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March 8, 2020

Anticipating Its Members' and Industry Leaders' International Travel Constraints, SAMENA Council Announces Postponement of Leaders' Summit 2020 to Late June

In consideration of current travel restrictions announced across organizations, and requests received from private and public-sector industry leaders invited to participate in the Leaders' Summit 2020, SAMENA Telecommunications Council announces that the annual leadership gathering of business leaders and regional change-makers, originally scheduled to take place in Dubai on April 9th, will now be held later in June 2020. SAMENA Council will announce the new date in the coming weeks...

Member News

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Etisalat signs agreement to boost digital transformation at Arabtec

Etisalat announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Arabtec to provide fully digitalised solutions in a bid to accelerate its digital transformation journey...

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AT&T, Palo Alto Networks and Broadcom collaborate to develop a Disaggregated Scalable Firewall (DSFW)

AT&T, Palo Alto Networks and Broadcom have collaborated to develop the Disaggregated Scalable Firewall (DSFW) framework, which iss an expansion to the Distributed Disaggregated Chassis (DDC) recently contributed to the Open...

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Telangana Government and Tech Mahindra collaborate to launch ‘Blockchain District Accelerator Program’

Tech Mahindra has announced the launch of the T- Block Accelerator, the inaugural accelerator program for the Telangana Blockchain District in partnership with Government of Telangana and IBC Media, an innovation management...

Policy and Regulation

•	BTRC to note users’ complaints thru public hearing on March 30 Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is going to host third public hearing to know the experiences and complaints on quality of services directly from the clients of telecom operators...

•	Minister unveils initiatives to boost telecom infrastructure in Brazil The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications has developed a series of initiatives to stimulate the expansion of the telecommunications infrastructure in Brazil...

South Asia

•	HGC, Sri Lanka Telecom sign MoU for SDN interoperability HGC Global Communications (HGC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) on accelerated network integration and expansion using SDN technology...

•	Nepal Telecom upgrades its 4G LTE speed Nepal Telecom (Ntc) has enhanced its 4G LTE speed as they have migrated to new PCRF (policy and charging rules function) that has a bigger capacity...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Expresso switches on 4G network in Senegal Senegalese operator Expresso Telecom has switched on its 4G network and will begin providing commercial services on 31st March...

•	SoftBank to launch Japan’s first commercial 5G network by end-March Japanese wireless carrier SoftBank announced it expects to launch its 5G services on March 27, becoming the first of the country’s three major mobile carriers to release details of its next-generation...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Tricolor launches OTT service on Huawei AppGallery Russian pay TV provider Tricolor TV has launched an app for the Huawei AppGallery, giving it a presence in the app store of the country’s best-selling smartphones...

•	SKT, Singtel, AIS set up esports JV targeting Southeast Asia Leading telecom companies of South Korea, Singapore and Thailand have teamed up to establish an esports joint venture targeting some 800 million Southeast Asian gamers...

Middle East

•	Orixcom partners Microsoft for Azure ExpressRoute in the UAE Orixcom, a cloud and enterprise connectivity provider in the Middle East, has announced a new partnership to facilitate better connectivity...

•	HPS introduces QR-based national payment system to Saudi Arabia Payment software company HPS has been appointed by Saudi Payments to provide a QR code platform for banks, wallet providers and fintechs to interact seamlessly...

•	Mena IT spending to hit US$160 billion in 2020 IT spending in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) will total US$160 billion in 2020, an increase of 2.4% from 2019, according to Gartner...

North Africa

•	Egypt smartphone market accelerates to 16.5% growth in 2019 Smartphone shipments to Egypt increased 16.5 percent in 2019, accelerating from 3.4 percent growth in 2018...

Satellite & Internet

•	Atlantic Broadband introduces 10Gbps speeds for business customers Atlantic Broadband has announced the availability of symmetrical 10Gbps fiber connectivity for its business customers in several key areas...

•	New Ukrainian satellite channels set to launch The Ukrainian media group StarLightMedia plans to launch an unencrypted international satellite TV channel by March 16...

Global Telecom Update

•	TIM-Vodafone network sharing set for EU approval The proposed tower sharing venture between Vodafone Italy and Telecom Italia (TIM) is set to win conditional approval from the EU, according to a report from Reuters...

•	China Unicom launches major structural reform China Unicom, one of Chian's top three telecom operators, has started a structural overhaul to facilitate internet-oriented operation and digital transformation...

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