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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
June 5, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PCCW Global chosen for a safer Asia-Pacific CRV aviation network
 
 
At a recent launching ceremony held in Bangkok, Thailand, the representative officers of the Asia/Pacific Office of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and its Member States in the Asia Pacific Region (APAC) announced commencing use of a new, secure, and robust Common eronautical Virtual (CRV) private network commissioned at the beginning of 2019 through a successful pilot testing conducted jointly by a number of Member States and PCCW Global...
 
Openness, Collaboration and Development: Building a Secure Digital Society
 
 
Sean Yang, Director of Huawei's Global Cyber Security & Privacy Office, delivered a keynote speech at the The GSMA Mobile 360 Series event titled "Openness, Collaboration Development: Building a Secure Digital Society”...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  BT backs England in widest ever lead partnership with The FA to support national and grassroots teams
Member Logo The ground-breaking partnership will see the BT logo appear on all training kit worn by the England senior men’s and women’s squads and all development, futsal and disability teams...
 
•  AT&T launches digital leadership initiative for Boston teens
Member Logo AT&T is launching a new program in Boston designed to equip middle and high-school students with leadership and online safety skills for the digital age...
 
•  Tech Mahindra & Strands collaborate to provide customized digital banking solution to financial institutions globally
Member Logo Tech Mahindra and Strands have announced a strategic partnership to provide an integrated suite of secure and customized digital banking solution to financial institutions globally...
 
•  Accenture teams with St. Louis Promise Zone
Member Logo Accenture has teamsed up with St. Louis Promise Zone to launch a new program to provide technology skilling and job placement for mid-career workers...
 
•  Altibox deploys Nokia's virtualized Distributed Access Architecture to consolidate hubs and deliver all-IP services to DOCSIS and cable customers
Member Logo Nokia announced that Altibox, one of the largest regional telecommunication operators in Norway and Denmark, will deploy its Gainspeed Unified Cable Access solution, based on a fully virtualized Distributed Access...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
ENACOM extends rural 450MHz scheme to new locations
Argentina’s National Communications Agency has distributed 450MHz spectrum covering 126 new service areas across twelve provinces, as it seeks to improve rural connectivity...
 
Ministry of Telecom launches a roaming service
The Ministry of Telecommunication (MoT) of Lebanon has assigned the Switzerland-based company Wonet, to provide a new Value Added Service (VAS) for roaming...
 
Middle East
 
Ogero trials Nokia Fixed Access Network Slicing virtualization solution to enhance its wholesale capabilities
Nokia announces that Ogero, Lebanon's fixed network services provider and engine for the Ministry of Telecommunication, is among the first operators globally to commercially trial its Fixed Access Network Slicing...
 
Oman’s ICT strategy on good track
A unified national strategy that seeks to unlock Oman’s potential of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is due to be finalised and submitted for approval this year...
 
Dubai ranked among world's top 10 leaders in smart home availability
Global smart home device market will grow at an average annual rate of over 20% to reach 1.3bn devices in 2022...
 
South Asia
 
Smartphone sales rebound in Bangladesh
Smartphone sales bounced back from a year-long rough patch in the first quarter of 2019 helped by a fall in prices of handsets after the beginning of local assembling in Bangladesh...
 
Nepal Telecom expands mobile network in remote areas
Nepal Telecom (NTC) has been repeatedly expanding mobile network service in different remote parts of the country and have been considering service as a priority to the people for access to communication service...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
SK Telecom partners Sinclair for 5G broadcasting trial
Korean telecoms company SK Telecom has partnered with Sinclair Broadcast Group and Harman International Industries to trial next generation TV broadcasting over a 5G network...
 
Telefónica launches OTT service
Movistar+ Lite is available to viewers on a free one months’ trial and can be accessed on PCs, smart TVs and smartphones (both iOS and Android), simultaneously on two devices...
 
 
North Africa
 
Egypt and Saudi Arabia to establish new partnerships in the IT sector
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have considered ways to boost the said partnerships in the AI, IT, innovation and entrepreneurship sectors...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Brazil's 4G coverage approaches 100%
The number follows the activation of 8 million connections since January and is 25 million more compared to April last year...
 
Vodafone Italia switches on 5G in 5 cities, rising to 100 by 2021
Vodafone Italia has switched on its 5G network in five cities across the country ahead of next month’s launch of 5G roaming in the UK, Germany, Spain and Italy...
 
Russia's MTS and Huawei sign agreement on 5G
Russia’s top mobile phone operator MTS and China’s Huawei have signed an agreement to develop 5G technology in Russia and to hold test launches this year and in 2020...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
BT picks Juniper Networks to help build out its converged network
The converged network, which BT calls Network Cloud, rolls BT's fixed, video, mobile and Wi-Fi services and applications onto one platform...
 
Vivacom expands service portfolio with VSAT connectivity
Bulgaria's largest telecom provider has chosen the iDirect solution for its maritime leadership position and common platform for multiple markets...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Carriers combine to launch LTE-M roaming initiative
AT&T, KPN, Orange and Swisscom have come together to roll out LTE-M roaming across their respective IoT networks...
 
CITIC Telecom CPC and ASTRI announce cooperation
CITIC Telecom CPC and ASTRI have announced a cooperation to develop next generation AR-powered operations and maintenance technology...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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