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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 29, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adaptive Biotechnologies and Microsoft expand partnership to decode COVID-19 immune response and provide open data access
 
 
Micrsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies announced that they will leverage their existing partnership mapping population-wide adaptive immune responses to diseases at scale to study COVID-19...
 
Notice issued by TRA-Oman on the measures taken by the Sultanate of Oman to guarantee the provision of telecommunication services, limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and mitigate its effects
In line with the efforts taken by the Sultanate to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), important measures were taken to ensure the continuity of the telecom services and avoid network congestion due to increased demand...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  1.6 billion free awareness messages in 44 days, in 10 languages, for coronavirus prevention
Member Logo More than 1.6 billion awareness messages (1,671,784,695) have been transmitted by stc out of their social responsibility during the last 44 days, in 10 different languages...
 
•  Advanced acquires Tikit from BT Group plc
Member Logo Advanced announced that it has acquired Tikit, a global legal, accounting and professional services software business, from BT Group plc...
 
•  AT&T declares quarterly dividend on preferred shares
Member Logo The board of directors of AT&T declared quarterly dividends on the company’s 5.000% Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A and the company’s 4.750% Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C...
 
•  Ken Hu, Deputy Chairman at Huawei Technologies, explains what we can learn from Earth Hour during the COVID-19 pandemic
Member Logo With COVID-19 sweeping the planet and putting much of the world in lockdown, broader, longer-term issues like the environment tend to understandably take a backseat...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA puts on hold disconnection of mobile phone service due to ID expiration
In support of "Stay Home" initiative, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority,TRA, in the UAE issued a circular to the telecommunications companies to put on hold the suspension and disconnection of mobile services due...
 
Notice issued by TRA-Oman on the measures taken by the Sultanate of Oman to guarantee the provision of telecommunication services, limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and mitigate its effects
In line with the efforts taken by the Sultanate to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), important measures were taken to ensure the continuity of the telecom services and avoid network congestion due to increased...
 
South Asia
 
Bangladesh reports internet usage growth
Bangladesh currently consumes about 1,600 Gbps bandwidth, up from 970 Gbps a year ago, and 300 Gbps in 2016. Of the total, BSCCL alone is supplying about 970 Gbps through its two undersea connections...
 
Pakistan’s telecoms sector generates US$3.34 billion in revenues for FY2019
Pakistan’s telecoms sector accrued revenues of 552 billion rupees (US$3.34 billion) last year, according to new figures released by the country’s regulatory body...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Vodafone NZ boosts 4G connectivity for rural customers
Vodafone New Zealand has activated additional 4G cell sites in rural areas of the country to enable more customers to stay connected...
 
Fujitsu launches commercial private 5G network
Fujitsu will begin operating a private 5G network at its Shin-Kawasaki Technology Square office, Japan...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
MGM launches new SVOD service in South Africa
It will be part of mobile operator Vodacom’s Video Play Premium service and will also be available as a standalone subscription Micro Pass...
 
SPI/FilmBox brings VOD content to Huawei devices
PI/FilmBox and Huawei have inked a new agreement that allows FilmBox On Demand content to be featured in Huawei’s new mobile video platform in 23 countries...
 
 
Middle East
 
App launched to help citizens locate nearby pharmacies in Jordan
To help the public under lockdown, the Jordan Pharmacists Association on Saturday launched the "Hello Pharmacist" app to help citizens across the Kingdom find the pharmacy nearest to their homes...
 
Dubai turns to advanced tech for city-wide disinfection drive
As part of the programme, Dubai Municipality is using advanced tools such as drones in conducting the procedures, which enhance the speed and efficiency of the sterilisation operations...
 
Free Cyber Security services to support SME’s working remotely in Bahrain
Pentest360, a Bahrain-based technology startup powered by EDX Labs, announced a free 3-month service for SMEs in the Kingdom of Bahrain...
 
North Africa
 
Orange Egypt, Avaya support distance learning to contain coronavirus outbreak
This follows the ongoing support by the two organisations for digital transformation and government-led innovation initiatives in Egypt and will serve to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the country’s...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Fiber dominates Moldovan fixed broadband market
The number of fixed broadband connections in Moldova increased by 7.6% to 670,500 in 2019, with the majority opting for FTTx...
 
Cityfibre target 8 Million FTTP homes
Cityfibre have completed their purchase of FibreNation, which increases the operator’s roll-out ambition for 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband technology to nearly 8 million premises...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Telco group calls out for responsible internet use
The Philippine Chamber of Telecommunications Operators is calling the public to use the internet more responsibly after the government imposed an enhanced community quarantine in Luzon...
 
Publisher, Airtel ink e-learning deal
Airtel Kenya has partnered with Longhorn Publishers to enable learners continue with learning at home through the latter’s e-learning platform...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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