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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
November 5, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
du supports Abu Dhabi Smart City Summit to bring UAE capital’s smart city vision and leadership to the forefront
 
 
du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), participated at Abu Dhabi Smart City Summit, an event aims to facilitate Abu Dhabi’s smart city roadmap. Bringing Abu Dhabi’s transformative smart city vision to the forefront, the event showcased the future for technological advancement in Abu Dhabi and how the UAE capital is emerging as a frontrunner in global smart city innovation...
 
New ITU data reveal growing Internet uptake but a widening digital gender divide
 
 
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​New data released by ITU reveal that in most countries worldwide women are still trailing men in benefiting from the transformational power of digital technologies. ​Measuring digital development: Facts and figures 2019, the first publication in ITU's new Measuring digital development series, estimates that over half the total global female population (52 per cent) is still not using the Internet, compared to 42 per cent of all men...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain Bahrain announces its financial results for the nine-month period ending 30 September 2019
Member Logo Zain Bahrain has reported net profit of BD3.815 million (US$10.09 million) for the nine months ending September 30, 2019, representing a 3.5% increase year-on-year (Y-o-Y) from BD3.685 million (US$9.75 million)...
 
•  Batelco announces 2019 Q3 financial results
Member Logo Batelco has announced its financial results for the first nine months of 2019 (the period) and for the third quarter of 2019, the three-month period ended 30 September 2019 (Q3)...
 
•  Etihad Aviation Group adopts Microsoft Office 365 to build a modern workplace
Member Logo Microsoft announced that Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has adopted Office 365 to boost collaboration and scale productivity, which will further empower its employees to achieve more...
 
•  US Commerce Secretary optimistic on US position towards Huawei
Member Logo Bloomberg News and several global news agencies have reported that US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross stated that licenses would be coming “very shortly” for American companies to sell components to Huawei...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Omantel taps into growing wholesale market to become a global provider
 
•  VIVA Kuwait launches Prostate Cancer Awareness Campaign ‘Movember’
 
•  Batelco first to launch Apple Watch Series 5 Cellular
 
•  PCCW Global wins four industry awards at two London events
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
UAE launches new advanced tech company
EDGE, inaugurated by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, will partner with world-leading industry-equipment manufacturers and defence contractors to...
 
Ofcom changes technical requirements for in-vehicle mobile repeaters
UK regulator Ofcom has announced changes to the technical requirements for the use of in-vehicle mobile phone repeaters...
 
South Asia
 
Telenor Pakistan launches country’s first ‘Narrowband Internet of Things’ site
Through NB-IoT, Telenor Pakistan aims to bring revolutionary changes to the local industries through increased connectivity, deep coverage, energy saving, and lower costs...
 
Bangladesh adds 835,000 mobile phone subscribers in September
Bangladesh ended August with 163.41 million mobile phone subscribers, up from 162.58 million in August, according to the latest data...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Afrihost launches Pure LTE service
Afrihost has launched new fixed-LTE packages which will run on MTN’s network and will offer users speeds of up to 150Mbps...
 
Orange promises top speeds of 1.2Gbps as it launches 5G in Romania
The launch will initially encompass 3 key cities, rapidly expanding to more towns and cities in early 2020,..
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Optima Telekom grows IPTV business
The Croatian alternative telco Optima Telekom ended the third quarter with 51,125 residential IPTV customers...
 
DAZN joins forces with Mediaset for Copa del Rey rights bid
Spanish broadcaster Mediaset and global over-the-top (OTT) sports media company DAZN have joined forces to bid for domestic rights to the Copa del Rey...
 
 
Middle East
 
The ITC and Sofrecom partnership to deploy fiber network in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Almost two years after the announcement of their partnership to pilot the implementation and management of Outside Plant (OSP) across Saudi Arabia's regions by 2020, the Integrated Telecom Company has connected more than...
 
UAE to work with WEF on partnerships to support for innovations and circular economy
The announcement comes as innovations like blockchain-enabled asset tracking, digital business models, new materials and recovery systems enabled by artificial intelligence emerge across the world...
 
Bahrain records 29 percent spike in ePayments in Q3
Payments for eServices across various channels in Bahrain recorded a 29 per cent spike in the third quarter (Q3) of 2019 compared to the same quarter last year...
 
North Africa
 
Huawei kicks off Huawei Developer Day for the 1st time in Egypt
Huawei Consumer Business Group held its Huawei Developer Day 2019 (HDD 2019) for the first time in Egypt during Insomnia and Africa Game & Digital App (AGDA) at the Egypt International Exhibition Center...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Infinet negotiates expansion in African market
Infinet Wireless has made a number of new landmark implementation agreements across the African market, including a project with Camtel in Cameroon, to modernize and expand broadband infrastructure across the country...
 
China launches new BeiDou satellite
Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket, it is the 49th satellite of the BDS satellite family and the 24th satellite of the BDS-3 system...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Vodafone Ukraine invites companies from other sectors to test user equipment for NB-IoT networks
Vodafone Ukraine has reported about the full technical readiness of own NB-IoT network in Ukraine and the launch of the consumer testing...
 
Mobile carriers diversifying to find growth
Mobile carriers are investing outside of the telecommunications field into a wide range of sectors, including artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous driving and media...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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