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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
June 9, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BT named major USO provider for the UK
 
 
BT has been named the UK’s major Universal Service Obligation (USO) provider by Ofcom. This will increase BT’s already pivotal role in connecting the UK more quickly and more cost-effectively than ever before and help transform some of the most remote communities in the UK...
 
Vision 2030 enables Saudi Arabia's public sector to drive digital transformation
Digital transformation (DX) will remain a prime objective for the public sector with the entrants of new technologies steering away legacy systems providing value potentials, ease, convenience and improved methods...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Tech Mahindra bets big on sustainability to drive business profitability
Member Logo Tech Mahindra has undertaken a thoughtful and comprehensive program to reduce its absolute scopes 1 and 2 GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions 22% by 2030 and 50% by 2050, from a 2016 base-year...
 
•  Accenture collaborates with Corteva Agriscience on pilot program to bring technology skilling to rural Iowa
Member Logo Accenture and Corteva Agriscience have announced a collaboration bringing together non-profit groups, during a press conference with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds...
 
•  Huawei obtains 46 commercial 5G contracts in 30 countries
Member Logo Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies has obtained 46 commercial 5G contracts so far in 30 countries...
 
 
 
 
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Policy and Regulation
 
China issues 5G licences
The country’s three state-owned wireless carriers and China Broadcasting Network Corp were granted licences for full commercial deployment, according to state broadcaster CCTV...
 
FNA raises minimum bid size in 5G spectrum auction
Germany’s Federal Network Agency has increased the minimum bid size with a view to bringing the ongoing 5G mobile spectrum auction to an end...
 
Ofcom set March 2020 launch for 10Mbps UK Broadband USO
Ofcom has confirmed the final details for how the new 10Mbps+ Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband, to be supplied by ISPs BT and KCOM will be delivered and work once it’s introduced...
 
South Asia
 
Ookla recognizes Mobitel as first mobile 5G network in South Asia with 1.55Gbps speed
Mobitel Sri Lanka has successfully reached the highest mobile 5G speeds for the first time in South Asia exceeding speeds of 1.55Gbps using a commercial 5G mobile smartphone...
 
Daraz Bangladesh joins Robi network
Daraz Bangladesh Limited, an ecommerce-based company of the country, has recently signed up to use Robi's enterprise solutions...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Tutela names fastest UK 4G mobile operators for H2 2019
Crowdsourced data analysis company Tutelahas revealed the results from their latest study of mobile broadband performance (i.e. speeds, latency, jitter and packet loss) across the United Kingdom...
 
Italy becomes the next European country with 5G
Italy has joined Switzerland and United Kingdom as the 3rd country in Europe with 5G, after Vodafone launched its next-gen services in 28 municipalities across five big cities...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
New HbbTV service for Lithuania
The Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre (Telecentras), together with national TV and radio companies and TV producer representative offices in the country, have launched a new HbbTV service...
 
Channel 4 unveils Project Agora for targeted VOD advertising
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has unveiled new targeted advertising capability that will be launched commercially this autumn...
 
 
Middle East
 
ICT sector’s growth in Jordan a reflection of policies over past 20 years
His Majesty King Abdullah has given the information and communication technology (ICT) sector great care and focus over the past 20 years to help companies and workers grow and develop, according to the CEO of Int@j...
 
Vision 2030 enables Saudi Arabia's public sector to drive digital transformation
Digital transformation (DX) will remain a prime objective for the public sector with the entrants of new technologies steering away legacy systems providing value potentials, ease, convenience and improved methods...
 
Omani SME to expand to Saudi Arabia
Qonsults is closely working with Saudi small and medium enterprises (SMEs) based out of Riyadh and Jeddah on digital transformation solutions, and has now partnered with WADAL, a local Saudi company...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt upping high-tech game to smarten cities, services
Egypt is rolling out seven online government platforms to automate various state services and digitally transform the country...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Cinia and MegaFon sign MoU to develop Arctic Telecom Cable
The arctic remains one of the most environmentally protected regions of the world, with permits for laying cables being extremely hard to obtain...
 
Russia to create new orbital satellite grouping for Internet of things
Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos will deploy a new grouping of Gonets-2 satellites for the Internet of things...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
SK Telecom, Samsung, and Cisco to collaborate in 5G smart offices
SK Telecom, Samsung Electronics, and Cisco will collaborate to develop and launch 5G-based smart office services, the companies announced...
 
Akraino Edge stack emerges from LF Edge to provide framework for 5G, IoT
LF Edge, an umbrella organization within the Linux Foundation, announced the availability of Akraino Edge Stack Release 1, setting a framework to address 5G, IoT and a range of edge use cases...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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