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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 23, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
STC participating in FII as strategic partners
 
 
STC Group is participating among seven strategic partners for the second edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII), which has launched in Riyadh...
 
Etisalat partners with Musanada for new Al Ain Hospital project
 
 
Etisalat has entered into a strategic partnership with Abu Dhabi General Services (Musanada) to provide end-to-end ICT solutions for the new Al Ain Hospital...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Omantel showcases its rich digital experience at annual ICT summit
Member Logo Latest technology trends and innovations were showcased at the Annual Omantel ICT Summit 2018...
 
•  ITW Global Leaders' Forum demonstrates how blockchain can transform inter-carrier settlement
Member Logo The GLF is now reviewing options around a potential governance structure to develop the technology further and implement a solution for the industry that replaces existing and cumbersome processes...
 
•  Facebook hosts first ‘Boost Your Business’ event in Cairo
Member Logo Facebook hosted its first ‘Boost Your Business’ event in Cairo, welcoming 400 small and medium business (SMB) owners to learn from businesses that have used Facebook to grow, establish connections, meet with...
 
•  Netia and Nokia deploy first virtualized Distributed Access Architecture cable network in Europe
Member Logo Nokia has announced that Netia, one of the largest regional telecommunication operators in Poland, will deploy its Unified Cable Access solution to significantly increase the network capacity needed to support surging...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
DICT seeks level playing field for 3rd telco
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) committed to wrap up a series of policies to further level the playing field in the telco sector as it seeks to choose a challenger to incumbent existing...
 
DoT asks TRAI for recommendations on new framework to boost OSPs
The department of telecommunications has asked the regulator to prepare and recommend steps to encourage proliferation of entities under the Other Service Provider (OSP) category...
 
South Asia
 
Mobitel demonstrates 5G with commercial infra at Techno 2018
Mobitel publicly demonstrated Sri Lanka's first 5G deployment over 3.5GHz, globally recognized as the primary frequency band for 5G, showcasing the exponential growth in broadband speeds which Mobitel will provide to its...
 
Route Mobile expands its global footprint
Route Mobile Limited, a global cloud- communication platform service provider is expanding its operations by opening new offices in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Uganda...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Beeline claims 475Mbps speed boost in Astana
Beeline Kazakhstan has begun upgrading its LTE-A mobile network in the country’s capital Astana to claim a peak data speed capability of 475Mbps via carrier aggregation...
 
China Mobile selects InfiNet Wireless solution to connect remote 4G base-stations to its core network
Since an initial deployment in July, the operator has placed further orders for many additional links to be deployed across 16 cities in the region..
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Virgin to enter Spain through Euskaltel
Virgin Mobile is preparing to enter the Spanish market through what would be a partial take-over of the Basque cable operator Euskaltel by the venture capital firm Zegona...
 
Samsung buys Spanish AI firm Zhilabs in prep for 5G
Samsung Electronics announced that it has acquired Barcelona-based artificial intelligence startup Zhilabs in a bid to further enhance its 5G capabilities...
 
 
Middle East
 
Aecom, Bentley in key cloud service collaboration
Aecom has collaborated with Bentley Systems, for sustaining infrastructure, to imagine and develop a new solution, ProjectWise Project Insights, a cloud service built on Microsoft Power BI...
 
UAE develops artificial intelligence scheme to tackle tuberculosis
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) started a project based on artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle serious diseases like tuberculosis...
 
Smart Dubai and IBM to establish Data Science Lab
Smart Dubai and IBM will collaborate to establish a Data Science Lab in the emirate...
 
North Africa
 
BringCom and Versa Networks demo SD-WAN exchange for pan-Africa services
Versa Networks has announced a joint SD-WAN deployment with BringCom designed to develop and deliver pan-Africa SD-WAN managed services...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
SVOD shows strong growth in Germany
Netflix and Amazon Prime dominate the German SVOD market in terms of subscriber numbers and recorded strong growth in the third quarter of 2018...
 
Movistar Argentina launches pay-TV in Buenos Aires
Movistar Argentina launched its long-awaited pay-TV service in Buenos Aires...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Quetta added to high-speed internet network
A fiber-optic broadband service provider has added the city of Quetta in Pakistan to its network for provision of high-speed internet, high-definition television and crystal-clear voice calls...
 
CITIC Telecom opens cloud centers
CITIC Telecom has opened additional cloud centers in London and Moscow...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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