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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 9, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIVA launches new cloud-based service
 
 
VIVA One, a cloud-based service that features the latest technology in affordable, customized packages for businesses of various sizes and industry verticals. With the technologically advanced service, businesses can enhance their productivity, profitability and employee satisfaction while improving customer experience...
 
Number of mobile subscribers up in Turkey
In the second quarter of 2018, the number of mobile subscribers in Turkey amounted to 79.5 million people, which is 3.8 percent more than in the second quarter of 2017. The Information and Communication Technologies Authority of Turkey (BTK) noted that the number of fixed line subscribers in the second quarter of 2018 was 11.5 million people, which is 4.8 percent more than in the second quarter of 2017...
 
Cloud boosts Saudi's IT market to US$10.6 billion by 2021
As Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation advances Intelligent Enterprises, Smart Cities, and Saudi Vision 2030, the Kingdom’s IT market is set to top SR40 billion (US$10.66 billion) by 2021...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain strategic partner of seventh Youth Empowerment Symposium
Member Logo Zain Kuwait said it has inked a strategic partnership with the Youth Empowerment Symposium for the seventh consecutive year...
 
•  du to promote telecom transformation
Member Logo du will showcase how its digital transformation strategies and initiatives to evolve conventional telecommunication services at the upcoming GITEX Technology Week...
 
•  Yahsat launches YahClick satellite broadband in Cameroon
Member Logo Yahsat will offer reliable high-speed satellite broadband Internet in Cameroon through its YahClick service, with the aim of increasing the African country’s Internet penetration rate and bridging the Digital Divide...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Luxembourg regulator consults on updated datasheet for retail telecom services
Luxembourg regulator ILR is seeking stakeholders' views on an updated version of the datasheet detailing contractual information for retail telecom services...
 
Middle East
 
Number of mobile subscribers up in Turkey
In the second quarter of 2018, the number of mobile subscribers in Turkey amounted to 79.5 million people, which is 3.8 percent more than in the second quarter of 2017. The Information and Communication Technologies...
 
Cloud boosts Saudi's IT market to US$10.6 billion by 2021
As Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation advances Intelligent Enterprises, Smart Cities, and Saudi Vision 2030, the Kingdom’s IT market is set to top SR40 billion (US$10.66 billion) by 2021...
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan moves towards digital B2B payments
Pakistan is taking a significant step toward promoting digital B2B payments in the country...
 
Bangladesh fifth highest internet penetration in Asia
Bangladesh is fifth in Asia in terms of using internet in consideration of population and 10th among top 20 major internet using countries in the world...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Telekom and Telefonica agree fiber backhaul partnership
Deutsche Telekom has agreed to connect at least 5,000 of Telefonica Deutschland’s mobile base stations with its fiber-optic network in the long-term...
 
Amazon and Iridium are sending the cloud to space
The satcom provider is flying high this year as it puts the final touches on a new communications network...
 
 
North Africa
 
Egypt’s first smartphone maker plans expansion in Africa
Egypt’s first smartphone maker is looking to enter the broader African market by the end of 2018 or early 2019 as it seeks to boost exports...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Paramount SVOD to be launched in CEE
A Paramount branded SVOD service will launch for the first time in Central and Eastern Europe this month...
 
Discovery launches Digital Studios Group
Discovery is joining the ranks of legacy TV companies making a significant play in the digital content space...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Telenor enables LTE roaming for Zain Sudan
Telenor has announced the signing of a global connectivity agreement that will enable Zain Sudan to provide LTE roaming services...
 
Telrad Networks announces launch and successful trial of 5 GHz band LTE solution
Telrad Networks announced the launch of their new 5 GHz, unlicensed band, LTE solution and the successful trial of the product by White Cloud Networks...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
T-Mobile to launch 5G prepaid 5G next year
T-Mobile’s prepaid brand will launch 5G services at roughly the same time the operator launches the technology for its main T-Mobile brand...
 
Embratel partners IBM to expand cloud services
Embratel has partnered with IBM to focus on flexible models of consumption through the cloud, including digital security and artificial intelligence solutions...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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