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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 7, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yahsat and Hughes form satellite services joint venture in Brazil
 
 
This new venture combines Hughes experience delivering satellite networks and services in Brazil with Yahsat’s strong position and capabilities in the region. Hughes will hold the majority interest in the joint venture...
 
Batelco founding member of Middle East Investor Relations Association Bahrain Chapter
 
 
Batelco is proud to announce that the Company has signed an agreement to become one of the founding partners of the Bahrain Chapter of the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA)...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain Bahrain partners with Alkeri Partners to launch a new startup initiative ‘Zainnovate’
Member Logo The new partnership aims to create a strategic partnership supporting startups and developing an entrepreneurial environment in the Kingdom of Bahrain and providing the necessary support for SME sector...
 
•  Etisalat rewards Devices Festival raffle draw winner with luxury car
Member Logo Etisalat handed over a 2019 Mercedes-Benz CLA sedan to the winner of its Devices Festival raffle draw conducted earlier this month at Etisalat’s Abu Dhabi headquarters...
 
•  Ten winners in Omantel Olympics for Coding
Member Logo Omantel Olympics for Coding is based on excelling in a number of skills, including problem solving and critical thinking, and find solutions using algorithms that transfer to coding languages like Java, C++ and Python...
 
•  Tech Mahindra and San Francisco based i2Chain collaborate to leverage next gen technologies to secure confidential and classified customer information
Member Logo Through this partnership, Tech Mahindra and i2Chain will offer a blockchain-based cybersecurity application to customers that is easy to use and provides information owners with an unprecedented level of control...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• TRA inspectors in Oman seize unauthorised devices
The inspections were carried out to ensure that the quality of telecom equipment in the local market is in line with prescribed standards...
 
• Ukrainian regulator to carry out 5G tender in 2020
Ukrainian regulator NKRZI plans to carry out the first tender for the distribution of 5G bands in 2020...
 
North Africa
 
• Djezzy reports improved revenue trend as customer growth continues in Q1
Veon reported first-quarter revenues of DZD22.8 billion (US$0.18 billion) for its Algerian subsidiary Djezzy, down 1.3 percent year-on-year...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Telkom Kenya upgrading its network in 5 towns in Kenya
The network upgrade covers both 3G and 4G sites in the five urban areas with a targeted focus on metros as well as areas around universities and colleges...
 
• 5G networks to be operational in Sinagpore in 2020
By next year, at least two 5G networks will be rolled out in Singapore to enable the first next-frontier commercial applications such as driverless cars and virtual reality content-streaming services...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• CBS, AMC partner on Freesat on-demand content
CBS and AMC have partnered on two new on-demand channels available to viewers through Freesat...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• T-Mobile Austria and UPC Austria become Magenta Telekom
German telco Deutsche Telekom unites its Austrian subsidiary T-Mobile Austria with its newly acquired cable operator UPC Austria under the new name Magenta Telekom...
 
• Globe Q1 profit grows 44 percent
The Philippines' Globe Telecom has reported a 44% year-on-year increase in net profit for the first three months of 2019 to 6.7 billion pesos (US$129.1 million), partly as a result of strong data revenue growth...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Zain launches “Zain Al Khair” online donation portal
Zain has announced the launch of “Zain Al Khair”, an online donation portal that allows customers to easily donate to a number of official and licensed charitable organizations in Kuwait through their monthly...
 
• Dubai launches digital wallet for paying govt fees
The new payment channel, 'noqodi', enables individual and corporate customers to pay quickly, easily and securely for different government and non-government fees under Dubai Pay, the digital platform for payments...
 
• Google Assistant launched in Saudi Arabia, Egypt
Google Assistant has been launched in Saudi Arabia, where it will be able to understand Saudi dialect and answer in standard dialect...
 
South Asia
 
• Jazz, Enfrashare to spur telecom infrastructure development
This partnership will propel Jazz in strategically expanding its digital infrastructure robustness across both the rural and urban sections of the country...
 
• Robi declares itself out of Axiata, Telenor proposed transaction
Robi announced that the recently proposed merger of Axiata Group and Telenor Group will not impact Bangladesh market as Robi will be separately and independently managed by Axiata...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Vodafone agrees for deal with Telefonica Deutschland
Vodafone will give Telefonica Deutschland wholesale access to its high-speed broadband network to try to help secure approval for its acquisition of Liberty Global’s cable business...
 
• Airbus inks two-satellite deal with Spain’s satellite operator Hisdesat
Two new satellites dubbed SpainSAT NG 1 and SpainSAT NG 2 will replace the existing SpainSAT and Xtar-EUR...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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