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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 20, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
Major bandwidth boost for Africa as PEACE heads south
 
 
PCCW Global and PEACE Cable International Network Co., Limited, will cooperate on the PEACE South extension of the Pakistan East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) submarine cable system. This cooperation positions PEACE as a major cable system to head south from the crucial high-speed Europe-Asia route, in a move that will deliver far-reaching connectivity benefits to the entire southern African region...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  BBC News Arabic launches Arabic news channel in HD exclusively on Arabsat
Member Logo BBC News Arabic television has inked another long-term agreement with Arabsat to launch their first Arabic news channel in high resolution to the region exclusively...
 
•  Accenture Interactive positioned as a Leader in independent research report
Member Logo Accenture Interactive has been named a Leader in the latest research report on Asia Pacific digital experience agencies from Forrester Research...
 
•  Huawei joins HEVC Advance
Member Logo As a Licensee, Huawei gains access to the over 10,000 (and counting) world-wide patents essential to implementing the HEVC/H.265 video codec standard...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA holds a workshop on the UAE ICT and Telecom Policy for the next ten years
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) held a direct consultation session with its partners on the UAE ICT and Telecom Policy...
 
Mobile operators to include opt-out option for users
The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has directed all mobile operators to include and opt-out unsubscribe option to all unsolicited promotional messages...
 
South Asia
 
Bangladesh ends 2019 with 165 million mobile subscribers and nearly 100 million internet users
Bangladesh ended December 2019 with 165.57 million mobile phone subscribers, up from 164.83 million in November, according to latest sector indicators...
 
Pakistan’s InstaCare raises US$140,000 for its digital healthcare platform
The startup aims to spread its reach across major cities of the country, while disrupting the conventional healthcare system through intelligent automation...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Korean operators band together to bolster 4G and 5G connectivity over Lunar New Year
Korea’s big three mobile network operators have committed to provide “seamless” connectivity over the Korean Lunar New Year festivities...
 
Viettel to launch 5G in June, using its own network equipment
Viettel successfully conducted its first 5G video call over its test network recently and confirmed that it will begin providing commercial 5G services in June...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Insight TV taps Amagi to support global OTT expansion
As it looks to strengthen and broaden its reach in the US, UK, Spain and Indonesia, Insight TV has turned to Amagi to transition core channels from over-the-top to its cloud-based platform...
 
D-Smart expands SPI/Filmbox deal
The updated agreement will ensure that these channels from the SPI/FilmBox portfolio are made available to live-stream anytime and anywhere, along with VOD content from select SPI channels through D-Smart’s OTT...
 
 
Middle East
 
Surge in number of fixed line internet subscribers in Oman
The Sultanate’s total fixed internet subscriptions surged by 11.6% to touch 473,487 subscribers until the end of November 2019, compared to 424,284 subscribers until end of December 2018...
 
Mideast firms spur business with cloud ERP
Organizations across the Middle East are increasingly selecting Oracle NetSuite to unlock growth and take their businesses to the next level...
 
DEWA organises seminars and lectures on Blockchain in collaboration with Siemens
DEWA has a strategy for digital transactions, and was one of the first government organisations to adopt blockchain technology in a number of services and initiatives...
 
North Africa
 
14 African startups head to MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition semi-finals
The 14 North African semi-finalists comprise nine Egyptian, two Moroccan, two Tunisian and one Algerian startup...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
T-Mobile Netherlands targets over 100,000 new fiber homes passed in 2020
In 2020 T-Mobile Netherlands aims to connect at least 100,000 households to its gigabit fiber-optic broadband access network in partnership with Primevest Capital Partners,..
 
China's GalaxySpace 5G satellite launches into LEO
The low earth orbit (LEO) satellite, which has communications capability of 10Gbps, will provide users with broadband communication services through satellite terminals...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Google chief urges 'proportionate' AI regulation
AI is, along with 5G networks, seen as an area where developments and applications risk outpacing regulatory measures unless authorities act swiftly...
 
Telefonica tests Quectel's NB-IoT module
These subscription swap capabilities are useful in Smart Metering (water, gas, electricity) and Smart Cities (waste managedent, parking, streetlight, pollution monitoring and more)...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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