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December 1, 2018

Etisalat to offer Free WiFi during National Day

Etisalat is offering free access to its super-fast ‘UAE WiFi by Etisalat’ network for 10 days to mark the 47 th UAE National Day...

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Batelco celebrates Bahraini women in the field of legislation and municipal work at the Supreme Council for Women’s event

Batelco is very pleased to announce its silver sponsorship of the Bahraini Women’s Day event being hosted by the Supreme Council for Women on Monday 3rd of December at Manama Municipal Building...

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Zain seals partnership deal with The Entertainer

Zain Bahrain has joined hands with The Entertainer, a key provider of loyalty and reward solutions, to offer all new customers of its SIM-only postpaid plan access to two-for-one deals at popular venues across the region...

Policy and Regulation

•	NCC moves to address challenges in telecom industry The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has said it is making moves to address the challenges facing the telecommunication industry in the country, especially as it affects service providers...

•	Tunisia regulator launches system to block SMS spam Tunisia’s telecommunications regulator will launch a new service helping telecom subscribers reduce the number of advertising messages sent to them by operators...

Middle East

•	Turkey to provide cybersecurity to Pakistan The IDEAS 2018 witnessed the inking of a document of understanding (DoU) between Pakistan and Turkey for effective countering of the rising cybersecurity threat...

•	Kuwait eyes regional E. connectivity as vital Kuwait's views a project it has proposed to establish a regional Internet network as highly important...

South Asia

•	Banglalink introduces new number series ‘014’ Mobile phone operator Banglalink has launched a new number series with 014 prefix...

•	Pakistan’s IT industry advancing rapidly According to official data, Pakistan's IT industry has exhibited positive growth trends for the last four years with 100pc growth in export earnings...

Alternative Telecom

•	Australia's NBN Co deploys first G.fast DPUs Australia's NBN Co, the company rolling out the National Broadband Network, has completed the deployment of the first G.fast capable DPUs onto the network...

•	Vodafone unveils gigabit cable connections in Hamburg Vodafone Germany has announced the launch of its gigabit cable broadband service in Hamburg, enabling around 590,000 households in the city to access maximum download speeds of 1Gbps...

North Africa

•	Mobilis expands LTE footprint, launches Navigui mobile data promotion Mobilis said that its LTE footprint has reached ten more Algerian provinces (wilayas)...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	HbbTV-based LovesTV debuts in Spain Spain’s three leading broadcasters RTVE, Atresmedia and Mediasat have joined forces to launch a rival to Netflix and other pay services...

•	Pluto TV to expand into new European markets US-based linear ad-supported OTT TV service Pluto TV is to launch in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the near future, following its launch in the UK on the Now TV platform and Roku devices at the beginning of October...

3G and 4G Networks

•	Melita expects full 4G coverage by end-2018 The smallest of Malta’s three mobile network operators (MNOs), Melita, says its 4G LTE-A network now covers 85% of the country, with nationwide coverage targeted by the end of the year...

•	Entire Uzbekistan to get 4G network by 2023 Uzbekistan plans to fully cover all the country's populated areas with fourth-generation mobile communications by 2023...

Global Telecom Update

•	3HK completes HK's first outdoor 5G trial 3 Hong Kong has revealed it has completed of 5G outdoor network trials in the 3.5-GHz and 28-GHz spectrum bands...

•	Bawumia launches phase two of mobile money interoperability The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has launched Phase Two of the Mobile Money Interoperability platform in Accra...

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