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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 21, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat partners with Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal to introduce ‘Visitor Package’ during the Year of Zayed
 
 
Etisalat has announced its partnership with Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal (Abu Dhabi Ports) to offer a package that includes a visitor SIM card and a selection of offers to all visitors arriving at Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal...
 
Huawei and Dragon INFO partner to deliver AI-driven Video Cloud Policing Big Data Solution
 
 
Huawei has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dragon INFO to develop a Video Cloud Policing Big Data Solution...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco provides digital and cloud based solutions for the health sector
Member Logo Batelco has announced the launch of ‘MyClinic’ application, a digital cloud based solution that is ideal for medical staff working in hospitals and clinics across Bahrain...
 
•  Zain launches BEAM internet service among 5G adoption steps
Member Logo BEAM service is expected to use advanced wireless broadband technology, as part of the steps Zain is applying to move forward towards 5G network adoption...
 
•  Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) succeeds in improving its revenues for the fourth consecutive quarter
Member Logo As a result of Mobily success in decreasing its quarterly losses, net losses for the first 9 months of 2018 showed a decrease in losses by 61.5%...
 
•  Nokia to publish third-quarter and January-September 2018 results on October 25, 2018
Member Logo Nokia will publish its third-quarter and January-September 2018 results on October 25, 2018 at approximately 8 a.m. Finnish time (CET+1)...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Etisalat surprises visitors with revolutionary technologies and innovations at GITEX Technology Week 2018
 
•  VIVA offers iPhone XR to pre-order starting October 19
 
•  Huawei and TPCAST collaborate to enhance VR capabilities over 5G broadband
 
•  Telecom Egypt signs US$500 million medium-term syndicated loan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• UAE TRA hosts over 15,000 visitors at Gitex
UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) concluded its participation in the 38th edition of Gitex Technology Week registering well over 15,000 visitors to its pavilion...
 
• Argentina extends pre-paid SIM registration to 31 October
Argentinian telecoms regulator, ENACOM has extended its previously stated pre-paid SIM registration deadline, from 18 October to 31 October...
 
South Asia
 
• Pakistan set to witness new IT revolution
Experts have predicted that Pakistan will be undergoing an Information Technology (IT) revolution after which the Pakistani market would witness a new revolution...
 
• Bangladesh fares well in South Asia in ICT adoption
Bangladesh has outperformed several South Asian nations in adopting information communication technology (ICT)...
 
• Alipay launches mobile payment at the Colombo airport
Alipay, operated by Ant Financial Services Group, is an online and mobile payment platform with over 700 million active users in mainland China...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Orion makes OTT gains
The OTT services offered by the Russian DTH platform operator Orion are gaining in popularity...
 
• Broadpeak, Inca deliver IP video for Hiawatha in Minnesota
Regional Minnesota-based ISP Hiawatha Broadband Communications (HBC) has tapped Broadpeak and Inca Networks to deploy a scalable IP video delivery solution...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Comcast gigabit footprint approaches 58 million homes
Comcast has announced that its gigabit broadband footprint now covers roughly 58 million homes and businesses across 39 states and the District of Columbia...
 
• Vega starts PBX service for businesses
Ukrainian telecommunications operator Vega is offering its business customers a new PBX service...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Zain Kuwait, Microsoft sign partnership to accelerate Cloud adoption in Kuwait
Partnership will enable large enterprises and SMEs to drive digital transformation by better engaging their customers, empowering employees etc...
 
• Oman Data Park and Procons 4IT jointly rollout SAP Business One services
Oman Data Park LLC and PROCONS have signed an agreement to introduce SAP Business One services to Small & Medium size businesses in Oman...
 
• Sage drives digital transformation for Omani dairy company
Sage Middle East has partnered with Mazoon Dairy Company to spearhead the company’s digital transformation...
 
• World’s first Russian digital innovation hub to open in Dubai
Dubai Internet City (DIC) and the Russian Export Center (REC) are all set to launch the first Russian Center for Digital Innovations and Information and Communication Technologies outside of Russia in Dubai...
 
North Africa
 
• NBE, NAT, Metro Company, sign agreement for e-payments at the metro
NBE, NAT and Metro Management have signed an agreement to develop e-payment system for ... protocol to develop an e-payment system for the Cairo Metro...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• Rogers to launch LTE-M network this year
Canadian operator aims to migrate customers using 2G for M2M to LTE-M...
 
• O2 customers in Oxfordshire to get 4G boost
Mobile phone users in Oxfordshire are set to get a better internet connection thanks to a local fire station...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• NEC, Samsung to team up on 5G mobile network systems
NEC and Samsung Electronics will tie up in the development and global marketing of next-generation telecommunication base stations for mobile phone carriers...
 
• TIM Brasil announces development of Odyssey-DCSG device with Telecom Infra Project
TIM Brasil and Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has announced a new, disaggregated device for mobile network infrastructure called Odyssey-DCSG...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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