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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 18, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Telecom Egypt and Vodafone Egypt reach agreements on transmission, infrastructure services and dividend distribution
 
 
Telecom Egypt (TE) and Vodafone Egypt announce the signing of two ten-year transmission and infrastructure agreements with a total value of EGP 10.85bn. The transmission agreement covers Vodafone Egypt’s current and future requirements for domestic transmission services for both fixed and mobile, and the infrastructure agreement represents a new cooperation between the two companies...
 
Omantel and Sohar International join hands in first telecom - banking tie-up in the Sultanate
 
 
Committed to being industry leaders in innovation and seamless technology, Omantel and Sohar International signed an agreement to offer customers across Oman new digital services...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  bwallet launches new value added services
Member Logo Batelco and Arab Financial Services (AFS), have launched two new, seamless international services on the digital mobile wallet bwallet: International Money Transfer and International Mobile Top Up...
 
•  du doubles speed on du Home plans for free
Member Logo New and existing triple play du Home customers now have access to greater value and faster connectivity at no extra charge...
 
•  Orange Jordan inaugurates its 61st store in “Dahiet Al-Yasmeen”
Member Logo CEO of Orange Jordan, Thierry Marigny recently inaugurated a new Smart Store in “Dahiet Al-Yasmeen” area, where the total number of Orange Jordan’s stores become 61 across the Kingdom...
 
•  Mobily succeeded in reaching a positive net profit of SAR 80 million in Q4 2018
Member Logo Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) achieved net profit for the fourth 2018 reached SAR 80 million compared with losses at SAR 182 million in Q4 2017...
 
•  China Mobile Shanghai and Huawei launch first 5G digital indoor system in Shanghai’s Hongqiao railway station
Member Logo China Mobile Shanghai has launched a 5G network in Shanghai’s Hongqiao Railway Station, making it the first railway station to have a 5G digital indoor system (DIS)...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Batelco Chairman reviews the readiness of Batelco’s 5G network
 
•  Orange Jordan inaugurates its customer service center at the new location
 
•  The 8th edition of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards has crowned two new continental overall winners
 
•  Batelco celebrates Bahrain National Sports Day 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• CITRA: challenges became drive force to combat cyberpiracy
Challenges related to information security have become a driving force in the fight against cyberpiracy, according to Chairman and CEO Public Authority of Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA)...
 
• FCC announces new plan to take on robocalls, spoof numbers
New enforcement against robocalls have been outlined in a report released by the Federal Communications Commission...
 
North Africa
 
• Maroc Telecom reports a 3.1 percent increase in revenues in 2018
Maroc Telecom has published its financial results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2018, reporting a 3.1 percent increase in revenue, attributed to a sharp 4.6% growth in sales in its domestic market and...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Telkomsel expands 4G footprint in Indonesia
Telkomsel added approximately 5,900 4G radio base stations in Q4 2018 to expand its 4G mobile data coverage in Indonesia...
 
• Telefonica concludes 5G FWA pilot in Hamburg
G frequencies in the 26GHz range were used, achieving data rates of up to 1Gbps to demonstrate an alternative to fixed broadband technology, such as DSL, for homes and SMEs in Germany...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Irdeto launches secure onboard entertainment platform
Digital platform security company Irdeto has launched a new platform designed to help transport operators offer a secure onboard video entertainment service even without internet connectivity...
 
• THEMA expands Asia-Pac content portfolio
Premium video-on-demand and app-based curated entertainment content service Flix Snip has inked a partnership with Canal+ Group subsidiary THEMA covering Asia-Pacific...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Plan to provide 30,000 farms with high-speed fibre broadband will be complete in June: Eir
Eir says by June of this year some 30,000 farms will have access to high-speed fibre broadband under its fiber to the home rural rollout...
 
• Open Fiber starts Macerata FTTH build
The Open Fiber wholesale-only venture of Italian utility giant Enel and state lender CDP has reached a deal with Macerata city council to build a fiber optic network in the central Italian city...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Saudi Technology Ventures funding rounds account for 30% of MENA capital
STV led US$250 million worth of funding rounds in 2018, deploying US$100 million of its US$500 million fund in its first year of operation...
 
• Majid Al Futtaim digitizes Carrefour with SAP
Carrefour now has one digital platform that integrates over 100,000 products on its website, in-store kiosks and tablets, and mobile app...
 
• BLS to launch mobile services In UAE
BLS International has announced that it is working with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) in UAE to provide a portfolio of Mobile Services to citizens under TAW-SEEL..
 
• Evanssion partners with Zimperium to deliver AI driven mobile security to enterprises in MENA
Evanssion will provide Zimperium’s complete mobile threat defense platform to help customers across the MENA region secure both corporate-owned and bring-your-own devices (BYOD) and the mobile enterprise apps...
 
South Asia
 
• Dialog Axiata announces consolidated financial results
The Group concluded the Financial Year 2018 on a strong note, continuing growth momentum across all key business segments viz. Mobile, Fixed, Digital Pay Television, International and Tele infrastructure businesses...
 
• Huawei launches 'seeds for the future' in Bangladesh
Huawei launched “seeds for the future”, its global flagship corporate social responsibility programme for Bangladesh this year designed to cultivate more ICT talents by providing opportunities on learning...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Korea Telecom connects with Oracle to enable Network-as-a-Service for 5G
Korea Telecom has selected Oracle Communications for the 5G Policy Control Function (PCF) in the build-out of its 5G network and to enable new Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) offerings for businesses...
 
• Deutsche Telekom reveals IoT Solution Optimizer benefits
IoT Solution Optimizer enables IoT businesses around the world to model and optimize the performance of IoT applications in vertical industries such as smart city services, security or asset tracking...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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