud
Microsoft and Red Hat expand partnership around hybrid cloud, container management and developer productivity...
 
China Telecom signs interconnect deal with HGC
China Telecom and Hong Kong based fixed line operator HGC Global Communications (HGC) have signed an agreement to build a network interconnection system via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge...
 
 
Middle East
 
UK tech company Adsertor launches a strategic partnership with Bahrain Fintech Bay
Adsertor has teamed up with Bahrain Fintech Bay to build a strategic partnership and have located their new GCC operation out of Bahrain...
 
Maicom and Qnext sign MSP partnership to provide FileFlex Enterprise in Middle East and Africa
Maicom IT services announced that it has added FileFlex Enterprise to its diverse, solution-focused offering of IT services...
 
North Africa
 
Mobilis retains lead in Algeria's mobile market
Mobilis remained ahead of its competitors in 2017, holding a 40.1 percent share of mobile subscribers...
 
Microsoft to train 600K Egyptian teachers on new technologies
Microsoft will train 600,000 Egyptian teachers to use modern technology over the next few years...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
MTN reaches over 80% 4G coverage in South Africa
MTN South Africa said its 4G coverage now reaches over 80 percent of the population...
 
Airtel Nigeria launches 4G LTE
Poised to stimulate economic activities across all sectors as well as provide unfettered access to affordable and reliable mobile broadband Airtel Nigeria has launched its 4G LT.E...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
GCX to upgrade HAWK cable
Reliance Communications' Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) has announced plans to upgrade a branch of the HAWK subsea cable to meet growing demand for bandwidth between Europe and emerging Asia and the Middle East...
 
EOLO to invest in broadband connections
Italian fixed-wireless internet provider EOLO says it plans to invest EUR300 million (US$357 million) over the next three years to deploy 100Mbps broadband connections across the country...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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