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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
November 11, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
MySTC receives "App of the Year" Golden Award at the 2019 IT World Awards
 
 
MySTC App has received the “App of the Year” Golden Award at the Network PG's 2019 IT World Awards, which is organized annually in San Francisco and attended by major winning companies and projects. This award is aligned with the STC’s vision which emphasizes the importance of digital transformation and providing the best customer experience...
 
Accenture expands cybersecurity capabilities with network of “cyber ranges” to help industrial companies simulate and respond to cyberattacks
 
 
Accenture has expanded its cybersecurity capabilities with the opening of three “cyber ranges” to help industrial companies, including those in the oil and gas, chemicals, utilities and manufacturing industries practice their response to cyberattacks across their most critical assets...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain Bahrain selects Ericsson to deploy 5G network in Kingdom, showcases 5G capabilities
Member Logo Bridging from a nationwide LTE advanced network to 5G, Zain Bahrain has selected Ericsson’s market-leading 5G portfolio to deploy a 5G radio network in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Once commercially live expected by the end...
 
•  ITU devising ‘Driving Test’ for the AI ‘Drivers’ in control of automated vehicles
Member Logo A new ITU Focus Group on 'AI for autonomous and assisted driving' will work towards the establishment of international standards to monitor and assess the performance of the AI 'Drivers' steering automated...
 
•  Dialogic and Epsilon receive Best Unified Communications Innovation Award at Capacity Europe 2019
Member Logo Dialogic announced that the Dialogic® BUZZ™ UCaaS platform offered as a collaboration between Dialogic and Epsilon, was the recipient of the Best Unified Communications Innovation Award at the Capacity Europe 2019...
 
•  NTT EAST expands its managed services for enterprises “GigaRaku VPN” and “GigaRaku Switch” with Cisco Meraki
Member Logo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation has selected the Cisco Meraki MX and MS series to deliver managed SD-WAN/connectivity services and managed LAN services, respectively to enterprises...
 
•  Huawei launches AI Ecosystem Program in Europe
Member Logo Huawei officially released the AI Ecosystem Program in Europe and announced an investment of 100 million euros (US$ 110 million) in the next 5 years...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• Polish UKE presents plans for 3.4-3.8 GHz band spectrum award
Polish regulator UKE presented its concept for the distribution of spectrum in the 3.4-3.8 GHz band during the Ericsson Radio Tech Day...
 
South Asia
 
• Banglalink launches digital entertainment platform 'Toffee'
Banglalink has officially launched Toffee, a digital entertainment platform, to provide customers with an opportunity to enjoy a wide range of high-quality entertainment content...
 
• SLT launches ‘e-Senior Program’
Sri Lanka Telecom held a workshop recently under the ‘SLT e-Senior Program’ to tackle and overcome issues that senior citizens face in thier day-to-day activities due to the rapid enhancements in digitisation...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
• ITS switches on full fiber network
Network operator ITS, has announced that businesses on the Fylde Coast can now start to access transformational full fiber gigabit business broadband and connectivity services...
 
• Vodafone and Openreach to launch 500,000 new FTTH connections in Spring 2020
Vodafone will use Openreach's FTTH network to deliver full fibre broadband services in three UK towns and cities...
 
• OneWeb wants to blanket the planet in high-speed satellite broadband
The startup plans to launch hundreds of low-orbit satellites, solving some of the issues with traditional internet access via satellite...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Koronadal City, Globe Business launch emergency hotline
Globe Telecom and the City Government of Koronadal have launched the Korona-911 emergency hotline, an all-in-one emergency communication for information dissemination and response coordination during crisis situations...
 
• Telstra uses AI to predict battery failures
Telstra is using artificial intelligence to predict equipment failures on its network, one of three use cases identified for AI in the telco...
 
• Teradata, Deutsche Telekom partner to offer cloud-based data analytics for SMBs in Germany
Teradata, the cloud analytics company and Deutsche Telekom announced a strategic partnership to support the digital transformation goals of small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) in Germany...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Iranian utility firm to deploy FTTH
Iran’s state-backed utility company Tavanir is planning to deploy fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technology which will be offered on a wholesale basis to ISPs...
 
• New Saudi Payments Company expected to enhance e-transactions
The approval for the new company came in line with SAMA’s strategy to transform Saudi Arabia into a cashless society...
 
• Intel Innovation Center launched to accelerate Middle East's digital transformation
The Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) in partnership with Intel has announced the launch of a new phase of the Intel Innovation Center in the integrated free zone technology park...
 
North Africa
 
• Orange, Huawei release vEPC for better service for Egyptian customers
Orange Egypt is the first in Egypt and the first Orange-affiliate to go virtual with business-critical function (Packet Core) on a mass market use case...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Hopster launches in New Zealand with Sky
Kids on-demand service Hopster has secured a distribution partnership with pay TV operator Sky New Zealand, giving subscribers to streaming services Neon and Sky Go access to Hopster’s educational preschool shows,...
 
• BBC, Sky enter content and technology partnership
In a move that brings together the UK’s leading pay-TV provider with the UK’s leading free-to-air broadcaster, Sky and the BBC have agreed a new partnership that will see the two broadcasters collaborate across...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• MTN launches fixed LTE services in Swakopmund and Walvis Bay
MTN Business Namibia has announced the launch of fixed LTE services in the coastal towns of Swakopmund and Walvis Bay as part of its network expansion...
 
• NetLink to support TPG Telecom 5G trial at Singapore Science Park
NetLink NBN Trust will support TPG Telecom's 5G trial network across Singapore Science Park 1 and 2, the national broadband operator said in a bourse filing...
 
• Ericsson, Swisscom and Qualcomm make huge step towards nationwide 5G coverage in Switzerland
An industry progressive step in 5G has taken place in Switzerland when the first over-the-air, Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) 5G data call was successfully carried out by Ericsson, Swisscom, and Qualcomm Technologies...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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