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December 18, 2018

Mobily is a technical sponsor in e-Commerce World Exhibition

Mobily participated as a technical sponsor in e-Commerce World Exhibition, which was held from 10th to 12th of December 2018, at Alfaisaliah hotel in Riyadh...

Egypt aims to link Europe, Africa by fiber optic network

The president of Egypt aspires to build a fiber optic network that connects Europe and Africa...

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Saudi Telecom Company to close all its branches for a day to boost digital channels usage

Saudi Telecom Company has announced that it will close all its branches on December 19, to encourage the usage of its digital channels,,,

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Facebook’s growing momentum in Africa

2018 saw Facebook (www.Facebook.com) grow its momentum and step up its investment in Africa. Today, more than 139 million people across Sub-Saharan Africa come to Facebook every month, of which nearly 98% come back on...

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2018 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Arthur Ashkin delivers his Nobel Lecture at Nokia Bell Labs

Nokia Bell Labs held a ceremony in honor of Arthur Ashkin, who was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for work undertaken while at Bell Labs...

Policy and Regulation

•	Ofcom eyes rural coverage for next spectrum auction With another spectrum auction creeping up on us, Ofcom has started to throw its weight around with the terms and conditions...

•	MoTC holds workshop on the role of telecom sector in 4IR The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) of Oman held a workshop on the role of the telecommunications sector in the Fourth Industrial Revolution ‘4IR’...

•	PSRC to allocate MNOs more spectrum to achieve blanket LTE-A coverage Armenia’s industry watchdog the Public Services Regulatory Commission has agreed to allow the country’s mobile network operators to cover the whole territory with LTE-A...

Middle East

•	MCI and MTN Irancell cooperate to improve rural mobile coverage in Iran via national roaming MTN Irancell and Mobile Communications Company of Iran (MCI) have collaborated to improve rural mobile coverage...

•	UAE, Saudi firms more agile with cloud Large regional enterprises, especially in the UAE and Saudi Arabia are more agile and efficient in implementing cloud-based service solutions, according to ServiceNow...

•	SAP to support Marafiq digital transformation Marafiq has teamed up with SAP to further its digital transformation programme, in line with the goals of the kingdom’s Vision 2030 economic diversification mandate...

South Asia

•	edotco committed to Pakistan’s digital growth edotco Group has reinforced its commitment in Pakistan, a country now considered as having the potential to create one of the largest digital audiences in the world...

•	Dialog Axiata receives GSMA Mobile Money Certification Dialog Axiata has become the first mobile money service provider in Sri Lanka to be granted certification under the GSMA’s Mobile Money Certification initiative...

•	Sri Lanka makes strong progress in IoT Sri Lanka has made significant progress in its IoT (Internet of Things) ventures according to a recent report...

North Africa

•	Egypt aims to link Europe, Africa by fiber optic network The president of Egypt aspires to build a fiber optic network that connects Europe and Africa...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Western Union and TerraPay expanding payout options to mobile wallets Western Union has partnered with TerraPay to enable mobile wallet and bank account payout...

•	TV Spielfilm live expands OTT platform The TV channels of German commercial broadcast groups RTL and ProSiebenSat.1 are now available in HD quality on German OTT platform TV Spielfilm...

•	DIVAN.TV launches on Amazon Fire TV, Roku In a major audience expansion, the DIVAN.TV over-the-top (OTT) video platform has extended its content library to streaming devices Roku TV and Amazon Fire TV...

3G and 4G Networks

•	Taiwan to shut down 3G networks by year end Consumers in Taiwan will only be able to use 4G services from 2019 as the country will shut down 3G services by the end of the year...

•	Digicel Jamaica claims 65% LTE coverage Digicel Jamaica has extended 4G coverage to a total of 200 towns and cities across ten of the country’s 14 parishes...

•	Telenor expands 4G/LTE coverage to 90% of Myanmar townships Telenor Myanmar has announced that it has expanded its 4G/LTE network coverage to more than 300 townships, which represents 90 percent of the country...

Alternative Telecom

•	CityFibre secures debt package to fast-track UK fiber rollout The package will be used to underpin CityFibre's capital investment in the expansion of the UK's fiber network...

•	TM reiterates its commitment to upgrade internet speed Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) has reiterated that Streamyx customers who are residing in non-unifi coverage areas will be upgraded double of their existing speeds...

Global Telecom Update

•	SKT, Ericsson, Qualcomm complete 5G data call SK Telecom, Ericsson and Qualcomm have completed another milestone demonstration of a 5G new radio data call on SK Telecom's live 5G network in Busan...

•	CBRS Alliance, ATIS collaborate to advance CBRS ecosystem The CBRS Alliance and the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) announced an agreement to work together to address critical technical challenges and business opportunities related to the Citizens...

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