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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 22, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Microsoft and Humana announce multiyear strategic partnership
 
 
Companies will partner to build predictive and personalized health care solutions to help members manage health issues using Microsoft’s Azure cloud, Azure artificial intelligence and voice technologies...
 
ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) to play pivotal role in tomorrow’s digital environment
​The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19), will address requirements for some of the leading edge technological innovations set to play a pivotal role in tomorrow's digital economy with immense implications for the trillion-dollar telecommunication and ICT industry...
 
Luxembourg 5G spectrum allocation delayed until 2020
Mobile operators in Luxembourg will have to wait until 2020 to know how the government plans to allocate 5G spectrum in the 3.5 GHz and 700 MHz bands...
 
Panama to distribute 1.5GHz band for mobile use
Panama’s National Public Services Authority has confirmed its intention to distribute spectrum in the ‘L-band’ range for mobile use within the next two years...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC announces preliminary financial results
Member Logo STC’s Net Income for Q3 and 9 months period of 2019 compared to the comparable quarter and same period of last year increased by 3.90% & 8.73% (respectively), and it distributes SR 1 per share dividends for the 3rd...
 
•  Tech Mahindra to digitally train employees of U.S. Short Line Railroads to increase safety
Member Logo Tech Mahindra will launch digital training for employees of railroads in the U.S. for the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association members, to provide Positive Train Control (PTC) digital training customized for...
 
•  PCCW and NAVER Business Platform collaborate to deliver on-demand, private global connectivity and cloud to Korean and global MNCs
Member Logo PCCW Global and NAVER Business Platform have a nnounced a bilateral interconnect collaboration to provide South Korean and multi-national enterprises direct, on-demand connections to the NAVER Business Platform with PCCW...
 
•  World's first 8x8 MIMO outdoor CPE commercialized for maximum LTE network value
Member Logo Huawei announced the commercial availability of the world's first 8x8 MIMO LTE outdoor CPE (customer-premises equipment) B3368. B3368 provides an experience of up to 1 Gb/s and triples FWA capacity compared to MBB...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• Luxembourg 5G spectrum allocation delayed until 2020
Mobile operators in Luxembourg will have to wait until 2020 to know how the government plans to allocate 5G spectrum in the 3.5 GHz and 700 MHz bands...
 
• Panama to distribute 1.5GHz band for mobile use
Panama’s National Public Services Authority has confirmed its intention to distribute spectrum in the ‘L-band’ range for mobile use within the next two years...
 
South Asia
 
• GP’s profit rises amid challenges
Grameenphone’s net profit rose 2.04 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of the year aided by a surge in revenue growth both in data and voice segments...
 
• Digital economy to boost Pakistan's GDP up to US$40 billion annually
Pakistan needed to do extensively in digital economy as country has huge participation of global mobile market, with over 160 million mobile phone subscribers and around 150 million Internet users...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Vodafone Ukraine passes 62% LTE coverage
Vodafone Ukraine has expanded 4G LTE mobile network coverage across 70 settlements in 20 Ukrainian regions this autumn, reaching a further 220,000 people...
 
• CAT, TOT urged to jointly vie for 5G
TOT and CAT Telecom have been urged to jointly draft a proposal if they want to participate in the planned auction of 5G spectrum licences to create sustainable revenue...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Digi launches Android app
The Czech DTH and IPTV operator Digi TV has introduced a new Android application for its Digi2Go service...
 
• Bloomberg unveils new slate of OTT programming
The launch marks Bloomberg’s expansion into long-form and broader-business focused programming, and the next step in diversifying Bloomberg’s OTT offerings for a digital audience...
 
 
Middle East
 
• RIZEK inks deal with Alibaba Cloud
Based on this agreement, Alibaba Cloud will support RIZEK in creating innovative solutions that are earmarked for enhancing the UAE company’s data analysis and user experience capabilities...
 
• PwC Middle East launches digital trust manager
PwC Middle East launches its innovative, new platform, Digital Trust Manager which is an intelligent, self-service, on demand digital platform, that offers a suite of tools to improve an organisation’s approach to...
 
North Africa
 
• Airtel Africa and Finablr team up for African remittance partnership
Airtel Africa and Finablr they have entered into an extensive global partnership for seamless cross-border payments...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
• Virgin Media names Manchester as second location for gigabit speed deployment
British cable broadband provider Virgin Media has announced that Greater Manchester will be the second city to gain access to its gigabit-capable broadband service...
 
• Vox expands its satellite data and voice services
Vox has announced new capped and uncapped satellite internet plans that will be made available through its partnership with Avanti Communications...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) to play pivotal role in tomorrow’s digital environment
​The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19), will address requirements for some of the leading edge technological innovations set to play a pivotal role in tomorrow's digital economy with immense...
 
• Globe, Makati LGU partner for free Wi-Fi
Globe Telecom Inc.said it has inked an agreement with the local government of Makati to provide free Wi-Fi connections to citizens of the city...
 
• China Unicom net profit rises 24.38 percent in first 3 quarters
China Unicom reported a 24.38-percent surge in net profit in the first three quarters due to effective cost management...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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