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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 9, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
STC appointed Moudhi Aljamea as the First Saudi Executive
 
 
STC has appointed Dr. Moudhi Aljamea as ICT School GM at STC Academy, to become the first Saudi woman who occupies an executive position in the company...
 
Swedish regulator consults on 3.5GHz, 2.3GHz bands
Sweden’s National Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) has issued a public consultation on proposed rules for a 5G frequency licence auction in the 3.5GHz and 2.3GHz bands, which is scheduled for December 2019...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  RCN Launches New Ultra HD 4K Channels with SES
Member Logo RCN, an award-winning provider of high-speed internet, digital TV and phone services, has announced its commercial launch of Ultra HD services through a partnership with SES...
 
•  Nokia and M-net conduct first field trial of probabilistically shaped wavelengths using Nokia Photonic Service Engine 3 super coherent technology
Member Logo Nokia and German service provider M-net have jointly announced the first field trial of probabilistically shaped wavelengths using Nokia Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE 3) super coherent technology...
 
•  Pakistan’s Minister of IT&T thanks Huawei for its contribution to the country’s telecommunications sector
Member Logo At the 16th Annual NTC All Pakistan Interregional Badminton Tournament, organized by NTC, Huawei and Apollo, Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunications Mr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqi took the opportunity to...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Swedish regulator consults on 3.5GHz, 2.3GHz bands
Sweden’s National Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) has issued a public consultation on proposed rules for a 5G frequency licence auction in the 3.5GHz and 2.3GHz bands, which is scheduled for December 2019...
 
North Africa
 
Malta wants to boost its IT cooperation with Tunisia
The president of the Republic of Malta, during her official visit in Tunisia in the framework of the joint Tunisia-Malta committee expressed her will to see a boost in the cooperation between the two countries, in the IT...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Play LTE-A coverage reaches 1,705 locations
Polish mobile operator Play has confirmed that its ‘LTE Ultra’-branded LTE-A network now spans 1,705 locations across the country...
 
Vodafone tests 5G on smartphone-like device
Vodafone, in partnership with Qualcomm and Ericsson has began testing ‘over the air’ 5G this week in a form factor similar to a smartphone...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
MOBITV, Windstream team to launch Kinetic TV
Network communications and technology solutions provider Windstream and app-based TV video delivery solutions firm MOBITV have forged a strategic partnership to launch Kinetic TV...
 
NEC, NTT test 4K/8K HD video streaming in high-speed train
NEC announced that it contributed to a high-definition video transmission test utilizing 5G to a high-speed train conducted by NTT Communications, NTT DOCOMO, and TOBU RAILWAY through the provision of a 5G base station...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Aussie Broadband overhauling core network
ISP Aussie Broadband is upgrading its core network to allow the company to scale to half a million subscribers...
 
Fiber broadband expansion announced for Meath, Ireland
Meath in Ireland is set to benefit from an investment of €20 million (US$ 22.7 million) for the roll out of fibre broadband...
 
 
Middle East
 
Oracle enhances Cloud capability in the UAE
Oracle has announced the immediate availability of its new data centre in Abu Dhabi, and will offer public cloud applications services to customers in the UAE and wider Middle East...
 
KAUST hosts ‘Hackathon’ to create mobile apps for smart cities
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is set to host developers and designers, over half of whom will be female, at its first SAP Mobile Hackathon event, to create mobile apps for smart cities...
 
BluTV spreads its reach following Jawwy TV tie-up
Turkish video-on-demand (VOD) service BluTV has attracted 4.2 million customers, with subscriptions on the rise in the Middle East after launching there too in the second half of 2018...
 
South Asia
 
Zong 4G partners with Huawei for digital transformation
The partnership will see the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data to enable Zong 4G in offering seamless connectivity and digitally enhanced solutions for its customers...
 
HNB announces partnership with CyberSource
HNB has announced a landmark new partnership with Visa to launch its globally renowned integrated ecommerce payment management service, CyberSource, across the bank’s entire merchant network...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Ericsson launches critical communications broadband networks offering
This will enable service providers to meet the business-critical and mission-critical needs of industries and public safety agencies as digitalization and modernization of land mobile radio communications increases...
 
Safaricom targets utility firms in new IoT network plan
Telecommunications firm Safaricom plans to develop a smart communications network which will enable Kenyans to monitor water and electricity meters as well as track their vehicles...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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