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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 17, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat partners with Expo 2020 Dubai Volunteers to attract the 30,000 people who will help deliver the World’s Greatest Show
 
 
The search for the 30,000 ‘faces’ of Expo 2020 Dubai is building momentum with Etisalat announced as the Official Premier Partner of Expo 2020 Volunteers as Etisalat will launch an awareness campaign to encourage millions of its customers to volunteer in the lead-up to and during the largest event ever held in the Arab world...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Manama-IX internet traffic exchange platform now welcomes global networks
Member Logo Batelco has announced that Manama-IX, is ready to welcome businesses who wish to avail the opportunity to interconnect with local, regional and global networks through its integrated platform...
 
•  VIVA launches new 5G service offer at KD 35 plan
Member Logo This offer allows postpaid customers to enjoy fast internet service and receive a free router upon subscription, 500 GB internet capacity, and different choices of devices...
 
•  Omantel announces third auction of gold and diamond phone numbers
Member Logo Omantel has announced the third auction of golden and diamond phone numbers, with the bidding set to take place from 20th to the 22nd of September...
 
•  Universal Satcom successfully launches broadband Internet services in Yemen on Badr 7 HTS Satellite
Member Logo The service is currently operational as a VNO solution using Arabsat's Broadband & Managed Services on the Yemen ka-band spot beam and associated terrestrial infrastructure...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA Bahrain publishes Q2 market indicators report
The report shows that the number of broadband subscriptions reached to 2.34 million subscription at the end of the second quarter of 2019, with an increase of 9% compared to the second quarter of 2018...
 
FCC approves CommScope's CBRS Spectrum Access System
CommScope received official notification from the FCC that its spectrum access system (SAS) to support the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) is now certified for initial commercial deployment...
 
NBTC to monitor digital imports
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is being asked to strictly monitor the import of some digital equipment into the country amid a fresh worry over its possible threat to national cyber...
 
South Asia
 
PTCL selects Irdeto for home content management
Irdeto is partnering Pakistan Telecommunications Company (PTCL) to develop WiFi management and parental control functions for its broadband customers...
 
Banglalink introduces healthcare platform
Telecom operator Banglalink has launched a digital healthcare service platform called "Daktarbhai" to provide comprehensive solutions to customers...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Movistar Espana to launch VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling this month
Telefonica Espana (Movistar) has confirmed that it will launch VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling functionality later this month...
 
China Mobile signs collaboration with True Thailand
True and China Mobile have been working together since September 2014 and plan to share use cases and best practices related to 5G...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Amazon Prime Video to launch on Altice One
Altice USA plans to launch Amazon Prime Video for Optimum and Suddenlink cable customers nationwide in the next few months...
 
Montecable connects Conax GO Live to enable cloud-based OTT
Uruguay’s Montecable has deployed the cloud-based Conax GO Live solution, enabling the operator to have new features for its pay-TV service such as Android TV support and video-on-demand (VOD)...
 
 
Middle East
 
UAE first country in region to transition to Internet Protocol Version 6
The UAE ranked first in the Middle East in the transition to Internet Protocol Version 6, according to statistics from Ripe NCC, Akamai Technology and Google...
 
Amazon Web Services sees huge potential in Middle East cloud business
Amazon Web Services projects huge business potential in the Middle East, as an increasing number of its global partners express an interest to enter the market...
 
Bahrain Credit partners with Veeam for cloud migration
Veeam claims its scalable backup and replication capabilities accelerates business performance, providing an easier and more efficient way for the Bahrain Credit in-house team to manage scalable workloads...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt has huge potential for ecommerce: Hala El-Gohary
The Egyptian market is qualified to push the growth of e-commerce not only in Egypt, but the whole world, as it is ready to become a regional hub for this activity, according to Hala El-Gohary, Chairwoman ITIDA...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Angola Cables and TM Global plot new subsea route for the Southern Hemisphere
The Express Southern Hemisphere subsea cables connection will pave the way for a global digital highway stretching from South America to Asia, via Africa...
 
GO launches converged broadband solution
Maltese telco GO has teamed up with Belgium-based solutions provider Tessares to launch a converged fixed-mobile broadband offer..
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Altice Labs demonstrates 5G for emergency services
Altice’s innovation arm, Altice Labs, held a simulation exercise in Portugal’s Aveiro to test the use of 5G in emergency situations...
 
Axiata to pursue mergers despite Telenor deal collapse
Axiata Group president and CEO revealed that the company would target combining telecom operations with rivals in some markets...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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