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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 3, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
STC celebrated mega agreements for 2018 projects with its strategic partners
 
 
In the presence of the STC Group CEO Eng. Nasser AL Nasser, STC celebrated the signing of the mega agreement with its strategic partners Huawei, Ericsson, and Nokia. This deal considered as a major progress in regards to the strategic partnership with the three global companies. “It will lead to a new step of investments for future projects” Al-Nasser Said.
 
4G is vulnerable to same types of attacks as 3G, researchers say
As with the flaw-ridden protocol underlying 3G, the 4G protocol is susceptible to attacks that disclose mobile users’ information or impose a denial of service, according to a report from mobile-security company Positive Technologies...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Sudatel and Nokia to collaborate on delivery of ultra-broadband services in Sudan
Member Logo Nokia and Sudatel are to trial Nokia 4.5G Pro, 4.9G and 5G mobile technologies along with Nokia's fixed fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) portfolio to enhance the mobile and residential broadband experience in Sudan. The...
 
•  Du to launch Voice over LTE service in fourth quarter
Member Logo du is set to launch its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service in the fourth quarter of this year, allowing the operator to transmit voice calls over the existing fourth-generation cellular network...
 
•  Etisalat joins leading global operators in adopting GSMA's IoT security guidelines
Member Logo These IoT security guidelines, backed by an IoT security asssessment scheme, are targeted for IoT service providers, device manufacturers, developers and mobile operators. They address typical cybersecurity and data privacy...
 
•  Cisco helps Orange Romania complete 5G FWA trial
Member Logo Orange and its vendor partners have published details of its 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) trial in Romania. The trial, which is the first in Europe, was announced back in February and started operations at the beginning of...
 
•  DE-CIX services now available at EMC HostCo in Munich
Member Logo DE-CIX is expanding its presence in the Bavarian capital of Munich. DE-CIX services – such as DirectCLOUD, GlobePEER, GlobePEER Remote, and MetroVLAN – are now also available in the data center of EMC HostCo...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Bahrain's TRA Board of Directors affirm consumer-related issues
During the meeting, Board members discussed key issues related to the telecommunications sector; in particular those that are of interest to the general public. This includes the progress of the projects related to the...
 
BIPT greenlights wholesale fibre access regulations
Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications (BIPT) has approved the proposed fixed market regulations in a bid to create competition and offer more choice in broadband and broadcasting...
 
Afghan government struggles to establish mobile tax monitoring system
Three years after having imposed a 10 percent levy on telecom services, the National Unity Government (NUG) has still not managed to implement the Real Time System to monitor the collection of the taxes...
 
South Asia
 
Bangladesh operators split on standard call rate
Robi Axiata and Banglalink, the second and third largest mobile operators in Bangladesh, prepared to face off against market leader Grameenphone by backing a government move to set a standard voice call rate...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Three Ukrainian cellcos launch LTE-1800
Ukraine’s three leading mobile operators Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine and Lifecell all launched commercial 1800MHz LTE networks on 1 July to expand, strengthen and upgrade their existing LTE-2600 platforms and herald the...
 
4G is vulnerable to same types of attacks as 3G, researchers say
As with the flaw-ridden protocol underlying 3G, the 4G protocol is susceptible to attacks that disclose mobile users’ information or impose a denial of service, according to a report from mobile-security company...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Amazon Prime Video launches on BT tv set-tops
BT announced it has become the first major UK pay-TV provider to offer Amazon Prime Video access via a set top box after signing a similar deal end of last year to sell Sky’s low-cost OTT TV service Now TV to BT TV...
 
 
Middle East
 
Ooredoo Global Services joins forces with BICS to combat telecoms fraud
BICS has announced that Ooredoo Global Services is utilising its crowdsourced fraud prevention platform, FraudGuard, to block fraudulent telecoms activity targeting Ooredoo’s international traffic...
 
North Africa
 
NEC XON building Africa cyber security centers to tackle new threats
NEC XON is creating three new Cyber Defence Operations Centres (CDOC), one in Nigeria, another in Senegal, and the third in Mauritius in addition to the existing facilities in South Africa...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Orange Business Services puts IoT to use on saving ships’ fuel costs
Orange Business Services has expanded its work with Dobroflot by developing a customised IoT solution for the Russian fishing company. The France-based telco worked with Technodar on the new product, which sees sensors...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Alibaba Cloud launches partner programme to drive digital transformation in EMEA
The cloud computing arm of the Alibaba Group, launched the EMEA Ecosystem Partner Program, an initiative to further strengthen the collaboration between Alibaba Cloud’s customers and partners in Europe, Middle East and...
 
Veon sells stake in Wind Tre for $2.8 billion
Russia and emerging markets telecom operator Veon is to sell its stake in Italian mobile network Wind Tre to partner CK Hutchison , in a move to reduce debt that also marks its exit from Western Europe...
 
Global media M&A reaches $2.5 trillion in 2018
M&A activity in the media sector has reached historic highs in the first half of 2018 driven by deals like the billion-dollar bidding war for Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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