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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 7, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Mexico’s CFE TEIT Taps SES’s Mobile Backhaul Service via SES-17 to Boost Digital Inclusion
 
 
Expanding on a partnership committed to close the connectivity divide across Mexico, CFE Telecomunicaciones e Internet para Todos (CFE TEIT) and SES today announced the delivery of voice and data services enabled by SES’s Mobile Backhaul solution to 400 underserved, remote villages and communities across the country via the very high throughput SES-17 Ka-band satellite...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain unveils marketing partnership with Red Bull Mobile
Member Logo Continuing its journey to present the best service offerings to Kuwait’s biggest family of subscribers, Zain today unveils its exciting new marketing partnership with Red Bull Mobile, bringing together Zain’s...
 
•  Nokia deploys private wireless for Husky Terminal and Stevedoring to optimize marine freight operations at US port
Member Logo Nokia announced it has deployed a private wireless network for Husky Terminal and Stevedoring, a terminal operator and stevedoring company based at the US Port of Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
NBTC preps shift to digital broadcasting
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is planning a transition of existing analogue radio stations to the digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system under its planned licensing regime...
 
89 applicants for Swedish rural broadband rollout subsidies
Sweden’s Post and Telecom Agency (Post & Telestyrelsen, PTS) received 89 applications for funding as part of its 2023 rural broadband support scheme...
 
South Asia
 
IGNITE participates in 23rd ITCN Asia with promising startups
Continuing with its tradition of supporting Pakistan’s startup ecosystem, Ignite National Technology Fund, a public sector company with Ministry of IT & Telecom, participated in this year’s ITCN Asia with 16...
 
Sri Lanka to host 2nd API Asia Conference 2023 to fuel digital transformation
Sri Lanka will host the second API Asia Conference in November focusing on three critical pillars of the digital ecosystem Artificial Intelligence (AI), Smart Cities and Financial Technology (FinTech), officials said...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Asia-Pacific OTT revenues to grow by US$15 billion
This, according to the latest report from Digital TV Research, will be up from the US$34 billion recorded in 2023 and despite China, the world’s second largest market, maturing rapidly and India experiencing SVOD...
 
New Zealand Rugby & Endeavor Streaming unveils D2C service NZR+
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has tied with technology outfit Endeavor Streaming to deliver its free, direct-to-consumer streaming service, NZR+...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Aveva accelerates progress on decarbonising operations
The results, communicated in the new Aveva 2023 Sustainability Progress Report, reveal significant progress across all three pillars of the company’s sustainability framework, encompassing product strategy, operations...
 
GK Telecom global eSIM offers customers commission-earning opportunities
SIM and calling card distributor GK Telecom is launching an eSIM data-only service that will allow its subscribers in 210 countries to earn unlimited commissions simply by sending their friends and followers a unique...
 
New KT chief vows to increase IT capabilities for future growth momentum
KT Corp.'s new chief said that he will do his best to build up the leading telecom operator's future growth potential and energy by integrating information technology with its conventional telecommunications business...
 
 
Middle East
 
HMS, Mobily Pay join forces to enhance digital payment
Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) and Mobily Pay, a trailblazing name in digital payment solutions, have unveiled a partnership at the Seamless KSA event vowing to revolutionise the mobile payment landscape for Huawei users in...
 
Jordanian tech firms eye global partnerships at Riyadh's Seamless Payments Exhibition
Sixteen specialized Jordanian tech enterprises are taking part in the "Seamless Saudi Arabia" conference, a premier event focused on payments, currently underway in Riyadh...
 
20 Saudi Trainees Participate at Huawei’s ‘Seeds for The Future’
Twenty trainees from the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) are representing Saudi Arabia at Huawei’s Seeds for the Future program this year...
 
Benefit and Visa sign fintech solutions deal: Bahrain
Benefit, the operator of the national electronic fund transfer system (EFTS), will collaborate with digital payments leader Visa to develop a market-based Peer-to-Peer (P2P) transfer system that supports worldwide...
 
North Africa
 
ariika raises Series A round from Beltone for 20 per cent stake
Egypt-based home décor e-commerce platform ariika has closed a Series A equity funding round, secured from Beltone Venture Capital, a subsidiary of Beltone Financial Holding which has acquired a 20 per cent stake...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
3G being turned off in Portugal
MEO has taken the lead as the first operator to initiate the shutdown of 3G technology; this transition is expected to continue until at least the end of January...
 
Orange to upgrade 4G network in Mayotte
Orange Mayotte has announced plans to modernise its 4G network by replacing existing mobile antennas with the latest generation and deploying 4G services in the 700MHz band...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
China launches new remote sensing satellite Yaogan-33
The satellite, Yaogan-33 03, was launched by a Long March-4C carrier rocket at 2:14 a.m. (Beijing Time) and has entered the planned orbit successfully...
 
Home Telecom gains access to MS3 Network’s fiber infrastructure
MS3 Networks, which is rolling out full fibre services in Hull and parts of Northern England, has announced a partnership with Telecom Acquisitions, the holding company for consumer ISP brands including Home Telecom, Fleur...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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