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February 17, 2020

SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2020 in Dubai to Become Next Destination for the Telecom and Vertical Industries

SAMENA Telecommunications Council has announced that, with the patronage of the United Arab Emirates' Telecom Regulatory Authority, one of the Industry's premier leadership congregations, the SAMENA Council Leaders' Summit, will be held on April 9th, 2020, in Dubai at Atlantis, the palm...

BTRC claims country’s mobile tower radiation within safety limit

The telecom regulator made the claim following radiation tests on 70 mobile network sites last year at more than 10,000 sites in the country...

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Etisalat partners with Al Ihsan Charity to collect unused medicines from employees

Etisalat announced that it has once again teamed up with Al Ihsan Charity Association for the ‘Medicine Drop Box’ initiative to facilitate the donation of unused medicines by all its employees...

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BT Mobile launches Samsung Galaxy S20, S20 5G and S20+ 5G pre-order

BT has announced that Samsung’s latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20 5G and Galaxy S20+ 5G, are available to pre-order from on BT Mobile...

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Eutelsat releases first half 2019-20 results

The Board of Directors of Eutelsat Communications chaired by Dominique D’Hinnin, reviewed the financial results for the half-year ended 31 December 2019...

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Nokia announces first-of-its-kind 5G certification program to train and certify industry professionals

The Nokia Bell Labs End-to-End 5G Certification Program is a first-of-its-kind program that will offer professionals across the information and communications technology (ICT) industry two levels of certifications...

Policy and Regulation

•	Brazilian telecoms regulator discusses 5G auction rules Brazilian telecoms regulator Anatel has launched a public consultation to discuss the rules of what could be the world's largest single auction for 5G spectrum later this year...

•	BTRC claims country’s mobile tower radiation within safety limit The telecom regulator made the claim following radiation tests on 70 mobile network sites last year at more than 10,000 sites in the country...

North Africa

•	Maroc Telecom reports US$620 million profit in 2019 Maroc Telecom, Morocco's largest telecoms operator reported an adjusted profit of 6 billion dirhams (US$620 million) in 2019, up 1% compared with a year earlier...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Telekom and Vodafone team up to improve 4G coverage Deutsche Telekom is teaming up with Vodafone Germany to improve LTE coverage in rural areas and along traffic routes...

•	Safaricom set to 5G launch this year Kenya’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, Safaricom has sucessfully completed testing and trials of 5G services, and is plannings to roll out commercial services later this year...

Satellite & Internet

•	MidSouth Electric Co-op deploying FTTH network Broadband technical services company Conexon says it has won a contract to support the FTTH network effort, which will encompass deployment of 3000 miles of fiber...

•	SpaceX sends 60 Starlink broadband satellites into a different orbit SpaceX launched 60 more satellites for its Starlink internet broadband constellation on a Falcon 9 rocket, bringing the total count to 300...

Global Telecom Update

•	1NCE partners with China Telecom Global China Telecom Global and 1NCE have formed a partnership to deliver high-quality IoT connectivity....

•	Northern Spain operator plans national expansion Euskaltel’s strategy is to leverage the Virgin brand, offer simple, one-price converged products...

Middle East

•	Orange Business Services develops smart city app for Abu Dhabi Orange Business Services is working with Abu Dhabi Municipality in the UAE to develop an ‘IoT Cockpit’ app to provide more holistic oversight for city leaders...

•	Meteorologists to learn satellite monitoring skills Meteorologists from across the Middle East have come to Oman to learn to spot weather patterns from satellites by learning about techniques such as remote sensing, tracking weather conditions and analysing satellite images...

•	Joint cooperation agreement between stc pay and the Saudi Payments Company The Saudi Digital Payments Company stc pay has signed an agreement with the Saudi Payments Company, to raise cooperation in non-cash payments sector and benefit from the specialized and varied expertise at the Saudi Payments...

•	Siemens’ smart office platforms go live in UAE Siemens has created a real-world showcase of a future workspace, installing its IoT-enabled smart office technologies Comfy and Enlighted in the UAE for the first time...

South Asia

•	SLT and HGC sign MoU to accelerate SDN alliance interoperability Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has signed a MoU HGC Global Communications to mark the start of their joint collaboration on accelerated network integration and expansion using software-defined networking (SDN) technology...

•	GP launches digital service for people with hearing, speech disabilities Bangladesh based Grameenphone has launched a dedicated sign language based video call service for those who suffer from hearing and speech disabilities with a view to facilitate access to digital services...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Cincinnati Bell launches next generation video platform Cincinnati Bell has selected Vecima’s end-to-end video delivery solution to upgrade its existing video platform...

•	OTT continues to rise with majority of users streaming more content than ever According to CenturyLink, over 80% of consumers are streaming more video than three years ago, while 45% of respondents defined TV as being delivered over the internet...

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