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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 3, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
STC signs an agreement with NEC
 
 
STC has signed a contract with NEC to manufacture and install LED screens for the network’s operating center, measuring 32 m long x 8 m high for a total surface area of 256 m2, with 1.5 Pixel, which are considered the largest in the Middle East, in addition to 10 medium-sized screens for the control...
 
BT launching 5G in 2019 to give customers the fastest, most reliable mobile connections
 
 
BT Plus customers will be the first BT mobile customers to benefit from the option to upgrade to 5G, making BT the first provider to offer 5G as part of a converged mobile and broadband package...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat Digital and Microsoft announce strategic partnership to deliver the intelligent cloud
Member Logo Etisalat Digital is collaborating with Microsoft as its strategic partner in the UAE, to provide government entities, large enterprises, and small and medium enterprises with state of the art digital solutions and enable...
 
•  Broadpeak raises 10 million euros from Eutelsat
Member Logo Eutelsat Communications and Broadpeak announce a circa 20% investment in Broadpeak, an industry leader in video content delivery solutions...
 
•  Cisco predicts 30 million internet users in Saudi by 2022
Member Logo Cisco’s Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast predicts 4.8 billion Internet users to be connected globally by 2022, out of which 549 million will be living in the Middle East and Africa...
 
•  Nokia's digitalization of its 5G Oulu factory recognized by the World Economic Forum as an "Advanced 4th Industrial Revolution Lighthouse"
Member Logo Nokia's 5G "factory of the future" in Oulu, Finland was selected by McKinsey and the World Economic Forum as an Advanced 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Lighthouse, reflecting leadership and proven success in adopting...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Launch of “For Sustainable Cities” project in Dekwaneh with the support of Alfa
 
•  Orange Jordan inaugurates its Coding Academy
 
•  Telecom Egypt announces a new shift in its fixed broadband offering and network
 
•  Huawei launches the all new CloudEngine S-Series campus switches and solutions
 
 
 
 
 
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Policy and Regulation
 
UAE regulates Internet of Things
The IoT Policy's introduction reflects a growing regional trend to regulate specific market sectors and technologies in response to their increasing prevalence and perceived risks they present...
 
Ukrainian government clears local telephony services using mobile networks
The Ukrainian government has approved a proposal from regulator NKRZI to clear local telephony services on mobile networks...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Azerfon’s LTE network coverage extended to 70% of population
Azerfon has announced it activated more than 50 new 3G and over 380 new 4G base transceiver stations (BTS) throughout the country in the first half of the year...
 
Deutsche Telekom to launch limited 5G service in Germany this year
Deutsche Telekom aims to be the first telecoms operator to roll out 5G mobile service in Germany by activating its next-generation mobile network in six German cities by the end of the year...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
NBN surpasses rollout target for FY 2019
NBN the company overseeing the construction and operation of Australia’s National Broadband Network has announced that it has exceeded its rollout and activation targets for the financial year ended 30 June 2019...
 
China to launch constellation with 72 Satellites for IoT
A research institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has announced a constellation program, planning to launch 72 small satellites for the Internet of Things in the next three years...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
China's infrastructure sees significant improvement over 70 years
China saw significant improvements in transport, telecom network and energy production over the past 70 years, according to latest data...
 
Aboitiz-Frontier Towers, Globe to put up common towers
The companies have agreed to explore the possibility of leasing build-to-suit sites, towers, and other passive telecommunications infrastructure and facilities...
 
 
Middle East
 
PayFort to expand AjmanPay facilities
PayFort has partnered with the Government of Ajman, to enhance and extend the payment options currently offered by the emirate’s unified smart payment gateway, AjmanPay...
 
Trend Micro urges Jordan enterprises to focus on hybrid cloud security
Trend Micro has urged Jordanian enterprises to put hybrid-cloud security front and center in their digitization roadmaps...
 
Iranian tech firms to participate in ITU Telecom World 2019
Iranian knowledge-based companies will participate in International Telecommunications Union's Telecom World 2019 exhibition taking place on Sept. 9-12 in Budapest, Hungary's capital...
 
noon.com holds first seller event in Riyadh
The e-commerce platform is helping transform the businesses of SMEs, enabling sellers in Saudi to deliver across the Kingdom, giving them the tools they need to reach new online audiences...
 
South Asia
 
Robi deploys Ericsson Automatic Shared Carrier to enhance 4G services
Robi has deployed Ericsson’s (NASDAQ: ERIC) Automatic Shared Carrier solution to enhance its LTE (4G) services in Bangladesh...
 
North Africa
 
Tunisia's Telnet selects Russian start-up Sputnix for satellite programme
Tunisia's R&D engineering group Telnet announced a new step in its satellite programme, after signing a MoU agreement with two Russian companies to deploy a 30-strong constellation by 2023...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
StarzPlay has 29% of SVOD MENA market share
StarzPlay has successfully retained its leadership position with 29% market share in terms of subscriptions...
 
Dutch DJ Erik de Zwart launches streaming platform
Dutch DJ and entrepreneur Erik de Zwart is launching 24Trains.tv, an online multimedia platform...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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