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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 23, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Batelco receives Injaz Bahrain 2017 Award for voluntary service
 
 
Committed towards supporting volunteerism across the Kingdom, Batelco was recognized during the Injaz Bahrain’s annual awards ceremony held recently at the Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel in Manama...
 
Nokia, ITC sign MoU to start experimenting 5G
ITC recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Nokia to do experimental trials to develop and measure the 5G applications...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Signature of SPA for the acquisition of MENA Cable
Member Logo Telecom Egypt announces that its 50% owned subsidiary, Egyptian International Submarine Cables Company, has executed a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding S.A.E for the purchase of...
 
•  Etisalat Digital partners with four global companies for Dubai Future Accelerators Program
Member Logo Etisalat Digital announced that it has signed strategic partnerships with four scale-ups as part of the 'Dubai Future Accelerators Program', the world’s largest government supported accelerator...
 
•  du gives customers a chance to travel the world with up to 1 million free miles from Etihad Guest
Member Logo Get a chance to become the Etihad Guest Millionaire or to become one of the many winners of 100,000 free travelling miles from Etihad Guest...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Romania to hold 5G auction by end-2019
According to ANCOM head Sorin Grindeanu, the action plan for the auction of the 700 MHz bandwidth is a component of the future strategy on the bandwidth attribution for the implementation of the 5G technology the body wants...
 
NCC discusses 5G plans
The government is to release the operational licenses for the 5G telecom service toward the end of next year according to the National Communications Commission...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Metfone launches LTE-A
Viettel Cambodia, which provides mobile services under the brand name Metfone, has announced the commercial launch of an LTE-A network, as it seeks to capitalise on rising subscriber demand for high-speed data services...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
SES showcases first 8KTV broadcast
Even though its 4KTV portfolio is barely into its commercial stride, satellite operator SES has announced plans to showcase 8K television...
 
IPTV challenges DTT in France
For the first time, IPTV reception has drawn level with DTT in France, registering a penetration rate of 55 per cent of TV homes in the second half of 2017...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
SKT establishes global high-definition map alliance
Korea’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom said it has established a global alliance to make high-definition maps for self-driving cars with partners from Europe, China and Japan...
 
Circles.Life launches no-cost mobile plan
Singapore MVNO Circles.Life has launched a no-cost Flexi Plan offering 1GB of mobile data, 30 minutes of talktime and 10 SMS per month...
 
 
Middle East
 
Internet base in Oman rises to over 380,000
The total number of Internet subscribers in Sultanate, excluding active mobile broadband services, rose by 8.6 per cent to 381,702 by the end of April 2018, against 351,335 subscriptions by the end of December 2017...
 
Dubai Airports rolls out new cloud-based solution
Dubai Airports, in partnership with Samsung Electronics and AirportLabs have rolled out an advanced cloud-based Flight Information Display solution along with System on Chip (SoC) display technology at Dubai International...
 
South Asia
 
PTCL deploys Qwilt open caching service for content delivery for OTT customers
Pakistani mobile and broadband telecommunications and internet services provider PTCL has selected Qwilt's open caching service for content delivery for its OTT customers and to upgrade Quality of Experience (QoE) for...
 
Robi gets 1 million 4G subscribers
Bangladesh based mobile phone operator, Robi has recently reached the milestone of 1 million 4G subscribers within the first quarter of this year...
 
North Africa
 
Algerian mobile phone market begins recovery in Q1
Algeria's mobile phone market recovered from an extremely turbulent 2017 and had strong growth in the first three months of 2018...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Telefonica hits 20 million fiber homes in Spain
Telefonica has reached the milestone of 20 million Spanish households with fiber-optic connections, the largest FTTH network in Europe...
 
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying telecom and climate satellites
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying telecommunications and climate satellites into orbit...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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