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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Microsoft and KKBOX Group launch global strategic partnership
 
 
Microsoft and KKBOX Group will also jointly use data and AI to optimize its music-creation system and explore new music-listening possibilities for consumers. This cooperation is a milestone for KKBOX Group’s internationalization initiative and opens up more possibilities for the digital entertainment industry...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  AT&T to release fourth quarter and full year 2019 earnings on January 29, 2020
Member Logo AT&T announced that the company’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2019 results will be released before 7:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, January 29, 2020...
 
•  Vodafone partners with Nokia to deliver 5G
Member Logo Vodafone Hutchison Australia customers will soon enjoy the benefits of 5G technology with the announcement that Vodafone has partnered with Nokia to commence the roll out of its 5G network in the first half of 2020...
 
•  Huawei FusionServer Pro V5 certified for SAP HANA scale-out solution
Member Logo Huawei FusionServer Pro 2488H V5 rack servers and Huawei KunLun 9008 V5 mission critical servers have passed the SAP HANA® certification for BWoH/BW4H/DM and S4H scale-out appliance solutions...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Ministry gives conditional approval to SK Broadband, Tbroad merger
The ICT Ministry has approved the merger between SK Telecom’s SK Broadband and Tbroad, the second-largest cable operator in South Korea...
 
BTRC for 65 percent cuts in international call rates
The telecom regulator is set to recommend slash in international incoming voice call rate by 65.71 percent to $0.006 a minute in the face of fast shrinking earnings from the segment in recent years...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Dhiraagu extends IPTV service to Fulidhoo
DhiraaguTV offers a diverse set of 100 channels and is the first and, at present, the only wide-scale residential IPTV service in the Maldives that provides premium quality programming via a fixed broadband connection...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Fluvius starts FTTH roll-out in Poperinge
Belgian grid operator Fluvius announced the expansion of its FTTH network to the Flemish town of Poperinge...
 
Inmarsat’s GX5 satellite to offer broadband coverage over Middle East, Europe
The company has added a satellite to the Global Xpress constellation to address a demand for commercial broadband services in the Middle East and Europe...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Veon moves to sell Armenian phone network
Veon which owns one of Armenia’s three mobile phone networks has asked authorities in Yerevan for permission to sell it to a rival Armenian firm...
 
Huawei launches “smart” education system in Uzbekistan
Huawei presented a system of “smart” education based on an innovative study room, opened with the assistance of Uzbektelecom, to Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev...
 
 
Middle East
 
Khalifa University achieves new milestones in collaborations, commercialization and research innovations during 2019
Khalifa University, the University of Milan and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa signed an agreement to set up a Joint Lab for Embodied Artificial Intelligence that will be physically located within the...
 
Saudi e-commerce platform gives regional artisans a global market
Since its launch, the site’s network has expanded from 60 to 400 artisanal brands across the Gulf, including in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain...
 
South Asia
 
AWAL Telecom signs tower sharing partnership with Telenor Pakistan
AWAL Telecom has signed a tower sharing partnership with Telenor Pakistan, to further mature the country’s telecom infrastructure...
 
MTB-Mastercard rolls out QR code payment in Bangladesh
Mutual Trust Bank in a collaboration with Mastercard is set to a launch interoperable Quick Response (QR) code-based payment acceptance solution - Bangla QR. aiming to boost cashless transaction...
 
North Africa
 
Mobile subscribers reach 94.9 million in Egypt
According to the latest statistics, Egypt's mobile market added 140,000 new subscribers in September, to reach 94.9 million...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
A1 Bulgaria expands 4G network to 99% population coverage
Over 2019, 4.5G coverage has been provided to over 1.7 million potential new users, and the maximum download speed can reach 640 Mbps...
 
StarHub, U Mobile to run 5G roaming tests
The trials will run entirely on 5G, and independent of 4G infrastructure, which the Singapore and Malaysia telcos say make these different from other roaming trials that still tap 5G non-standalone technology...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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