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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 25, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zain, Saudi Telecom ink deal to provide FTTH broadband services
 
 
Zain Saudi has inked a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Telecom Company to extend fiber to the home (FTTH) broadband services to households across the Kingdom...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Sezad inks optic fibre network pact
Member Logo The Special Economic Zone Authority in Duqm (Sezad) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Oman Broadband Company (OBC) to provide infrastructure for optic fiber network at the Special Economic Zone at Duqm...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  VIVA Kuwait wins “Advertising Creativity Award” at Arab Media Forum
 
•  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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• Free internet for low-income earners in remote areas of Thailand
Some 1.8 million registered low-income earners in remote areas will have home internet for free for three years under a National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission project...
 
• Ofcom seeking extension of accessibility rules to VOD providers
UK media regulator Ofcom has called for video-on-demand providers to be obliged to provide subtitling on 80% of their catalogues together with audio description on 10% and signing on 5% as part of an overhaul of...
 
South Asia
 
• Takas.lk expands with flagship store in Colombo
With plans to increase the appetite for e-commerce transactions in the country, Sri Lanka’s e-commerce platform, Takas.lk, launched its flagship store, to enable its customers to enjoy a seamless shopping experience...
 
• Turkish agency opens tech classroom in Pakistani school
Turkey’s state-run aid agency has opened a computer lab and a technology classroom in a school in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Ucom offers Radio Liberty on TV platform
Armenian operator Ucom has introduced to its pay-TV subscribers an opportunity to access the online broadcast of Radio Liberty over a separate TV channel...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Mangoesky expands internet services
Mangoesky amins to bring fast internet access to remote rural areas in Indonesia...
 
• Dewa to develop innovative solutions using AI
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has signed an agreement with Whizkey Future labs, a start-up company, to develop innovative and futuristic solutions to disrupt the current electricity and water utility...
 
 
Middle East
 
• UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey poised to lead emerging Middle East space industry
The Middle East is in the midst of a space boom, as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Turkey are poised to become regional leaders, experts contend...
 
• Riyadh prepares for second IoT exhibition in February
Participants will display their achievements in technical solutions and their efforts to implement Digital Transformation Program 2020...
 
• Microsoft launches ‘Make Your Wish’ initiative
The initiative calls on individuals and organisations of all sizes in the region to share their ideas about the incredible possibilities with Artificial Intelligence (AI), and how they can change the world...
 
North Africa
 
• Cellulant builds Africa’s first augment reality on Facebook Messenger
Pan-African Payments Company, Celulant, has built Africa’s first Augmented Reality (AR) powered try-on experiences in Facebook Messenger...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• MPT expands LTE+ mobile network to 314 townships
Myanmar operator MPT has announced that its nationwide LTE+ mobile network has reached 314 townships across the country...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Smyrna approves first 5G network
A 5G network through a private company, ExteNet Systems, will be installed in Smyrna’s right of way...
 
• Bakcell holds “Introduction to mobile telecommunications” seminar
The main purpose of the seminar, traditionally held for five years in a row, is to enlighten the local journalists in such areas as the essentials of mobile telecommunications, modern technologies, innovations and latest...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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