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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
August 5, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat's Ebtikar achieves GSMA Security Accreditation
 
 
Ebtikar Card Systems, an Etisalat Group subsidiary, announced that its advanced production center in Ajman renewed Security Accreditation Scheme (SAS) certification from the global organization ‘Global System for Mobile Communications’ (GSMA)...
 
Second edition of Huawei ICT Competition launched
 
 
Building on the success of its 2017 debut in the region, Huawei launched the second edition of Huawei Middle East ICT Competition under the patronage of Eng. Haytham AlOhali, Vice Minister of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT)...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC announced a contract for TV and digital broadcasting and the marketing sponsorships with the GSA and SAFF
Member Logo The contract will last 10 years starting from season 2018-2019. The deal will cost 660 Million SAR annually, and it will be self-funded...
 
•  Omantel’s summer training programme helps students prepare for job market
Member Logo Summer training programme at Omantel is ongoing for 57 students from various higher education institutions...
 
•  VIVA Bahrain expands global network footprint
Member Logo VIVA Bahrain, Bahrain’s leading telecommunications service provider, has expanded its global network footprint with the deployment of new points-of-presence (POPs) in Europe, across London and Frankfurt...
 
•  Yahsat completes Thuraya acquisition
Member Logo Yahsat has completed the acquisition of a majority and controlling stake in the mobile satellite services operator Thuraya...
 
•  Tech Mahindra to roll out 5G pilot projects next month
Member Logo Tech Mahindra Ltd expects to launch about five pilot projects on 5G services by next month and execute big projects on the new generation network from 2019-20...
 
•  Exercises with stock options of Nokia Corporation
Member Logo Based on Nokia Corporation's 2011 Stock Option Plan a total of 12 500 Nokia shares were subscribed for between May 30 and July 27, 2018...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA Oman to review market, identify constraints to competition
The Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) will be carrying out a review of the telecom market in Oman and identify constraints to competition as well as prevent abuse of dominant position by operators...
 
FCC launching 5G 28GHz auction on 14 November
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that bidding for 5G-suitable 28GHz band spectrum licences (Auction 101) will commence on 14 November 2018, with the bidding for 24GHz band licences (Auction 102)...
 
North Africa
 
China can help Africa embrace the technical future
China has written its own success stories in many fields like e-commerce, mobile payments and smart cities and it's natural that new partnerships will emerge between Chinese companies and African companies in those...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Gigabit network deployments up almost 40% since last year
Gigabit internet service, including gigabit LTE, is expanding and the U.S. in the lead, reports Viavi...
 
Microsoft awards grant to CvWireless to expand internet access in rural New York
Microsoft has selected CvWireless as a winner of its third annual Airband Grant Fund to help bring broadband internet access to rural communities...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Audi and Ericsson are working together to build 5G cars
Audi and Ericsson have announced how to make a pioneering collaboration to make the cars of this brand incorporate 5G technology,..
 
IoT boom will change how data is analysed
Deluge of data generated by Internet of Things will impact machine learning and the quality of data analysis, driving the need for such devices to get smarter and decide where data should be analysed...
 
 
Middle East
 
Huawei unveils AI enabled smartphones in Kuwait
Huawei Consumer Business Group held a media roundtable in Kuwait to discuss the key innovations the brand is driving in the consumer smartphone industry, both globally and regionally, and announced the launch of its new AI...
 
Turkey launches first blockchain center at Bahçeşehir University
Countries all over the world are waking up to the revolutionary potential of blockchain technologies. Turkey is the latest to establish a new learning and research centre with the aim of creating the next generation of...
 
Mashreq widens Alipay options for rising number of Chinese tourists to the UAE
Mashreq Bank is expanding its partnership with Chinese mobile payments provider Alipay to 1,000 retailers within the next three months, from 150 now, as it seeks to capitalise on the influx of Chinese visitors...
 
Saudi's Kingdom Holding Company invests in music streaming platform Deezer
Global music streaming platform Deezer ha raised 160 million euros ($186 million) in fresh funds from investors, including the Saudi-based Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), and French telecom giant Orange...
 
South Asia
 
Growth in broadband depicts impact on mobile banking
With the expansion of high-speed broadband internet services, the use of internet and mobile banking is on the rise in Pakistan...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Triple-digit year-on-year growth in global TV streaming
The World Cup has given a huge kick to online video and research shows that concurrent streams spiked during the football tournament, eclipsing previous records by more than double, while quality improved across all key...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Azerfon 4G footprint reaches 33 regions
Azeri mobile operator Azerfon, which operates under the brand name Nar, has revealed that it installed 74 3G and 161 4G base stations in the second quarter of this year...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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