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January 13, 2020

Etisalat highlights impact of 5G technologies on the future of media

The media plays an increasingly significant role in our lives as a trusted source for news and information, and beyond that also a source for entertainment. It is also a powerful communications platform for the society with the ability to influence people’s opinions and perceptions therefore making a significant social impact at all levels, highlighted Dr Ahmed bin Ali, Group Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Etisalat...

Member News

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Zain Drone: First drone services provider in region to receive ISO 9001:2015 certification

Zain Group announced that its Zain Drone subsidiary has received ISO 9001:2015 Certification with respect to its Quality Management System (QMS)...

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Facebook appoints Regional Director for Middle East, Africa and Turkey

In this role, Derya will lead Facebook to serve businesses and communities and to grow the company’s economic and social impact across the region...

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Samsung SDS and Syniverse simplify mobile payments for anyone with a phone

Syniverse’s mobile technology products and services provide a secure instant-access platform for seamless, customizable multi-channel messaging and connectivity...

Policy and Regulation

•	TRA foresees the development of smart government services with government partners The Executive Team for Online Services Index (OSI), an indicator of the UAE Vision 2021 National Agenda, held its twenty-sixth meeting, under the slogan “Together towards the first place”...

•	5G in Cambodia takes a step closer with customized training for Cambodian telecoms officials China has devised a customized 5G training programme for Cambodian telecoms officials to enable them to understand China’s policy on supporting 5G development and its IT application...

South Asia

•	Afghan Telecom sector contributes over US$11 million revenue These revenues come from 2.5% on the net incomes of the telecommunication company sales and will be spent on certain projects, including ATRA’s development project and more...

•	CMPak invested over US$5 billion in telecom sector of Pakistan China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak) had invested around US$ 3 billion in the telecommunication sector of Pakistan along with other investments in infrastructure worth over US$ 2 billion...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	ITV Hub hits 500 million hours viewed in 2019 In a sign of its continued growth, British PSB ITV has announced that viewing hours of its ITV Hub catch up service grew by 13% in 2019...

•	African SVOD revenues to multiply sixfold The amount of revenue derived from subscription–video-on-demand in the African market is expected to increase by six times the current value by 2025...

Global Telecom Update

•	Globe, Smart offer free calls, internet for Taal Volcano eruption victims Globe Telecom and Smart Communications are providing free internet connection as well as free calls and charging stations for those affected by the ongoing Taal Volcano eruption...

•	NTT DOCOMO and MobiledgeX to conduct MEC demo NTT DOCOMO and MobiledgeX will jointly conduct a proof of concept to verify a solution that leverages multi-access edge computing for the worldwide distribution of applications...

Middle East

•	OmniClouds signs strategic partnership with Infonas Telecom Bahrain Through this partnership, Infonas will provide SD-WAN services to enterprises in Bahrain using virtualized service platform provided by OmniClouds...

•	UAE Space Agency launches NewSpace Innovation Programme The programme aims to maximise the growth of space technology start-ups in NewSpace, the rising private spaceflight industry...

North Africa

•	Orange Egypt signs US$135 million data centre, cloud platform deal Orange Egypt has signed US$135 million deal with the Administrative Capital for Urban Development to build and operate its data centre and cloud computing platform...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Viettel to test the new 2,600MHz spectrum band for 4G in Vietnam Viettel announced that it has officially become the first telecommunication operator to test the new 2,600MHz band in 12 provinces and cities in Vietnam...

•	Vodafone 5G goes live in six new locations Vodafone now boasts of over 100 locations with access to their live 5G network, 34 of which are in the UK...

Satellite & Internet

•	Polkomtel doubles fiber footprint utilising Orange networks Polish telco Polkomtel has started offering fixed broadband services using the infrastructure of incumbent operator Orange Polska...

•	First Spacebus Neo satellite set for launch The first satellite developed under an initiative to help European industry deliver competitive satellites for the commercial telecommunications market has entered its final phase before launch...

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