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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 4, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
TRA Showcases the UAE Digital Experience in the Africa IT & Telecom Forum
 
 
H.E. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, The Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), presented the successful UAE experience in employing the ICT sector to achieve digital transformation as an example to follow and develop upon in other countries. This took place during Al Mansoori's participation in a panel discussion held by a number of senior officials and experts as part of the Africa IT & Telecom Forum, hosted in Abidjan, Ivory Coast...
 
Batelco Group announces first quarter financial results for 2019
 
 
Batelco, the regional telecommunications group with operations across 14 countries, announced its financial results for the quarter ended 31 March 2019 (Q1) and a promising start to the year with improvement in its overall performance compared to the first quarter of 2018.
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain Group net profit rises 15% in Q1 2019 to reach US$ 155 million
Member Logo Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for the first quarter (Q1) ended 31 March, 2019...
 
•  Tamdeed Projects and Etisalat Facilities Management highlight digital transformation trends at BICSI MEA Conference‎
Member Logo Tamdeed Projects and Etisalat Facilities Management highlighted the latest trends and best practices for powering digital transformation in smart cities and smart buildings at the recently concluded 2019 BICSI Middle East &...
 
•  ONI Telecom meets increased demand for enterprise cloud and datacenter interconnect services with Nokia optical solution
Member Logo Nokia announced that ONI Telecom of Portugal will deploy the Nokia 1830 Photonic Service Demarcation (PSD) to provide cost-effective 10G dedicated links to customers in key Portuguese cities...
 
•  Huawei AI portfolio debuts at Ai Everything Summit, accelerating intelligence
Member Logo Huawei participated in the first Ai Everything Summit held in Dubai, UAE. Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President & Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the first Ai...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Zain Group and EXFO honored at 5G MENA awards
 
•  Al-Nasser during the meeting of TOP 400: We have achieved impressive results due to STC one spirit
 
•  Sudatel Telecom partners Arabsat to deliver 6A satellite services across Sudan
 
•  The Prime Minister of Pakistan meets with the founder of Huawei in Beijing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Ofcom finds full fiber broadband available to 7% of UK premises
Ofcom has published a Spring 2019 update to last year’s Connected Nations 2018 report, which uses more recent data to provide the latest coverage statistics for UK mobile and fixed line broadband networks...
 
Price reveal for 700MHz pushed up
NBTC plans to announce the initial reserve price for 700-megahertz licences before May 10 to help the boards of the three major mobile operators decide whether to purchase them before the submission deadline...
 
South Asia
 
Over 30 million people of remote areas in Pakistan to get upgraded broadband services soon
The upgraded broadband services will be provided to around 30,435,725 people living in rural areas of the country...
 
Microsoft sets sights on cloud business in Bangladesh
Microsoft is targeting to get huge business through its cloud solution segment in Bangladesh, especially from the private sector, as the country has been advancing digitally for the last few years...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Comms365 launches 4G fixed service
The growing use of 4G and the cloud for business operations means that the importance of a network backup has never been greater...
 
Czech operators will have until 2024 for 5G rollout
Czech mobile operators will have until 2024 to roll out new-generation 5G networks after an auction of frequencies planned for later this year...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
UNWTO partners with Telefonica to promote tourism sector digitalization
Telefonica and the World Tourism Organization have announced an agreement to collaborate in the development and implementation of digital entrepreneurship and training initiatives...
 
Japanese newcomer Rakuten Mobile considering ‘telecom disrupter’ model
Ahead of Rakuten Mobile’s planned launch in October this year, the US$15 billion Japanese e-commerce firm is said to be planning to use simpler, off-the-shelf telecoms equipment and expand faster...
 
 
Middle East
 
Zain showcases its role in contributing to Kuwait National Development Plan
Zain concluded its platinum sponsorship of the 2nd Consulting Services for Development Plan Forum (ENCON2) entitled “Role of the Private Sector in Execution and Automated Integration among Related Agencies to Boost...
 
ITU Vodafone Future Lab gets opened in Istanbul
The lab's aim is to enable Vodafone Turkey’s potential customers to experience innovative technologies and present them with products that will increase their businesses’ productivity...
 
UAE to establish International Technology Centre
The MoU aims to establish an International Technology Centre, ITC, in the UAE, and came on the sideline of the launching event of the Gulf Economic Monitor initiative, spring 2019...
 
North Africa
 
China-developed smart classrooms to improve education in Egypt
A shipment of container-like smart classrooms developed by NetDragon Websoft will arrive in Egypt soon, bringing smart education to the north African country...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Swisscom continues to grow with IPTV
Swiss telco Swisscom has gained 4,000 new customers for its IPTV platform Swisscom TV in Q1 2019...
 
Bitmax inks content licensing and provisioning agreement with Mtonomy
Digital media management and licensing company Bitmax is partnering with blockchain-based digital media rights and content management company MTonomy to license and provide new release content...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
DataCo to land Kumul submarine cable in Manus
This high speed internet access will be similar to Port Moresby to Lae which was made possible by PNG DataCo Limited (DataCo)...
 
Hughes to enhance JUPITER system
Hughes has announced JUPITER system enhancements for highest possible performance and efficiency in satellite broadband implementation...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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