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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 28, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat doubles business broadband and eLife Unlimited speeds for free
 
 
Etisalat business and home subscribers will experience double broadband speed enabling them to implement and use advanced digital technologies in their homes and offices...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Nokia to publish fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 report on January 31, 2019
Member Logo Nokia will publish fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 report on January 31, 2019 at approximately 8 a.m. Finnish time, which will be made available on the Nokia website immediately after publication...
 
•  Huawei actively promotes IEEE smart city reference architecture standard process
Member Logo Huawei successfully hosted IEEE P2413 Working Group meeting in Shenzhen, submitting two types of proposals, describing capabilities that were architected to support video and converged communication, as well as the scenarios...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA UAE receives European Innovation Management Standard Certification
TRA’s certification in the European Innovation Management Standard CEN/TS 16555-1:2013 came as a result of its work on developing an integrated system for innovation management at the corporate level, leading the...
 
BTRC allows internet pack with minimum 3-day validity
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has revised its directive on setting the minimum validity of internet and voice packages by lowering the validity to three days...
 
South Asia
 
Smartphone business booming in Bangladesh
With an increased local demand, smartphone prices are going to become more affordable this year, thanks to more and more investments by local and foreign companies to establish plants to produce smartphones locally...
 
Cargills Bank partners with WorldRemit for digital money transfers to Sri Lanka
Cargills Bank is joining forces with WorldRemit, a digital money transfer service, to strengthen cross-border inward remittance services offered by the bank...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
T-Mobile boosts capacity for Atlanta's fastest LTE network
T-Mobile has expanded LTE network speed and coverage in Atlanta ahead of Super Bowl LIII, permanently boosting capacity by up to 8x at key locations...
 
Telefonica deployed 6,700 additional 4G base stations in Germany last year
Telefonica Deutschland revealed that it deployed an additional 6,700 LTE base stations throughout Germany last year...
 
ZTE boasts 5G test success with Tier 1 operators
ZTE Corporation announced that it has completed Phase 1 of SA 5G Core Test of China Telecom, actively promoting the development and maturity of the 5G network industry chain...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Japan's NTT Com expands cloud offering in Singapore
Japan's NTT Com has introduced the Managed Microsoft Azure Stack Solution in Singapore...
 
SLT to access domestic bank borrowings to roll-over foreign debt
Sri Lanka Telecom will access domestic banking sources to refinance its maturing foreign currency debt, according to Fitch Ratings in its latest report on Asia-Pacific telecom sector...
 
 
Middle East
 
Oman delegation visits UK to lead implementation of 5G technology
A high-profile delegation from Oman, led by H. E. Dr. Hamed bin Salim Al Rawahi, Executive President of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, travelled to the United Kingdom with the aim of leading the way towards the...
 
Adoption of IoT, Blockchain, AI will accelerate in 2019
The UAE's willingness to adopt the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and Blockchain, will see an acceleration in 2019...
 
Labiba AI to form Labiba WLL in partnership with Bahrain Fintech Bay
Labiba’s AI-powered bot building platform allows organizations to build interfaces through the platform, they can design manage and operate virtual assistants on websites, mobile applications, and social channels, as...
 
AI innovation key to UAE's digital transformation
On a trip to the UAE this month, VMware’s Senior Vice President and General Manager EMEA, talked about how 2019 will be the year for the UAE to adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation in order to fuel nationwide...
 
North Africa
 
Algeria, Tunisia to remove fees on mobile network roaming
Algeria and Tunisia have reached an agreement for their tariffs on mobile network roaming to be lifted...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
T-Mobile to launch TV streaming service soon
T-Mobile is about to launch a new feature as part of its wireless service plans designed to lure in new subscribers: free TV streaming...
 
Comcast to build on Sky’s Now TV platform
Comcast is to work with technology developed for Sky’s Now TV platform as part of a direct-to-consumer offering...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Openreach name next 11 UK areas for FTTP ultrafast broadband
Openreach (BT) has revealed the next batch of 11 areas that will benefit from their roll-out of 1Gbps capable Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP infrastructure in 2019, which should cover 3 million UK homes and...
 
TDC offers hybrid broadband nationwide
Danish operator TDC said it has begun offering hybrid broadband nationwide, following a trial by 500 of its customers running since November 2017...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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