SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
January 13, 2019 |
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STC announces new appointments of a number of Saudi senior executives |
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STC is committed to empowering Saudi cadres based on their qualifications and expertise and to appointing young Saudi qualified employees in leadership positions, in order to enhance the performance of the STC Group in line with its pivotal role in enabling the digital transformation in the Kingdom to the public and private sectors in accordance with Vision 2030...
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Member News |
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Zain hosts LOYAC’s Thailand Program orientation session
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Zain Kuwait hosted the orientation session for the participants of LOYAC’s Thailand Program at the Zain Innovation Center (ZINC) in the company’s main headquarters in Shuwaikh. |
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Omantel to renew mobile licence for 15 years
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Oman’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) renewed Omantel’s mobile telecom licence for a period of 15 years - commencing from February 2019... |
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AURAK enters into MoU with Huawei
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The American University of Ras Al Kaimah (AURAK) President, Professor Hassan Hamdan Al Alkim, and Huawei Tech FZ-LLC (Huawei) Chief Executive Officer Li Shi, entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding in a signing... |
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Policy and Regulation |
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DICT official confident of NMP launch by mid-2019
The acting secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) in the Philippines, has said that the country’s New Major Player (NMP) will be operational by the middle of this year...
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PTA extends cellphone registration deadline
As per a directive given by the federal government, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has extended the deadline for registration of mobile phones till Jan 15...
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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SKT enters automotive digital broadcasting partnership
SK Telecom, connected car vendor Harman and US-based Sinclair Broadcast Grouphave signed an agreement to jointly develop and commercialize digital broadcasting network-based automotive electronics technology...
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Skyroam vSIM app launched in Indonesia
The company’s ‘SIMO’ mobile app ‘is designed to give users instant access to mobile data without the need for physical SIM cards...
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Global Telecom Update |
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China Mobile HK enters 5G, IoT collaboration
China Mobile Hong Kong has announced a partnership with ASTRI and HKSTP to collaborate on research and development in areas including 5G, IoT data exchange, autonomous vehicles and other smart city enabling technologies...
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Europe launches new AI initiative to begin catch-up mission
This month has seen the launch of the European Commission’s AI4EU project, an initiative to create an AI-on-demand platform for Europe and challenge for leadership in this blossoming segment...
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Disclaimer: Information contained herein has been obtained from sources, which we deem reliable. SAMENA Telecommunications Council is not liable for any misinformed decisions that the reader may reach by being solely reliant on information contained herein. Expert advice should be sought. |
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