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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 31, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zain organized 17th annual employee Omrah trip
 
 
Zain Kuwait recently organized the 17th Omrah trip for employees and their families to visit the Sacred House in Mecca, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This annually held trip aims at enriching bonding and closeness between Zain employees out of the office atmosphere...
 
TRA UAE signs the agreement of OneApp OnePortal
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has signed a collective Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a number of federal and local government entities as well as private sector entities to implement the “OneApp OnePortal” project...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco and Ericsson to launch 5G in Bahrain
Member Logo Ericsson has been selected by Batelco to commercially deploy 5G to enhance the digital lives of people, enterprises and industries across Bahrain...
 
•  Huawei's Core Network Autonomous Driving Engine wins award
Member Logo Huawei's Core Network Autonomous Driving Engine has received the "Intelligent Orchestration Technical Award" at the 2019 Zero Touch Automation Congress hosted by Layer123...
 
•  Tech Mahindra and University of Nebraska Omaha collaborate to create a future-ready workforce in the Midwestern U.S.
Member Logo Tech Mahindra has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Nebraska at Omaha to partner in knowledge enrichment, hiring, industry-faculty collaboration and to share mutual information technology (IT)...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Regulator to fine companies providing poor-quality communication services
The Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has ordered the private telecommunication companies to correct their activities and provide high-quality call and internet services to the people, otherwise, it says...
 
TRA UAE signs the agreement of OneApp OnePortal
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has signed a collective Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a number of federal and local government entities as well as private sector entities to implement the...
 
South Asia
 
Telenor Pakistan, Alibaba to provide cloud-based services
Telenor Pakistan has partnered with Alibaba Cloud, to become the authorized distributor of Alibaba Cloud products and services in Pakistan...
 
Dialog Axiata powers up South Asia's first pilot mobile 5G service
Sri Lankan based Dialog Axiata has successfully demonstrated a fully standards based 5G mobile service, integrating 5G network infrastructure with a mobile 5G device...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Shanghai becomes world’s first district with 5G coverage
5G is the next generation of cellular technology with download speeds that are 10 to 100 times faster than 4G LTE networks...
 
Telenor Norge to start rolling out 5G base stations in Trondheim
Norwegian mobile network operator Telenor Norge has revealed that will begin rolling out 5G base stations in Trondheim this summer...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Claro launches eSim for smartphones in Brazil
After bringing eSim technology to Brazil with the Claro Sync service for smartwatches, Claro has started to rollout the technology also in smartphones...
 
Microsoft launches Azure Security Center for IoT
Microsoft has announced a new set of tools to help secure Internet of Things projects within corporate environments.,,
 
 
Middle East
 
Marlink and Mahd expand partnership to offer connectivity services in Oman
The fully-managed network operator service from Marlink enables Mahd Satellite to offer a range of VSAT communications capabilities for its customers...
 
MEA region could invest US$2.30 billion in technologies enabling smart cities by 2021
Investments in technologies enabling smart cities in the Middle East and Africa region is expected to hit the US$2.30 billion mark by 2021...
 
Turkey, Huawei sign cooperation protocol on R&D for smart cities
A center will be established for developing technologies in artificial intelligence, big data, internet of things, blockchain and smart mobility fields...
 
North Africa
 
ICT Expert advocates for more data centres in Africa
There is a need to increase capacity for Africa to be able to have more data centres and host more of its data, accoding to the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Smart Africa Secretariat...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
IPTV advances in Slovenia
IPTV accounted for 54.3% of all pay-TV connections in Slovenia in Q3 2018, according to data published by Telekom Slovenije...
 
United Group looks to evolve Android TV offering
Serbia-based service provider United Group plans to expand on its hybrid broadcast-Android TV offering by adding a pure IPTV box...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
SP Telecom offers direct connection to Google Cloud
With the agreement SP Telecom, a fiber network provider, will allow customers to connect to Google Cloud Platform globally...
 
Telekom Malaysia to upgrade broadband services in Kunak
Telekom Malaysia (TM) is all set to enhance its business and residential Unifi high-speed broadband services in Kunak...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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