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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 24, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIVA Kuwait wins “Advertising Creativity Award” at Arab Media Forum
 
 
VIVA has been recognized with an award during the “Advertising Creativity Awards Ceremony” as first place in the category of “Most Influential Ad” for the Ramadan 2018 TV Ad at the Arab Media Forum’s event...
 
Digital innovation boosts Middle East's US$650 million startup market
As the Middle East and North Africa’s startup market nears US$ 650 million, Ashoka, SAP, and members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community have joined forces to drive dialogue and action with social entrepreneurs...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  VIVA Bahrain announces the launch of its Innovation Center
Member Logo VIVA Innovation Center is a platform for developing solutions in modern technologies for various business verticals as well as an innovation think hub...
 
•  Huawei releases an AI fabric white paper
Member Logo The white paper presents the urgency and necessity of building an intelligent and lossless data center network by seizing AI opportunities to monetize data value...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Accenture teaches UAE and KSA students to code with ‘Hour of Code’ initiative
 
•  Etisalat seals strategic partnership with Azizi Developments
 
•  Batelco congratulates staff member on Ironman 70.3 Middle East championship success
 
•  Mobily is a technical sponsor in e-Commerce World Exhibition
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• Potraz moves to revive postal services
The Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) says it is working on measures to resuscitate the country’s struggling postal services sector...
 
• PTA proposes to set up telecom tribunal
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has proposed the establishment of telecom tribunal for speedy disposal of litigation related to the sector...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• iflix sells African assets to Econet
Econet Global has acquired iflix’s stake in African streaming platform Kwesé iflix, following its recent decision to scrap its premium Kwesé TV direct-to-home service to instead focus on digital video...
 
• M7 Group to buy UPC DTH operations
M7 Group has reached an agreement to buy the DTH satellite TV operations from Liberty Global currently serving four Central and Eastern European markets...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Vivo to bring broadband in Uberlandia
Its coverage will include 115,000 homes and 20,000 companies in 79 neighbourhoods and it will supply internet at up to 300 Mbps for residential and corporate customers...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Telia extends 5G reach to Estonia
Just a few weeks after lighting up a 5G network in Sweden, Telia has taken the connectivity euphoria across the Baltic Sea to Estonia...
 
• Tigo and Ericsson accelerate digitalisation in Senegal
Tigo Senegal has selected Ericsson for its nationwide network modernisation project as it looks to accelerate digitalisation in the expanding Senegalese market...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Digital innovation boosts Middle East's US$650 million startup market
As the Middle East and North Africa’s startup market nears US$ 650 million, Ashoka, SAP, and members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community have joined forces to drive dialogue and action with social...
 
• Sultan Qaboos University launches mobile application
The application in its first phase is divided to include SQU news portal Anwaar, events, ‘Mazaya’ special services package to employees, information about SQU, announcements, directions and academic schedule...
 
South Asia
 
• KMBL to expand scope of digital financial services in Pakistan
The digital financial services like digital lending will expand the scope of services to be offered by Khushhali Microfinance Bank Limited (KMBL) to its customers...
 
• Canadian tech firm partners with Sri Lanka Telecom for eSports, blockchain project
Canadian tech firm Ubique Networks Inc. has signed an agreement with Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) to launch a blockchain-based eSports platform...
 
North Africa
 
• Tunisia internet agency to partner with Russian blockchain platform
The Tunisa Internet Agency (ATI) has signed a partnership with a Russian blockchain platform called Universa. In this partnership the ATI is to provide hosting services for Universa...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• Spectranet to improve service
Spectranet would continue to rollout the Spectranet 4G LTE network, and ensure that its service quotient Is high and would sustain such high level service quotient...
 
• Airtel achieves 500 Mbps download speed at 1st ever live 4G trial on smartphones
Bharti Airtel and Ericsson said that they have achieved a download speed of over 500 Mbps on smartphones during a live 4G trial...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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