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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 12, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
More and more governments now benchmark broadband status in their national plans, says new global report
 
 
Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development releases annual country-by-country data on state of broadband access worldwide...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Alfa launches Voice over LTE for the first time in Lebanon
Member Logo Alfa has launched the Voice over LTE technology from the Alfa flagship store located in its headquarters in Dekwaneh for the first time in Lebanon, under the auspices of H.E. the Minister of Telecommunications, Jamal...
 
•  DE-CIX publishes annual Report 2017
Member Logo In the 2017 financial year, DE-CIX successfully maintained its position as the world leader in operating Internet Exchanges...
 
•  Huawei 5G transport network key technologies pass EANTC testing
Member Logo Huawei's 5G key technologies of CloudMetro solution recently passed rigorous testing by the European Advanced Networking Test Center...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  BT joins leading regional operators as a SAMENA Council member to focus on regional digital development
 
•  Eutelsat signs long-term multiple-launch service agreement with Arianespace
 
•  Batelco signs agreement with the Supreme Council of Health
 
•  Omantel hosts major investor conference
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Bahrain warns against scammers posing as TRA staff
Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has warned that scammers may be approaching a number of subscribers through WhatsApp and mobile calls claiming to be employees in the TRA who are giving out cash...
 
More and more governments now benchmark broadband status in their national plans, says new global report
Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development releases annual country-by-country data on state of broadband access worldwide...
 
NBTC will not extend DTAC’s 850MHz concession
Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has opted not to extend Total Access Communication’s (DTAC’s) concession in the 850MHz band past its expiry date of 15 September...
 
North Africa
 
GSM-R communications standard commissioned for the first time in Algeria
GSM-R communications standard has been commissioned for the first time in Algeria and will be put into service for the first time on the 418-km El Gourzi (Constantine)- Touggourt (Ouargla) railway...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
EE refarming 3G frequencies for 4G use
British mobile network operator EE has announced that it is refarming 2100MHz spectrum that it currently uses for 3G services, at more than 500 mobile towers, which will now be used instead for 4G connectivity...
 
Brazilian 4G coverage grows 44% in year to July
4G networks already reach 4,222 municipalities in Brazil, where 94.4 percent of the country's population lives...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Flixon Media to sell streaming app TV service through small ISP's in the United States
Flixon Media is giving small ISP’s and Wireless Internet Service Providers an opportunity to be part of this who will be able to offer the internet-delivered Flixon.tv service...
 
Hispasat, Panaccess launch CEE DTH platform
The audiovisual service provider Panaccess has launched a DTH platform in cooperation with Hispasat and Belinter Media and targeting the Slovak and Czech markets...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
GTT upgrades fiber network in Europe
Cloud networking provider GTT Communications has announced it is upgrading its fiber network spanning central and eastern Europe with additional high capacity fiber routes...
 
Orange expands reach in Poland
Orange Polska has signed an agreement with the alternative telco Nexera, Under which the incumbent has gained access to Nextera’s FTTH network and will be able to offer its ultra-fast broadband services to customers in...
 
 
Middle East
 
SATADSL and Talia ink partnership for broadband in Iraq and Afghanistan
SatADSL and Talia have agreed to expand their long-term partnership to provide a new low-cost satellite broadband service across Iraq and Afghanistan...
 
UAE and Saudi Arabia see rapid IoT adoption in the Middle East
Linksys that there is rapid adoption of IoT in the Middle East with a growing number of people investing in smart devices for their home, according to latest study by Linksys on consumer Wi-Fi usage trends...
 
Intelenet opens global delivery center in Jordan
Intelenet has announced that the company has set up a center in Jordan with the inauguration of its latest global delivery center...
 
ELogics Systems Company to launch in Kuwait
ELogics Systems Company (ELS) is set to provide enterprises based in Kuwait with technology solutions...
 
Over 95 pct of enterprises in Turkey use Internet
The Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) announced Sept. 12 that 95.3 percent of enterprises in Turkey with at least 10 persons employed used the Internet in 2018...
 
South Asia
 
PTCL upgrades its Charji 4G LTE network
PTCL has recently implemented major upgrade of its CharJi 4G LTE network in several cities of Pakistan, in order to provide hi speed and seamless internet experience to its customers...
 
Mobitel deploys mission-critical communication network for container terminal
Mobitel was selected by the South Asia Gateway Terminals, a container terminal operator in Sri Lanka, as its trusted provider of mission critical communications...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Verizon to launch 5G Home Internet service on October 1
Verizon has announced launch plans for the world’s first commercial broadband 5G service and it’s set to launch on October 1...
 
5 countries driving 50% of mobile internet sub growth
Just five countries - including China, India, Indonesia and Pakistan – are expected to drive 50% of all new mobile internet subscriber growth between now and 2025...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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