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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 11, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
BT takes action to combat TV broadcasting piracy
 
 
BT is stepping up its efforts to combat the illegal piracy of premium subscription-based content through a new partnership with leading video infrastructure company, ATEME. BT is using the company’s sophisticated encryption techniques to protect satellite uplinked content in the most secure way possible, and will be offering this technology to its media and broadcast customers around the world to help reduce the number of illegal streams...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco expands its cloud connect solutions by introducing Google Cloud Interconnect
Member Logo The development strengthens Batelco’s cloud services which also includes AWS Direct Connect and Microsoft Express Route and boosts the Company’s global connectivity solutions by offering a secure, reliable and...
 
•  Ohio State launches innovative internship program with Accenture
Member Logo Building on a more than 20-year history of successful partnership, The Ohio State University (OSU) and Accenture have announced a new internship program with OSU’s Translational Data Analytics Institute to provide...
 
•  Nokia highlights momentum with 63 commercial 5G deals
Member Logo Nokia announced that it had reached 63 commercial 5G contracts worldwide, positioning it as a global leader in the delivery of end-to-end 5G solutions...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Pact for specialised cybersecurity accelerator signed
The Ministry of Technology and Communications signed an agreement to launch Oman’s first specialised cybersecurity accelerator, in cooperation with the Oman-Britain digital centre and Takween, the annual investment...
 
TRA holds a workshop on UAE Hackathon 2020
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) held a special workshop to introduce the UAE Hackathon 2020, in its Dubai office, in the presence of coordinators from the federal entities, and a number of local entities...
 
South Asia
 
Zong keen to take one step forward from 4G to 5G services in Pakistan
Zong has conducted 5G tests successfully in Pakistan and finds the market quite ready for the new state-of-the-art service...
 
North Africa
 
Orange opens new Orange Middle East and Africa HQ in Morocco
Orange has officially inaugurated the Orange Middle East and Africa operational head office in Morocco as part of efforts to strengthen its presence in Africa...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Speedcast and Blue Arcus to power 4G LTE infrastructure for Australia's Norfolk Island Telecom
Using Speedcast's 4G LTE network infrastructure and satellite backhaul solutions, the operator is empowered to deliver faster broadband speeds and enhanced mobile services...
 
Verizon anticipates indoor 5G without Wi-Fi
Verizon is preparing for a 5G world where Wi-Fi won't be in the picture, but new solutions will propel millimeter wave indoors in many places...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Major mobile-only SVoD service Quibi set to launch in April
A subscription video on demand service designed solely for mobile consumption will launch with the backing of much of the entertainment establishment...
 
Airtel launches TV app, video-on-demand
Airtel Nigeria says it has launched its television app in a bold step to redefine television viewing experience for customers...
 
 
Middle East
 
E-Vision selects Evergent's revenue and customer lifecycle platform to power OTT TV service
E-Vision, a subsidiary of Etisalat Group announced that it has selected Evergent, provider of solutions for revenue and customer lifecycle management to power its multi-country OTT TV service with its multi-tenant platform...
 
UAE enjoys 18 percent share in region’s total digital economy
The digital economy consists of two main components, the first is e-business and the second is e-commerce, and from them the subsidiary components of the digital economy generate...
 
Bahraini start-up helps restaurants in the GCC market to digitize reservations
Restaurants are offered a platform handling online reservations, table management and restaurant analytics, as well as a dedicated customer relationship management and marketing system...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Portsmouth chooses MLL Telecom for dark fiber connectivity
Portsmouth City Council has appointed MLL Telecom to provide connectivity for its public buildings to a dark fiber network around the city...
 
Deutsche Glasfaser reaches 630,000 homes with FTTH
Deutsche Glasfaser has announced that its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network now reaches more than 400 municipalities, passing around 630,000 private customers and over 5,000 businesses...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Toyota to build a ‘smart city’ at the base of Mt Fuji
The automotive manufacturer plans to develop a 175-acre city in which to test the latest in technological innovation...
 
T-Mobile gains one million phone customers in fourth quarter
T-Mobile US says it gained 1 million net new postpaid subscribers in during the fourth quarter, unchanged from last year...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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