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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 25, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
TRA UAE participates in the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development Goals 2030 in New York
 
 
The UAE, represented by the General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunications Sector (TRA), participated in the 2030 targets of the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development...
 
Zain announces first digital platform for Islamic banking services with Boubyan Bank
 
 
Zain Kuwait, announced its sponsorship of the Fintech Exhibition that formed part of the inaugural International Banking Conference: Shaping the Future, that took place on 23 September at Kuwait City’s Four Seasons Hotel. During the exhibition, Zain showcased its digital capabilities, which include the latest and most innovative fintech applications and platforms...
 
VIVA launches device trade-in program
 
 
VIVA Kuwait has launched VIVA Trade-in program that offers the opportunity to replace and upgrade the old iPhone with a new iPhone with a special discount on new VIVA Postpaid plans...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  BT and the Telecom Infra Project launch third wave of start-up accelerator programme
Member Logo BT, the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), and Facebook have launched their third annual competition for start-ups in telecom infrastructure to join the UK’s TIP Ecosystem Acceleration Centre (TEAC)...
 
•  VIVA Kuwait renews multi-year contract for revenue assurance and fraud management with Subex
Member Logo Subex,has been awarded a three-year contract from VIVA, to provide its ROC Revenue Assurance and ROC Fraud Management solutions on a Managed Services model...
 
•  Microsoft and ENGIE announce innovative renewable initiatives
Member Logo Microsoft Corp. and ENGIE have announced both an innovative, long-term solar and wind energy power purchase agreement that provides 24/7 supply in the United States and implementation of Darwin, an energy software developed...
 
•  inwi launches mobile money service ‘inwi money’ powered by Comviva’s mobiquity® Money platform
Member Logo inwi, Moroccan telecom operator has recently launched its mobile money service “inwi money”, which works on Comviva’s mobiquity® Money, one of the world’s largest mobile money platform...
 
•  Cisco demonstrates 26.4Tbps on MAREA transatlantic subsea cable
Member Logo Cisco has announced the successful testing of its NCS 1004 platform over MAREA, the 6,600 km subsea cable system connecting the United States to southern Europe (Virginia Beach, Virginia to Bilbao, Spain)...
 
•  Dialogic announces successful interoperability testing between the Dialogic BorderNet SBC and the OrecX Oreka audio capture platform
Member Logo Dialogic announced that interoperability testing has been completed between the Dialogic® BorderNet™ SBC and the Oreka Audio Capture platform from OrecX...
 
•  Huawei 5G MEC solution wins the "Best Edge Computing Technology" award
Member Logo Huawei's 5G MEC solution won the Best Edge Computing Technology award at the Edge Computing Congress held in London, which is the third year Huawei has won this award in recognition of its continuous innovation and...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Huawei advances AI and gears up for 5G expansion at GITEX Technology Week 2019
 
•  Eutelsat kicks off ELO, its constellation of nanosatellites dedicated to the Internet of Things
 
•  Etisalat celebrates International Day of Sign Languages across UAE
 
•  Global internet growth stalls and focus shifts to ‘meaningful universal connectivity’ to drive global development
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA UAE participates in the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development Goals 2030 in New York
The UAE, represented by the General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunications Sector (TRA), participated in the 2030 targets of the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development...
 
Bahrain iGA launches government notifications service
Bahrain's Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) has announced the launch of the Government Notifications System (NotifyMe) on the National Portal Bahrain.bh...
 
TRA Oman directs Omani telecos to activate emergency plans
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has directed telecommunications companies in the Sultanate to activate emergency plans and facilitate the activation of local roaming in case of need as a result of the...
 
Middle East
 
UAE mobile networks change name
UAE's telecom companies on Wednesday changed their network names to '1stUAEAstro' to mark the historic journey of first Emirati astronaut to the InternationalSpaceStation (ISS)...
 
Thales to provide latest solutions to Oman’s cyber academy
Oman’s Public Authority for Privatisation and Partnership (PAPP) has signed a Tawazun Oman Project agreement with Thales to deliver advanced Cyber Range solutions and training at the country’s Advanced...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt sets up US$26 million technology zone in New Beni Suef
This project is part of a plan to set up five technology zones in the cities of Borg El-Arab, Sadat, 10th of Ramadan, New Assiut, New Beni Suef, and New Aswan in partnership between the Ministry of Housing and the Ministry...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
CityFibre’s first Gigabit City on track for 2020 completion
Stirling in Scotland is set to become CityFibre’s first completed Gigabit City by mid-2020, according to the the alternative infrastructure provider...
 
NIGCOMSAT deepens access, affordability of satellite Internet with PortaBilling
The Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited has adopted a new approach to delivery of satellite connectivity solutions with the establishment of an eco-system of Virtual Internet Service Providers...
 
 
South Asia
 
PTCL upgrades exchanges for improving internet services
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited is continuing with its endeavour to provide reliable high speed internet services in the transformed exchanges under its Network Transformation Project (NTP)...
 
Mobitel Sri Lanka to help conduct research on air polution
Mobitel has joined hands with University of Peradeniya to conduct a research on air pollution in Kandy, for which Mobitel will be the connectivity partner to facilitate data transmission of air pollution monitoring...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
ZEE5 chooses Kaltura TV player for Cloud TV service
In support of its rapidly growing global business that has landed at a number of new territories over that last few months, over-the-top service ZEE5 is to deploy the Kaltura TV Platform Player...
 
Mainstream Media launches live TV app
German media company Mainstream Media now offers its three pay-TV channels Romance TV, Heimatkanal and GoldStar TV via its own app...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Vodafone expands 4G network in New Zealand
This new cell site is the latest in Vodafone’s commitment to bring world class 4G services to more Kiwis across New Zealand...
 
BICS enables launch of Monaco Telecom’s first 5G roaming service in Europe
BICS has established the live 5G data roaming service between Monaco Telecom, the Principality’s national operator, and an Italian telecommunications company...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
KT and Samsung to apply 5G for 'smart hospital'
South Korean telco KT will install 5G networks at the Samsung Medical Center's facilities and utilize it to co-develop new medical services...
 
Globe inks agreement with American Tower unit
Globe Telecom announced that it has signed another common-tower agreement, this time with a unit of American Tower Corp...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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