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April 30, 2019

Sudatel Telecom partners Arabsat to deliver 6A satellite services across Sudan

Sudan’s publicly-traded telecommunications company, Sudatel Telecom Group, through its satellite communications-focused subsidiary, Sudasat, will leverage the four Ka-band transponders onboard Arabsat 6A to provide broadband communications and services across the Sudanese territory.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan meets with the founder of Huawei in Beijing

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has met with Ren Zhengfei, founder of Huawei, in Beijing . The two sides discussed the development of ICT technologies and how to enhance mutual cooperation in the future...

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AT&T lights up NB-IoT network across the U.S.

AT&T has officially launched its narrowband internet of things network in the U.S., which joins its existing LTE-M network to add a second low-power wide-area network option for IoT uses...

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VIVA reports KD 66.6 million (US$ 219 million) of revenues for first quarter 2019

Kuwait Telecommunications Company (VIVA) announced the financial results for the first quarter of the period ended 31 March 2019; whereby VIVA’s revenues reached KD 66.6 million (US$ 219 million) whereas the net profit...

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Dialogic and Epsilon collaborate to launch a global, carrier class Dialogic BUZZ™ UCaaS platform

Dialogic has teamed with Epsilon, to launch a fully managed and hosted carrier-class UCaaS platform based on the award-winning Dialogic BUZZ™ Unified Communication platform...

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Cisco ushers in a new wireless era with Wi-Fi 6

Cisco is announcing innovative solutions that help customers embrace a new age of wireless connectivity. Wi-Fi 6 (also known as 802.11ax), the new standard for Wi-Fi networks, is redefining what’s possible for...

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Innovative startups working on solutions for the future of industrial automation invited to compete in the Nokia Open Innovation Challenge

Technology startups with innovative and disruptive solutions for the emerging industrial automation era are invited to compete in this year's Nokia Open Innovation Challenge (NOIC)...

Policy and Regulation

•	Romania to extend fiber optic network to 700 rural localities Romania’s Ministry of Communications and Information Society has announced plans to connect 150,000 households in 698 isolated areas to the country’s fiber optic network...

•	FCC plans broadband expansion to over 100,000 rural homes and businesses The Federal Communications Commission announced that it will expand broadband internet services to more than 106,000 rural homes and businesses across 43 states...

South Asia

•	Airlink and Huawei team up for cloud data center in Pakistan The cloud will be named as Huawei Airlink Cloud and this collaboration will be first of its kind in Pakistan...

•	SLT enters MoU with Asiainfo to provide digital products in Sri Lanka The agreement will allow SLT to create viable digital products for consumer, SME and enterprise segments in the country, and will make a significant contribution towards Sri Lanka's journey of digital transformation...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Kyivstar covers 1,126 settlements with LTE Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar has expanded its LTE network in April, bringing its coverage to 1,126 settlements with 3 million residents in 24 regions...

•	MOTIV moves towards 5G with Ericsson partnership and spectrum sharing Russian service provider MOTIV has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ericsson to test 5G equipment and technologies...

Global Telecom Update

•	China Telecom formally signs Philippines JV agreement China Telecom has formally signed the agreement to create Mislatel, the joint venture that will become the Philippines' third mobile operator, committing to invest US$5.4 billion in the venture...

•	Telenor keeps momentum with Nordics, Asia strategy Telenor reported a small increase in revenue and 2.3 million subscriber additions in Q1, which it said reaffirmed its efforts and ability to attract new customers...

Middle East

•	Saudi Arabia's ITC launches new managed security solution According to the company, these managed security services provide proactive and comprehensive security monitoring of network devices, endpoints, cloud and more environments...

•	Microsoft explores its opportunities with UAE's digital transformation Microsoft is currently exploring every layer of the UAE's most diversified economy in the region and is in talks with multiple government entities to empower UAE residents...

•	BIAC joins Industrial Internet Consortium to foster the growth of IoT technologies in Saudi Arabia BIAC focus is to establish, operate and manage business incubators and accelerators as well as entrepreneurship support platforms, innovation programs and technology transfer...

North Africa

•	Reseller partnership to deliver agility to telecom operators across Africa The collaboration will bring flexible and scalable network-solutions offerings to operators, enabling them to accelerate their transition from communications service providers (CSPs) to digital service providers (DSPs)...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	SK Telecom inks broadcast partnership with SBS Korea’s largest mobile operator SK Telecom has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) for the joint development of media business...

•	Viacom adds 14 channels to Pluto TV Viacom is launching 14 free channels in the United States on its newly owned Pluto TV service on May 1, 2019...

Alternative Telecom

•	LinkNet to boost homes passed footprint to 2.45 million in 2019 Indonesian ISP LinkNet is aiming to expand its network footprint to 2.45 million homes passed by the end of 2019, up from the figure of 2.20 million reported for end-2018...

•	AIS targets broadband top 3 tier Advanced Info Service (AIS) is ramping up operations as a fixed broadband internet service provider and improving service quality with hopes of becoming a top three provider by 2022...

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