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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 11, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
STC's InspireU wins Best Business Support Award
 
 
InspireU won the Best Business Support Award during the Social Media Summit held in Dubai, which focused on the distinctive initiatives adopted and used through social media to create positive impacts on the society...
 
Batelco official sponsor of National Day Championship
 
 
Batelco was the official sponsor of The National Day Championship which took place under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat further doubles speeds on eLife plans for free
Member Logo Etisalat’s ‘eLife Unlimited’ customers are in for a major upgrade as Etisalat doubles the broadband speed across the board of the recently launched ‘eLife Unlimited’ plans...
 
•  Sudatel Academy re-selected to become an ITU Center of Excellence in ICT Applications and Services
Member Logo Following a careful evaluation process from a large number of submissions received by the ITU, Sudatel Academy (Sudacad) has been re-selected to become one of the six ITU Centers of Excellence in the priority area of ICT...
 
•  MCIT, Huawei launch Kingdom’s first IoT Lab
Member Logo The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and Huawei have announced the launch of the Kingdom’s first Internet of Things (IoT) lab and a fund of US$1 million to support Saudi entrepreneurs...
 
•  Siemens selects Accenture to run its business intelligence operations
Member Logo Siemens has awarded Accenture a five-year technology and services contract to run and maintain several of its digital managed services for data analytics and business intelligence...
 
•  Scale-ups offer significant opportunity for public and private sectors in MENA to accelerate economic growth
Member Logo A joint study conducted by the Ideation Center at Strategy& and Endeavor finds that the public and private sectors in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have been successfully fostering the development of small and...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• Vietnam implementing Mobile Number Portability with FPT and iconectiv
The Vietnam Telecommunications Authority has selected FPT Information System Corporation to deploy Vietnam’s first MNP solution using iconectiv’s TruNumber Portability Clearinghouse...
 
• TRA issues warning against providing unlicensed services
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has ordered a number of businesses and expatriates to comply with the Telecommunications Regulatory Act, and its associated regulations and decisions after they were found to...
 
North Africa
 
• Cabo Verde, Morocco and South Africa to soon be linked by a new submarine optical fibre cable
Baptised WASACE 1, the cable will link Fortaleza in Brazil, Canary Islands and Seixal in Spain with additional subsidiaries in Cabo Verde, Madera (Portugal) and Casablanca (Morocco)...
 
3G,4G and 5G Networks
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• China Mobile, Huawei conduct 4K broadcast over 5G slice
China Mobile and Huawei have announced the first successful implementation of 5G network slicing in global large-scale live broadcasting at the Migu Music Awards in Shanghai...
 
• Telefónica rolls out Movistar-Netflix integration
Telefónica has integrated Netflix into its Movistar offering in Spain, allowing customers to access the SVOD service from a single platform and pay via one bill...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• KPN announces new FTTH expansion zones
Following its recent announcement of major fiber to the home (FTTH) expansion plans, KPN of the Netherlands has disclosed four localities where it will ‘relaunch’ its FTTH rollout campaign...
 
• South Korea’s LG U+ chooses DASAN Zhone Solutions for FTTH systems
Dasan Network Solutions has won a contract from LG U+ to supply fiber to the home (FTTH) equipment...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Jawwy Mobile wins at the 2018 Effies Advertising Effectiveness Awards
Jawwy Mobile won a “Silver” award for its “Pay Only For What You Use” advertising campaign at the 2018 Effies Advertising Effectiveness Awards held in Dubai...
 
• Huawei highlights Middle East’s 5G progress and receives two prestigious awards
An Jian, President of Carrier Network Business Group at Huawei Middle East, has delivered a keynote on the theme “5G Inspiring the Future” to highlight the progress made in the Middle East on 5G...
 
• Dubai highlights increased digitisation of global travel ecosystem
Eighty percent of hotel searches and 60 percent of travel searches in the Middle East and North Africa, MENA region, are made using mobile phones, demonstrating the importance of a digital, social and mobile first strategy...
 
South Asia
 
• Pakistan launches initiative to promote Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Cloud education
Pakistan has launched an initiative to help promote education, research and business opportunities in Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Cloud-based computing...
 
• Bangladesh mobile subscribers increase by 11.35 million in 10 months
The total number of Bangladesh's mobile phone subscribers reached over 156 million at the end of October 2018 with addition of 11.35 million new users in the first 10 months of this year...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Verizon, Samsung tee up new 5G fixed, mobile trials
Verizon is asking the FCC for Special Temporary Authority (STA) to conduct periodic testing over a six-month period with Samsung using 28 GHz spectrum and unlicensed spectrum...
 
• Digital Realty to open second data center in Osaka
Data center, colocation and interconnection solutions provider Digital Realty has announced a multi-megawatt, multi-year agreement with a leading global cloud service provider for capacity at its new Digital Osaka 2 Data...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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