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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat supports Dubai Fitness Challenge as official telecom partner
 
 
An initiative of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, the Dubai Fitness Challenge 2019 kicked off on 18th October and will end on 16th November 2019...
 
Huawei initiates Wi-Fi 6 pilot project to embrace the future of learning
 
 
At the Wireless Global Congress (WGC) held by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), Huawei announced a groundbreaking Wi-Fi 6 pilot. The project, supported by the WBA, will carry out a series of Wi-Fi 6 verification tests at Mondragon University, Spain, to explore innovative Wi-Fi 6 use cases, inspire students, and enhance education outcomes...
 
UAE, Bahrain telcos launch JV to simplfy intra-regional connectivity
du and Batelco unveil Arc which aims to offer data centre solutions for carrier, cloud and content providers and major enterprise companies...
 
HBO Max streaming service announces release date
HBO Max streaming service will launch in May for US$15 a month as it hopes to migrate people who pay for HBO in different ways today to the new platform...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  VIVA reports KD 31.6 million (US$ 104 million) net profit during the nine-month period ending 30 September 2019
Member Logo VIVA Kuwait announced the financial results for the nine-month period ending 30 September 2019; whereby VIVA’s Revenues reached KD 215.6 million (US$710 million), and the net profit reached KD 31.6 million (US$ 104...
 
•  Batelco exclusive telecom partner of Manama Entrepreneurship Week
Member Logo Batelco, as part of its efforts to support entrepreneurship and start-ups, was proud to be the exclusive telecom partner of Manama Entrepreneurship Week (MEW) which was held under the patronage of Shaikh Hisham Bin...
 
•  du's 9 month net profit surges 3.7%
Member Logo du has reported on a 3.7 per cent rise in net profit for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2019, as the company reported a net profit after royalty of Dh1.29 billion (US$0.4 billion), revenues of Dh9.4 billion (US$...
 
•  AT&T to offer its best unlimited wireless plans at an incredible value
Member Logo AT&T will begin to introduce the future of wireless plans as AT&T Unlimited StarterSM and AT&T Unlimited ExtraSM will be available on Nov. 3, and AT&T Unlimited EliteSM is coming soon...
 
•  Gogo meets significant inflight connectivity demand through deal with Eutelsat
Member Logo Gogo together with Eutelsat Communications has announced a new satellite capacity agreement for high-speed inflight connectivity services...
 
•  Nokia prepares Ooredoo Tunisia for 5G with cloud mobile core project
Member Logo Nokia has announced that Ooredoo Tunisia will deploy the Nokia AirGile cloud-native core and services to power its current 2G/3G/4G network in order to prepare for the transition to 5G...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Ghana aims to increase internet penetration to 95% by end-2020
Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Communications has revealed the government is working with mobile network operators to ensure 95% of the country’s population has access to internet connectivity by the end of...
 
Elon Musk's satellite telco targets Australia
SpaceX has started the regulatory process to obtain permission to operate its Starlink satellite broadband service in Australia...
 
North Africa
 
Vodafone Egypt renews Business Support System deal with Ericsson
Vodafone Egypt has further extended its partnership with Ericsson to transform the service provider’s Business Support System into an industrialized, real-time converged environment...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Airtel Africa boosts 4G across the continent
Airtel has launched 4G services in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Niger, and added that it is ready to switch on LTE in Tanzania, thereby making 4G services available across all of its 14 markets...
 
NTT DoComo to offer 5G in 45 Japanese prefectures by June 2020
Japanese telecommunications company NTT DoCoMo plans to expand its 5G commercial services service to 45 prefectures across the country by the end of June 2020...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Telia Carrier deploys new network PoP at NJFX
Telia Carrier has deployed a new point-of-presence (PoP) delivering multi-terabit capacity at the New Jersey Fiber Exchange Cable Landing Station colocation campus...
 
Subsea support for the Solomons and Brazil
The population of the Solomon Islands, a state consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, can soon look forward to the benefits of cable-led communications...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Deutsche Telekom and Ciena join forces on new Layer 1 security service
The new service, which is called Encrypted Lambda, encrypts data on hardware located at the client’s site and protects it over Layer 1, which is the physical layer, while it's transmitted...
 
Vox Technologies launches anti-fraud solution for voice and SMS monetisation
Vox 360 uses proprietary technology that includes Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Anti-Fraud Bots and a global threat database to mitigate fraud losses in Voice, SMS and A2P messaging services...
 
 
Middle East
 
UAE, Bahrain telcos launch JV to simplfy intra-regional connectivity
du and Batelco unveil Arc which aims to offer data centre solutions for carrier, cloud and content providers and major enterprise companies...
 
Esharah, Techwan partner on security solutions
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) also aims to promote competitiveness of Techwan to develop business in command and control solutions and deploy SAGA over Nedaa’s LTE cloud...
 
Avaya upgrades telecom services for Bahrain football team
With a focus on remote working, enabling bring-your-own-device policies (BYOD), and security, the organisation selected an Avaya intelligent system...
 
Norway's Aker to cooperate with Saudi Aramco on digitalization
Norway's Aker and Saudi Aramco have also agreed to explore possibilities of establishing joint industrial software and artificial intelligence research centers...
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan to play important role in BRI
Pakistanis will play an important role in Belt and Road Initiative, as it has great potential in 5G and it needs to look at the trends of technology development and make preparation for it...
 
Russian company keen on building second satellite for Bangladesh
Glavkosmos, has thrown its hat in the ring for designing, building and launching Bangladesh’s second satellite, which the country plans to send into orbit by 2023...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Free secures Amazon distribution deal
Amazon’s streaming service will be bundled into the Delta Freebox package, giving subscribers access to a catalogue of Amazon Originals, movies and series and TV shows on Prime Video and 2 million premium-free music...
 
HBO Max streaming service announces release date
HBO Max streaming service will launch in May for US$15 a month as it hopes to migrate people who pay for HBO in different ways today to the new platform...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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