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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
November 3, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Batelco first to launch Apple Watch Series 5 Cellular
 
 
Batelco has announced that it is the first and only telecommunications company in the Kingdom to introduce the latest Apple Watch Series 5 Cellular at a launch event which took place at the Batelco branch in The Avenues Bahrain...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Tech Mahindra sets up its first development center in Timișoara, Romania
Member Logo Tech Mahindra has announced setting up of its first development center in Timișoara, Romania, which will focus on Networks Transformation by leveraging 5G technology and state-of-the-art frameworks for key customers in...
 
•  Viu wins 12 Asian Academy Creative Awards
Member Logo The category winners qualify as the entries to represent their home market to compete with entries from other markets to win the grand category awards at the final round of Asian Academy Creative Awards in December of this...
 
•  Huawei recognized as an "October 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Data Center Networking"
Member Logo Huawei was named an October 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Data Center Networking, which is now the second time Huawei has received this distinction...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
UAE TRA announces new Google Play Store, App Store rule
The move is one of TRA's steps to ensure customers do not face any surprise charges when their monthly phone bill arrives...
 
Bahrain iGA, Tamkeen in deal to boost job skills portal
Government entities will develop a database that can be accessed by the government, business owners, and job seekers...
 
South Asia
 
Telecom firm pitches idea of sharing mobile towers
With a further planned investment of US$100 million, edotco Group has offered telecom service providers in Pakistan a shared network of mobile towers for providing better services to the customers...
 
Mobile banking users in Nepal see rapid increase
The number of mobile banking users in Nepal has increased by over 4.5 times in the past four years, which shows the rising popularity of mobile banking in the country...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
AIS vows to expand 4G network range if 5G-compliant
AIS is committed to expanding 4G network capacity as its core investment over the next two years, but newly acquired equipment must be compatible with 5G technology...
 
KT sets sights on 85% coverage in second phase of world’s first commercial 5G network
The plans for expansion follow the success of the first phase which saw the network launched earlier this year to provide 5G services in Seoul and five other major cities...
 
China Mobile to build 6,000 5G base stations in Tianjin by 2020
North China's Tianjin Municipality will have around 6,000 5G base stations built by China Mobile, a major telecommunications operator, by the end of 2020...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Uruguay’s TCC to launch new Android TV-based service
Uruguayan cable and OTT service provider TCC has tapped 3 Screen Solutions to help deliver an Android TV Operator Tier-based TV service to launch next year...
 
Apple TV+ launches in 60 countries
Apple has switched on its direct-to-consumer service that will be available initially in territories including North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and Central Asia, Asia-Pacific and the Middle...
 
 
Middle East
 
Mobile app for better ambulance services launched in Oman
As an initiative to provide ambulance services and to cut down the ambulance response time in emergency cases, the Royal Hospital has launched a mobile app...
 
BATIC’s Mawgif, Saudi Huawei sign MoU for smart city solutions
The MoU aims to build and manage smart cities using state-of-the-art solutions, including the internet of thigs (IOT), Big Data analysis, and artificial intelligence (AI), where smart parking spaces in the Eastern Province...
 
Dubai Silicon Oasis, Intel launch new phase of Innovation Center
Intel Innovation Center’s offerings will span three categories: Market-ready Solutions, Intel Select Solutions and Intel Technology Showcase Demos...
 
VHO, KAUST partner to spur Saudi Arabia’s development
MoU to foster exchange of scientific and technological knowledge to further support the development of the country’s technology and transportation sector...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt to launch its first communications satellite
Egypt is preparing to launch TIBA-1, its first satellite for communications purposes, set to provide communications services towards the government and commercial sectors...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Kedah aims to increase high-speed broadband coverage by 2021
Kedah is working to increase the coverage of the broadband access with speed of up to 500 megabytes per second (Mbps) especially in the state capital and selected industrial areas by 2021...
 
NBN Co launches new business satellite services
The network owner said that its services will initially focus on remote customers that require high-data internet access and IoT use cases...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Sony, NTT and Intel plot 6G partnership
Sony, NTT and Intel have announced plans to work together to develop 6G technology, which is forecast to come onstream sometime around 2030...
 
Infinet Wireless negotiates expansion in Cameroon and Zimbabwe
Infinet Wireless announced it has made a number of new landmark implementation agreements across the African market, including a project with Camtel in Cameroon...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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