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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
November 6, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Orange Egypt rewards winners in start-up competition
Orange Egypt announced the winners of the Orange Startup Cup Competition 2018, which aims to promote entrepreneurial initiatives in Egypt and raise awareness of the resources available to grow entrepreneurs...
 
TRAI plans consumer outreach program on new broadcasting framework
Telecom regulator TRAI is planning a consumer outreach programme, starting this month, to create user awareness on the nuances of its new tarifforder and framework for broadcasting sector...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain Bahrain witnesses a 32% rise in its net profit in 2018
Member Logo Zain Bahrain, has announced the firm’s financial results for the nine-month period ending September 30, 2018...
 
•  Huawei to launch public cloud in South Africa
Member Logo Huawei, has concluded plans to build its Public Cloud in Johannesburg, South Africa to provide cloud services to all sub-Saharan African countries...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Nkom proposes lower fixed termination rate
Nkom said it is lowering the price ceiling for calls terminating on the public fixed network from 01 July 2019...
 
TRAI plans consumer outreach program on new broadcasting framework
Telecom regulator TRAI is planning a consumer outreach programme, starting this month, to create user awareness on the nuances of its new tarifforder and framework for broadcasting sector...
 
North Africa
 
Orange Egypt rewards winners in start-up competition
Orange Egypt announced the winners of the Orange Startup Cup Competition 2018, which aims to promote entrepreneurial initiatives in Egypt and raise awareness of the resources available to grow entrepreneurs...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Dauphin Telecom to launch 4G+ by year-end
Dauphin Telecom, one of the operators in the overseas collectivity (collectivite d’outre-mer, COM) of Saint-Martin, is aiming to launch ‘4G+’ by the end of 2018...
 
Sprint launches faster 4G LTE, ups hotspot data allotment
Sprint announced that customers with more recent phones will get access to a faster 4G LTE network, as well as more monthly hotspot data at no additional cost...
 
Mogadishu gets 4G mobile network
Somtel telecommunications has introduced a 3G/4G mobile network, and eDahab mobile money transfer services to its customers in Mogadishu, Somalia...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Major cable consolidation in Serbia
Telekom Srbija has acquired a 100% stake in Serbia’s second largest cable operator Kopernikus Technology from Abris Capital Partners for an undisclosed fee...
 
VEON Armenia switches on VDSLin Stepanavan, Lori province
VEON Armenia has revealed that as part of ongoing network modernisation works, it has upgraded the fixed line infrastructure in the town of Stepanavan in Lori province...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
LG Uplus to switch on first 5G radio waves in Dec
South Korea's LG Uplus has announced it expects to start transmitting its first 5G radio waves at the start of next month ahead of a planned commercial launch of its network early next year...
 
Globe to introduce eSIMs to the Philippines
Globe Telecom introduced the embedded Subscriber Identification Module (eSIM) which it claimed would improve users' mobile experience and reduce plastic waste...
 
 
Middle East
 
Workz to deliver new M2M eSIM services
Dubai-based Workz Group, has partnered with SIM solutions provider Arm to employ Arm Kigen products in its M2M SIM and eSIM solutions worldwide...
 
Microsoft continues to back Turkey's digital transform
Microsoft will continue to contribute to Turkey's digital transformation by providing its technology and ecosystem to support domestic software producers...
 
OAB launches innovation lab, hub
Oman Arab Bank (OAB), launched the Innovation Lab and Innovation Hub in the presence of its CEO, at the bank's headquarters in Ghubra...
 
Bahrain’s National Space Science Agency to take part in air show
Bahrain’s National Space Science Agency (NSSA) will be a major participant at the Bahrain International Airshow 2018 running from November 14-16, 2018...
 
South Asia
 
Huawei Technology organizes Cloud Summit in Pakistan
The cloud summit aims at highlighting the latest innovations, business practices, and solutions in domains like cloud services and digital transformation...
 
Khalti launches wallet to bank money transfer facility
Khalti, an emerging digital wallet and payment gateway in Nepal has launched wallet to bank money transfer facility, enabling its users to transfer the balance in their Khalti to their bank accounts...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Vodafone outlines cloud TV migration plan
Vodafone plans to ultimately migrate its entire TV base to the single cloud-based Vodafone TV platform, beginning with new subscribers in greenfield markets...
 
Canal Digital launches Netflix service
Canal Digital is to offer Netflix to customers of its OnePlace platform...
 
Netgem TV extends UK footprint in exclusive deal with JT
IPTV and home entertainment technology firm Netgem TV has announced its first customer loyalty partnership deal in the Channel Islands, exclusively with the telecommunications company JT...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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