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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
August 8, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Telecom Egypt and Etisalat Misr sign the first MoU for virtual fixed voice services
 
 
Telecom Egypt and Etisalat Misr announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide the latter with virtual fixed voice services...
 
Bubbletone and Nexign partner to deliver new blockchain capabilities to the global telecom market
 
 
Bubbletone and Nexign announced a partnership to develop a combined solution which is going to be the first of its kind in the global telecom industry based on both blockchain and BSS technologies...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco announces its exclusive partnership with Talabat
Member Logo Batelco has announced its exclusive partnership with Talabat to reward Batelco’s customers with the opportunity to win an amazing array of high value prizes. Batelco customers using the Talabat application to place...
 
•  Yahsat introduces YahClick Wi-fi enterprise solution
Member Logo Yahsat HAS announced the launch of YahClick Wi-Fi Enterprise Solution in partnership with Italian Wi-Fi cloud management software provider Tanaza.The announcement coincides with the signing of an agreement between the two...
 
•  Huawei push to accelerate 5G in Bahrain
Member Logo Huawei has announced it will implement the new “1+1 antenna modernisation” concept and solutions to accelerate the roll-out of commercial 5G networks in Bahrain...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Telecom Egypt and Airtel announce strategic partnership for global submarine cable systems
 
•  Second edition of Huawei ICT Competition launched
 
•  Etisalat's Ebtikar achieves GSMA Security Accreditation
 
•  STC reviews its digital solutions in Hajj Hackathon 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• BTRC picks 4 firms for tower sharing co licences
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has selected four companies from eight applicants for mobile phone tower sharing company licences...
 
• Dominica’s government approves MNP proposals
Dominica’s government has approved a plan to introduce mobile number portability (MNP), it was disclosed by the Minister of Information, Science, Telecommunications & Technology...
 
Middle East
 
• Kuwait Finance House & EY sign partnership agreement
KFH becomes first bank in Kuwait to use Artificial Intelligence in its operations...
 
• Mastercard to support KSA’s cashless drive
Mastercard has partnered with mada, the domestic payment network, to launch the mada Pay mobile payment wallet...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Borussia Dortmund relaunches BVB-TV streaming service
Germany’s Borussia Dortmund has relaunched its own OTT platform, BVB-TV...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Orange Poland agrees wholesale access to Inea FTTH network
Orange Poland has agreed with the regional cable network operator Inea on access to Inea's FTTH network in Wielkopolska region...
 
• SSL built satellite for Indonesian telecom begins post launch maneuvers
A communications satellite SSL built for telecommunications firm PT Telkom Indonesia has started conducting post-launch maneuvers a day after its liftoff aboard a Falcon 9 rocket...
 
 
South Asia
 
• Pakistan's first private payment system launched
Two private sector companies have joined hands to establish reliable domestic online payment gateway which aims to serve as a tool for merchant digitization service in an E-Commerce and M-Commerce...
 
North Africa
 
• Algerians go online to sell animals for Eid sacrifices
Sheep traders in Algeria are using Facebook and a local online selling site to sell their livestock ahead of the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival...
 
• Avanti signs master distributor contract for Hylas 4 with iWayAfrica
Avanti Communications Group has signed a Master Distributor contract with iWayAfrica to provide satellite broadband services across Sub-Saharan Africa...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• Avantel to lease Tower One infrastructure in Colombia
Avantel, which launched LTE services in Colombia in August 2014 using the 1700MHz band, has signed a ten-year fixed-term master lease agreement (MLA) with Tower One to utilise its mobile infrastructure...
 
• Villages get 4G mobile coverage
EE has launched three brand new sites providing better mobile phone coverage in the communities of Cenarth, Capel Dewi and Pontsian...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Samsung investing US$22 billion in 5G, AI and other growth areas
Samsung would invest more than US$22 billion over the next three years to develop technologies, including 5G, AI, automotive electronics components, biopharmaceuticals, semiconductors and device displays...
 
• Globe boosts 2018 capex to US$960 million
Ayala-led Globe Telecom is boosting its capital expenditure (capex) budget this year by another $100 million for a total spending of US$950 million...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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