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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 29, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
SES announces half year 2019 results
 
 
SES has announced its financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2019 with performance in line with SES’ expectations, continued growth in networks’ revenue and financial outlook unchanged...
 
Telecom revenues in Jordan see 5 percent growth in 2018
The revenues of telecom service providers in the Kingdom grew by 5 per cent in 2018, amounting to approximately JD673 million (US$949 million), compared with JD641 million (US$904 million) in 2017...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Department of Justice selects AT&T for technology modernization
Member Logo The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) selected AT&T to help improve its mission performance with modernized technology...
 
•  UNIFI/WIS selects the Dialogic ControlSwitch to virtualize the UNIFI/WIS global network
Member Logo Dialogic ControlSwitch Platform provides a single, high-quality, scalable solution that meets UNIFI/WIS’s multiple feature demands...
 
•  Huawei launches Kunpeng industrial ecosystem base in Xiamen
Member Logo Huawei has launched Kunpeng industrial ecosystem base and supercomputing center in Xiamen, Southeast China's Fujian Province, which will provide computing services for local governments and major local state-owned...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Movitel gets unified licence in Mozambique
Mozambique’s Communications Regulatory Authority has granted a unified telecoms licence to Movitel, the smallest of the country’s three cellcos...
 
UK regulator opens up airwaves for DIY wireless services
Under the new sharing framework, these airwaves will be available for local use by a range of other parties – such as small businesses or start-ups...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt evaluates digital upgrades
Egypt is making progress in implementing its national goal of streamlining administrative procedures and turning itself into a hub for digital innovation...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Indonesian mobile operator Smartfren adopts eSIMs
Indonesian cellco PT Smart Telecom has officially adopted eSIM telecommunications technology, which will allow its users to access its 4G LTE network without a physical SIMcard...
 
Dish aims for US 5G launch in 2020
America's newly formed telco, Dish, is aiming to have its first 5G network sites live by the end of 2020...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Orange Romania to develop own fiber optic network
French telecom group Orange will soon start building its own fiber optic network in Romania, as the operator currently has to pay high fees to competitor Telekom Romania...
 
Mainstream Data expands satellite communications business based on iDirect platform
Network operator increases focus on business continuity and private networks for banking and healthcare industries in rural United States...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Port operator to explore AI and IoT
A port operator has signed an MoU to collaborate in knowledge sharing and capability transfer for development in the fields of engineering, technology, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (AIoT)...
 
Sparkle unveils 'Genome' network automation platform
Sparkle, the international services arm of the Telecom Italia Group, has announced the availability of an integrated platform for network automation, programmability and virtualisation called Genome...
 
 
Middle East
 
E-wallets record 21 million operations in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi market has witnessed a wide expansion in points of sale devices that operate via the technique of Near-field communication, NFC, exceeding 360,000 devices, while total operations through e-wallets in the kingdom...
 
Telecom revenues in Jordan see 5 percent growth in 2018
The revenues of telecom service providers in the Kingdom grew by 5 per cent in 2018, amounting to approximately JD673 million (US$949 million), compared with JD641 million (US$904 million) in 2017...
 
Streetlights will soon bring LiFi internet in Dubai
By the end of this year, up to 100 street lights in the Dubai Silicon Oasis will be emitting LED-powered internet...
 
Sohar University, Huawei ink MoU to empower ICT leaders in Oman
Sohar University (SU) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Huawei Tech Investment (Oman), which will see the first Huawei Authorized Information and Network Academy (HAINA) programme launched in Oman...
 
South Asia
 
edotco deploys 4,000 tower co-locations for Bangladesh mobile operators
edotco Bangladesh (edotco BD), an integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company has successfully deployed 4000 tower co-locations for Mobile Network Operators since 2013 throughout the country...
 
UnionPay secures payment systems operator licence in Nepal
The PSO licence authorises UnionPay QR Code as the first legal cross-border QR payment solution in Nepal...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Amino and MobiTV collaborate to provide advanced video services
Amino has announced a collaboration with the app-based Pay TV video streaming platform, MobiTV, and the solution will be commercially available in Q4, 2019...
 
TVCabo introduces Viv Mais IPTV platform
Angolan operator TVCabo has presented Viv Mais IPTV, an advanced internet TV platform, which allows users to watch the premium Zap and DStv channels...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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