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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 19, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
Huawei keeps strong R&D pace as 5th top investor worldwide
 
 
Huawei has been ranked fifth on the recently released 2019 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard as one of the biggest investors in research and development worldwide. The Scoreboard is made up of the 2,500 companies investing the largest sums in research and development in the world, with data collected from companies’ annual reports and accounts...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  BT partners with Government’s Shared Rural Network program
Member Logo BT will be part of the Government’s Shared Rural Network program and belives that sharing is the answer when it comes to solving mobile connectivity for rural Britain...
 
•  Microsoft announces it will be carbon negative by 2030
Member Logo By 2030 Microsoft will be carbon negative, and by 2050 Microsoft will remove from the environment all the carbon the company has emitted either directly or by electrical consumption since it was founded in 1975...
 
•  Nokia and Angola Cables trial the first direct optical connection between USA and Africa with PSE-3 chipset
Member Logo Nokia has announced that Angola Cables is trialling Nokia’s Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE-3) chipset for the first direct optical connection between the USA and Africa...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
NBTC allows Thaicom to rent capacity from foreign firms
The board of the telecom regulator has passed a resolution allowing SET-listed satellite service provider Thaicom to rent transponder capacity from foreign satellites...
 
IFT publishes infrastructure sharing guidelines
Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute has published a new set of guidelines relating to the deployment of, access to and shared use of telecoms and broadcasting infrastructure...
 
Middle East
 
United Arab Emirates ranks second in the global mobile broadband speed test in December
The United Arab Emirates has risen two places to take second place in the global mobile broadband speed test in December, according to the Ookla Global Speed ​​Test Index...
 
Bahrain progresses toward becoming a major technology and innovation hub
Through careful planning and bold regulatory reforms, the Kingdom of Bahrain is poised to become a major hub for finance, technology, and innovation, according to a new report...
 
Saudi SEC to begin installing smart meters in February
In the second phase, meters will be linked to telecom systems, presumably to users’ smartphones, before being linked to the billing systems in the third and final stage...
 
North Africa
 
Tunisia to launch SMS disaster alert system
Tunisian mobile operators are collaborating with the government to develop an SMS-based early warning system to alert citizens at risk of major natural disasters...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Vidgo launches 100+ channel live streaming service
Harmonic announced that Vidgo has launched a new OTT service powered by Harmonic's VOS®360 Live Streaming Platform...
 
Hopster launches in African market
Pre-school education and entertainment digital platform Hopster is launching in Africa in partnership with South Africa’s Vodacom and Congolese telecom provider MTN...
 
 
South Asia
 
SCO restores telecom system to AJK, GB
Special Communication Organisation has restored Optical Fiber Cable where torrential rains and heavy snowfall badly damaged OFC and caused breakdown of telecommunication facilities...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
XL Axiata extends 4G to Lampung’s west coast under USO
Indonesian operator XL Axiata has expanded its 4G network coverage to the west coast of Lampung, a province on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra...
 
Korean telcos join forces to offer 5G services on subways
South Korea's top three telecommunication firms said that they have joined hands to offer 5G services on subways in major cities...
 
TM, U Mobile explores 5G network sharing opportunities
Under the partnership, both parties will be exploring several network infrastructures sharing models such as Multi-Operator Core Node or Multi-Operator Radio Access Network...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
First Spacebus Neo satellite launched
Ariane 5's first launch of 2020 has delivered two telecom satellites, Konnect and GSAT-30, into their planned transfer orbits...
 
Deutsche Telekom’s FTTH joint venture gets underway
Glasfaser Nordwest will begin with its build-out effort immediately and fiber-optic connectivity will become available to the first customers in the build-out zone this year...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Openet partners with MDS Global to deliver BSS solution to Malaysian MVNO, redONE
The partnership will see Openet and MDS Global help redONE expand its regional footprint to Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines...
 
O2 to further improve network service using Open Radio Access Network technology
O2 is working with partners including Mavenir, DenseAir and WaveMobile to introduce O-RAN solutions that the company will think will redefine mobile network economics...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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