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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 14, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
AT&T and Google Cloud team up
 
 
AT&T and Google Cloud have announced a collaboration to help enterprises take advantage of Google Cloud’s technologies and capabilities using AT&T network connectivity at the edge, including 5G...
 
Yahoo is launching its own budget-conscious 4G mobile service using Verizon's network
Yahoo has announced its plans to become a mobile phone network provider with a new venture called Yahoo Mobile, that will offer unlimited 4G data, texts, and calls for US$39.99 a month using mobile infrastructure from Verizon...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  BT launches new Security Advisory Services practice
Member Logo BT has announced the launch of its Security Advisory Services practice, marking another step in the ongoing expansion of its cyber security capabilities...
 
•  Tech Mahindra and Ahlstrom-Munksjö collaborate to enable digital transformation with SAP’s S/4HANA
Member Logo The collaboration will deepen strategic partnership to provide a digital roadmap for Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s global business...
 
•  Nokia Bell Labs’ world records and innovations in fiber optics to enable faster and higher capacity 5G networks of the future
Member Logo Nokia Bell Labs announced that its researchers have set the world record for the highest single carrier bit rate at 1.52 Terabits per second (Tbit/s) over 80 km of standard single mode fiber...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Chairman PTA invites AIC for consultation
The Chairman Pakistan Telecom Authority has invited Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) for the ongoing consultation process over Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules, 2020...
 
NCC deactivates 2.2 million unregistered SIMs
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has blocked access for around 2.2 million SIM cards which were incompletely or inaccurately registered...
 
South Asia
 
Bongo expands content offering in Bangladesh
Bongo, a Bangla video streaming service provider in Bangladesh, has recently signed agreements with leading private TV channels to allow viewers the ability to watch live TV on their mobile devices...
 
Cloud platform provider Route Mobile partners with Lanka Bell
Sri Lankan telecommunications service provider Lanka Bell has teamed up with Cloud communications platform service provider Route Mobile to allow it to expand its service portfolio to include a range of cloud-based...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Yahoo is launching its own budget-conscious 4G mobile service using Verizon's network
Yahoo has announced its plans to become a mobile phone network provider with a new venture called Yahoo Mobile, that will offer unlimited 4G data, texts, and calls for US$39.99 a month using mobile infrastructure from...
 
EE expands 5G coverage to 71 locations
EE’s 5G service is now live in 71 locations, following the addition of 21 new UK towns and cities to the network..
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
AIS, Singtel shell out for gaming
The joint venture will partner with leading international game developers, and leverage the partners' Korean and Southeast Asian gaming and entertainment content as well as Singtel's digital and telco assets...
 
Deutsche Telekom to offer Disney+ for free for 6 months
Deutsche Telekom will be the exclusive distribution partner of Disney+ in Germany and offer the streaming service for free for six months to its customers...
 
 
Middle East
 
HPE launches as-a-Service 5G portfolio in the UAE
This new portfolio of as-a-service offerings is to help telecommunications companies build and deploy open 5G networks...
 
Moven teams up with STC Pay+ in cross-border fintech experiment
Both Fintech firms said their strategic partnership will help them in growing their operations faster than they would have been able to, if they operated on their own...
 
ICT spending in UAE to reach US$23 billion by 2024
GlobalData says the results show that the UAE continues to be among the most attractive ICT markets in the Middle East, driven by digitalization initiatives and aided by the increased adoption of leading technologies...
 
North Africa
 
More than 25 million Moroccans have internet subscriptions
According to the latest sector statistics, the number of internet subscribers in Morocco amounted to 25.38 million in 2019...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
ER-Telecom network coverage expanded by 610,000 homes
Russia’s ER-Telecom met its fiber access network coverage expansion target in full-year 2019, passing an additional 610,000 homes in twelve months and reportedly reaching a footprint of 15 million apartments......
 
Kymeta, Kepler enter MoU to promote LEO satellite services using new Kymeta u8 antenna
Kymeta and Kepler Communications announced have entered into a memorandum of understanding to integrate Kepler’s Global Data Service into the Kymeta u8 terminal and Kymeta Connect offering...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Google announces Anthos for Telecom and 5G cloud Strategy
Launched last year, the platform allows IT shops to manage containerised applications seamlessly between their own infrastructure and multiple clouds, whether that’s AWS, Azure or Google Cloud...
 
Indosat plans first OpenRAN tests in Asia
Indosat Ooredoo detailed plans to collaborate with the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and GSMA to run the first field trials on OpenRAN technology in Asia...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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