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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 29, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIVA launches JawwyTV’s Ramadan offer
 
 
VIVA launched partnership with JawwyTV, the all new mobile application that provides a wide range of the latest Arabic, Turkish and Western movies, TV series including top documentaries and kids’ channels...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat partners with Al Ihsan Charity to collect unused medicines from employees
Member Logo Building on last year’s success, Etisalat has collaborated once again with Al Ihsan Charity Society for the ‘Medicine Box Initiative’ to facilitate the donation of unused medicines by all its employees...
 
•  Batelco donation to support Dar Al Manar Centre
Member Logo Batelco has presented a donation cheque to Dar Al Manar Centre, to support elderly members of the community...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Alfa honors the press and media at its annual Iftar
 
•  France Televisions partners with TDF and Fransat to air Roland Garros in 4K
 
•  Batelco receives Injaz Bahrain 2017 Award for voluntary service
 
•  Telecom Egypt signs US$ 200 million financing deal with African Export-Import Bank managed by ADIB Egypt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
NCC grants APT permission to begin 5G network trials
Taiwan’s Asia Pacific Telecom has announced that it has received approval from the National Communications Commission to build a trial 5G network as it looks to begin preparing for a commercial launch in 2020...
 
Lithuanian telecom regulator joins Nordic cooperation
Lithuania's national telecommunications regulator RRT has joined a cooperation memorandum signed earlier by telecom regulators of the Baltic States and Nordic States...
 
North Africa
 
14% growth in ICT sector of Egypt in Q1 2018
The ICT sector of Egypt achieved growth rates of 14%, year-over-year, at the end of the first quarter of this year...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Cell C users to get 4G roaming on MTN network
Cell C and MTN have signed a new roaming agreement, the companies announced...
 
Globe accelerates LTE rollout in first quarter of 2018
Globe Telecom of the Philippines boosted its overall LTE footprint by about 10% in January-March 2018, to meet rising demand for ultra-high speed mobile internet services...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
SKT, AT&T, OpenStack launch open cloud project
SK Telecom has revealed it is collaborating with US-based AT&T and the OpenStack Foundation on a new open cloud infrastructure project called Airship...
 
Gemalto teams up with Qualcomm
Gemalto announced a new collaboration that will see its advanced mobile connectivity solutions integrated with Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile PC platform...
 
 
Middle East
 
SVOD subscribers in Middle East to reach 14 million
Subscription-based video on demand (SVOD) will reach 14 million in the Middle East in 2023 from around 3 million in 2017...
 
5G launch heightens Saudi telecommunications market competitiveness
Coinciding with the Saudi Telecom sector’s major success in launching the first 5G network in the Middle East and North Africa region, competition in the telecommunications sector is expected to increase...
 
Pacific Controls to launch first network-as-a-service model
UAE-based Pacific Controls has announced a strategic partnership with Chicago-based Qube to launch the first Network-as-a-service model in the Gulf region...
 
South Asia
 
State Bank of Pakisan emphasizes revolutionalizing digital financial services
State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has recently issued a report that emphasizes towards revolutionalizing digital financial services in the country and boosting financial inclusion...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Dutch streaming OTT platform NLZiet comes to Apple TV
NLZiet, the joint online video platform of NPO, RTL and SBS, has officially launched its Apple TV app...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Superfast Broadband reaches more premises in Fife
More premises across Fife can now upgrade to faster fiber broadband through the £428 million (US$567 million) Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband rollout...
 
Viasat to start Asia-Pacific ViaSat-3 satellite this year
Satellite operator Viasat is in discussions with manufacturers to procure its third high-capacity ViaSat-3 satellite...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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