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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 16, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Redefining the future with ‘5G’ and ‘Futuristic Technologies’
 
 
Khalifa Al Shamsi, Chief Strategy & Governance Officer of Etisalat presented ‘The Future-Impossible Redefined’ focusing on the evolution of technology and the potential emergent technologies bring to new business models, impacting daily lives and bringing together new challenges and exciting opportunities...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Mobily changes its network name to “Ramadan Kareem”
Member Logo Mobily ushered in the month of Ramadan by changing its network name to “Ramadan Kareem."
 
•  Accenture appoints Khaled Al-Dhaher as Country Managing Director for Saudi Arabia
Member Logo Accenture has appointed Khaled Al-Dhaher as country managing director for Saudi Arabia, effective May 16, 2018...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Increase by 1.5 Billion of STC’s procurement from local SMEs
 
•  STC launches the first live 5G network in MENA
 
•  Etisalat launches first commercial 5G network in the MENA region
 
•  du achieves PCI-DSS compliance across all its payment channels and data centre hosting services
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
iGA partners with Microsoft to deliver secure modern workplaces for Government entities
Bahrain's Information & eGovernment Authority promotes greater productivity and enhances robust security utilizing the latest Microsoft technologies...
 
FCC to fuel another round of rural broadband expansion
Private telephone companies, cooperatives and other fixed-base wireless and start-up internet service providers are preparing to bid in July in a Federal Communications Commission auction that earmarks $198 million a year...
 
North Africa
 
Moroccan e-commerce platform Hmizate expands into fintech
Moroccan e-commerce platform Hmizate has expanded into fintech with the launch of HmizatePay, an all-in-one mobile commerce and payment platform...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
AzTelekom launches 4G LTE fixed broadband pilot project
State-owned telco AzTelekom has launched a 4G fixed wireless technology pilot project in the villages of Khulmayli and Gachi in the Khachmaz region...
 
Verizon trials LTE over CBRS on commercial network
Verizon has successfully deployed and tested the 4G LTE technology over the CBRS spectrum as part of the carrier’s commercial LTE network...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Netflix partners with Indonesian carriers
Netflix has arranged to participate in the video data plans offered by Indonesian operators XL Axiata, Hutchison 3 Indonesia and Bolt...
 
IPTV aides Rostelecom growth
The Russian incumbent Rostelecom saw a 12% increase in its IPTV take-up in the year to March 31, ending the first quarter with a total of 5 million subscribers...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
EE trials hybrid broadband
BT’s consumer unit has launched a network convergence strategy designed to make the most of its national fibre and 4G network assets...
 
SAS adds in-flight Wifi service
Scandinavian Airlines System or SAS has launched in-flight Internet on its short and medium haul routes between Scandinavia and Europe...
 
 
Middle East
 
StarzPlay to introduce seven Arabic shows during Ramadan
Dubai-based online subscription video platform StarzPlay will introduce seven new Arabic shows during Ramadan...
 
Special Ramadan offers from Etisalat make it easy to connect with family and friends
Etisalat announced the launch of special offers to keep prepaid and postpaid customers stay connected with family and friends to celebrate Ramadan...
 
Kalaam Telecom acquires top Kuwaiti ICT group
Bahrain based Kalaam Telecom has announced its acquisition of Tawasul Telecom, a Kuwait-based Information and Communication Technology solutions provider...
 
New digital currency to be launched by Saudi, UAE
The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) has selected a consultant to work with the central banks of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, for launching a digital currency that would be accepted in cross-border...
 
South Asia
 
edotco partners Getco to develop telco infrastructure in Bangladesh
edotco Bangladesh will partner with Getco to provide next-generation infrastructure to deal with Bangladesh's growing connectivity needs, including applying for a recently announced tower sharing licence...
 
SLT Group Q1 EBITDA grows by 8.5 percent
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) reported EBITDA for the first quarter of 2018, showed a year-on-year growth of 8.5 percent and the EBITDA margin increased to 30.8 percent from 30.1 percent...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
NEC applies AI to subsea cable networks
NEC has announced it has applied AI to subsea cable networks to push the capacity limits of the transmission networks...
 
Sprint adds 3 cities to 2019 5G rollout
Sprint announced that New York City, Kansas City and Phoenix would be added to the list of the provider's initial 5G market when the service goes online in early 2019...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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