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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 22, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lebanon adopts new mobile phones compliance measures through inMobiles’ MIRS Platform
 
 
The Lebanese Ministry of telecommunication along with the local Mobile network operators were increasingly confronted with the emerging of stolen, cloned and fraudulent terminals on mobile networks. This matter represents a real danger to the public, homeland security, government income and operators’ networks...
 
Gearing up for 5G
The race to 5G is underway, and the UAE and Saudi Arabia could be world-leaders in the roll out. "It's anticipated that some 50 billion devices will be connected to mobile networks worldwide by 2020, and a large proportion of the communications that will occur will be between machines rather than humans," says Saleem Al Blooshi, chief infrastructure officer at Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company,..
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Saudi Telecom Company to redesign company network in collaboration with Cisco
Member Logo Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Cisco have announced plans to collaborate on STC’s network architecture transformation...
 
•  Etisalat inaugurates SMB Awards 2018
Member Logo Etisalat announced the launch of ‘SMB Awards’ 2018 to recognize and facilitate the outstanding achievements of Small and Medium businesses and start-ups in the UAE...
 
•  duFC launches digital scouting platform
Member Logo Season four of the du Football Champions (duFC) will introduce du Talents, the Middle East’s first sports tech scouting platform...
 
•  Huawei CloudFabric supports container network deployment automation, improving enterprise service agility
Member Logo Huawei announced that its CloudFabric Cloud Data Center Solution supports container network deployment automation and will be available for the industry-leading enterprise Kubernetes platform...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Ooredoo joins TRA in 20th International Space Radio Monitoring meeting
The three-day meeting showcased the importance of international cooperation between the Sultanate and world leading countries...
 
Peruvian mobile coverage up to 45,291 localities
Peru's communications ministry (MTC) has announced that 45,291 localities throughout the country had mobile coverage at the end of the second quarter of 2018...
 
Middle East
 
ST Engineering showcases smart city capabilities for Middle East market at WETEX 2018
ST Engineering's Electronics division has showcased its smart city capabilities at the Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition 2018 (WETEX 2018) in Dubai...
 
Gearing up for 5G
The race to 5G is underway, and the UAE and Saudi Arabia could be world-leaders in the roll out. "It's anticipated that some 50 billion devices will be connected to mobile networks worldwide by 2020, and a large...
 
Music streaming service Deezer now available across MENA
The service will provide instant access to local content from music production group Mazzika and Saudi-based telecom provider Qanawat, in addition to 53mn tracks from global artists...
 
South Asia
 
MoU inked to set up Sri Lanka’s first 5G innovation centre
Dialog Axiata in partnership with Ericsson, along with the Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment Ministry have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish Sri Lanka’s first...
 
Robi gains new customers thanks to MNP
Robi has pulled in 16,916 customers to its network from three rivals in the first three weeks after the mobile number portability was rolled out...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
NTT Docomo ventures into US IoT market
Japan-based NTT Docomo debuted an industrial refrigeration temperature and humidity monitoring service in the US, the first of several IoT use cases it plans to offer in the country...
 
Sky and Space starts construction of nano-satellites
Aspiring ASX listed satellite telco, Sky and Space Global, has hit a major milestone with a key design review finding that its nano-satellite design meets all requirements for construction to begin...
 
 
North Africa
 
Maroc Telecom reports 7 percent rise in third-quarter profit
Maroc Telecom has reported a 7 percent rise in unadjusted third-quarter profit attributable to shareholders compared to the same period last year...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Aramex introduces chat-bot customer service via WhatsApp
The service aims to provide an on-demand and customised customer interaction for shipment notifications, live location sharing, new delivery instructions and scheduling, offering last mile preferences and an upgrade to the...
 
Viaplay TV launches in Finland
Streaming service Viaplay TV has gone live in Finland and subscribers will be able to watch over 15 TV channels...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
life:) 4G LTE now available in all regional centres
Mobile operator Belarusian Telecommunications Network, working in partnership with the country’s national infrastructure provider Belarusian Cloud Technologies, says that it is now able to offer 4G LTEservices in all...
 
DT adds 400 base stations pushing LTE coverage to 97.6 percent
Deutsche Telekom commissioned over 400 new mobile base stations across its home market in Q3, pushing LTE coverage in Germany to 97.6% of the population...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Pure Telecom inks fiber deal with BT Ireland
Pure Telcom has signed a wholesale deal with BT Ireland which will see it gain access to the latter’s 4,300km multi-gigabit fiber network...
 
Deutsche Telekom serves ABG Frankfurt with FTTH and cable TV
Deutsche Telekom will connect all of ABG Frankfurt Holding’s new housing projects to its fiber-optic network over the next 10 years...
 
Converge ICT Solutions launches all fiber network
Huawei has provided its Agile WAN Solution to the Philippines' Converge ICT Solutions to support the operator's goal of rolling out the Philippines' first pure end-to-end fiber network...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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