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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 11, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
stc announces localizing platform for E-SIM for the first time in Saudi
 
 
In a move that can transform the way consumers use smart phones and devices across Saudi Arabia. Now stc has the capability to provide eSIM services to all Mobile and Virtual Network Operators (MNOs/MVNOs) in the Kingdom as a National eSIM Platform. Also the service can be extended to any MNO in the Arabian Gulf region or internationally interested in obtaining the eSIM service from stc...
 
Trading update: impact of Covid-19 crisis on Eutelsat’s operations and financial objectives
 
 
The Board and management of Eutelsat Communications are closely monitoring the impact of Covid-19 on the company’s operations and financial objectives...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Mobily in Saudi top 10 brands list
Member Logo Etihad Etisalat (Mobily), a leading telecom services operator in Saudi Arabia, has been ranked ninth most valuable brand in the kingdom, gaining three notches up the scale and increasing in value by 31 per cent to reach...
 
•  PCCW Media offers over 9,000 hours of free entertainment to keep stay-at-home Hong Kong population entertained
Member Logo PCCW Media is offering Now E service free to all Hong Kong viewers in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak...
 
•  Free Senegal and Comviva collaborate to enhance Mobile Money Service
Member Logo Free, Senegal’s second largest mobile network operator, has deployed Comviva’s mobiquity® Money to enhance its mobile money service ‘Free Money’ and deliver a world class digital payments...
 
•  Huawei and UNESCO IITE & UNESCO-ICHEI organize webinar for online higher education to practice its Learn ON Program
Member Logo Huawei held a live webinar for online higher education to help ensure continuous online education during the suspension of schools and universities...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Ministry of Education boosts remote learning to ensure public health and student safety
 
•  100 days of coronavirus: How are telcos coping with increased demand during the pandemic?
 
•  BT - standing by the country; standing by our people
 
•  Webinar: Distributed ledger technologies as the basis of CSP ecosystems’ future
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• MoTC confirms details of forthcoming 26GHz spectrum auction
Finland’s Ministry of Transport and Communications has announced that the government has finalised the regulations that will underpin a forthcoming auction of spectrum in the 26GHz band...
 
• MoF launches first phase of unified digital platform to settle fees for federal and local government services in Sharjah
The Ministry of Finance has launched the unified digital platform to settle fees for common federal and local government services to provide shared government services without manual procedures...
 
South Asia
 
• All telecom operators providing uninterrupted telecom services in Pakistan
All telecom operators including Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) and Local Loop (LL) operators are providing uninterrupted telecom services to consumers at their customer support centers, franchises and other outlets...
 
• Dialog enables ministry of health to create video based telemedicine units at 20 hospitals
An SMS platform was also provided to the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) where safety measures, informative facts and updates about the COVID-19 virus could be sent to doctors...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Vodafone New Zealand adds capacity to cope with data surge
Vodafone New Zealand has upgraded 4G base stations around the country and added spectrum to boost internet capacity to handle a spike in data usage...
 
• Magyar Telekom launches commercial 5G in Hungary
The live 5G network launch comes just two weeks after Magyar Telekom secured the related 3.5GHz spectrum in Hungary’s spectrum auction...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Disney+ reaches 50million subscribers
Disney+ made its debut in the US five months ago and is now available in more than a dozen countries around the world...
 
• SPI/FilmBox expands cooperation with Nej.cz
SPI/FilmBox and the Czech cable operator Nej.cz have announced that they have expanded their long-term partnership...
 
 
Middle East
 
• UAE Space Agency commences virtual activities of Global Space Industry Accelerator programme
The UAE Space Agency, in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi-based global innovation hub Krypto Labs, announced that it would be kicking off its virtual programmes as part of the Global Space Industry Accelerator, GSIA,...
 
• Saudi Arabia turns to e-commerce during Covid-19 outbreak
The threat presented by the virus has led to a significant shift in lifestyle and consumer habits, with e-commerce experiencing a rapid spike in growth in Saudi Arabia...
 
• Dubai Health Authority partners with TikTok to launch #ThankYouHeroes Challenge
The #ThankYouHeroes challenge provides a platform for users to show their appreciation for the hard work and dedication of the UAE's first line of defenders against COVID-19...
 
North Africa
 
• USAID's education program prepares Morocco to adopt virtual learning
E-learning is one of the main priorities in the new USAID-funded Higher Education Partnership for Morocco, which plans to develop blended learning solutions for teacher training...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
• Clearfield offers FTTH Home Deployment Kits to reduce installation time
The Home Deployment Kits cover the fiber connection from outside the home to the point where the customer equipment is located inside the home...
 
• Azerbaijani satellite operator launches new project
Azercosmos has announced a start of the project to promote services on remote sensing of the Earth surface for 2020-2021...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Huawei launches Huawei Pay mobile services in Singapore
Huawei, has launched its Huawei Pay mobile payment service in Singapore, in association with UnionPay...
 
• Lonestar Cell-MTN expands network to over 100 rural communities
Lonestar Cell-MTN has to date connected around 104 rural communities to its network, to boost coverage to remote towns and villages across the country...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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