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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 9, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zain publishes thought leadership report, ‘The Circular Economy: Embedding Sustainable Solutions in a bid to Save the Planet’
 
 
The report captures how the circular economy fits into helping address some of the devasting impacts of climate change. This type of economic model is essentially based on the principles of designing out waste and pollution; keeping products and materials in use; and regenerating natural systems...
 
stc signs United Nations Women Empowerment Principles
 
 
As part of the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality”, stc signed the United Nations Women Empowerment Principles. The event was held by the Saudi Stock Exchange, Tadawul, along with 90 financial markets around the world, in conjunction with International Women’s Day...
 
Paltel Group invests in Palestinian startups weDeliver and Receet
 
 
This announcement follows Paltel Group’s first major investment in audiobook platform Kitab Sawti, as one of the contributors that helped the startup raise an impressive USD 6 million in Series A funding...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc launches "Far yet close” campaign
Member Logo This initiative is within the framework of stc’s social responsibility agenda focusing on health, safety and spreading awareness...
 
•  Etisalat offers free access to CloudTalk Meeting for employees to work remotely
Member Logo Etisalat announced that it will provide free access for three months to businesses for using its online collaboration platform - Etisalat CloudTalk Meeting - to help companies maintain business continuity by providing a...
 
•  stc enables access to educational and health platforms for free
Member Logo This CSR initiative aims to continue and enhance access to health and educational services and the much-needed information during this critical time...
 
•  du becomes first UAE telecom provider to bring Amazon Prime benefits to its customers
Member Logo du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has announced a new offer for new Home and Mobile customers that includes one year of Amazon Prime membership at no additional cost, for AED 140...
 
•  Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority names Microsoft as strategic partner of Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus
Member Logo The year-long agreement appoints Microsoft as a strategic partner of Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus (Dtec), the largest tech hub in the Middle East, wholly owned by DSOA...
 
•  Nokia and Marvell enter into partnership on silicon technology for 5G
Member Logo Nokia and Marvell announced that they are working together to develop leading 5G multi-RAT (Radio Access Technology) silicon innovations, including multiple generations of custom silicon and infrastructure processors to...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Anticipating Its Members' and Industry Leaders' International Travel Constraints, SAMENA Council Announces Postponement of Leaders' Summit 2020 to Late June
 
•  Omantel, NYC ink MoU to empower youth in telecom and ICT sector
 
•  Huawei CloudEngine 16800 wins Frost & Sullivan 2020 Global Data Center Switch Technology Leadership Award with highest score
 
•  stc visits Kuwait International Airport to distribute face masks and hand sanitizers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• DICT expands free Wi-Fi access
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) of the Philippines is ramping up the availability of free internet access in the country...
 
• Saudi telecom regulator grants IoT-VNO license to two companies
The license allows leasing or acquiring the data bandwidth from the mobile telecom operator on a whole sale basis from the infrastructure service provider, with no need for frequency spectrum or wireless networks, according...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• 4G mast investment provides mobile coverage boost to rural Scotland
4G coverage in rural areas of Scotland is now at record levels due to a boost in the number of new masts...
 
• China Mobile readies round 2 of 5G build
China Mobile has kicked-off a tender for the second phase of its 5G rollout, targeting expanding coverage to 28 provinces and autonomous regions...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
• CityFibre adds 36 locations to UK FTTP deployment list
The new locations more than double the number of towns and cities where the company plans to provide FTTP services...
 
• Kacific1 Broadband Services start across Asia Pacific
Kacific Broadband Satellites’ first communications satellite, Kacific1, entered commercial service and is ready to support customers across Asia Pacific...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Verizon teams up with Pacific Northwest National Lab to develop 5G broadband applications
Verizon will collaborate with the Pacific Northwest National Lab on 5G applications that can benefit everything from chemistry research to electrical grid protection to the needs of first responders...
 
• Liquid Telecom to provide free Wi-Fi to students, health workers
Liquid Telecom has come to the aid of tertiary students and health workers in the country by providing selected institutions and hospitals with free Wi-Fi...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Total mobile subscriptions rise by 0.6 percent in Oman
Oman’s total internet subscriptions, excluding active mobile subscriptions, fell by 0.02% to touch 475,013 until the end of January 2020 up from 475,097 until end of December 2019...
 
• Madrasa links its content with UAE's distance learning drive
In line with the UAE's Distance Learning initiative, launched earlier by the Ministry of Education, Madrasa e-learning platform has boosted its free online content...
 
• stc launches postpaid plans for Samsung Galaxy S20 series
Kuwait Telecommunications Company - stc has launched its postpaid plans for the Samsung Galaxy S20 series. stc is offering new and existing customers three revolutionary devices from Samsung’s flagship series, two of...
 
• Asiacell announces an integrated platform for data and networks protection
These services will be available through specialized teams to provide integrated solutions with the possibility of designing and customizing them to suit individual corporates in Iraq...
 
South Asia
 
• Jazz passes 60 million subscribers milestone in Pakistan
Pakistani operator Jazz has announced it has reached 60.3 million subscribers and 15.5 million 4G users on the local market...
 
North Africa
 
• Cairo-based Khazna raises seed funding to provide mobile financial services to underbanked Egyptians
Khazna aims to provide mobile financial services to over 20 million underbanked Egyptian who it says are active smartphone users but have little access to formal financial services...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Flipboard launches video service
News aggregation app Flipboard has launched a new curated video service, entitled Flipboard TV on Samsung Galaxy S20 phones...
 
• Movistar to be Disney+ launch strategic partner
Telefónica’s Movistar, Spain’s pay-TV provider, has been revealed as the country’s partner for the Disney+ direct-to-consumer service...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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