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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 1, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIVA partners with Intigral to Introduce Jawwy TV Home for the first time in Kuwait with Postpaid plans
 
 
VIVA Kuwait has announced a collaboration with Intigral to launch their state-of-the-art Set top box, Jawwy TV HOME for the first time through the agent in Kuwait NHE Group, available with VIVA Postpaid plans...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Omantel showcases vision for enabling the digital economy
Member Logo Omantel successfully hosted the Middle East Global Carrier Community Meeting (GCCM) in Muscat, demonstrating to leaders in international telecoms the foundation for innovation that it has built in Oman...
 
•  UAE Ministry of Community Development partners with Microsoft to protect against advanced cyberthreats
Member Logo The UAE’s Ministry of Community Development (MOCD) today teamed up with Microsoft to better secure its digital assets and protect against cyber-attacks...
 
•  goetzpartners advised ITM on a technology license agreement for medical radioisotopes with CIRC in China
Member Logo The agreement is in relation to the production and distribution of Germanium-68/Gallium-68 Generators and no-carrier-added (n.c.a) Lutetium-177 (EndolucinBeta®) in China...
 
•  Nokia Foundation grants 2019 Recognition Award to Elements of AI online course
Member Logo Nokia Foundation has granted its 2019 Recognition Award to the Elements of AI free online course with Hanna Hagström, Director of AI Business at Reaktor, and Teemu Roos, Leader of AI Education...
 
•  Huawei and Peng Cheng Laboratory build Cloud Brain II, embarking on a new chapter for AI clusters at 1000 PFLOPS scale
Member Logo Huawei and Peng Cheng Laboratory (PCL) have jointly released Peng Cheng Cloud Brain II Phase 1, officially launching the journey to AI clusters at 1000 petaFLOPS (PFLOPS) scale...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
NTRA working to operate licenses of Tiba 1 satellite
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) is in the process of completing commercial licenses for Egyptian satellite “Tiba 1” with the company responsible for its management...
 
MTT awards smart leasing license
As part of its strategy to stimulate investment in smart services across its business, the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications (MTT) has announced that it has awarded a smart leasing license...
 
North Africa
 
Algerie Telecom offers Idoom customers e-payment app for bills and top-ups
Algerie Telecom has announced the availability of a new e-payment app named 'E-Paiement espace client' for its Idoom customers...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
KTRN invests US$10 million in 4G network upgrade
Korea Telecom Rwanda Networks (KTRN), has embarked on a US$10 million nationwide 4G upgrade project; to ensure better internet connectivity and capacity...
 
5G subscriptions to top 2.6 billion by end of 2025
The latest Ericsson Mobility Report has shown that by 2025, 5G would have covered up to 65 percent of the world’s population as well as 45 percent of global mobile data traffic...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
French operators ramp up FTTP roll-out
French FTTP networks covered another 1.2 million homes and businesses in the three months to September, a new high after the record 1.1 million premises passed in the previous quarter...
 
Marlink brings satellite-based internet to French Guiana
The delivery of high-speed connectivity signifies a major boost for education while simultaneously reinforcing infrastructure and cultural heritage of French Guiana...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Vodafone partnership to use 5G to improve healthcare
Through this partnership between Vodafone and the UCC Assert Centre, Vodafone is finding ways to bring improved healthcare services to patients across the globe...
 
Telxius acquires 1,909 Brazilian tower sites
Telxius has struck a deal with Telefónica Brasil (Vivo) for the acquisition of 1,909 sites in Brazil for R$ 641 million (US$153 million)...
 
 
Middle East
 
5G, AI and cloud ‘Bahrain digital hub’s vital pillars’
Huawei Middle East president Charles Yang highlighted the company’s unique contributions in Bahrain throughout the past 15 years and stressed the company’s commitment and promise of ‘In Bahrain, for...
 
Orange Jordan launches campaign on safe use of technology
Orange Jordan has launched a campaign to offer a wide range of concrete products and services to provide customers with information or tools designed to help them use technology safely and responsibly...
 
Muscat launches advanced electronic payment system
The new system allows for smooth interoperability between various banking systems and applications and smartphone e-wallets offered by banks and payment service providers in Oman...
 
UAE app QiDZ raises US$1 million seed investment
The company will use the funds to further enhance its product offering, grow its team and expand its footprint into other GCC markets...
 
South Asia
 
Bangladesh opens world’s 7th largest data centre
Bangladesh has inaugurated the National Data Centre which brings the country closer towards realizing the government’s vision of a Digital Bangladesh...
 
Dialog Axiata partners with Daraz Lanka
Daraz Sri Lanka and Dialog Axiata Group have officially joined hands in what they call a strategic partnership to collaborate on digital commerce...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
NetTV Plus teams up with DAZN
NetTV Plus and DAZN have formed a partnership to make DAZN’s sports offering available on the OTT platform targeting viewers from ex-Yugoslavian countries...
 
Spanish pay TV numbers edge up as IPTV consolidates position as leading technology
IPTV remains the dominant mode of distribution in Spain with 4.56 million subscribers, against 1.3 million cable TV customers, 610,000 satellite users and 280,000 primary online TV subscribers...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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