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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
November 18, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
BT wins exclusive rights to UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League until 2024
 
 
BT have secured the rights to all 420 games of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the new UEFA Europa Conference League, for a further three seasons. This represents an increase of 77 games from the previous deal, and includes highlights and in-match clips, and commences in 2021...
 
UAE telecom authority to host UAE 5G Conference in December
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) is now ready to host the UAE 5G Conference in Dubai that will take place during the period from 8 to 9 December 2019 with wide international participation...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  du collaborates with Huawei to emphasise the value of 5G deterministic networks & empower emerging industry use cases
Member Logo du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has developed a joint white paper with Huawei to illustrate the need for service oriented programmable core for “all access” and “all...
 
•  VIVA Cash awarded as ‘Most innovative service of the year’ at the 2019 CommsMEA Awards
Member Logo This recognises VIVA Cash as a ground breaking application offering consumers the very latest secure and convenient digital mobile wallet technology for everyday payments with a value-added service of domestic and...
 
•  Microsoft and Salesforce expand strategic partnership to accelerate customer success
Member Logo Salesforce names Microsoft Azure as its public cloud provider for Salesforce Marketing Cloud to help customers scale and grow...
 
•  Nokia and Hitachi Kokusai Electric bring local 5G and private LTE networks to Japanese enterprises
Member Logo Nokia has announced that it is collaborating with Hitachi Kokusai Electric on local 5G and private wireless LTE solutions for industrial and government customers...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• UAE telecom authority to host UAE 5G Conference in December
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) is now ready to host the UAE 5G Conference in Dubai that will take place during the period from 8 to 9 December 2019 with wide international participation...
 
• Arcep renews call to address shortage of IPv4 addresses
French telecom authority Arcep published its latest dashboard on the transition to IPv6 in France, showing that industry players are not moving fast enough to deal with the expected shortage of IPv4 addresses...
 
• LTA to draft SIM registration rules for Liberian users
The Liberia Telecommunications Authority has reportedly launched a consultation on mandatory SIM card registration with telecoms operators and other stakeholders in the country...
 
Middle East
 
• UAE’s Nedaa to deliver secure communications at Dubai Airshow
Nedaa is positioning their mobile base station next to the Airshow site, offering round-the-clock monitoring and connectivity for addressing critical situations and equipment malfunction...
 
• Tamer signs ecommerce deal with China retailer
The objective of the partnership is to meet the demand of today’s digital consumers, promising to jazz up the e-commerce market in the Kingdom...
 
North Africa
 
• Plan to introduce internet in 50% of technical schools in Egypt
The move is mandatory to adopt modern learning methods and to make the operation of applied technology schools possible...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
• Google completes California-to-Chile subsea cable
Google's 10,500-km "Curie" subsea cable stretching from California to Chile is now ready for service...
 
• New Inmarsat GX5 satellite to launch on 22 November
In less than four years, GX has become the gold standard for seamless, globally available, mobile broadband services across multiple industry sectors...
 
 
South Asia
 
• Mobitel to partner VISA in Sri Lanka to enhance digital enablement
Mobitel has forged a dynamic partnership with Visa to enhance digital enablement in Sri Lanka via its widely-used mobile money platform, mCash...
 
• Bangladesh adds 760,000 mobile phone subscribers in October
Bangladesh ended October with 164.17 million mobile phone subscribers, up from 163.41 million in September, according to latest data...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• TikTok owner ByteDance plans to launch music streaming service next month
In addition to on-demand music, ByteDance's app will include a library of short video clips for listeners to search through and synch to songs as they listen...
 
• A+E contracts Arqiva to deliver Amazon Prime on-demand content
A+E Networks has extended its relationship with satellite and media services provider Arqiva in a deal to provide on-demand content for its Amazon Prime on-demand service in Germany and UK...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Airtel Africa to boost Nigerian LTE coverage
Airtel Africa has confirmed that it will invest US$70 million in additional spectrum, to boost its LTE coverage in Nigeria...
 
• New Zealand’s Spark goes multi-vendor for 5G
Spark New Zealand announced it shifted to a multi-vendor strategy for its 5G radio access network (RAN) and confirmed Nokia, Samsung and Huawei as preferred equipment suppliers...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Cell C inks a new roaming deal with MTN
Cell C has inked an expanded roaming agreement with MTN South Africa, to roam on MTN’s network in all areas of the country...
 
• CargoSmart launches IoT-enabled “CargoSmart Connected Reefer Solution”
CargoSmart Limited announced its brand-new CargoSmart Connected Reefer Solution, a one-stop reefer cargo management solution for ocean carriers and shippers...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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