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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 3, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sudatel appoints new CEO as the company prepares for further expansion and growth
 
 
Sudatel Telecom Group Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Sami Yousif Mohamed as CEO and Group President effective immediately...
 
Morocco has 3rd best 4G coverage in Africa
The Global Connectivity Index (GCI) for 2019 published by technology company Huawei has ranked Morocco third in Africa for 4G coverage...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Viu delves into the underworld with its latest Viu Original series, Black
Member Logo Adaptation of the popular Korean series of the same name, Black will be aired across Viu’s 17 markets spanning Asia, the Middle East and South Africa...
 
•  VIVA organizes PlayStation tournament as part of the new corporate values: Drive, Devotion and Dynamism
Member Logo VIVA aims through these activities and competitions to focus not only on technical competencies but on those that lie underneath as core values which in turn impact work culture and corporate performance...
 
•  Comviva partners with Inlogic Games
Member Logo The partnership will allow Comviva to provide a richer Games content to its telecom partners in the emerging markets and help Inlogic to expand its global footprint...
 
•  Sari Baldauf to succeed Risto Siilasmaa as Nokia Board Chair at Nokia’s Annual General Meeting 2020
Member Logo Nokia announced that its Board Chair, Risto Siilasmaa, has informed the Board that he will not stand for re-election to the Board of Directors at the Nokia Annual General Meeting in 2020...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Mobile internet data speeds double in most French overseas territories
French regulator Arcep has published its second report on mobile coverage and quality of service across the French overseas territories, highlighting a clear improvement compared with 2018...
 
Somali Cabinet approves National ICT Policy and Strategy
Somalia’s Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Technology (MPTT) has announced that the National ICT Policy and Strategy has been approved by the Cabinet...
 
Middle East
 
Orange Jordan sponsors Model UN and the Arab council
Orange Jordan sponsored a series of the Model United Nations educational and training sessions recently held at AlHussein Technical University and the International Academy...
 
The Tank by Umniah holds open day for innovation in IoT
Umniah’s entrepreneurship and business incubator, The Tank organized an open day for innovation in the Internet of Things (IoT), at the incubator in King Hussein Business Park...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
MainOne Subsea Cable ready for service in the Ivory Coast
The cable will revolutionise connectivity in the West Africa region, providing onward connectivity to Europe...
 
Brazil and China to launch satellite created in collaboration
The CBERS-4A satellite, created in collaboration between Brazil and China, will be launched on December 17, according to the National Institute for Space Research...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Sytel enables growth of Kelly Services in Russia
Kelly’s contact centre model has been replaced with a multi-channel and multi-tenant solution, hosted within their private cloud...
 
 
South Asia
 
Mobile technology spurs internet penetration in Bangladesh
Propelled by the booming mobile industry, the number of Internet users in Bangladesh is on the rise, reaching 99.57 million at the end of October...
 
Free Wi-Fi, SIM cards for international delegates in Nepal
Internet service provider, WorldLink, is providing free Wi-Fi services in various stadiums during South Asian Games 2019...
 
North Africa
 
Morocco has 3rd best 4G coverage in Africa
The Global Connectivity Index (GCI) for 2019 published by technology company Huawei has ranked Morocco third in Africa for 4G coverage...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
KPN integrates Amazon Prime Video
KPN is adding Amazon Prime Video to its Interactive TV menu, making KPN IPTV the first television platform in the Netherlands integrating the service...
 
Canal+ Netflix first in Poland
Canal+ and Netflix have begun to work together in Poland, and are being offered together in a single package, in what is a first in the country, by the DTH platform Plaforma Canal+...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Blue Wireless expands 4G/LTE data coverage in Asia-Pacific
Blue Wireless has expanded its AsiaPac 4G/LTE enterprise data plan to now include 18 countries across Asia-Pacific, offering low-cost, high-speed data for IoT and business applications...
 
T-Mobile switches on ‘nationwide’ 5G network
T-Mobile US has lit up the country’s first nationwide 5G network, covering more than 200 million people and more than 5,000 towns and cities across the country...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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