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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 16, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
E-Vision launches ‘Spirit of the Union’ Channel 47
 
 
E-Vision, a fully owned subsidiary of Etisalat, launched ‘Spirit of the Union’ channel 47 on eLife to commemorate the 47th National Day. ‘Spirit of the Union’ channel aims to highlight the UAE’s glorious past and its rich culture and traditions. The channel’s content is designed to broadcast rare footage and programs that demonstrate the UAE’s remarkable progress since 1971 as well as to pay tribute to the country’s Rulers and their visionary leadership...
 
Arab League makes progress on unified digital economy strategy
The initiative, supported by the UAE Government and sponsored by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, aims to establish digital inclusion and alignment on legislative and technological infrastructure across the Arab League...
 
China and Pakistan to establish technology transfer center
Chinese International Technology Transfer Center (CITTC) is joining hands with National University of Science and Technology (NUST) to establish its a technology transfer center for Pakistan...
 
Over 1 million active websites with Iranian domain names on internet
According to the latest figures, there are more than 1 million websites registered with an Iranian domain name on the internet, with ‘.ir’ domain name in the lead. The recent figures, in comparison with last year, indicate the register of over 50,000 new domains in the first nine months of the current Iranian year (Mar. 21 – Dec. 21)...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain KSA signs agreement with Saudi Kingdom’s Finance and Telecom authorities
Member Logo Zain Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement with the Kingdom’s MOF, MCIT and CITC to consolidate the annual royalty fee for commercial service, reducing the tariff from 15% to 10% of net revenues retrospectively...
 
•  VIVA launches a draw campaign to win a brand new car
Member Logo VIVA Kuwait's has launched a draw campaign that allows customers to win a brand new car. As part of VIVA’s 10th anniversary celebration...
 
•  Yahsat and Hughes launch JV to deliver satellite broadband connectivity across Africa, the Middle East and Southwest Asia
Member Logo The joint venture provides "direct-to-premise services" to homes and small to medium-sized enterprises, and to community centers and schools under local government programs across the targeted regions...
 
•  Google launches Thai AI project to screen for diabetic eye disease
Member Logo Google has launched an artificial intelligence program in Thailand to screen for a diabetic eye disease which causes permanent blindness...
 
•  Accenture: Middle Eastern companies could prevent more than US$400 billion of enterprise value from being lost through disruption, by enhancing their innovation capabilities
Member Logo Companies in the Middle East are being roiled by disruptive change, which is putting more than US$400 billion of enterprise value at risk from competitors that have learned to innovate and convert economic opportunities into...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
NCC forms alliance against phone counterfeiting
In order to combat the menace of counterfeit and fake phones and other Information and Communications Technology devices, the Nigerian Communications Commission has formed a working alliance with other regional bodies...
 
Arab League makes progress on unified digital economy strategy
The initiative, supported by the UAE Government and sponsored by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, aims to establish digital inclusion and alignment on...
 
South Asia
 
Roar Media raises US$1 million funding to fuel expansion across Asia
Roar Media will be scaling up internal technology teams in order to seamlessly automate the content creation process and also build up their own distribution platforms...
 
China and Pakistan to establish technology transfer center
Chinese International Technology Transfer Center (CITTC) is joining hands with National University of Science and Technology (NUST) to establish its a technology transfer center for Pakistan...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Beeline Armenia expands LTE roaming services
Mobile operator Beeline Armenia announced that it expanded the coverage of its LTE roaming services significantly...
 
U Mobile extends 3G roaming deal with Maxis
Malaysian cellco U Mobile has announced the extension of its 3G RAN sharing agreement with Maxis, which covers the ‘limited areas’ of the country where the former does not have its own infrastructure...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Vubiquity partners with TelOne to launch video on demand services in Zimbabwe
Vubiquity has announced a multi-year deal with Discover Digital to provide new and exclusive international plus local content throughout the African continent, starting with TelOne DEOD, Digital Entertainment On Demand, in...
 
IPTV drives Spanish pay-TV market
Spain ended the second quarter with 6.6 million pay-TV subscribers, with almost two-thirds of the total (4.2 million) using IPTV service...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Vodafone enables 1Gbps cable speeds for one million Berlin homes
Vodafone Germany has unveiled its gigabit cable broadband service in Berlin, giving more than one million households in the capital access to maximum download speeds of 1Gbps...
 
British Fibre Networks sign up 24000 UK homes for FTTH
New operator British Fibre Networks has announced that they have so far signed up 24,000 new homes via 50 housing developers...
 
 
Middle East
 
Vodafone Turkey offers access to Storytel audiobooks
Vodafone Turkey entered into a collaboration with audiobook service Storytel to offer access to Storytel content to its customers...
 
Saudi Aramco and Raytheon sign MOU to establish cybersecurity joint venture
Saudi Aramco and Raytheon Company have signed a MoU to establish a joint venture company that will develop and provide best-in-class cybersecurity services in Saudi Arabia and the region...
 
Over 1 million active websites with Iranian domain names on internet
According to the latest figures, there are more than 1 million websites registered with an Iranian domain name on the internet, with ‘.ir’ domain name in the lead. The recent figures, in comparison with last...
 
BIOS, VeChain launch blockchain-as-a-service in the Middle East
VeChain and BIOS Middle East, have partnered to co-market and implement a framework of blockchain-as-a-service and blockchain-enabled cloud services...
 
North Africa
 
South Korea and Algeria to soon boost their ICT cooperation
South Korea has a vast experience to share with Algeria, which is currently investing in the transformation of its economy and the improvement of its governance via the digital sector...
 
Tunisia’s Expensya raises US$4.5 million for its online expense management software
Expensya makes it easy for companies of all sizes to manage their expense reports through its website and mobile apps...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
China‘s 5G edge to boost AI
China‘s early planning of 5G network, which will be 10 to 20 times faster than the existing 4G network, as well as the data generated by this infrastructure will give the country a head start in developing artificial...
 
SKT enters MEC partnership with MobiledgeX
SK Telecom has signed an agreement with MobiledgeX to collaborate on the development of mobile edge computing technologies and business models...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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