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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 1, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Batelco Gold Sponsor of the Amazon Web Services Summit (AWS) in Bahrain
 
 
Batelco participated in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit, which was held for the second consecutive year in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Amazon Web Services Summit is considered one of the most prestigious summits in cloud computing and is held in major cities around the world, attracting technologists from all industries and skills who want to discover how AWS can support them innovate quickly and deliver flexible, reliable solutions at scale...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Eutelsat, Intelsat, SES and Telesat launch C-Band Alliance
Member Logo The leading satellite operators Eutelsat, Intelsat, SES and Telesat have joined forces to create a consortium called the C-Band Alliance (CBA)...
 
•  Huawei helps Monaco Telecom open 5G in the Principality of Monaco
Member Logo Only three weeks after the partnership with Huawei, Monaco Telecom unveiled its nationwide 5G mobile network at the Monaco Yacht Show...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA Bahrain to host the 16th Annual AREGNET conference in the Kingdom of Bahrain
Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) Bahrain is set to host the 16th annual Arab Regulators Network (AREGNET) meeting, which is to take place from the 1st to the 4th of October in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain...
 
SA govt reveals planned WOANspectrum allocation
South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR’s) report on how much spectrum should be reserved for the planned wholesale open access network (WOAN) operator has been released...
 
Middle East
 
FAB’s digital wallet launches sound based payment technology
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has launched a new sound-based payment system through its digital wallet payit...
 
Nexign set to open Middle East HQ
Nexign, a business support system (BSS) provider for communications service providers (CSPs), has announced plans to open the company’s Middle East and Africa (MEA) headquarters in Dubai...
 
South Asia
 
Grameenphone of Bangladesh eyes third major telco slot in Philippines
Grameenphone, a joint venture of Norway’s Telenor and Bangladesh-based Grameen Telecom Corp., is keen in participating in the bidding for the new major player in the Philippine telecommunications industry...
 
Mobile broadband sees huge boost in Pakistan
Telecom industry has seen a dramatic increase in mobile broadband as penetration over the past five years as mobile broadband subscribers reach 58.56 million by the end of August 2018
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Japan's TOKAI taps into Telstra's global network
Japanese fixed line operator TOKAI Communications has contracted Australia-based Telstra to provide connectivity to help pursue an international expansion...
 
Vodacom TZ leases more fiber optics cable infrastructure from NICTBB
Tanzania’s National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB) has signed a contract that will allow Vodacom Tanzania to use the government owned fibre optics cable infrastructure to enhance connectivity in rural Tanzania...
 
 
North Africa
 
Fresh IXP alliances bode well for Africa’s internet
Global non-profit organisation the Internet Society has partnered with Facebook to develop Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) throughout Africa, while IXP industry experts Asteroid and NAPAfrica have also signed a MoU...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Rocket Beans TV joins Zattoo
German video gaming and entertainment channel Rocket Beans TV is now available on Zattoo...
 
Singtel TV, StarHub secure Champions League, Europa League
Singapore pay-TV platform Singtel TV is to air live UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League football after reaching an agreement with regional rights holder beIN Sports...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Verizon pushes 4G LTE speed to 1.45 Gbps using 6 carrier aggregation
Verizon, Nokia and Qualcomm Technologies recently reached peak data speeds of 1.45 Gbps on LTE in a live commercial environment using six channel carrier aggregation, a key LTE Advanced technology...
 
Deutsche Telekom to expand LTE network to cover 99.4% of households by 2021
Deutsche Telekom said it plans to expand its LTE network to cover 99.4 percent of households in Germany by the end of 2021...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
CTM to launch 5G by mid-2020
Fixed and mobile operator Companhia de Telecomunicacoes de Macau (CTM) has begun testing 5G wireless technology...
 
Microsoft unveils Azure IoT Central
Microsoft has made its software-as-a-service (SaaS) Azure IoT Central solution generally available, nine months after it was first announced...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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