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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 11, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Queen Silvia urges focus on children’s online safety during pandemic during the SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2020
 
 
Queen Silvia delivered a speech at the SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2020 on warning about children’s online safety during the COVID-19 pandemic...
 
TRA UAE participates in SAMENA Telecommunications Council Leaders’ Summit
 
 
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) participated in the Leaders’ Summit organized by SAMENA Telecommunications Council under the slogan “5G+x: Harnessing 5G Across Industries for Investment Revival”, with the participation of many leaders and experts in the ICT industry...
 
Bahrain 5G expansion to help boost GCC economies during Covid, say experts
Expansion of Bahrain's 5G network will help boost the kingdom's as well as the regional economies during Covid-19 recovery, said leading experts at the SAMENA Telecommunications Council Leaders’ summit...
 
NTRA takes part in Leaders’ Summit SAMENA 2020
CEO of NTRA Hossam el Gamal delivered a speech in the senior speakers session, along with Queen Silvia of Sweden, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union Houlin Zhao, and other senior officials and representatives, where his speech highlighted the challenges surfaced as a result of the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic and the measures taken by the Egyptian government to contain the crisis...
 
Experts say expanding 5G will boost regional economies during COVID-19 recovery
Telecommunications leaders and experts from the region and across the world recently gathered at the SAMENA Telecommunication Council Leaders’ Summit to review plans for unleashing the potential of 5G networks to boost economies and societies in a post COVID-19 environment...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Al-Nasser urges for 5G adoption across industries to revive the economy and renew investments plans
Member Logo stc group CEO and Chairman SAMENA Council, Nasser Al-Nasser calls CITC leaders to work closely together on addressing present-day challenges, and to make full use of future opportunities, while staying safe and remaining...
 
•  Batelco announces availability of SIM cards through new smart self-service kiosks
Member Logo Batelco is delighted to announce the launch of the new self-service kiosks with smart functionalities, the most important of which is the function allowing customers to instantly receive and activate new SIM cards...
 
•  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...
 
•  AT&T is the fastest wireless network in the nation
Member Logo AT&T has the fastest wireless network for iPhones and fastest wireless network overall for Q2 2020 according to data from Ookla...
 
•  BT confirms Glasgow as key location
Member Logo The five-year programme will improve and consolidate BT’s footprint of more than 300 locations to around 30, including corporate offices, contact centres and specialist sites...
 
•  Yahsat names Andrew Cole as new Chief Financial Officer
Member Logo Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), the leading UAE-based global satellite operator, announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Andrew Cole as Chief Financial Officer (CFO)...
 
•  Tech Mahindra launches blockchain-based contracts and digital rights management platform for media and entertainment industry
Member Logo Tech Mahindra announced the launch of a new digital platform,branded as ‘Blockchain based Contracts and Rights Management System’ (bCRMS) for the global media and entertainment industry...
 
•  Accenture makes strategic investment in Synadia and the NATS.io open source project
Member Logo Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Synadia Communications, the company behind the production-proven open source NATS.io project which provides a highly-scalable, secure communications...
 
•  AT&T expands its SD-WAN offering with Cisco To help businesses with distributed workforces digitize faster, with advanced security
Member Logo The SD-WAN offering is powered by Cisco’s ISR and ASR routers and Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS) and managed through a single cloud-based dashboard. Integrated security features include an application-aware...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Sweden considers combined 2.1GHz and 2.6GHz licensing process
The Swedish Post and Telecom Agency has opened a consultation to review the possible co-ordination of licensing in the 2.1GHz and 2.6GHz bands...
 
MIC to conduct a large-scale inspection on junk SIM cards
The Ministry of Information and Communications has said it plans to deal with telecom waste and continue large-scale inspections of junk SIM cards...
 
TRA UAE participates in SAMENA Telecommunications Council Leaders’ Summit
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) participated in the Leaders’ Summit organized by SAMENA Telecommunications Council under the slogan “5G+x: Harnessing 5G Across Industries for Investment...
 
North Africa
 
NTRA takes part in Leaders’ Summit SAMENA 2020
CEO of NTRA Hossam el Gamal delivered a speech in the senior speakers session, along with Queen Silvia of Sweden, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union Houlin Zhao, and other senior officials and...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
ViacomCBS launches Pluto TV on Virgin Media
The free-to-view AVOD offers access to more than 100 thematically curated linear channels and an extensive on-demand library with more than 1,000 titles...
 
Media Group Ukraine combines OTT and DTH services
Media Group Ukraine (MGU) is combining its Oll.TV OTT and Xtra TV DTH services into a single operation...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Queen Silvia urges focus on children’s online safety during pandemic during the SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2020
Queen Silvia delivered a speech at the SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2020 on warning about children’s online safety during the COVID-19 pandemic...
 
Globe expands mobile network
The network expansion comes amid a surge in data demand due to the new coronavirus pandemic...
 
Airtel supports ISBAT university
Airtel Uganda will provide free internet services to students to access ISBAT University’s hybrid blended learning platform...
 
 
Middle East
 
UAE ranked 1st in Arab world in Online Service Index
The United Arab Emirates has been ranked first in the GCC, Arab region, and Western Asia, and 8th globally in the Online Service Index (OSI), issued by the United Nations within the E-Government Development Index...
 
Bahrain 5G expansion to help boost GCC economies during Covid, say experts
Expansion of Bahrain's 5G network will help boost the kingdom's as well as the regional economies during Covid-19 recovery, said leading experts at the SAMENA Telecommunications Council Leaders’ summit...
 
App launched for Jordan's water, sanitation services
The application enables citizens to inquire about their bills, apply for new subscriptions for water and sanitation services and report water thefts...
 
Huawei rolls out mada Pay app to enable contactless payments in Saudi Arabia
Huawei has launched the mada Pay app in cooperation with Saudi Payments, through the Huawei AppGallery application platform in Saudi Arabia...
 
South Asia
 
Nepal Telecom migrates a landline exchange to FTTH in Province 5
For the first time, Nepal Telecom has completely migrated a traditional PSTN exchange in Province 5 to FTTH technology...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
4G internet balloons take off over Kenya
The balloons' 4G internet service has been tested with 35,000 customers and will initially cover a region spanning 50,000 sq km (19,000 sq miles)...
 
Taiwan Star to launch commercial 5G services in August
The initial 5G network deployments aim to cover 140 commercial districts and retail zones by 2020, with coverage in Taiwan's six major metropolitan areas to reach 50% by the end of this year...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Denmark’s Norlys opens fiber net out to all providers
Existing partners in areas where Norlys is making fiber available to third parties include TDC’s Nuuday Group, including cable operator YouSee...
 
China launches communications satellite
APT Mobile Satcom will use APSTAR 6D to provide mobile communications for aviation, ships and vehicles...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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