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September 30, 2018

Free VAT filing services exclusively for Etisalat’s ‘Hello Business Hub’ customers

Etisalat announced that it has teamed up with Skylines Tax Consultancy to offer free Value Added Tax (VAT) filing services exclusively for its Small and Medium Business (SMB) customers at the ‘Hello Business Hub’...

Deployment of intelligent, converged network by Cisco starts for Expo 2020

Cisco has announced that it is collaborating with Smartworld, a Cisco partner in the UAE, to design and implement a smart network infrastructure for the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region...

Member News

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Zain concludes strategic partnership of The Challenge competition

Zain concluded its strategic partnership of The Challenge competition organized by Engineers Without Borders...

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Orange Jordan honors teachers who participated in implementing “Menhaji Al Tafaou’li” e-learning program

Under the Patronage of the Minister of Education, H.E. Dr. Azmi Mahafza, the Ministry of Education in cooperation with Orange Jordan honored the teachers who participated in the implementation of the “Menhaji Al...

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Huawei heralds dawn of AI age in Middle East at GITEX 2018

State-of-the-art AI capabilities at centerpiece of show by Huawei to empower organizations to be open, agile, and intelligent...

Recent Developments

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Fifth Generation (5G) is an economic opportunity for the country

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iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max arrive at VIVA on Friday, 28 September

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Bubbletone First Member of SAMENA Council with Dedicated Focus on Blockchain Development

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Cisco and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority work together for the UAE’s digital future

Policy and Regulation

•	Almost 90% of Finns have access to 100Mbps speeds via mobile networks According to data published by the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority, around 89% of the population is now covered by at least one mobile network offering downlink speeds of up to 100Mbps...

•	Bangladesh to roll out MNP service As per a decision of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service is set to roll out from the 1st of October...

South Asia

•	Huawei ready to help Bangladesh deploy 5G In order to take forward the technological advancement of Bangladesh, Huawei has taken several steps on the implementation of 5G...

•	Mobile banking transactions witnesses high growth in Pakistan According to State Bank of Pakistan, mobile phone/app based banking is being offered by 21 Banks/MFBs to 3.4 million registered users at the end of June, 2018...

3G and 4G Networks

•	Azerfon expands 4G network According to the CEO of Azerfon LLC, the mobile operatior has installed 380 LTE and 118 3G new base stations in the first half of 2018...

•	Digicel Samoa network upgrade pushes 4G coverage to 90% of population Digicel Samoa, part of the Caribbean-focused Digicel Group, has completed its network upgrade and now covers 90% of the population with its 4G LTE network...

Global Telecom Update

•	AT&T to launch suite of enterprise blockchain solutions AT&T has created a suite of blockchain solutions designed to work with tech from IBM and Microsoft...

•	Telstra, Ericsson test long-range NB-IoT data connections Australia's Telstra and Ericsson have announced the successful trial of long-rage NB-IoT data connections up to 100km from a mobile base station...

Middle East

•	Turks speak 442 minutes on the phone per month A study conducted by the Ankara-based Analitik Study Center showed that Turkish mobile phone users talked 442 minutes on the phone per month...

•	KACST & ITU ink new partnership to support young Arab entrepreneurs King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) has signed a new partnership initiative with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for developing several projects in the domain of innovation and...

•	Huawei gears up for "Huawei Day Bahrain 2018" Huawei will be hosting the “Huawei Day Bahrain 2018” on 02 October 2018 at Wyndham Grand Manama...

North Africa

•	Over 73% of Moroccan mobile phone users own smartphones at end-2017 According to a national representative survey, Morocco's smartphone penetration rate among mobile phone users rose to 73.4 percent at the end of 2017 from 67.0 percent a year earlier...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Emirates NBD set to launch WhatsApp banking services in UAE Dubai-based lender Emirates NBD is set to launch a chat banking service in the UAE through WhatsApp...

•	5G video first for Vodafone Hungary Vodafone has become the first company in Hungary to broadcast real-time online video content through a 5G test link and stream it in HD on the web...

Alternative Telecom

•	Three and O2 UK to tap London's sewer network for fiber connectivity SSE Enterprise Telecoms has announced details of a fiber agreement with Three UK and O2 that will form the basis of enhanced fibre access in the country’s capital...

•	Vodafone launches 1Gbps internet in Germany Vodafone Deutschland has commenced the rollout of high-speed internet access with a data rate of up to 1Gbps for downloads on its cable network...

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