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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
November 12, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
350 tech experts to attend Omantel ICT Summit
 
 
The event will bring more than 350 technology experts from Oman and abroad under one roof to discuss the strategic initiatives related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the successes that have been achieved in this front...
 
European service partner StorTrec signs MoU with Huawei Intelligent Computing
 
 
Huawei and StorTrec AG have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance support service for Huawei's intelligent computing business...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat launches UAE’s first ‘Unlimited Calling’ with new ‘Freedom Unlimited’ postpaid plans
Member Logo Etisalat has announced the launch of its new ‘Freedom Unlimited’ plans, offering postpaid customers – for the first time in the UAE - unlimited local and international calls on select plans...
 
•  Batelco announces support of fifth IRONMAN 70.3 Middle East Championship in Bahrain
Member Logo As part of its commitment to the sports sector, Batelco is delighted to announce that it will be a Platinum Sponsor and Exclusive Telecom Partner of the IRONMAN 70.3 Middle East Championship taking place for the fifth...
 
•  Education Institutions of Punjab partner with Microsoft to highlight technological advancements in education
Member Logo Microsoft in collaboration with the Punjab School Education Department, Punjab TEVTA and Punjab Group of Colleges hosted a seminar in Education dubbed ‘Microsoft Edu Day’...
 
•  Viu offers top-notch content from GMM Grammy
Member Logo Viu, and GMM Grammy have announced an extended collaboration to include additional top-ranked Thai content on Viu Thailand...
 
•  Nokia joins Sendai City in world’s first test of private wireless connected drones for tsunami evacuation alerts
Member Logo Sendai City and Nokia successfully conducted a test flight of a Nokia drone on a private LTE network provided by Nokia Digital Automation Cloud...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
NBTC shelves dismantling 2G services
The telecom regulator has backed away from the 2G mobile system shutdown planned for October 2019, saying the three major mobile operators are still willing to provide services to customers...
 
NCC reassures customers of protection
The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has assured telecom consumers that they would continue to get the right value for their cash...
 
South Asia
 
Nepal Telecom launches 4G services in several cities
Nepal Telecom has launched the 4G high-speed internet service in several towns from Birtamod in east to Mahendranagar in west in all seven states...
 
Dialog records strong year-to-date performance
Sri Lankan based connectivity provider, Dialog Axiata has announced its consolidated financial results for the nine months ended 30th September 2019...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Disney+ launches in three markets
Disney+ has gone live in the US, Canada and the Netherlands, marking the start of the global rollout of the streaming service...
 
Vevo partners with Pluto TV
Major label-owned music video platform Vevo is launching a series of linear channels for leanback viewing on Pluto TV, the ad-supported video service that got acquired by Viacom earlier this year.
 
NAGRA and KAON launch Android TV offer
Content protection firm NAGRA has partnered with broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) provider KAON to launch a new streaming platform for Android TV...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
DT, Telefónica, Vodafone team up for network rollout in Germany
Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica Deutschland, and Vodafone intend to collaborate closely in the future with the aim of expanding their mobile communications networks to achieve the best possible mobile broadband coverage...
 
EVO and Korea Telecom launch Data Center at Inha University in Tashkent
According to IUT, given high data market growth in Uzbekistan and government initiatives in ICT, Korea Telecom predicts that demand for Internet and data will continue to grow...
 
 
Middle East
 
Truck delivery app wins Saudi funds to expand in Middle East
Trukker, a digital marketplace for land freight based in the U.A.E, has raised one of the largest initial rounds of capital for a startup in the region...
 
Oppo shoring up smartphone presence in Middle East following Dubai move
Chinese manufacturer Oppo, tplans to double its sales in the Middle East market, where it's vying to establish as a premium brand and has also relocated its regional headquarters to the UAE...
 
Adnoc to develop AI solutions with Abu Dhabi-based Group 42
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company signed an agreement with UAE-based artificial intelligence company, Group 42, to develop AI products for the energy sector....
 
North Africa
 
Al Madar extends LTE-A coverage
Libyan cellular operator Al Madar has announced ‘4G+’ coverage has now been extended to the coastal towns of Zuwaytinah, Brega and Bishr...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Beeline accelerates LTE network expansion
Beeline Russia has announced its 4G mobile population coverage reached 84% at the end of the third quarter of 2019, after it accelerated its LTE/LTE-A network expansion...
 
MTN and Huawei partner to enable 5G
South African mobile operator MTN, together with Huawei has launched their C-band 5G trial as part of the operator’s network evolution plan towards 5G...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
T-Mobile Czech to cover 100,000 homes with FTTH by year-end
T-Mobile Czech Republic has announced it expects to have covered 100,000 households with fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technology by the end of the year, providing peak throughput of up to 10Gbps...
 
SpaceX launches second batch of Starlink broadband satellites
SpaceX completed its second launch of 60 Starlink satellites Nov. 11, making its own system the largest commercial telecommunications satellite constellation in orbit...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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