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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 9, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat’s epic skydive stunt captures 5G speed from 15,000 feet
 
 
Etisalat has demonstrated yet again its 5G technological prowess, this time through an adrenaline-pumping freefall from 15,000 feet. Red Bull skydiver Dani Roman jumps off a plane on a mission: Can 5G download 4GB in time to open a parachute? On an average, skydivers need to deploy their parachute after 30 seconds from 15,000 feet...
 
TRA UAE hosts the 26th ASMG meeting
The importance of hosting this meeting lies in it being the first meeting following the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19)...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  du announces participation in the National Career Exhibition 2020
Member Logo At the event, du representatives will raise awareness about the various job opportunities it offers and meet prospective candidates to join a diverse team comprising of more than 60 nationalities...
 
•  Yahsat wins Best Company Award from Tawteen
Member Logo Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has announced that it has won the prestigious Emiratisation Award from the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (Tawteen) in three categories...
 
•  Cisco joins Facebook's Express Wi-Fi Technology Partner Program to connect more people to a faster internet
Member Logo Cisco announced that it has joined Facebook’s Express Wi-Fi Technology Partner Program to close the digital divide and enable more people around the world to get connected to a faster, better internet...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Nigeria’s government limits telecom subscribers to 3 SIM cards
As part of the new measure, the government has ordered the Nigerian Communications Commission to make sure that the National Identity Number now becomes the prerequisite for future card registration...
 
TRA UAE hosts the 26th ASMG meeting
The importance of hosting this meeting lies in it being the first meeting following the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19)...
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan and Iran to expand ICT cooperation
Pakistan and Iran have established a joint working group on information and communication technologies in line with the policies to expand bilateral scientific and technological ties...
 
NT rolls out 4G in all 77 districts
Nepal Telecom (NT) has declared that it has successfully expanded its 4G telecom service in all 77 districts of the country...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Loon, HAPSMobile ready high-altitude 4G
Alphabet and SoftBank subsidiaries Loon and HAPSMobile stated high-altitude aircraft were now ready to challenge terrestrial mobile networks after beaming a stable 4G signal from the atmosphere to smartphones...
 
Globe ramps up 5G coverage in Metro Manila
Globe, which launched pilot 5G services for the Philippines’ home broadband market last June, is preparing a wider rollout in Metro Manila for 2020...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Bouygues Telecom signs partnership with Amazon Prime Video
Bouygues Telecom will now include Amazon’s Prime Video application in its Android boxes...
 
Starz, Lionsgate ink UK output deal for split theatrical streaming window
Six months after debuting on Amazon Prime Video in the territory, Lionsgate first-run films will now be available on the Starzplay streaming service in the UK...
 
 
Middle East
 
Telecommunications subscribers hit 23.64 million in 2019
The number of telecommunications subscribers in UAE mobile, fixed-line and data services amounted to 23.64 million in 2019, according to statistics released recently...
 
Iran says dealt with large-scale DDoS cyber attack
The Iranian internet service has suffered hours of disruption in what telecoms authorities say was the result of DDoS cyber attack that was dealt with swiftly...
 
Movi and Xtouch Technologies announce partnership
Xtouch becomes the first smartphone in the Middle East offering its users the revolutionary Movi video player...
 
North Africa
 
Egyptian home furnishing marketplace Homzmart raises US$1.3 million funding
Founded last year, Homzmart is an e-commerce marketplace that connects home furnishing manufacturers and vendors with customers, selling furniture online...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Fast fiber broadband expands in Scotland
Across Scotland, around 944,000 premises have now been passed by the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) rollout...
 
OneWeb launches another 34 broadband satellites
OneWeb has launched another 34 satellites into orbit as it races SpaceX to build the world’s first high-speed, satellite-based broadband network...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
MarvelTec, PLDT elevate carrier services in Asia Pacific
PLDT Enterprise, and MarvelTec have formalized their partnership to provide seamless carrier services for their shared constituents across Asia-Pacific...
 
KT picks Amdocs CatalogOne cloud-native platform to create, launch new 5G services
This solution enables operators to create, deploy, test and launch new services at a much faster pace and quickly take advantage of new 5G use cases and revenue opportunities...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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