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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 2, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Telecom Egypt announces a change in its BoD
 
 
The government of Egypt, being Telecom Egypt’s major shareholder with an ownership of 80%, has announced changing some of its representatives in Telecom Egypt’s Board of Directors by a decree from the Egyptian Prime Minister with immediate effect and for the remaining period of Board of Directors...
 
France to hold 5G auction in autumn
France’s 5G telecoms frequencies auction will commence this autumn, with licences expected to be awarded at the beginning of 2020...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Amir lauds Zain Group’s national celebrations gesture
Member Logo His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah cables of thanks to Chairman of the Board of Directors of Zain Group and theVice Chairman and Group CEO, thankig Zain group for naming its network ‘Sabah...
 
•  SES teams up with Kartina TV
Member Logo SES and the OTT service Kartina TV have entered into a partnership to deliver Russian channels to Europe on the Astra 19.2 degrees East satellite...
 
•  Huawei CloudLink Board wins two iF DESIGN AWARDS 2019
Member Logo Huawei CloudLink Board of Enterprise Communications recently won this year’s iF Design Award, which is known as the “Design Oscar”...
 
•  Nokia release financial report for Q4 and full year 2018
Member Logo Nokia delivers strong growth and improved profitability in Q4; strategic momentum in Software and Enterprise...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
NCC, CBN, police move to fight e-fraud
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Nigeria Police, and other relevant agencies to fight electronic e-banking fraud....
 
France to hold 5G auction in autumn
France’s 5G telecoms frequencies auction will commence this autumn, with licences expected to be awarded at the beginning of 2020...
 
North Africa
 
Djezzy adds Maxi mobile plans to Hayla prepaid portfolio
Veon’s Algerian subsidiary Djezzy has expanded its prepaid portfolio with a new range of mobile plans called Hayla Maxi. Customers can choose from five different plans...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Telekom lifts LTE coverage to 97.6 percent
Telekom Deutschland (TD), the domestic operating unit of Deutsche Telekom (DT), installed 430 new mobile sites in the final quarter of 2018, enabling over 160,000 additional customers to access the firm’s LTE network...
 
Telefónica Deutschland claims first dynamic 5G dual-band radio
The operator’s 5G TechCity project in the north of Munich saw two locations, 5km apart, linked by dual-band 5G radio in mid-January...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Altice to acquire majority stake in French OTT TV start-up, Molotov
Altice France, which owns operator SFR, has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake with ambitions to create “a Spotify of TV”...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
ZTE launches multi-Gigabit Wi-Fi home gateway
ZTE has announced the launch of a new Wi-Fi home gateway capable of delivering speeds of up to 6Gbps...
 
Ericsson lays out vision for cellular IoT
Ericsson has unveiled the next steps in the evolution of cellular IoT and launched new solutions that will enable service providers to address a larger part of the IoT market with diverse use cases across verticals including...
 
 
Middle East
 
OPPO brings global technology vision to Saudi Arabia
OPPO will maintain its Saudi headquarters-with OPPO executives showcasing the company's technology vision and sharing their commitment to innovating with partners in the Kingdom...
 
25 Saudi children trained in cyber-security
The Saudi Federation for Cyber Security, Programming and Drones (SAFCSP) organized the “Programming for Young Saudis” event at its headquarters in Riyadh in cooperation with technology company Oracle...
 
Vodafone Turkey to hire 90 young talents in recruitment programme
Vodafone Turkey will hire young talent as part of its ‘Vodafone Discover Young talent program, that aims to form specialists in digital transformation...
 
South Asia
 
3G/4G subscribers reach 62 million in Pakistan
The telecom sector of Pakistan has undergone through huge transformations after the arrival of 3G and 4G services in the country...
 
Bangladesh MFS market to gain momentum in 2019
The mobile wallet market in Bangladesh is likely to gain momentum in 2019 as a global report forecasts its growth to USD 250 billion by 2024 from over USD 100 billion in 2017, according to experts...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Openreach reveals next areas for full fiber broadband
Greater Glasgow, Salford and the London boroughs of Bexley and Merton are included in the 2019 rollout...
 
Rwanda set to launch telecom satellite sooner than expected
The satellite is expected to be launched from the International Space Station(ISS) into the orbit before 2019’s transform Africa Summit which happens yearly in the Month of may in Rwanda since its launch(Summit’s...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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