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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 28, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alfa honors the press and media at its annual Iftar
 
 
Under the auspices and in the presence of His Excellency the Minister of Telecommunications Jamal Jarrah, Alfa, managed by Orascom TMT, held its annual Iftar in honor of the press and media at the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Tamdeed Projects highlights innovation in telecom networking & smart building solutions at BICSI MEA conference
Member Logo Tamdeed Projects exhibited a strong presence at the recently-concluded 2018 BICSI Middle East & Africa (MEA) Conference and Exhibition, reinforcing its commitment to support the ICT community and promoting innovation within...
 
•  du offers customers double data reaching 200 GB on postpaid plans
Member Logo For the first time in the UAE, du postpaid customers can get up to 200 GB of data allowance...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
BTRC sets fresh MNP launch deadline on July 31
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission extended the deadline for the launch of much-awaited mobile number portability service by two months...
 
New Zealand rural mobile broadband program to be complete by 2021
The 100 tourism blackspots and 1,000km stretches of state highways being covered by RBI2 have been announced, with the mobile coverage to be provided by the end of 2021...
 
North Africa
 
Cairo based SaaS startup raises funding from Saudi investors
Egyptian startup Entlaqa, which develops SaaS-based products has raised US$ 300 thousand from two Saudi Investors Salem ben Saleh Ba Wazier and Mohamed ben Saleh Ba Wazier...
 
Korea ready to share its technological and industrial revolution experience with Africa
Korean has committed to sharing Korea’s technological and industrial experience with Africa and to help it compete in the 4th Industrial Revolution...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Viettel to launch 4G service in Myanmar
Telecom provider Viettel has unveiled plans to officially inaugurate its mobile phone network in Myanmar under the trade name Mytel on June 9, 2018...
 
Telkom mulling 2G network switch-off
Telkom is giving serious thought to switching off its 2G network to focus on 3G and 4G/LTE and later 5G, in the process freeing up spectrum for data-led mobile offerings...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
M7 launches smart TV app on Samsung TVs
M7 Group has integrated its M7 smart TV app into Samsung Smart TVs built from 2016 onwards...
 
 
Middle East
 
Major fiber optic project operational in Iran
The first phase of a major Fiber to the X (FTTX) project was inaugurated in Karaj, the capital of Alborz Province, west of Tehran, with an investment of 580 billion rials (US$13.8 million)...
 
BuddeComm ranks Bahrain as leading the region on its Telecoms Maturity Index
Bahrain has the most mature telecoms market in the Middle East, according to BuddeComm...x
 
OMSB to use Blockchain technology
The Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB) on Sunday signed a cooperation agreement in the field of use of blockchain technologies for electronic transactions with the Block Chain Solutions and Services Company...
 
South Asia
 
Sri Lankan operators to spend over US$200 million to expand fixed, mobile networks
Sri Lankan operators are all set to invest more than US$200 million between them to expand their networks and upgrade to 4G.
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Rostelecom signs broadband cooperation agreements with 3 regions
Russian national operator Rostelecom has signed multi-lateral cooperation agreements with the Federal Ministry of Digital Development and ITC and governments of three regions...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Smartphones surpass PCs for Japan internet access
According to Japan Today, more people in Japan accessed the internet from smartphones than from PCs for the first time...
 
Indonesia to use 5G network at Asian Games 2018
Indonesia will be rolling out trials for the 5G network during the Asian Games event in August 2018...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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