SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
August 5, 2018 |
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Etisalat's Ebtikar achieves GSMA Security Accreditation |
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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)...
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Second edition of Huawei ICT Competition launched |
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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)...
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Policy and Regulation |
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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...
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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)...
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North Africa |
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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...
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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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...
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3G and 4G Networks |
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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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Disclaimer: Information contained herein has been obtained from sources, which we deem reliable. SAMENA Telecommunications Council is not liable for any misinformed decisions that the reader may reach by being solely reliant on information contained herein. Expert advice should be sought. |
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