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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
November 24, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
4th Synergy Council for STC Group leadership
 
 
Investments operations sector with the engagement of synergy general department held the 4th synergy council in STC academy in Riyadh chaired by STC GCEO Eng. Naser Al Naser and all executives from STC Group affiliates and subsidiaries
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat celebrates World Children’s Day
Member Logo To commemorate World Children’s Day, Etisalat has launched a series of initiatives that promote children’s well-being and celebrate togetherness and awareness among all children...
 
•  Nokia establishes Access Networks Division to fully exploit the opportunities of 5G and announces changes in the composition of the Nokia Group Leadership Team
Member Logo Nokia announced further steps to align its organizational structure to its strategy, strengthen its leadership team and position the company for success in the 5G era...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• NCC moves to curb competition in broadband price
The recent broadband price war between bigger and smaller operators will soon come to an end, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said...
 
• Spain postpones 700MHz sale until 2020
Roberto Sanchez, director general of the Ministry of Economy and Enterprise has informed the Spanish media that the auction of spectrum in the 5G suitable 700MHz band will now take place in early 2020...
 
North Africa
 
• MTN, Orange collaborate to target 338 million mobile money users In Africa
Orange Group and MTN Group, announced a joint venture focusing on mobile wallet interoperability to enable interoperable payments across Africa...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• Swisscom increases lead in LTE speed in OpenSignal analysis
Swisscom has become the first operator in Switzerland to pass the 40 Mbps milestone in the LTE speed analysis of OpenSignal, the mobile analytics company...
 
• Flow boss says LTE will go live by year end
Flow (SVG), the former monopoly fixed line and mobile provider in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, plans to launch its LTE network by the end of this year...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Vodafone launches OTT service in Germany
After Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone is now also offering a TV package as a stand-alone OTT product in Germany...
 
• LIWEST launches IPTV service with Ocilion
Austrian cable operator LIWEST will roll out a new multiscreen TV service on December 1, 2018 in cooperation with Austrian IPTV service provider Ocilion...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• TalkTalk unveil UK FTTH rollout plan as broadband users top 4.24 million
The latest trading update from TalkTalk has revealed that the ISP increased their on-net broadband customers to total 4,243,000, which is up by +24K during quarter to the end of Sept 2018...
 
• USAASA drives connectivity in ECape
The Universal Service and Access Agency of SA (USAASA) says connectivity has been provided to 295 public sites in the Eastern Cape's OR Tambo District Municipality, as part of the SA Connect pilot...
 
 
Middle East
 
• UAE-IX soars past 100Gbps of traffic
UAE-IX, an Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) initiative with support from the UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), has announced that it has exceeded 100Gbps of internet peering...
 
• SAP finds most Saudi firms plan to increase cloud spending in 2019
The majority of Saudi Arabian organisations (59 percent) plan to increase their cloud spending in 2019, according to research published by YouGov at the Digital Saudi 2030 event in Riyadh...
 
• Spiderbrains to enable UAE companies fast-track their blockchain strategies
UAE-based technology company, Spiderbrains aims to support companies in UAE that are looking to develop their blockchain framework...
 
• MBC’s Shahid Plus seals international content deal with Fox
MBC’s subscription video-on-demand service Shahid Plus is to boost its international content portfolio following a three-year deal to bring the Fox Plus service to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)...
 
South Asia
 
• Pakistan Allama Iqbal Open University inaugurates world class IT data center
A World-class IT-data center has formally started working at Pakistan Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) to provide digital-based academic services to the students...
 
• Bangladesh’s first ‘smart school’ begins its journey
Bangladesh’s first “smart school,” which uses technology as a tool for teaching in the classroom and to prepare children for the information age has been launched...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• SK Telecom, Keysight to collaborate on 5G testing
SK Telecom and test and measurement company Keysight Technologies have signed an agreement to collaborate on 5G network design and testing...
 
• Deutsche Telekom plans LTE-M network rollout in 2019
The launch of Deutsche Telekom's LTE-M network will enable the development of a whole range of IoT solutions...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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