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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 30, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
e& international launches ‘e& partner networks’
 
 
e& international announced the launch of its new business programme, the ‘e& partner networks’, leveraging e&'s position as one of the world's leading telecom providers to support telecom operating companies in regional markets...
 
Satellite Pay TV Landscape in the Arab World: The Four MENA-based Providers Compete to Stay Relevant
A new report from Arab Advisors Group has been released to provide a business analysis of the four MENA-based pay TV providers targeting the Arab World. Arab Advisors Group analyzed a historical comparison of the airtime, packages and fees, content and channels, and interactive services of the satellite pay TV providers under study for the duration between 2014 and 2022...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Proposals of the Board to Nokia’s Annual General Meeting 2023 – proposed that the Board be authorized to distribute an aggregate maximum of EUR 0.12 per share and that Timo Ahopelto and Elizabeth Crain be elected as new Board members
Member Logo Proposals of the Board to Nokia’s Annual General Meeting 2023 – proposed that the Board be authorized to distribute an aggregate maximum of EUR 0.12 per share and that Timo Ahopelto and Elizabeth Crain be elected...
 
•  Huawei-NUS Innovation Challenge will launch in Singapore
Member Logo The Huawei-NUS Innovation Challenge will kick off on 9 February 2023. Students from universities and polytechnics in Singapore will have the chance to test their business analytics skills in an upcoming competition that will...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  HIGH VIEW launches four new channels on SES’s ASTRA 19.2 degrees East
 
•  AT&T reports 4Q and full-year results
 
•  Zain unveils MAX, the new generation of Internet plans
 
•  Ivanhoe Mines and SES to continue deploying low-latency satellite connectivity in Africa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• CST signed a MOU with the water regulator to support fiber optics extension
The MOU will assist the parties' efforts in maximizing the benefit of water sector infrastructure to expand fiber optics coverage in the Kingdom, exchanging information and support based on each party's area of...
 
• TRA Bahrain hosts Wi-Fi industry experts to discuss new advancements
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Bahrain (TRA) welcomed members of the Wi-Fi Industry on the 25th of January at their headquarters in Seef District...
 
South Asia
 
• Ntc 4G coverage reaches 98 percent in local levels
As per the latest info revealed by the company, Nepal Telecom 4G has reached 739 local bodies around the country...
 
• Modern technology required to transcend digital economy
According to the President of Sri Lanka, industrial education and training opportunities in Sri Lanka should be improved by introducing modern technology required to surpass the new industrial technology and digital economy...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
• British streaming market showing signs of recovery
New streaming releases Wednesday, The Crown and Andor have helped bolster subscription video-on-demand services, but one in 10 British consumers still plan to cancel subscriptions in the first quarter...
 
• Netflix names BWO as exclusive licensing agent for India, South Asia
With the region becoming of increasing importance as the SVOD leader’s business goes more global, one of India’s leading brand licensing and consulting agencies, Black White Orange (BWO) has been chosen as...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• AWS opens Local Zone in Lagos
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a new AWS Local Zone in Lagos, Nigeria, having opened its first office in the city last November...
 
• Uzbektelecom signs up NEC, NTT, IIJ for data infrastructure push
Uzbekistan's state-owned operator Uzbektelecom has signed a new infrastructure agreement with four Japanese firms - Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ), NEC, NTT and Toyota Tsusho...
 
• DoCoMo trials give a window into possible 6G tech
In what it claims is a world first, the operator used a ‘metasurface’ attached to a window that was able to redirect a signal coming from an indoor base station to the foot of the building outside...
 
 
Middle East
 
• DEWA’s virtual employee ‘Rammas’ responds to over 6.8mln enquiries in 6-year period
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA) virtual employee ‘Rammas’, which uses Artificial Intelligence (AI), answered more than 6.8 million enquiries since its launch in the first quarter of 2017...
 
• Vodafone completes first successful test for standalone 5G voice and data services in Oman
Oman’s first successful Voice over New Radio (VoNR) proof of concept call over a standalone 5G network is part of Vodafone and Ericsson’s ongoing project to develop a highly efficient and reliable nationwide...
 
• Satellite Pay TV Landscape in the Arab World: The Four MENA-based Providers Compete to Stay Relevant
A new report from Arab Advisors Group has been released to provide a business analysis of the four MENA-based pay TV providers targeting the Arab World. Arab Advisors Group analyzed a historical comparison of the airtime,...
 
• BNET signs deal with Mazad to manage electronic auctions
Bahrain Network (BNET) has signed a deal with Mazad, a portfolio firm of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, to organise and manage electronic auctions in collaboration with BNET, with the aim of selling BNET’s...
 
North Africa
 
• Paymob and X-ERA partner to digitise B2B payments in Egypt
X-ERA Egypt and Paymob have signed a partnership agreement to digitise B2B payments for tens of thousands of grocers and small retailers in Egypt...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Tele2 adds VoLTE
Tele2 Latvia has introduced VoLTE technology, enabling users with compatible handsets to make calls over its LTE network...
 
• BT Group and SPL look to the stratosphere to deliver 4G and 5G coverage to hard-to-reach areas of the UK
BT Group and Stratospheric Platforms Ltd (SPL) announced they will test delivering mobile coverage using an innovative new antenna technology, designed to be mounted on a High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) aircraft...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
• SpaceX launches heaviest Starlink payload yet - 56 satellites
SpaceX has launched 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit on January 26th from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida...
 
• CityFibre confirms its full fiber network now passes more than 2.5m premises
British pure fiber provider CityFibre has issued an update on the progress of its network rollout to date, while highlighting some of its key achievements in 2022...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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