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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 5, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
stc participates in 5G MENA Conference
 
 
Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, confirmed that the Kuwaiti telecom market is a highly challenging and evolving market with an increasing demand for 5G services and digital solutions across a large segment of customers, both individuals and corporates...
 
Over 100,000 cyber-attacks foiled in June: UAE's TRA
The National Computer Emergency Response Team, aeCERT, of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, TRA, responded to approximately 103,408 cyber-attacks, during the month of June...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Digital Financial Services partners with MoneyGram to offer eWallet services in UAE
Member Logo Digital Financial Services LLC, a joint venture of Etisalat and Noor Bank, acquired earlier this year by Dubai Islamic Bank, has partnered with MoneyGram, a global leader in cross-border P2P payments and money transfers, to...
 
•  Mobily Fiber services now available on all fixed networks
Member Logo Etihad Etisalat Company (Mobily) announced the start of providing Mobily Fiber services through an agreement to open broadband, which will allow it to provide fixed and fiber optic broadband services to 3.5 million homes...
 
•  The Third 5G Network Slicing Summit — Network Slicing Drives B2B Success
Member Logo The Third 5G Network Slicing Summit was held online under the theme "5G Network Slicing: Drive B2B Success and Empower Industries", which was sponsored by the 5G Slicing Association (5GSA) and co-hosted by Huawei and China...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
NTC extends DITO’s deadline for CPCN audit
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) in the Philippines has given new third telco DITO Telecommunity Corp a six-month extension to comply with its government-mandated technical audit...
 
Over 100,000 cyber-attacks foiled in June: UAE's TRA
The National Computer Emergency Response Team, aeCERT, of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, TRA, responded to approximately 103,408 cyber-attacks, during the month of June...
 
South Asia
 
NUST teams up with Huawei to launch SDN project in Pakistan
Key features of the solution include high speed 40 Gbps backbone extendable to 100 Gbps, dual-stack IPv4/ IPv6 networking, virtual segregation of networks, NMS, bandwidth control and security features...
 
Dialog Axiata’s Genie partners with WEBXPAY
Powered by Dialog Axiata, Genie has partnered with WEBXPAY to further scale their reach to over 1,400 merchants to provide a simple and secure payment checkout...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Geoverse offers private LTE with its CBRS/licensed spectrum combo
This combination of licensed and unlicensed spectrum means that Geoverse can provide both wide area coverage and spot capacity...
 
5G launch for Claro in Brazil
Claro Brasil has launched its 5G network using a combination of 700MHz, 1800MHz and 2.5GHz spectrum...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Cosmo On streaming service launches on Orange España
The service will offer over 400 new titles annually on-demand, including the exclusive debut of new political drama Bright Minds...
 
HBO GO now available DTC in Taiwan
WarnerMedia’s regional streaming service in Southeast Asia, HBO GO, is now available in Taiwan on a direct-to-consumer basis...
 
 
Middle East
 
HBMSU first educational institution in MENA to migrate its full systems and applications to AWS Cloud
The achievement highlights the success of the University's efforts to develop its technological resources and smart infrastructure...
 
Orange Jordan, Avaya partner to provide remote-working solution 'Avaya Spaces'
The partnership will provide end-to-end collaborative tools all in one place, as Avaya Spaces goes beyond integrating chat, voice, video, online meetings and content sharing...
 
Dubai Chamber, DAFZA collaborate to connect digital services
The strategic move will expand digital services available to Dubai Chamber member companies and the wider business community in Dubai amid heightened demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt’s CIT, Higher Education Ministry to equip space information system centre
The protocol, which will last over three years, will see the preparation of infrastructure and a data centre to connect the centre up with all buildings under the space agency...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Virgin Media makes gigabit speeds available in Edinburgh and Liverpool
British broadband provider Virgin Media has extended the availability of its gigabit speed service to two additional cities, those being Edinburgh and Liverpool...
 
Optus signs contract for Ku-band sixth satellite to launch in 2023
Australian telco Optus announced that it has signed a deal with Airbus Defence and Space for a new OneSat satellite, which is set to cover Australasia when it is launched in 2023...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Swisscom's Fastweb to invest in Telecom Italia last-mile network
Under the agreement, Fastweb will transfer the 20% stake it has in its Flash Fiber joint venture with Telecom Italia (TIM) into the new venture...
 
Telcel buying more 3.5GHz spectrum from Axtel
Mexico’s Telcel is reportedly acquiring a 50MHz block of 3.5GHz spectrum from local fixed provider Axtel...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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