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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 23, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat Group announces its consolidated financial results for H1 ending 30th June 2019
 
 
Etisalat Group has announced its consolidated financial results for H1 ending 30th June 2019 reporting AED 4.4 billion consolidated net profits for H1 growing 3.1% YoY...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  du announces winners to conclude IoT & AI Pioneers Competition
Member Logo du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has played an inspirational role towards empowering the next generation of technology innovators, following the completion of the IoT & AI Pioneers...
 
•  Tech Mahindra focuses on banking, transport, & citizen services to fuel digital business growth in Bangladesh
Member Logo Tech Mahindra has announced its focus on banking, transport and citizen services sectors to fuel digital business growth in Bangladesh...
 
•  Huawei co-hosts the Kunpeng Computing Industry Summit
Member Logo The Kunpeng Computing Industry Summit was held in Beijing under the theme of "Unlock the New Computing Era with Kunpeng", and was jointly hosted by China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI) and Huawei, and co-hosted...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA UAE implements the plan of enhancing national cadres and preparing the second line of leadership
The program develops skills of leadership, innovation, future shaping, excellence, strategic planning, project management, change management, negotiation, conflict resolution, and effective team building...
 
Ofcom moves in to protect UK mobile users from loyalty punishments
UK regulator Ofcom has confirmed plans for new limits on bundled mobile contracts, combining a phone and services...
 
South Asia
 
USF awards contracts to cellular company for broadband coverage
The Universal Service Fund Pakistan has awarded contracts to a private cellular operator for extending broadband coverage on Balochistan's highways and motorways...
 
National QR standard for mobile payments rolls out in Sri Lanka
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has launched ComBank Q+, the first Quick Response (QR) based payment app to be launched under LankaQR...
 
SLT conducts regional events, parallel to launch of Digital Roadmap
Sri Lanka Telecom conducted eighteen regional events parallel to the launch of Digital Roadmap, on the theme ‘Smart Sri Lanka’ recently...
 
North Africa
 
Wirecard, Royal Air Maroc to integrate digital payments globally
Wirecard has announced that it is all set to integrate digital payments for Royal Air Maroc, Morocco’s national airline...
 
Egypt’s fintech startup XPay raises US$250,000 in pre-seed funding
Egyptian fintech startup XPay has secured $250,000 in pre-seed funding from two angel investors. XPay is part of the cohort currently participating in Startupbootcamp Fintech Cairo...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
China Mobile launches i-solutions for enterprises and MNCs
China Mobile International has launched its global information and communications technology services, i-Solutions, bringing a seamless, borderless digital connectivity solution for Malaysian market...
 
Telefónica to deliver global cybersecurity for Havas Group
Global communications company Havas Group has selected Telefónica Business Solutions to manage cybersecurity across its global footprint...
 
 
Middle East
 
UAE launches single-letter govt domain name
The UAE has launched the new domain name of its official portal to become the first government domain in the world composed of a single letter (U), offering access to information, services, projects, strategies and laws in...
 
Huawei Kuwait celebrates successful completion of 2019 ICT Training Summer Course
Huawei Technologies Kuwait marked the successful completion of its 2019 ICT Training Summer Course in a ceremony held at Huawei Innovation and Training Center in Al Hamra Tower...
 
BIGO strengthens presence in MENA region
BIGO is committed to establishing its first Jordanian office and hiring up to 50 Artificial Intelligence experts in 2019, in a bid to make its applications more relevant to a strong and vibrant youth market in Jordan and the...
 
Oracle aims to move all of its on-premise customers in MEA on to cloud in two years
Oracle wants to get all of its 4,000 on-premise customers in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region on to the cloud in the next two years...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Vodafone confirms GigaTV will replace Horizon
Vodafone will replace Liberty Global’s Horizon platform with its own GigaTV box in Germany, the operator has confirmed...
 
New Spanish OTT TV service Mitele Plus to offer La Liga football
Mediaset España’s OTT TV service Mitele Plus, which launched on the 23rd of July, will include Spanish and international top-tier football...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
XL Axiata details progress of Kalimatan 3G, 4G rollout
Indonesian mobile network operator XL Axiata has announced that under its ongoing rollout programme, its 3G/4G network is now live in around 54 cities/regencies in the Kalimantan Islands, serving more than 96% of the...
 
Ericsson and Telstra complete Australia’s first 5G end-to-end standalone call
Ericsson and Telstra have successfully completed Australia’s first end-to-end 5G SA (stand-alone) call at Telstra’s 5G Innovation Centre on the Gold Coast Australia, accelerating efforts on the 5G evolution...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
FTTH passes nine million mark in Spain
According to the latest sector statistics, the number of FTTH lines in Spain passed the nine million mark in May,..
 
OneWeb plans to start monthly launches in December
Internet firm OneWeb plans to begin launching 35 to 40 communications satellites a month in December, and has 27 Soyuz rocket missions lined up through European launch company Arianespace to send them aloft...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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