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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 4, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat Open Innovation Centre welcomes university students during UAE Innovation Month
 
 
Etisalat’s ultramodern Open Innovation Centre welcomed students from UAE universities, as well as a French graduate business school, as part of its activities to mark the UAE Innovation Month...
 
stc visits Kuwait International Airport to distribute face masks and hand sanitizers
 
 
Kuwait Telecommunications Company - stc, launched its awareness campaign in collaboration with Ali Abdulwahab Al-Mutawa Commercial Co. (AAW) Pharmaceuticals on ways to prevent spreading infectious diseases as part of its social responsibility agenda focusing on health, safety and spreading awareness...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Mobily boosts digital economy with Nokia's next-generation ICT and AI solutions
Member Logo A new agreement has been signed by Etihad Etisalat Co. “Mobily” and Nokia, covering the provision of next-generation telecom technologies...
 
•  BT brings intelligent connectivity to UK businesses with new Cisco Managed SD-WAN solutions
Member Logo BT has announced the launch of a new managed software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) service for UK business customers, as it continues to develop its portfolio of converged business networking products...
 
•  Standard bank SA accelerates journey to digital enterprise with Microsoft, SAP
Member Logo Standard Bank South Africa is moving its core SAP Cloud Platform services to Microsoft Azure to significantly improve the experience customers have with the bank, while enabling it to introduce new solutions to market more...
 
•  Huawei Enterprise Business Group unveils new global ecosystem strategy

Member Logo Huawei’s Enterprise Business Group (BG) recently announced a new partner development strategy named "Profitability, Simplicity, Enablement, and Ecosystem” under which it will cooperate with global partners in...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Two giants’ strategic collaboration on enterprise business in Saudi Arabia
 
•  DT One Joins SAMENA Council's Membership to Fortify Its Global Presence as an Innovative Connectivity and VAS Provider
 
•  stc Bahrain expands its 5G coverage and launches new 5G Home Broadband plans for consumers
 
•  Etisalat Digital and Alef Education team up to ‘shape the future’ of education
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Romania announces date for 5G auction
According to the Romanian regulator, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), the auction will take place in the fourth quarter of this year...
 
NTA launches apps to test call quality, Internet speed
Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has launched two mobile applications – Call Test and Speed Test – that allow consumers to check their call quality and Internet speed...
 
South Asia
 
Dialog Axiata starts Live 5G Showcase across Sri Lanka
The 5G Showcase initiative is designed to educate schools and the public on the next generation industrial and consumer applications delivered over 5G...
 
Alipay, WeChat Pay permitted to provide service in Nepal
Alipay and WeChat Pay have got permission from Nepal's central bank to start electronic payment service in the country this month...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Vodafone NZ activates additional 4G sites in Northland region
This latest deployment brings to 19 the total number of cell sites switched on in Northland as part of the government’s Rural Broadband Initiative 2 programme...
 
AIS debuts 5G coverage in Bangkok
Advanced Info Service (AIS) has expanded 5G coverage in Bangkok and expects ultra-fast internet speeds to be adopted by various industrial sectors soon...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
A1 Telekom Austria adds Amazon Prime Video to TV platform
Austrian telco A1 Telekom Austria has integrated Amazon Prime Video into its domestic TV platform, which was renamed from A1 TV to A1 Xplore TV at the same time...
 
Nordic Entertainment extends F1 rights to entire Nordic region
Nordic free, pay TV and streaming outfit Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT), has acquired the exclusive pan-Nordic media rights to Formula 1 from 2022 to 2024...
 
 
Middle East
 
GCC smartphone shipments rise 6.3% to 5.15 mln units in Q4
Smartphone shipments to the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) increased 6.3 percent quarter-on-quarter in the fourth quarter to total 5.15 million units...
 
AI firm Eureka eyes Middle East expansion
Eureka is the creator of Spectrum, a proprietary AI enterprise software platform that organises mobile telecom data in a bid to deliver actionable intelligence to companies...
 
UAE launches first Arab World smartphone app for search and rescue
The National Search and Rescue Centre, NSRC, launched a smartphone application as part of the UAE efforts to provide speedier emergency responses...
 
North Africa
 
EMC, CONNECT-PS agree to develop technological infrastructure
The Egyptian Maintenance Company has announced signing a contract with CONNECT Professional Services in order to implement an infrastructure development project...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Openreach confirms April date for full commercial launch of G.fast technology
Openreach, the infrastructure unit of BT, has reportedly revealed that a full commercial launch of its G.fast-based services will take place on 1 April 2020...
 
Australia-NZ commit to develop SBAS by 2023
The system will improve the accuracy of GPS and other positioning services from the current five to 10 meters to as little as 10 centimeters across Australia and New Zealand without the need for mobile or internet coverage...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Masmovil to acquire Lycamobile Spain for US $420 million
Lycamobile, the world’s largest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) and part of Lyca Group, announced the sale of Lycamobile Spain to the publicly listed Masmovil, a Spanish mobile network operator (MNO)...
 
Minsk metro to offer improved connectivity
A1 Belarus has begun work on launching voice and data mobile communications at all new stations on the Minsk metro, as well as along the lines connecting them..
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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