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Industry News Briefing
April 10, 2019

Crown Media Family Networks to deliver growing Hallmark channel lineup to US homes with SES

TV Homes across the U.S. will continue to receive Crown Media Family Networks’ channels because of an important renewal agreement with SES...

Saudi Arabia eases ICT permits procedures to encourage investments

Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has eased the permits procedures for information and communication technology (ICT) investments...

ITU to assist Bangladesh in ICT development

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has assured Bangladesh of providing assistance for the development of the country’s information and communication technology sector...

Member News

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du & one37 together create the City of the Future Experience powered by the Blockchain Technology at Future Blockchain Summit 2019

du has announced a significant strategic partnership with leading identity and access authentication solutions provider one37...

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Zain launches the all-new HUAWEI P30/P30 Pro

Zain Kuwait has announced the launch of the all-new HUAWEI P30/P30 Pro devices, Huawei’s latest flagship smartphones. The new devices, featuring an iconic innovative design and offering breakthroughs in technology, are...

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ANTEL and Nokia make the first 5G call on a commercial network in Latin America

Nokia and ANTEL, the Uruguayan state owned operator, successfully completed the installation of the first 5G commercial network in Latin America...

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Huawei completes SRv6 interoperability tests at EANTC

Huawei participated in multi-vendor interoperability tests conducted by the European Advanced Network Test Center (EANTC), which has recently released its 2019 Interoperability Test White Paper...

Policy and Regulation

•	NCC tasks telcos on curbing cybercrime The Nigerian Telecommunications Commission (NCC) has engaged telecom stakeholders and service providers on their role in the quest to curb the ugly trend of cybercrime in the country...

•	RAK hands out 4G licences to incumbent trio Bosnia and Herzegovina’s telecom’s watchdog has issued 4G spectrum licences to the nation’s trio of mobile network operators BH Telecom, Telekom Srpske and HT Mostar...

•	Saudi Arabia eases ICT permits procedures to encourage investments Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has eased the permits procedures for information and communication technology (ICT) investments...

South Asia

•	Avaya partners with Bell Solutions to launch cloud offering in Sri Lanka Avaya has announced the launch of its video as a service solution in Sri Lanka on the side-lines of a partner event held with Bell Solutions (Pvt) Ltd...

•	ITU to assist Bangladesh in ICT development The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has assured Bangladesh of providing assistance for the development of the country’s information and communication technology sector...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Vodafone Germany accelerates LTE rollout Vodafone Germany has announced that it has installed 600 new LTE base stations so far this year and has added additional antennas to 700 existing LTE sites...

•	Japan targets nationwide 5G rollout in two years Four mobile network operators in Japan have been approved to build superfast fifth-generation wireless networks, requiring them to offer service in every prefecture within two years...

Global Telecom Update

•	Verizon launches collaboration service in 80 markets Verizon has launched a new collaboration service which will enable the company’s network customers to integrate their voice infrastructure to a Microsoft Teams environment across 80 markets...

•	HPE and Nutanix ink global deal to deliver hybrid cloud as a service Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Nutanix have signed a global partnership to deliver an integrated hybrid cloud as a Service (HCaaS) solution to the market...

Middle East

•	du & TiE Dubai renew partnership to nurture UAE startup ecosystem TiE Dubai, The Indus Entrepreneurs’ Dubai Chapter, and du have reaffirmed their aligned commitment to driving the region’s startup community...

•	ENOC rolls out ENOCPay mobile payment service The company has announced the launch of ‘ENOCPay’, a cashless, cardless payment platform for both fuel and non-fuel products at ENOC and EPPCO service stations...

•	Oman ranks sixth in tech investments in MENA region Oman ranks sixth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in technology investments according to MAGNiTT report for 10th World Economic Forum on MENA...

North Africa

•	Emerson acquires Tunisia analytics software firm Emerson has acquired KnowledgeNet (KNet) software from Tunisia-based Integration Objects...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	o2 Germany launches TV service with waipu.tv German mobile network operator Telefónica Deutschland has found a new partner for a TV streaming service for the customers of its o2 brand...

•	MX1 and Minerva join forces on turnkey OTT solution Media services solution provider MX1 has unveiled a partnership with online video platform Minerva Networks to offer turnkey, subscription-based and ad-funded OTT video services...

Alternative Telecom

•	Telecom Fiji partners with Huawei on internet network One of the largest telecommunication companies in Fiji has partnered with Huawei to rollout a new fiber internet network in the country...

•	Rostelecom to expand Wi-Fi in Kurgan villages Russian national operator Rostelecom continues the expansion of public Wi-Fi networks in villages in the Kurgan region...

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