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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 27, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Viva Kuwait launches Viva App with face ID log-in
 
 
VIVA Kuwait has launched the new face recognition feature on the VIVA App on Apple Store and Play Store that uniquely identifies users by looking at the device and analyzing patterns based on the facial textures and shape, with ‘more' ease...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  A historical record for Zain Saudi Arabia as 2018 full-year net profit growth soars to reach SAR 332 million (US$89 million)
Member Logo Zain Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA), announces historical record-high financial results for all key indicators for the full-year and fourth quarter ended 31 December, 2018 with the operator serving 8.1 million customers...
 
•  BT first foreign telecom company to secure China licenses
Member Logo BT has secured nationwide licenses in China that will enable it to directly contract and bill Chinese customers, marking the first time a foreign telecommunications company has been allowed to do so across the country...
 
•  Huawei launches world's first 5G base station core chip for simplified 5G
Member Logo At a 5G launch event in Beijing that doubled up as a pre-briefing for the MWC Barcelona 2019, Huawei announced the innovative chip that will support simplified 5G networks and large-scale 5G network deployment all over the...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Viettel awarded trial 5G license
Vietnam's Ministry of Communications has awarded the nation's first 5G trial license to military-run operator Viettel...
 
KemKominfo kicks off 800MHz, 900MHz refarming
Indonesia’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has commenced spectrum refarming of the 800MHz and 900MHz bands...
 
South Asia
 
Dialog launches advanced cloud platform
Dialog Axiata Group has announced the launch of the Dialog Enterprise Cloud, a cloud platform that caters to the cloud needs and requirements of Sri Lankan enterprises, in turn strengthening the country's enterprise...
 
MFS reach widens in Bangladesh
Transactions through mobile financial services (MFS) grew 20.41 percent year-on-year in Bangladesh, thanks to the rising acceptance of digital payments by private and public entities...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
MTC extends 3G network to rural areas
Mobile Telecommunications (MTC), Namibia’s largest mobile network operator (MNO) by subscribers, has announced that it has begun to extend its 3G network to rural areas of the country...
 
Telenor Hungary announces full commercial VoLTE launch
Telenor Hungary has launched VoLTE calling services over its 4G network, enabling ‘two to three times faster call-up and HD sound quality’...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Rakuten taps Viavi to test Japan's 4th mobile network
Japanese internet services giant Rakuten has selected network testing vendor Viavi to support the company's plans of becoming the market's fourth mobile operator...
 
Glo subscribers base rises to 45.2 million
Globacom Nigeria Limited has grown its subscribers’ base from 43,237,188 in November 2018 to 45,255,297, representing 26.24 percent of the total telecom subscribers in the country...
 
 
Middle East
 
Microsoft to support Jordan's ICT sector and cybersecurity.
Microsoft seeks to strengthen ICT sector's legislative and regulatory environment, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and stimulate creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship and technical and vocational...
 
Unido inks major sponsorship deal with BTech
Through this agreement, Unido will continue to boost Bahrain leadership in entrepreneurship and innovation of ICT sector...
 
MBC Group announces family channel for Iraq
In recognition of what it claims is the strong relationship between the broadcaster and the country’s public, MBC Group announces the launch of MBC Iraq, a brand-new entertainment television channel...
 
North Africa
 
Visa to boost digital commerce in 2019
Visa is working closely with its clients in Egypt to provide them with various payment solutions and digital products to serve cardholders and help them in their efforts to reach new customers and expand the acceptance of...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
YouTube TV launches nationwide in the US
YouTube’s subscription over-the-top offering, YouTube TV, is now available nationwide in the US...
 
F1 TV Pro comes to eight more countries
Formula 1 has said that its live streaming service F1 TV Pro will be released in eight new territories in 2019, starting with first pre-season test in Barcelona...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Spanish FTTH on a roll
Spain gained 2 million new FTTH lines in the year to November 2018, while the number of DSL lines fell by 1.3 million, according latest statistics...
 
INDIGO subsea cable installation complete
The consortium behind the upcoming INDIGO subsea cable system have announced the completion of the installation of the INDIGO West and INDIGO Central cables...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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