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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 7, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
STC launches "Call Me Plus" for SAWA customers
 
 
STC has announced the launch of its Call Me Plus free service for all new and current SAWA prepaid customers...
 
Cisco to showcase the power of AI at GITEX Technology Week 2018
 
 
At GITEX, Cisco is unveiling its latest suite of technologies to support the Middle East’s path to digital transformation...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain Bahrain joins international cable system
Member Logo Zain Bahrain has announced the introduction of the ‘Middle East – Europe Terrestrial System’ (Meets), an international cable system that provides state-of-the-art high bandwidth regional connectivity...
 
•  VIVA sponsors ArabNet Kuwait Conference 2018
Member Logo VIVA has recently announced its sponsorship of “ArabNet Conference 2018 – Kuwait”, that will take place from 8 to 9 October, 2018 at the Courtyard Hotel’s Arraya Ballroom...
 
•  Huawei powers CMHK's 5G-ready transport network deployment
Member Logo Huawei will partner with China Mobile Hong Kong (CMHK) to build a 5G-ready comprehensive transport network covering 5G transport, enterprise private lines, and home broadband...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Bahrain, Kuwait ink strategic cloud computing deal
Bahrain’s Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) and Kuwait’s Communication & Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA) signed an MoU in the field of Cloud Computing...
 
Saudi authority issues cybersecurity guidelines
Saudi Arabia's National Cybersecurity Authority has issued basic cybersecurity guidelines, which have been prepared to establish minimum standards to be applied in different governmental agencies...
 
South Asia
 
Airtel Lanka expands footprint by 20%
Airtel Lanka recently signed an agreement with the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BoI) to further invest in its operations in the country...
 
Huawei keen to support Bangladesh's ICT sector
Huawei is keen to support Bangladesh’s ICT sector to tap huge potentials, officials said, by providing it with newer innovative solutions... Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is keen to support...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Kazakhs getting 4G home broadband from Beeline
Beeline Kazakhstan has launched residential broadband services over its 4G cellular network...
 
Brazil activates 20 million new 4G mobile lines in first 8 months of 2018
Since the beginning of 2018, Brazil has activated 20 million new 4G SIM cards, reaching a total of 122.6 million...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Verizon looking to rapidly extend 5G beyond fixed wireless
Verizon just launched what it’s described as the first 5G commercial network in the world, but it’s also looking to move rapidly beyond fixed wireless to other 5G opportunities...
 
HKBNES launches free public Wi-Fi at tram shelters
HKBN Enterprise Solutions (HKBNES) has formally launched a free high-speed public Wi-Fi network on tram shelters across Hong Kong in association with Hong Kong Tramways and Cody Out of Home (Cody OOH)...
 
 
Middle East
 
Zain to participate at GITEX Technology Week during Oct 14-18
Zain Kuwait will focus on showcasing the full capabilities of the integrated 5G technology that the company started investing in last June, which represents a quantum leap in the operational efficiency of the network in...
 
Huawei to host Innovation Day at Gitex
Huawei will host its third annual Innovation Day under the theme “Innovate for a Digital Middle East”...
 
Turkcell aims to reach 1 billion app downloads worldwide in 3 years
Turkcell is taking a major step for the globalization of its digital services and aims to reach 1 billion app downloads globally in 3 years...
 
North Africa
 
Tunisian telecom market revenues up 10.7 percent in Q2
Tunisia’s telecom market revenues rose by 10.7 percent year-on-year in the second quarter...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Zee takes OTT service Zee5 global
Media and entertainment company Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd (ZEEL) said that its digital entertainment platform ZEE5 has gone live in over 190 countries globally...
 
OTT service restores linear channels
Russia’s leading OTT platform ivi has begun to restore some linear TV channels to its offer...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Telia Eesti continues fixed upgrades
Estonian fixed and mobile operator Telia Eesti says it upgraded its fixed internet networks covering 20,000 homes in the first eight months of 2018, with plans to take the total to 45,000 by the end of the year...
 
Singtel launches ultra-fast broadband
Singtel has launched a new ultra-fast fiber broadband service targeted at gamers, which comes bundled with a dedicated gaming Wi-Fi modem...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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