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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 22, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat remains the most valuable consumer brand in MEA for the 3rd consecutive year
 
 
Etisalat set another milestone by coming out on top again as ‘The Most Valuable Consumer Brand’ and ‘The Most Valuable Telecom Brand’ in Middle East and Africa (MEA) by Brand Finance as a recognition for the success and growth of the brand spurred by digital customer service driven strategy and engaging with consumers across markets with innovative global branding initiatives...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC's revenue for 12 months period of 2019 increased by 4.64%
Member Logo STC's revenue for 12 months period of 2019 increased by 4.64% compared to the same period of last year, and it distributes SR 1 per share dividends for the 4th quarter...
 
•  du's 5G network strengthens UAE-China bilateral relations with 5G live stream of 2020 Chinese New Year celebration
Member Logo du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has showcased the huge potential for 5G technologies to drive the UAE’s major industry verticals, following the telco powering an innovative 5G live...
 
•  MCIT, Care Egypt Foundation and Microsoft collaborate on Women Empowerment across Egypt
Member Logo The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has announced a partnership with Care Egypt Foundation (CEF) and Microsoft to launch a ‘Women Empowerment Campaign’...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA launches the National Cybersecurity Capacity Building Program
The Program aims to develop highly efficient national capabilities in protecting the cyberspace and addressing relevant risks...
 
NBTC tries mobile ID for loans
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) says its mobile ID project will help facilitate nano-finance operations and address the loan shark problem...
 
South Asia
 
Huawei Pay expands to Pakistan
Huawei has launched its mobile wallet service Huawei Pay in Pakistan in cooperation with UnionPay International and National Bank of Pakistan, making it the fourth market where Huawei Pay has been made available...
 
Bangladesh to export bandwidth to Nepal
The lone submarine cable company of Bangladesh is now in talks with Nepal Telecom to export about 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) of bandwidth...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Tubi announces Mexico launch
Tubi, the ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) service, is to expand into Mexico later this year in collaboration with TV Azteca...
 
Original programming, VOD fuel 2019 growth for UKTV
High demand for on-demand and original content in generally has added up to a strong 2019 for leading UK commercial broadcaster UKTV during 2019...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Telcos move to strengthen mobile networks in wake of bushfire crisis
A sweeping review of the telecommunications industry will examine its disaster resilience, with a high-powered meeting of executives and government officials agreeing to better protect phone and internet networks in...
 
MTS launches mobile network in Antarctica
Russia’s Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has installed a GSM mobile network in Antarctica, at the Russian expedition station Progress...
 
 
Middle East
 
Amazon brings AWS Outposts to 7 new regions including Bahrain
Outposts extends native AWS or VMware Cloud on AWS deployments to customers’ own data centers, effectively giving them an on-premises version of the AWS cloud...
 
FlexxPay to launch innovation centre in Lebanon
The centre will focus on technological innovation in core areas such as platform development, business intelligence, bots and mobile applications...
 
North Africa
 
Huawei ready to launch 5G network in Morocco
Chinese multinational technology company Huawei has announced it is ready to launch a 5G network in Morocco...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Our Telekom launches 3G at Visale, Guadalcanal
As Our Telekom continues to improve both its 2G and 3G network coverage throughout the provinces, it is renewing its focus to improve access in more remote areas...
 
A1 to launch 5G in 129 municipalities
Telekom Austria's subsidiary A1 is set to roll out 5G on January 25 in 350 locations across 129 municipalities in Austria...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Ukrtelecom reaches 280 towns, villages with fiber broadband
Ukrtelecom offers residents fiber internet packages with 50Mbps-200Mbps speeds, including access to internet telephony and IPTV...
 
Lockheed Martin ships communications satellite to French Guiana
JCSAT-17 is the first Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) communications satellite built on the modernized LM 2100, which includes 26 innovations that make the satellite more powerful, flexible and versatile in orbit...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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