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SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
February 23, 2019 |
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| Member News |
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Batelco reports profit increase of 1,335 percent to BD50.1 million for the full year 2018
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Batelco announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2018, the three month period ended 31 December 2018 (Q4), and for the full year ended 31 December 2018... |
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Zain partners with COFE App
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Zain, has announced its partnership with COFE App, Kuwait’s favorite online coffee marketplace, throuw which Zain will offer exclusive and special offers to its customers and employees... |
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Nokia 5G Maturity Index reveals best practices as operators
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Nokia announced the results of the Nokia 5G Maturity Index, produced in partnership with Analysys Mason, which provides operators with best practices for planning and deploying 5G services... |
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Etisalat and Huawei jointly complete testing of the industry's first single-wavelength 600G trial site
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This trial cements Etisalat's leading position in transport network technological innovation, and promotes commercialization of single-wavelength 600G technology, with great commercial application value... |
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| Recent Developments |
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Alfa Sports now on Cablevision |
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Sudatel receives prestigious award for its CSR campaigns |
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Etisalat Group reports consolidated net profit of AED 8.6 billion |
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Omantel and Sohar International join hands in first telecom - banking tie-up in the Sultanate |
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| Alternative Telecom |
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FTTH advances in Spain
FTTH is already the main mode of access to fixed broadband in Spanish municipalities with over 50,000 inhabitants...
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Chinese internet users experience faster broadband speed
In the fourth quarter of 2018, the average download speed for internet users in China reached 20Mbps, according to a recently released report on the country’s broadband speed...
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| North Africa |
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Maroc Telecom publishes 2018 financial results
Maroc Telecom has published its 2018 financial report and realized a turnover of MAD 36.032 billion (US$ 3.77 billion), representing a 3.1% rise compared with 2017’s performances...
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| Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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VNPT proposes to launch mobile money services
Vietnamese military-run operator VNPT has proposed to introduce mobile money services capitalize on growing demand for electronic payment options in the market...
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IPTV drives Magyar Telekom growth
Magyar Telekom’s TV revenues rose by 6.4% on year-on-year basis in Q4 2018 thanks to the growing IPTV subscribers base in the two countries it operates in...
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| 3G, 4G and 5G Networks |
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5G needed to ease 4G LTE congestion: OpenSignal
OpenSignal has compared average speeds and fastest hour speeds on 4G LTE networks globally, with Australia pulling in fifth and seventh rankings, respectively...
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Sunrise unveils 5G plans
Swiss full-service provider Sunrise has announced plans for a limited 5G trial next month for around 100 selected residential and business customers...
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| Disclaimer: Information contained herein has been obtained from sources, which we deem reliable. SAMENA Telecommunications Council is not liable for any misinformed decisions that the reader may reach by being solely reliant on information contained herein. Expert advice should be sought. |
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