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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
June 8, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shandong Mobile, MIGU, Shandong Luneng Taishan Football Club, China Sports Media, and Huawei jointly launched the 5G MEC-based smart stadium
 
 
Shandong Mobile, MIGU, Shandong Luneng Taishan Football Club, China Sports Media, and Huawei jointly debuted the industry's first MEC-based 5G video broadcast app, giving fans a brand-new way to watch sports matches, and marking a new era of smart stadiums...
 
Egypt's MCIT sets new rules for changing mobile provider with same numbers
Egypt's Minister of Communication and Information Technology has revealed the features of new rules for mobile customers who want to change their networks and keep their numbers...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Saudi Arabia: 1128% increase in remote working
Member Logo Remote working in Saudi Arabia has increased by 1128%, stc declared in a press release referring to 3500 daily virtual meetings held by stc employees...
 
•  Omantel wins the best learning and development strategy for employees and talents international award
Member Logo Omantel announced that the Human Resources Unit represented by the Learning and Development Department won the Best ATD Award 2020, an international award from the U.S based Association of Talent Development (ATD)...
 
•  Jawwy TV to release its new Saudi comedy
Member Logo Intigral has announced an array of fresh exclusive releases on its flagship OTT service, Jawwy TV, during the month of June...
 
•  TV TEM selects EUTELSAT 65 West A to assure continuity of content distribution following C-band re-purposing in Brazil
Member Logo TV TEM, an affiliate of TV Globo, has signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat Communications for capacity on its EUTELSAT 65 West A satellite to distribute its programming within its concession region in the São...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Potraz logs off 10 aspiring Internet providers
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), says it cancelled nearly 10 licences for Internet access providers who failed to roll out their businesses...
 
Finland fires up second 5G spectrum auction
The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications said Elisa won the 25.1-25.9GHz frequencies, Telia got 25.9-26.7GHz and DNA secured 26.7-27.5GHz...
 
Egypt's MCIT sets new rules for changing mobile provider with same numbers
Egypt's Minister of Communication and Information Technology has revealed the features of new rules for mobile customers who want to change their networks and keep their numbers...
 
South Asia
 
Dialog enables Ministry of Education to extend toll-free distance learning solutions in Sri Lanka
Dialog Axiata together with Huawei and Simsyn, has further extended its support for the education sector by way of teleconference solutions for schools across the country, selected by the Ministry of Education...
 
NEA launches mobile app, web portal, hotline service
The power utility launched the new application and other services amidst the coronavirus fear and the nationwide lockdown that have prevented NEA metre readers from visiting customers’ houses...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Digicel Fiji announces LTE coverage boost
Among the reasons cited for the increased LTE coverage has been the massive rise in data traffic demand – estimated at about 40 per cent – during the recent coronavirus-inspired lockdown...
 
Croatian Telecom enables largest 5G area in terms of speed and coverage
Croatian Telecom/Hrvatski Telekom was the first in the Republic of Croatia to demonstrate revolutionary 5G technology in the existing 4G frequency spectrum...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Synamedia and AWS accelerate end-to-end cloud TV deployments
By combining AWS’s public cloud expertise with Synamedia’s video software expertise, the two firms aim to accelerate the adoption of cloud TV services worldwide...
 
Swiss pubcaster to launch national streaming service
The platform, which has been developed by the pubcaster under the project name Rio, will offer content in all languages used in the country...
 
 
Middle East
 
Kalaam launches network optical transit cable system
The Kalaam Network Optical Transit (KNOT) cable system will span over 1,400 km, providing capacity of 12.8 terabytes (tbps) and beyond with lowest latency connectivity to the Mena region...
 
Virgin Mobile aims to increase its market share in Saudi Arabia through digitisation
Virgin Mobile is revving up to drive digital transformation in the Kingdom and increase its market share in the mobile broadband space from 10% to 15% by 2022...
 
MENA finTech firms PayTabs and Invoice Bazaar collaborate to empower small businesses
The main aim of the partnership is to provide support to small businesses to withstand the impact of the coronavirus pandemic...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt’s communications, immigration ministries to cooperate in digital transformation
The collaboration comes in line with the country’s efforts to promote digital transformation in all sectors in the country...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Cityfibre UK begins 1Gbps FTTH broadband build in Leicester
Cityfibre has begun the deployment of a new 1Gbps capable Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) based broadband ISP network in the East Midlands city of Leicester, England...
 
Lockheed Martin partners with Taqnia to develop new satellite ground system
The Saudi Technology Development and Investment Company (Taqnia) and Lockheed Martin will develop and deploy the new ground segment for the secure and commercial operations of SGS-1...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Spain's Telefonica to sell German cell towers to Telxius
Spain’s Telefonica has inked a deal to sell thousands of phone masts in Germany in a latest move by a telecom operator to generate cash from its assets in preparation for investments in next-generation 5G...
 
Airtel Africa celebrates 10 years milestone with 110 million customers
The company said in the statement that over the past decade it had supported social transformation across the continent by enabling millions of people to access data services...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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