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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 18, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eutelsat America Corp. to participate in NASA’s Space Relay Partnership and Services Study
 
 
Eutelsat America Corp. is one of the companies selected to carry out a study on the use of commercial satellites for NASA’s future communications and navigation services...
 
TRA UAE celebrates the World Telecommunication & Information Society Day
The event aims at raising awareness about the international practices in bridging the standardization gap, as well as the international cooperation to keep up with the rapid ICT developments...
 
Saudi Payments to introduce national QR code for payments in KSA
Saudi Payments has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with twelve parties, including nine banks and three financial technology firms, to implement a QR-based national payment system...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  AT&T prepared to keep communities connected during hurricane season
Member Logo AT&T is the first company nationwide with a disaster response program certified by Homeland Security, designed to keep customers and first responders connected...
 
•  STC appoints Fay Al-Alshaikh as Product Portfolio Strategy GM
Member Logo STC announces the appointment of Fay Al-Alshaikh as Product Portfolio Strategy GM in EBU effective from 15/05/2019. The company confirmed that appointing Al-Alshaikh reflects its commitment to empower women in executive...
 
•  du acknowledged as Best Managed Security Service Provider in the Middle East by Fortinet
Member Logo du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has been acknowledged for its prominent efforts in the Middle Eastern cybersecurity space after being presented the Managed Security Service Provider,...
 
•  CAAC and Huawei sign a strategic cooperation agreement
Member Logo Under the agreement, Huawei and the CAAC will cooperate on top-level design and construction of smart civil aviation, demonstrations of technological innovations and their application, standards formulation, and talent...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• Foreign firms must have 30 percent local ownership for TVAS
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided to give licences to foreign firms for Telecommunication Value Added Services, provided they give at least 30 percent ownership to local firms...
 
• TRA UAE celebrates the World Telecommunication & Information Society Day
The event aims at raising awareness about the international practices in bridging the standardization gap, as well as the international cooperation to keep up with the rapid ICT developments...
 
Middle East
 
• Infibeam ties up with UAE’s Alrowad to grow web services
Infibeam Avenues has entered into an agreement with the Alrowad Information technology Solutions which is a UAE base to expand its web services and payment platform business in Africa and the Middle East...
 
• Saudi Payments to introduce national QR code for payments in KSA
Saudi Payments has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with twelve parties, including nine banks and three financial technology firms, to implement a QR-based national payment system...
 
South Asia
 
• SLT's 1Q19 net profit up by 87 percent
State-owned Sri Lanka Telecom Plc (SLT) said group net profit has shot up by almost 87 percent in the March 2019 quarter from a year ago...
 
• E-commerce boosts Pakistan Post's revenue
Pakistan Post has initiated various services including Electronic Money Order (EMO), e-commerce and same-day delivery services which have received excellent feedback from the community...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
 
North Africa
 
• ITI Egypt and SAP enable Egypt's young professionals for digital careers
Supporting digital skills build and youth enablement, global technology company SAP celebrated the graduation of the latest cohorts of its Young Professional Program in Egypt...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Dutch OTT service NPO Start comes to Android TV
Dutch public broadcaster NPO will launch its free-to-use OTT service NPO Start to Android TV in June...
 
• 3SS and Media Distillery tie up AI TV deal
The AI-based solution comprises a combination of machine learning methodologies to recognise every visual and audial aspect inside video, including faces, speech, topics, logos and text...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Westell launches GoEdge platform for OnGo private LTE networks
Westell Technologies announced GoEdge, its new brand and platform for OnGo private LTE networks in the 3.5 GHz CBRS band...
 
• SKT to provide first 5G live TV sports broadcast
SK Telecom has revealed plans to offer the world's first live TV sports broadcast using a 5G network for the SK Telecom Open 2019 golf tournament...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Orange Belgium backs 5G for IoT
Orange Belgium has emphasised the strong position mobile operators hold in terms of generating revenue from IoT, noting 5G will deliver more than just an evolution of current M2M connectivity...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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