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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 6, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
ITU Secretary-General's address during SAMENA Council's Leaders' Summit 2019 to enunciate global collaboration as a necessity for enabling 5G to become driver of the next mobile era
 
 
SAMENA Telecommunications Council has announced that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary-General, His Excellency Houlin Zhao, will attend the Leaders’ Summit 2019, to delineate the importance of global collaboration for leveraging fifth-generation technologies, in order to catalyze a global change in mobile communications and to foster digital inclusion within the society...
 
Eutelsat partners with Seraphim Space Camp, the UK’s first accelerator for space technology startups
 
 
Launched by Seraphim Capital, the world’s leading SpaceTech venture fund, Seraphim Space Camp was created a year ago in London. Eutelsat will join the likes of the European Space Agency, Rolls-Royce, and Airbus in supporting the 3rd edition of the Seraphim Space Camp programme...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  PCCW Global upgrades Internet infrastructure in Mozambique
Member Logo PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, has completed a major Internet infrastructure upgrade in Mozambique...
 
•  Facebook opens Innovation Lab in Pakistan
Member Logo Facebook and Pakistan’s Ministry of Information Technology & Telecom along with the National Technology Fund (IGNITE) has launched the first Facebook Innovation Lab in Pakistan...
 
•  SES shareholders approve all resolutions at Annual General Meeting
Member Logo SES held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Betzdorf, Luxembourg, where the shareholders approved all proposed resolutions, notably the company's 2018 accounts and the proposed dividend of EUR 0.80 (US$ 0,9) per...
 
•  Sunrise and Huawei jointly announce 5G FWA pioneer users in Switzerland
Member Logo Sunrise announced to provide Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) service to 5G pioneer users in Switzerland, which is a new milestone for Sunrise in 5G...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Umniah, and JEPCO sign partnership to establish new company operating an over-ground fiber optic network
 
•  'Building Digital Resilience for Digital Businesses' highlights Etisalat Digital at GISEC 2019
 
•  TRA Bahrain discusses Batelco separation and readiness of infrastructure
 
•  STC: Revenue from IoT to reach SAR28 billion by 2030
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• Potraz adopts new tariff model
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has moved away from a fixed model for determining the various tariffs for telecommunications operators to a flexible model...
 
• Costa Rica activates first free Wi-Fi sites in digital divide areas
Costa Rica’s telecommunications regulator Sutel has announced the activation of the first 23 sites in its ‘Connected Public Spaces’ initiative to bring Wi-Fi connectivity to digital divide areas throughout...
 
South Asia
 
• SLT partners ICC as digital services provider for Oceanfront Condos in Galle
Sri Lanka Telecom has signed an agreement with International Construction Consortium (ICC), as the digital services provider for Oceanfront Condos...
 
• IOT-based air quality monitoring gadget installed
The first Internet of things (IOT) based air quality monitoring gadget has been installed in Peshawar, Pakistan...
 
• PAYable kick starts regional expansion with Bangladesh presence
The mobile commerce platform PAYable has partnered with Norville to bring the company's cutting-edge cashless solution to the SME sector in Bangladesh...
 
North Africa
 
• Huawei helps Tunisia promote ICT talents and digital economy
Huawei and Tunisia have agreed to strengthen cooperation on ICT talents cultivation, digital economy development and public safety...
 
• Inwi to trial 5G in the coming weeks
Moroccan cellco Inwi (Wana) is planning to embark on a series of pre-commercial 5G pilots in the coming weeks...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Amazon to launch over 3,000 satellites to provide global internet service
Amazon plans to launch a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites to provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity...
 
• Fast broadband for Italy receives EU funding
The European Commission has adopted a policy providing more than €573 million (US$ 41.56 million) in funding to deliver fast broadband for Italy...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Integrated Telecom Company wins fixed phone license in Saudi Arabia
The Integrated Telecom Company has won the license to offer fixed telecom services with infrastructure in the Saudi Kingdom...
 
• 5G will drive Industry 4.0 in the Middle East and Africa
Industry 4.0 has arrived, and it is going to spark an unprecedented wave of innovation in the Middle East and Africa (MEA)...
 
• Bahrain ‘key market for Huawei smartphones’
With a larger focus on the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), Huawei sees Bahrain as a key market in the region...
 
• IoT new generation of internet to move us into new era of technology
According to the Kuwait IoT Society spokesperson, the association seeks to keep pace with the vision of the country (New Kuwait 2035) through the use of modern technology...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Starzplay joins revamped Vodafone TV following Spanish debut on Orange
Subscription video-on-demand streaming service Starzplay is making its content available on a revamped Vodafone España TV platform...
 
• ITV to launch addressable advertising platform for ITV Hub
ITV has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Amobee for end-to-end programmatic buying and selling of premium video inventory on VOD service ITV Hub...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Orange Sierra Leone launches 4G in Freetown
The system will also allow the operator to deploy new features in high-traffic areas, before phasing them across its network footprint..
 
• Verizon launches first 5G network in Chicago and Minneapolis
Verizon has officially turned on its 5G Ultra Wideband network in select areas of Minneapolis and Chicago...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Telstra and Broadpeak launch intelligent device optimisation solution for mobile networks
Based on device detection, the new solution utilizes CDN selection, real-time analytics, and mobile app SDKs to orchestrate optimizations that reduce telco/content provider costs and increase QoE...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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