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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 9, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIVA receives GUST’s students
 
 
VIVA extended a warm welcome to the students of the Gulf University for Science and Technology, Department of Computer Sciences (Networks). Under the supervision of Dr. Esraa Omran, who initiated and organized the initiative, students were given the opportunity to visit VIVA’s Headquarters located in Olympia Tower...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat launches ‘Freedom’ postpaid plans
Member Logo Etisalat announced the launch of ‘Freedom’, its all-new postpaid plans, that come with the freedom to choose from non-contract or a one-year contract plan offering customers the simplicity, flexibility and great...
 
•  SPARK Microsystems wins the Nokia Open Innovation Challenge 2018 for its revolutionary low-power wireless transceiver
Member Logo SPARK Microsystems, which is developing a low-power wireless transceiver for the industrial Internet of Things revolution, has been named the winner of the Nokia Open Innovation Challenge 2018 (NOIC)...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Bahrain TRA launches new system for management of consumer complaints and inquiries
Bahrain's Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) has launched an integrated complaint and inquiry management system in order to maintain effective communication alongwith the consumers and the telecommunications...
 
POTRAZ speaks on infrastructure sharing
POTRAZ has taken the first steps through the construction of shared communication facilities.Through the Universal Service Fund, to date, 367 towers each servicing a radius of 15km have been installed in Matabeleland with...
 
Middle East
 
China launches satellites for Saudi Arabia
Two Saudi Arabian Earth observation satellites and 10 small secondary payloads rode a Long March 2D rocket into orbit from the Jiuquan space base in China’s northwestern Inner Mongolia region...
 
Egypt, UAE, KSA to build world’s largest digital library
Egypt will cooperate with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to build the largest digital library in the world...
 
UAE to develop local cybersecurity talents
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, MBRF, and DarkMatter Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will create the best digital talent for the UAE’s growing cybersecurity sector...
 
South Asia
 
Faster internet enabling people access to digital services
With Bangladesh entering into the era of high speed internet, all mobile companies are focused on providing digital services...
 
Commercial bank provides internet payment gateway to ecommerce store in Sri Lanka
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has been appointed the Internet Payment Gateway (IPG) service provider to ‘Daraz’, to enable seamless online transactions for its large base of shoppers...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
1&1 extends fiber cooperation with NetCologne
German broadband operator 1&1 has announced it is expanding its collaboration with regional provider NetCologne to include fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) connections, having initially focused on marketing the firm’s...
 
OneAsia, Megaport launch cloud gateway in HK
OneAsia has teamed up with Megaport to launch a new service designed to provide Hong Kong customers with secure, on-demand managed connections to popular public clouds...
 
 
North Africa
 
Algerian mobile operator Djezzy added 1 million customers this year
Algerian mobile telecoms operator Djezzy has added 1 million customers this year and plans to further invest to offer more online payment services, according to its CEO...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Zee5 partners with Zeasn to expand digital access
Zee Entertainment Enterprises has partnered with Zeasn to make its digital entertainment platform available on millions of Zeasn devices across Asia, the Middle East and Africa...
 
Telia Estonia taps Ateme for OTT TV
Telia Estonia will use Ateme’s Titan technology to compress and package its OTT offering, enabling it to extend the reach of HD services throughout the country...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Orange keeps lead in French LTE cell sites
The number of LTE sites in operation across mainland France increased by 572 in November to reach 37,500 as of 01 December...
 
Vox launches new fixed LTE-A packages in South Africa
Integrated ICT and infrastructure provider, Vox, has signed an agreement with Internet Solutions to become a distribution partner to offer Cell C’s fixed Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) packages...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Telstra demonstrates 5G video call, prototype hotspot
As part of its journey towards 5G, Australian operator Telstra has completed a series of demonstrations in collaboration with HTC, Qualcomm and Ericsson...
 
Nokia and China Mobile Research Institute sign agreement to drive a more open 5G ecosystem
Nokia and China Mobile Research Institute have signed an agreement under which the companies will jointly optimize 5G networks using a more open architecture...
 
AirtelTigo completes network integration
AirtelTigo, Ghana’s third largest cellco by subscribers, has announced that it has completed the network integration it has been carrying out for the past year, following the merger of former independent companies...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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