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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
November 4, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat wins ‘Best IPX Award’ at Global Carrier Awards 2019
 
 
Commenting on the award, Ali Amiri, Group Chief Carrier and Wholesale Officer, Etisalat, said: “We are honoured to have won the ‘Best IPX Service’ award at this year’s Global Carrier Awards. Etisalat IPX services is a comprehensive portfolio of world-class IPX data hub for roaming and interworking services to enable operators seamlessly interconnect worldwide by a single connection supporting various services and applications...
 
Omantel taps into growing wholesale market to become a global provider
 
 
Omantel is gaining recognition for its fast-paced transformation from a regional wholesale hub to a global provider. Last week, the company received the ‘Best Middle Eastern Project’ award at the Global Carrier Awards 2019 in London, UK...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  VIVA Kuwait launches Prostate Cancer Awareness Campaign ‘Movember’
Member Logo VIVA Kuwait has launched its Prostate Cancer Awareness Campaign ‘Movember’ Awareness campaign under the ‘Because We Care’ umbrella to run during the month of November in line with the international...
 
•  Microsoft Cloud strength drives first quarter results
Member Logo Microsoft has returned US$7.9 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends and share repurchases in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, an increase of 28% compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2019...
 
•  Tech Mahindra and College of Engineering and Technology (CET) Bhubaneswar sign MoU to set up a Center of Excellence (CoE) based on Artificial Intelligence
Member Logo The collaboration outlines the Government’s objective to upskill young students by familiarizing them with new-age technologies like AI and equipping them with the knowledge of applying these technologies in everyday...
 
•  Türk Telekom and Huawei set world record for single user 5G speed
Member Logo Türk Telekom working with Huawei in a live 5G test network has achieved a single user 5G smartphone speed above 2.92 Gbps, breaking the world record in this field...
 
•  Nokia and Innventure collaborate to innovate and scale disruptive technologies
Member Logo Nokia and Innventure, which commercializes innovative technologies, have established a relationship designed to accelerate commercialization of disruptive Nokia Bell Labs satellite communications technology and intellectual...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Regulator to add further range to 5G auctions
The Thai telecom regulator plans to hold an auction for the 3400-3700MHz spectrum range meant for the 5G network by next year, adding a range after announcing auctions for four spectrum ranges in February...
 
ICASA publishes 4G/5G spectrum award plan
South Africa’s telecoms regulator ICASA has published an Information Memorandum setting out the options for licensing high-demand 4G and 5G spectrum in the country...
 
North Africa
 
Mastercard, e-finance join forces to digitalise government payments across Egypt
The collaboration will introduce faster, more flexible online payment solutions to improve citizens’ payment experiences...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Kyivstar increases investments in new technologies, expands 4G network
Due to increased investments in new technologies, Kyivstar has expanded its 4G network to 7,885 towns and villages...
 
Polish cellcos sign agreement for joint 700MHz rollout
Three Polish telcos have signed an agreement with two state-controlled entities to collaborate on the rollout of shared infrastructure for 5G mobile networks...
 
Optus switches on 5G mobile services
Optus has launched its 5G push in earnest, with the telco announcing support for mobile services based on the ultra-fast wireless standard as well as the expansion of its 5G home broadband service...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Telefónica Germany partners with Tele Columbus to offer fiber broadband under O2 brand
Telefónica Germany announced that it is partnering with Tele Columbus to be able to offer even more customers highspeed Internet via fixed network in future via its core brand O2...
 
FindMy launches next generation satellite IoT livestock tracker powered by Globalstar
Globalstar Europe Satellite Services announced that FindMy, the IoT animal tracking pioneer, has launched its next-generation tracker...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Telefonica Deutschland adds subscribers in Q3, confirms outlook
Telefonica Deutschland has reported a 1.9% rise in third-quarter revenue, as it added 392,000 subscribers and confirmed its annual forecast...
 
Antenna Hungária acquires 25% of Telenor Hungary
The PPF Group has sold a 25% stake of the Hungarian Telenor companies, Telenor Hungary and Telenor Real Estate to Antenna Hungária...
 
 
Middle East
 
Zain KSA further expands its 5G network coverage to 27 cities
Zain KSA has expanded the coverage of its 5G network to include new cities among which are Ahad Rufaidah and Wadi Al-Dawasir; the expansion raises the 5G network’s total coverage to 27 cities across the Kingdom...
 
Etisalat, du apply new rules for Google Play, Apple Store purchases
Telecom providers in the UAE have implemented a new rule to ensure safe transactions when purchasing from mobile app stores...
 
Industrial revolution key to sustainable development
According to Kuwait's Minister of Commerce and Industry. the industrial revolution brought out great developments in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) field, robots, 3D printing and digital services...
 
IoT to level up Middle East's travel industry
As per new data the investment in IoT is expected to increase by 22% in the next 3 years that includes artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) as well as IoT, which is in turn empowered by these technologies...
 
Technology, Huawei honor 2nd batch of graduates in enrichment programs
The NIT Academy and Huawei celebrated the graduation of the second batch of the trainees in Saudi Arabia, who finished the six-month enrichment programs in the disciplines of servers and networking...
 
South Asia
 
IT sector exports witness 14 percent growth in Pakistan
Pakistan information technology sector exports witnessed 14 percent growth in the first quarter (July-September) 2019-2020 and remained US$234.607 million compared to US$205.797 million during the same period of the last...
 
KT to build high-tech rescue center in Himalayas
South Korean mobile carrier KT is planning to establish a high-tech rescue center on a popular trekking course in the Himalayas to ensure the safety of those trekking the mountainous region in Nepal...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
KT plans to innovate IPTV with AI curation, VR contents
KT has pledged to transform its internet TV service with the technologies of artificial intelligence and virtual reality to improve the company’s standing in the paid TV market...
 
Sunrise launches OTT app for Samsung smart TVs
Swiss cable operator Sunrise has made its OTT service Sunrise TV neo available as an app on Samsung smart TVs...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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