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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 31, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Orange Jordan launches Orange Digital Centers
 
 
Orange Jordan’s new CEO Thierry Marigny announced that the company launched its digital umbrella which holds under it a group of Orange Digital Centers in different areas of the Kingdom...
 
Media Group Ukraine partners with Eutelsat to broadcast its “Xtra TV” television platform
 
 
Eutelsat Communications has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract with Media Group Ukraine for broadcasting services on its EUTELSAT 9B satellite...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain Group records 5% net profit growth to reach KD 86.4 million (USD 287 million) for first six months of 2018
Member Logo Zain Group, a leading mobile innovator with operations in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for the six months to 30 June 2018...
 
•  Telecom Egypt notice of Q2 2018 results
Member Logo Telecom Egypt will be announcing its Q2 2018 audited financial results ending 30 June 2018 according to the Egyptian Accounting Standards (EAS) on Tuesday, 14 August 2018 at 9:00 am Cairo time in both the Egyptian Stock...
 
•  Umniah’s entrepreneurship and innovation incubator “The Tank” follows blockchain’s latest technology
Member Logo Umniah, through its entrepreneurship and innovation incubator, The Tank, sponsored the event "Blockchain Technologies & Internet Governance" organized by the Information and Communications Technology Association (Int@j), in...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Etisalat Digital announces challenges for Dubai Future Accelerators
 
•  Umniah’s ICT solutions proved Ministry of Education's readiness to digitize its future exams
 
•  Omantel and UNICEF to advocate well-being of children
 
•  Saudi Telecom Company announces the company’s preliminary financial results
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Hong Kong could allocate 5G spectrum for free
The HKSAR government has proposed to allocate 5G spectrum to the market's operators for no charge, to give them a competitive advantage in the race to 5G adoption...
 
TRAI sets new quality norms for 4G networks to check call drop, voice mute
Trai has decided to measure call quality on the 4G network in terms of data packets -- a parameter different from benchmarks used for assessing call drops on 2G and 3G networks...
 
Middle East
 
Social Media can fight the Arab health crisis
Millions of Arabs are connected to the Internet and they are using mobile phones to go online several times a day, which represents a significant opportunity for the Arab world to confront its public-health concerns...
 
Digital transformation initiatives fuel UAE IT job market
The UAE has registered a healthy 14 percent increase in the first half of 2018, in line with recent government initiatives aiming to accelerate progress on National Agenda goals...
 
UAE, India ink Artificial Intelligence agreement
The UAE and Invest India have signed a MoU for the India – UAE Artificial Intelligence Bridge which is dedicated to spur discussion and explore options for both countries to grow their artificial intelligence...
 
North Africa
 
Tejas Networks partners with Algerian ISP ICOSNET
ICOSNET, an ISP in Algeria has chosen Tejas' Converged Packet Optical (CPO) products to serve the growing demand for its high-speed Internet access and Virtual Private Network (VPN) offerings in the country...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Quortus partners with Fujitsu on cellular core network technology for Private LTE
Fujitsu will deploy the Quortus range of cellular core network products as part of its comprehensive range of Private LTE solutions for enterprises, telcos and other large organizations in Japan and North America...
 
Kyivstar continues expansion of LTE network
Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar has expanded the coverage of its LTE network, adding LTE services on the 1,800 MHz band in 183 additional settlements in eight regions...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Telekom offers new 250Mbps fixed broadband service to 6 million homes
Telekom Deutschland, the domestic operating unit of Deutsche Telekom (DT), will begin offering maximum fixed broadband speeds of 250Mbps on 1 August...
 
 
South Asia
 
Zong partners with Daewoo Express to enhance connectivity
Zong 4G and Daewoo Pakistan Express Bus Service have entered into a strategic partnership to enhance connectivity on the go...
 
Sri Lanka confident Bangabandhu satellite will spur development
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh has expressed her firm conviction that Bangabandhu Satellite would play a pivotal role in overall development of the country, opening up new opportunities for the learners of new generation...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Espial teams up with Harmonic for IP and OTT services
Espial has teamed up with technology provider Harmonic to integrate Harmonic’s VOS 360 media processing SaaS with Espial’s Elevate SaaS video platform...
 
North Korea launches new IPTV service 'Nuri'
A new IPTV service network named Nuri has been launched by scientists recently at Kim Il Sung University...
 
Comedy Central Play VOD mobile app launches in UK on Virgin
Virgin Media has now picked up content from Viacom in the form of the Comedy Central Play mobile streaming app, marking the UK debut of the long-form episodic content...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Vodafone Ukraine, lifecell advocate redistribution of spectra within 900 MHz band
Vodafone Ukraine and lifecell mobile communications operators advocate the redistribution of spectra within the 900 MHz band, taking into account the interests of all operators...
 
SES teams with mobile network operators to enable end-to-end 5G
As a clear indication of the hybrid broadcast and communications world of the future, satellite operator SES has announced support for the 5G Verticals Innovation Infrastructure (5G-VINNI) project,,,
 
AT&T previews NB-IoT strategy
The president of AT&T’s IoT business, offered a glimpse of the operator’s strategy as it gears up for the launch of its narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network in 2019, noting scale and bundling tactics will help it turn...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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