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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 11, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BT joins leading regional operators as a SAMENA Council member to focus on regional digital development
 
 
SAMENA Council has announced that BT (British Telecom), one of the world’s leading providers of communications services and solutions, has joined with full membership with the purpose of contributing to the stakeholder dialogue on understanding complexities and challenges of the transforming digital ecosystem in view of Operators' evolving role and central position in the 4th industrial revolution.
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Facebook to build data center in Singapore
Member Logo Facebook has revealed that it’s first custom-built data center in Asia will be located in Singapore...
 
•  Sprint and Nokia first to demonstrate in the U.S. a 5G NR connection over Massive MIMO
Member Logo Nokia and Sprint will show the first live demonstration in the U.S. of a 5G New Radio (NR) connection over a dual mode-capable Massive MIMO radio, bringing this revolutionary technology one step closer to reality...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Eutelsat signs long-term multiple-launch service agreement with Arianespace
 
•  Batelco signs agreement with the Supreme Council of Health
 
•  Omantel hosts major investor conference
 
•  Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, Huawei and Honor launch ICT Competition to discover and develop ICT local talents in UAE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• BTRC amends MNP guidelines
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has amended a provision of the mobile number portability licensing guidelines..
 
• TRA holds a workshop on Digital Government Maturity as an OSI enabler
TRA UAE held a workshop entitled “UAE’s Model for Digital Government Maturity as an Enabler to Achieve the National Index Targets”, which was attended by e-Government representatives of the UAE and the OSI...
 
Middle East
 
• ADNOC distribution signs agreement with Etisalat Digital for digital advertising network
ADNOC Distribution has signed an agreement with Etisalat Digital for a cloud-based digital signage advertising network...
 
• iflix signs MoU with Saudi audiovisual media commission
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Audiovisual Media has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the ubscription video on demand service, iflix to boost Saudi media production...
 
• Robust growth seen for digital signage industry in Oman
Digital signage offers huge opportunities for growth in Oman and the rest of the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region according to IEC...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Tivù claims world-first with HbbTV Operator App deployment
Italian free-to-view satellite TV platform provider Tivù, working with OTT platform enabler Vewd, is claiming to have become the world’s first operator to deploy an HbbTV Operator App (OpApp)...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Drei enters fixed line market following Tele2 takeover
Hutchison Drei Austria has begun offering fixed line services under its own brand, following its acquisition of Tele2 Austria last year...
 
• Hispasat, Thales Alenia Space to demo balloon technology for 4G/5G applications
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat is joining forces with Thales Alenia Space to conduct tests of HAPS (High Altitude Pseudo Satellite) balloon technology for 4G/5G telecom applications...
 
 
South Asia
 
• CRIG keen to invest in Bangladesh
CRIG has expressed interest in making investment in digitization of education sector in Bangladesh, besides showing keen interest in providing technical support in building information technology enriched Bangladesh...
 
• Pakistan may launch 5G technology by 2019
According to Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Pakistan can introduce 5G services by 2019 and once 5G is launched, it will attract foreign investment and boost the economy of the country...
 
North Africa
 
• Facebook avails Community Help to areas with low connectivity
Facebook Community Help is now available on Facebook Lite in more than 100 countries, including the MENA region, across Egypt, Morocco, UAE, Saudi Arabia and others...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• Virtual1 launches new 4G Ethernet service
Virtual1 has been working hard over the last 6 months to bring a compelling Cellular Ethernet product to market which complements its connectivity portfolio...
 
• Filipino operator Smart ramps up LTE-A rollout, including 5CC
Smart Communications has revealed that its in-deployment 4G upgrade programme has so far seen 60% of sites nationwide upgraded to LTE, of which 62% are already LTE-A capable...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• SKT, Contela, ETRI to design 5G small cells
SK Telecom has entered an agreement with small cell company Contela and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) aiming to commercialize 5G small cells for telecoms networks...
 
• Mobile broadband users will hit 4.4 billion by the end of 2018: ITU
The gap between those who are able to go online and those who can’t continues to shrink globally, thanks to the boost from smartphones and wireless networks and an effort to bring down the cost of services in the least...
 
• China’s cross-border e-commerce turnover to top US$1.3 trillion
China’s cross-border e-commerce is forecast to see turnover top 9 trillion yuan (US$ 1.3 trillion) in 2018, according to the the China E-Commerce Association...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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