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September 18, 2018

Viva backs eGoverment forum and IT expo

Viva Bahrain has been named the Platinum Sponsor of the Bahrain International eGovernment Forum & IT Expo 2018, which is scheduled to take place on October 7 and 8 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel...

Member News

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du inks pact with ADGM to support digital transformation agenda

The MoU sets a formal framework for du to work with ADGM in exploring and developing technology infrastructure...

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National oil companies must take an integrated approach to oil & gas management to create further economic value

National Oil companies (NOCs) must take a holistic approach to the oil and gas value chain to fuel economic development, according to a recent study by management consultancy Strategy& Middle East...

Policy and Regulation

•	ComCom publishes documents for upcoming auction Swiss regulatory authority the Federal Communications Commission (ComCom) has published tender documents for its upcoming spectrum auction, due to take place in January 2019...

•	Ofcom calls for social media regulation Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, has joined calls for independent internet regulation, following research warning that 21 per cent of Brits have been harmed by web content...

Middle East

•	Queen Rania of Jordan launches Edraak K-12 online platform Her Majesty Queen Rania launched the Edraak K-12 platform, expressing optimism that it can help address the region’s urgent need for free and accessible quality education materials, based on modern teaching methods in...

•	Jordan based Arabic content platform raises US$13.5 million in funding Jordan-based Mawdoo3.com, an Arabic content website that reports more than 45 million unique users a month, has raised US$13.5 million in Series B funding...

South Asia

•	Mobile phone subscribers in Pakistan reach 151 million The telecom industry is one of the rapidly growing divisions of Pakistan’s economy as the count of mobile phone subscribers in Pakistan has reached one hundred and fifty-one million by the end of July 2018, indicating...

•	Thaicom inks consultancy service agreement with BCSCL Thaicom will provide Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company comprehensive business and market development services...

Alternative Telecom

•	Zen launche 300Mbps G.fast UK home broadband service UK based ISP Zen Internet has become the latest provider to launch a range of residential “ultrafast broadband” packages using hybrid fibre G.fast technology, which can offer average download speeds of 145Mbps...

•	Cataleya, Sanntuu team to support Japan's full IP migration Communications software company Cataleya and Japanese carrier and system integrator Sanntuu Corporation have announced a new partnership aimed at supporting Japan's full TDM to IP migration by 2024...

North Africa

•	Egypt increasing efforts in developing telecom infrastructure Egypt has demonstrated increased efforts in developing its telecom infrastructure, building tech parks bundled with attractive investment schemes and incentives...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	MBC aims to raise MENA content bar with Studios launch Saudi-owned media giant MBC has unveiled a new subsidiary to produce premium films, television and on-demand content, aimed at audiences both within the Middle East and around the globe...

•	IPTV proves popular as Hulu TV now crosses one million subscribers Internet based TV (IPTV) seems to be gaining a ton of traction as of late. With YouTube TV, Hulu TV, Sling, PlayStation Vue, DirecTV Now, and a few others, it seems to be a relatively popular way to watch TV...

3G and 4G Networks

•	MPT to cover 300 townships with LTE-A by year-end State-backed operator Myanmar Post and Telecom (MPT) has revealed plans to rapidly expand its new LTE-Advanced network to cover over 300 townships across the nation by the end of the year...

•	Movistar launches ‘LTE Pro’, Claro plans ‘4.5G’ launch by 2019 Movistar Costa Rica has launched what it calls ‘LTE Pro’ – understood to refer to an LTE-A upgrade – enabling download speeds of up to 50Mbps for its users in seven provinces...

Global Telecom Update

•	Telefonica, Samsung to trial 5G FWA technology in Germany Telefónica Deutschland and Samsung Electronics have agreed to carry out fixed wireless access trials in Germany...

•	Singtel’s Trustwave bolsters regional threat intelligence capability Trustwave has incorporated actionable threat intelligence into its Advanced Security Operation Centre (ASOC) in Singapore...

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