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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 17, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Telecom Egypt concludes the acquisition of Middle East and North Africa Submarine Cable “MENA”
 
 
Telecom Egypt announces the conclusion of the acquisition of Middle East and North Africa Submarine Cable (“MENA Cable”) from Orascom Investment Holding “OIH” through its subsidiary Egyptian International Submarine Cable Company “EISCC”...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain Bahrain launches the first e-basketball tournament in the Kingdom
Member Logo Zain Bahrain announced its support of the Kingdom’s and the region’s first e-Basketball Tournament, which is organized by the Bahrain Basketball Association (BBA)...
 
•  Arabsat, Newtec sign satellite services deal
Member Logo Arab Satellite Communications (Arabsat) and Newtec have signed a new agreement to launch of new High Throughput Satellite (HTS) services in the Middle East and Africa...
 
•  PCCW Global launches managed SD-WAN service to enterprises across 80 countries
Member Logo PCCW Global has launched a new global Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) service which complements existing fiber-based IP-MPLS services, providing enterprises with a secure, application aware network...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Oman shares digital identity experience at ITU Telecom World
Oman, represented by the Information Technology Authority (ITA), participated in the ITU Telecom World 2018, organised by the World Telecommunication Union...
 
Osiptel orders blocking of one million handsets
Peruvian \regulator, Osiptel, in coordination with the Ministry of the Interior, has ordered the blocking of around one million mobile handsets with invalid International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers...
 
South Asia
 
Sri Lanka to introduce digital identification cards
Sri Lanka will soon implement digital identification cards for its citizens which is aimed at strengthening the island's digital economy...
 
NTC revises intranet lease and WiMAX tariff
Nepal Telecom has revised the tariff of Intranet lease and WiMAX and the new tariff of Intranet lease and WiMAX comes into effect from Ashoj 1, 2075...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Tigo launches 4G+ network in Tanzania
Tigo has today heightened the availability of ultra-fast digital experience for data customers in Tanzania with the launch of 4G+ network...
 
Singtel and Ericsson hit 1.5Gbps 'peak LTE' in Singapore
Singtel anticipates that handsets capable of accessing the 1.5Gbps LTE speeds will be on the market by early 2019...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
VOOT turns to Kaltura for cloud TV service
As it continues its global expansion plan, which will see it launch in the UK November, Viacom18’s VOOT Cloud TV service has revealed it is to use Kaltura technology to support its ambitious growth plans...
 
Alibaba Cloud launches ApsaraVideo for VoD in Europe
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, has announced that the ApsaraVideo for VoD service will be available to the customers outside China for the first time...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
SIRO to rollout 65,000 FTTH connections to the city of Cork
The scheme will bring transformative gigabit fibre broadband to the Irish city...
 
French telco inks investment partnership with MainOne
With the new cable connection, several countries in West Africa will benefit from better connectivity, lower prices and access to new services...
 
 
Middle East
 
Saudi Arabian Airlines launches free texting services for passengers
The Saudi Arabian Airlines has launched a new and free texting service for passengers on board its aircraft with Internet access...
 
CableVision to launch new IP-based entertainment services in Lebanon
Lebanonese pay-TV provider CableVision, has announced the imminent launch of a new IP-based entertainment services in major cities across the country...
 
Tamkeen and BTECH join forces to support 40 Bahraini ICT companies and 20 startups at Gitex 2018
The Labour Fund (Tamkeen) signed an agreement with Bahrain Technology Companies Society (BTECH) to support 40 enterprises take part in the Bahraini National Pavilion (BNP) at GITEX2018...
 
UAE tops ICT Global Competitiveness Index
The UAE has been placed first in ICT global competitiveness by achieving advanced ranks in the Global Competitiveness Index, according to the results published recently by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)...
 
North Africa
 
Tunisia to host the 29th AFRINIC public policy meeting
Tunisia will in November host hundreds of key players in the African and global Internet industry sector at the 29th public policy meeting of the African Network Information Center (AFRINIC)...
 
Helios Investment Partners acquires majority stake in TPay direct carrier billing firm
Helios Investment Partner has acquired a 76 percent stake in TPay, a direct carrier billing provider in the Middle East and North Africa region...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
KT to invest US$20.5 billion in 5G and other tech by 2023
South Korea's KT has revealed plans to invest 23 trillion won (US$20.48 billion) in 5G and other technologies over the next five years as it gears up to meet its goal of launching the first nationwide commercial 5G...
 
Business applications push RCS forward
The Rich Communications Services (RCS) standard took another step forward last week as a number of companies announced support for the GSMA’s advanced messaging standard...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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