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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 27, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Batelco Group AGM approves BD45.7 million cash dividend
 
 
Batelco Group held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the twelve-months ended 31 December 2018 (“the year”) at its Hamala headquarters, in the presence of Shareholders, Company Directors, Batelco management and members of the media...
 
Zain KSA signs agreement to sell and lease back tower infrastructure for revised amount of SAR 2.52 billion (US$ 672 million)
 
 
Zain Group announces that the board of directors of Zain Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) has signed an agreement to sell and lease back the passive physical infrastructure of its mobile tower portfolio to IHS Holding Limited (IHS) for circa SAR 2.52 billion (US$ 672 million)...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC Solutions and Trend Micro sign MOU
Member Logo Under the MoU, STCS will now work with Trend Micro as the latter’s Managed Services Provider Partner in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait...
 
•  Telecom Egypt announces General Assembly Resolutions
Member Logo Telecom Egypt’s Ordinary General Assembly held today appointed its board of directors for a new term of three years. The Egyptian Government, being Telecom Egypt’s major shareholder with an ownership of 80%,...
 
•  VIVA offers gift vouchers with Postpaid plans
Member Logo This offer grants customers the opportunity to enjoy an exclusive gift voucher when they subscribe to any of VIVA’s Postpaid plans ranging from KD 15 to KD 55 with an add-on device...
 
•  The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection to provide luxury connectivity experience powered by SES Networks
Member Logo SES Networks will be providing an innovative, fully-managed hybrid broadband connectivity service to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, a luxury fleet comprising of three custom-built yachts...
 
•  Nokia powers campus network of the ARENA2036 research factory for the future of automotive manufacturing
Member Logo Nokia has recently become member of ARENA2036, a collaboration of automotive industry leaders to create a flexible research factory model for production of the next generation of automobiles...
 
•  Huawei rewrites the rules of photography with groundbreaking Huawei P30 Series
Member Logo The HUAWEI P30 Series builds on the HUAWEI P Series DNA in design and photography and is the company’s most advanced series of smartphone cameras...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• BTRC may declare SMP in mobile tower sector
The initiative has been taken as part of the commission’s move to implement significant market power regulations 2018 in the tower sharing sector...
 
• NBTC scraps May date for 700MHz bid
Thailand’s telecoms regulator pushed back a sale of 700MHz airwaves planned for May to August or September as it needs more time to prepare for the auction...
 
South Asia
 
• 5G key driving force behind digitalization of all industries in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka should incorporate digital aspects into the agriculture, tourism and manufacturing sectors to strive towards a digital economy in order to achieve the ICT revenue target of US$5 billion by 2022...
 
• MFS market to heat up in Bangladesh with launch of Nagad
Digital financial service provider Nagad, a product developed by Bangladesh Post Office with a private company in a bid to deepen financial inclusion in the most rural corners of Bangladesh, has been launched...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Airtel connects national library to fast internet
As part of Airtel Uganda’s initiative to contribute towards ICT in education and promote reading culture in Uganda, the company has announced that it has connected the national library to free, fast and reliable 4G...
 
• SmarTone pushes ahead with 5G testing
Hong Kong cellco SmarTone says it is conducting 5G field trials in the 3.5GHz and 28GHz bands, ahead of an expected launch of the technology in 2020...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• La Liga launches OTT TV sports service
Spain’s La Liga has introduced a new OTT TV service that offers access to a range of minority sports from national sporting associations as well as second division football and summaries of La Liga matches...
 
• TiVo launches CubiTV for Android TV
TiVo has launched CubiTV for Android TV, a service designed to make it easy for operators to get started with Android TV Operator Tier...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Hispasat, Wibo provide satellite services in Mexico
Hispasat and Mexican telecommunications company Wibo will offer broadband satellite and Internet Protocol (IP) phone services for the next three years to extend connectivity in Mexico...
 
• Adobe and Roku team for targeted advertising on OTT platforms
Adobe has announced a partnership with Roku to offer Adobe customers the ability to target the consumer audience moving to over-the-top service (OTT)...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Zain strategic partner of seventh Ideal Mother Award
Zain, has announced its strategic partnership of the seventh consecutive edition of the Ideal Mother Award...
 
• Bahrain surges forward with 5G innovation hub ambitions
The Kingdom of Bahrain has announced itself onto the global 5G stage, claiming to be one of the first countries globally to provide commercial 5G services by June 2019...
 
• Digital disruption is changing the Middle East consumer
Middle East consumers are ahead of global percentages in terms of shopping on Amazon, buying groceries online, shopping by smartphone and using digital payments...
 
• Saudi Arabia joins Arab partners to collaborate on space exploration
The dream of an Arab space agency is one step closer to becoming a reality, after Saudi Arabia and 10 other countries signed the first pan-Arab agreement on coordinating national exploration programs at the Global Space...
 
• Ajman Police discusses cooperation with Huawei
The Commander-in-Chief of the Ajman Police, discussed ways of reinforcing their cooperation in utilising advanced technologies developed by Huawei with its delegation...
 
North Africa
 
• Vodafone enters strategic consultancy agreement with Movicel Angola
Vodafone announced a strategic consultancy agreement with Movicel Angola, as part of its ‘Partner Markets’ programme in Africa...
 
• The digital way forward for Africa
Economic experts agree that, in the currently environment, the success of this continental trading bloc, will hugely depend on digital technology, tools and skills...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Telia taps network data for smarter cities in northern Europe
The tool aims to give cities more detailed insights about infrastructure and services and the way they are used...
 
• Docomo trials drone-based tower inspection in Indonesia
Japan's NTT Docomo and Indonesian tower provider PT Solusi Tunas Pratama (STP) have commenced a trial in Indonesia involving the use of drones to inspect telecom towers...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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