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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 10, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
PCCW Global and PRISC join forces to develop smart city applications and technologies aimed at serving major projects around the world
 
 
PCCW Global has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong’s Policy Research Institute of Global Supply Chain (PRISC)...
 
Bahrain ranked 3rd globally for internet users
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has published its latest Market Indicators Reports in the Kingdom of Bahrain, which measure the performance and development of the telecommunications sector...
 
Pakistan witnesses high growth in e-ommerce
Pakistan has witnessed reasonable growth in e-commerce activities over the past few years as sale value of industry was on rise and reached new heights...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  5G in mobile technologies will be a game changer opening doors to innovation & unique digital experiences
Member Logo New age mobile technologies and the future of the 5G network will be a game changer for the industry opening doors to innovation and providing customers a unique digital experience, said Hatem Dowidar, CEO, Etisalat...
 
•  Zain showcases digital strategy, affirms partnership with ‘New Kuwait 2035’
Member Logo Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced its participation in the ‘IoT: Driving Kuwait’s Digital Future’ conference organized by Oliver Wyman in collaboration with Bloomberg...
 
•  Nokia, Elisa and Efore commercially deploy a liquid-cooled base station that can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 80 percent
Member Logo Nokia, Elisa and Efore have commercially deployed a liquid-cooled base station system in an apartment building in Helsinki, a world-first achievement that promises lower costs for operators and owners of base station sites,...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
China allocates spectrum for nationwide 5G trials
China's Ministry of Industry and Information technology has issued nationwide 5G trial licenses to the market's big three mobile operators...
 
Bahrain ranked 3rd globally for internet users
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has published its latest Market Indicators Reports in the Kingdom of Bahrain, which measure the performance and development of the telecommunications sector...
 
South Asia
 
Robi gets highest customers via MNP service
As per the data of the MNP operator Infozillion Teletech, a total of 1,35,159 customers requested for Mobile Number Portibility service, out of which Robi received the highest requests...
 
Pakistan witnesses high growth in e-ommerce
Pakistan has witnessed reasonable growth in e-commerce activities over the past few years as sale value of industry was on rise and reached new heights...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Telenor Denmark brings in VoLTE for customers roaming in Norway
Telenor Denmark said its customers can now use VoLTE to call home when roaming in Denmark...
 
Swisscom to optimize customer experience on 4G
Swisscom has selected Ericsson to enhance the consumer experience for its subscribers through deployment and integration of the Ericsson Expert Analytics solution into its existing big data ecosystem...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Deutsche Telekom launches 5G testbed in Warsaw
T-Mobile Polska has switched on four 5G New Radio base stations in Warsaw, in the first steps of its next generation technology rollout...
 
Millicom selects Ericsson for Paraguay, Honduras upgrades
Ericsson has been selected by Millicom International Cellular (MIC) to modernise the RAN infrastructure belonging to Tigo Paraguay and Tigo Honduras...
 
 
Middle East
 
Chinese smartphone maker to establish factory in Turkey
China's Transsion Holding is setting up a mobile phone factory in Turkey with a US$3 billion investment plan over five years...
 
New integrated payment system in UAE by 2020
The UAE will soon boast a new integrated payment system that builds on the foundation set by the eDirham system, and which is in line with the country's digital transformation objectives...
 
UAE among global leaders for online shopping readiness, UN index shows
The UAE is the fourth most prepared developing economy for online commerce, according to a new index from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad)...
 
North Africa
 
Mauritius leads Africa in global online shopping rankings
According to UNCTAD’s Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index for 2018, the highest-scoring African country on the new B2C E-commerce Index is Mauritius, with a global ranking of 55...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Canal launching kids online platform
According to Audrey Brugère, director, youth, Canal+ Group, MyCanal Kids will create a “safe space” for children of different ages...
 
Hooq teams with Vice, ramps up Indonesian content
Asian streaming service Hooq has embarked on a partnership with online content company Vice, with whom it is producing one of three new Indonesian originals...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Open Fiber, Wind Tre bring FTTH to Vercelli
The Open Fiber wholesale-only venture of Italian utility giant Enel and state lender CDP has announced that the first commercial fiber-optic offers using its network are now available in the city of Vercelli in the northern...
 
China launches seven small satellites for Internet of Things
A series of seven small satellites expected to serve for wildlife protection, field emergency rescue, vehicle and ship monitoring and logistics tracing were launched into space...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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