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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 20, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
Omantel leverages E- learning to upgrade employee skills during pandemic
 
 
Omantel very well understands its role as an enabler on various levels. It believes in empowering its manpower with the highest and latest skills and capabilities to help achieve the company’s objectives of providing superior services and consistently maintaining quality...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc sponsors the first virtual Kuwaiti Media Forum 2020
Member Logo Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc has announced its main sponsorship of the Kuwaiti Media Forum, a first of its kind virtual forum organized by the Kuwaiti Society for Media and Communication...
 
•  Microsoft and Finastra announce a multiyear global strategic agreement to accelerate the transformation of financial services
Member Logo This move marks a commitment and builds on the 3,000 banks and financial institutions already supported by both companies across payments, lending, treasury and retail banking on Azure...
 
•  Huawei OptiXtrans DC908 completes SAN interoperability tests at EANTC
Member Logo Huawei's OptiXtrans DC908 was successfully awarded Storage Area Networks (SAN) certification by the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) for its specialism in DCI scenarios and industry-leading capacity...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
New ‘Versatile Video Coding’ standard to enable next-generation video compression
The new Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard advances the state of the art of video compression and has unprecedented application versatility...
 
Ofcom consulting on regulation of KCOM’s network
British telecoms regulator Ofcom has proposed the creation of conditions designed to ‘improve retail competition in the fixed telecoms markets in the Hull Area, through [its] wholesale regulation of KCOM’...
 
South Asia
 
Jazz partners with Knowledge Platform to facilitate e-Learning
Jazz Pakistan has partnered with Knowledge Platform Limited, an education technology company, to facilitate e-Learning amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic...
 
Women’s Chamber for Digital Sri Lanka and World Vision to promote digital literacy
World Vision Lanka’s partnership with Women’s Chamber for Digital Sri Lanka is one that aims to create a level playing field for women in business...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
MTS Belarus boosts data growth with 4G upgrade
MTS Belarus has nearly doubled data usage on its network after a substantial infrastructure deployment in the first half of this year...
 
DNA extends 5G network to Hameenlinna
DNA's radio network director said construction of its 5G network has begun in Hämeenlinna and it is also strengthening its 4G network...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
STV partners with FreeWheel to boost OTT and STB offering
Freewheel has announced a partnership with Scotland’s STV to monetise its content across OTT (over-the-top) and STB (set-top-box) devices...
 
Insight TV expands Russian footprint with Tricolor deal
UHD broadcaster Insight TV has signed a distribution deal with DTH operator Tricolor that will significantly expand its footprint in Russia and CIS markets...
 
 
Middle East
 
IEC Telecom: Enabling VSAT-like connectivity for small vessels
Powered by Thuraya’s Orion IP MSS terminal and equipped with IEC Telecom’s OneGate Compact network management system, Orion Edge offers high bandwidth for corporate and crew welfare needs...
 
F5 launches cloud point of presence in Bahrain
F5 Networks has announced the launch of a new Silverline Cloud Platform Point of Presence (PoP) in Bahrain as part of the expansion of its managed security services footprint in the region...
 
Tawal inks 4 partnerships with local suppliers
Tawal, an ICT service provider in Saudi Arabia, has signed four partnership agreements with local suppliers to build new sites for telecommunication towers and develop network infrastructure sharing services with other...
 
North Africa
 
Maroc Telecom releases H1 2020 consolidated results
The Group's network capacities and infrastructures, which were very busy during the lockdown period, fully responded to the increase in demand and the expansion of new usages, without any impact on the quality of...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Orange Guinea selects Alepo to digitise fixed broadband services
Orange Guinea has selected Alepo’s authentication, authorization, and accounting platform to digitize its fiber broadband services by migrating to digital enablement and revenue management...
 
Hughes looking to start retailing satellite broadband services in India
GSAT-20 is expected to have about 60 to 70 gigabits of capacity and is considered 10 times more powerful than any satellite ISRO has launched...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Telecoms firms bid for Oi’s mobile assets
Oi will not choose the winner based solely on price, but will also consider which group could secure regulatory approval for the deal faster...
 
SystemOne and Telecom26 partner for health testing across Africa
SystemOne is using SIMs from Telecom 26 to enable real-time test result communication, timely containment and treatment actions for infectious disease programs in Ghana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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