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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accenture launches SynOps to help enterprises achieve sustainable competitive advantage
 
 
Accenture has launched SynOps, an innovative human-machine operating “engine” that optimizes the synergy of data, applied intelligence, digital technologies and talent to help organizations transform business operations, create exceptional user experiences and deliver results previously unimaginable...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Two million pupils inspired by the BT sponsored Barefoot programme
Member Logo British Telecom and its educational partners celebrated the two million children who have been inspired by a national computing programme called Barefoot...
 
•  MIRIS selects Nokia AirFrame Open Edge technology to deploy sustainable edge data center networks across Nordic region
Member Logo Nokia has announced that MIRIS, a Norwegian real estate and technology firm, will deploy AirFrame Open Edge data center technology to support delivery of Smart City services in business parks and residential areas...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Orange Jordan allocates 27 scholarships to the children of its employees
 
•  Etisalat doubles business broadband and eLife Unlimited speeds for free
 
•  Mobily and Huawei launched the first joint ICT Academy in the Kingdom
 
•  Viva Kuwait launches Viva App with face ID log-in
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• Thailand to move ahead with 5G auctions
Thai telecoms regulator NBTC plans to move ahead with plans to auction off 5G spectrum in the 26-GHz, 28-GHz and 2.6-GHz frequency bands later this year...
 
• PTA launches online device registration system for overseas Pakistanis
In order to facilitate International Travellers, PTA in collaboration with FBR has launched a new web-based user interface application in DIRBS for the regularisation and registration of unregistered mobile phones...
 
North Africa
 
• Egypt and France sign four IT cooperation agreements
Egypt and France have signed IT cooperation agreements to boost growth and entrepreneurship of tech startups, enhancement of the capacity of Egypt’s youth via training in the latest technology in automotive...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Telefónica expands O2 network with 6,700 additional LTE sites in Germany in 2018
In the course of the nationwide network expansion, Telefónica Deutschland upgraded several thousand mobile tower sites in rural regions with 4G LTE standard in 2018...
 
• Telenor expands 5G pilot in Norway
Telenor’s 5G pilot will be carried out by Telenor Norway in partnership with Ericsson and complement its existing 5G pilot in Kongsberg...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Telefónica plans Mexico OTT launch
Telefónica has announced plans to launch its Movistar Play over-the-top service in Mexico later this year...
 
• A1 Telekom Austria launches youth-focused OTT TV service
A1 Telekom Austria has launched an OTT TV service aimed at a younger audience...
 
• App launched to access judicial information in Saudi Arabia
Users of the new service, available through app stores on iOS and Android, will be able to access judicial information through multiple platforms...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Ericsson launches AI-based managed services offering
Ericsson has launched a new end-to-end AI-based managed services offering aimed at addressing operators' complexity challenges as they move towards the era of 5G and the IoT...
 
• SK Telecom’s T Map to help Grab drivers in Singapore navigate
SK Telecom’s navigation system T Map will run on vehicles of Singapore’s biggest car-sharing service provider Grab within the first quarter of the year...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Digiturk selects Unified Streaming for streaming platform
Turkey’s satellite TV provider Digiturk has chosen Unified Streaming to support its newly consolidated video-streaming environment...
 
• Bahrain tech ecosystem starts showing results
Bahrain plans to build a national technology ecosystem that will help the country reduce its reliance on oil and gas is starting to show results with young people looking to get IT jobs...
 
• UAE's e-commerce spending up 48% in 2018
E-commerce spending in the UAE increased by 48 per cent during 2018 as opposed to 2017, said the senior president and head of Payments at Dubai-based Mashreq Bank, sharing his review of UAE spend trends for 2018...
 
• Etihad, Microsoft to launch region’s first AI academy
UAE's Etihad Airways has announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to launch the first in-house AI academy in the region...
 
• Oman Air teams up with TPConnects to digitally empower travel agents in Oman
Accelerating its strategy to ensure quick adoption of its New Distribution Capability (NDC) enabled distribution, Oman Air has partnered with TPConnects in integrating Oman Air NDC API to its Travel Aggregator Platform...
 
South Asia
 
• Nepal's Vianet picks Ciena's 6500 Packet-Optical Platform
Vianet Communications, a fixed broadband operators in Nepal, has chosen Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform and 5160 Service Aggregation Switch...
 
• Sri Lanka shifts to digital literacy as smartphone usage grows
Digital literacy is outstripping computer literacy as smartphone usage grows in Sri Lanka...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Tele Columbus signs up to deliver fiber in Schleswig-Holstein
German cable operator Tele Columbus has signed up for a regional government-supported initiative to develop fiber networks in Schleswig-Holstein...
 
• Inmarsat signs deal to provide inflight broadband to Indonesian Garuda
Satellite communications firm Inmarsat PLC has inked a deal to provide its inflight broadband, GX Aviation, to Indonesian national carrier Garuda...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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