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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
August 16, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
Top Saudi students complete Huawei’s ICT program in China
 
 
The third cycle of Huawei’s global CSR program for top Saudi students, ‘Seeds of the Future’, has recently culminated in the People’s Republic of China...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  PCCW Solutions awarded contract to modernize the Transport Information System for Transport Department
Member Logo PCCW Solutions has been awarded a USD 17.6 million contract to help the Transport Department of HKSAR Government to modernize its existing Transport Information System (TIS)...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  5G Mobile Edge computing trial claimed a success
 
•  UAE to witness boost in cashless transactions
 
•  Zain, Ooredoo, and VIVA launch first local VoLTE interconnection in MENA
 
•  Alawwal Bank collaborates with STC to launch ‘Alawwal Qitaf’ credit card
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Bolivia seeks administrator for its Mobile Number Portability project
Bolivia’s Authority for the Regulation and Oversight of Telecommunication and Transport has re-commenced its search for an administrator to oversee the country’s introduction of mobile number portability...
 
TRAI releases recommendations on cloud services
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued its recommendations on Cloud Services in response to a letter from Department of Telecom which sought recommendations from TRAI on cloud services on broad eight...
 
Greek telecom regulator opens tender for 1800 MHz spectrum
Greece’s telecoms regulator, the Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (EETT), has opened a tender for spectrum in the 1800MHz band...
 
South Asia
 
Mobitel launches hub for futuristic technology products
Sri Lankan National Mobile Service Provider, Mobitel, has lanched the ‘X Station’ hub for futuristic technology products and services that will enhance and simplify lives...
 
Smart products by Xiaomi to be launched in Pakistan
Jazz has signed a MoU with Xiaomi for the launch of smart products in Pakistan...
 
Nepal to utilize mobile technololgy for convenient access to justice.
Nepalese has launched a mobile app in order to ensure people’s convenient access to justice by giving access to information and updates from the Supreme Court of Nepal...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Verizon plans public-safety LTE core network in 2018
Verizon is all set to establish a dedicated public-safety LTE core network next year…
 
MegaFon displays commercial Gigabit LTE network
MegaFon has showcased the capabilities of Gigabit LTE on a commercial network, with the peak data download speed reaching 979Mbps…
 
XL Axiata expands 4G footprint
PT XL Axiata is expanding its 4G LTE rollout in East Java, with 38 cities/municipalities now covered in 13 administrative districts now...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
SAP calls for Singapore public, private sector to embrace digital transformation
SAP highlighted ways to empower organizations in Singapore to thrive in the digital era and aims to help them become digital leaders…
 
China Mobile to wait for maturity of 5G to determine capex plans
According to China Mobile, it will wait until 5G technologies and business models are more mature to determine the capex of its future 5G network infrastructure…
 
 
Middle East
 
Top Saudi students complete Huawei’s ICT program in China
The third cycle of Huawei’s global CSR program for top Saudi students, ‘Seeds of the Future’, has recently culminated in the People’s Republic of China...
 
Ooredoo Oman presents double data for Hajj travellers
Ooredoo Oman has announced that the new Ooredoo Passport Hajj bundle will offer 2GB of data and 30 voice minutes for just RO10 ($25.90) for the duration of the pilgrims’ stay in Saudi Arabia…
 
Speedcast gets VSAT license to operate in Iraq
Speedcast International has achieved a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) license to operate in Iraq through its locally licensed entity…
 
UAE improves in global digital government rankings
The UAE has moved up from 40th to 34th in ranking for its use of information and communication technology to improve the quality of services provided by the digital government…
 
North Africa
 
Telecom Egypt revenues rise by 41 percent
Telecom Egypt's revenues increased by 41 percent in the second quarter. whereas EBITDA was up 39 percent year-on-year, delivering a solid margin of 32 percent...
 
Airtel Nigeria launches data centric packages
Airtel Nigeria has launched the new SmartConnect package that is enriched with additional bonuses to give extra value to its customers...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Ola plans to expand its operations to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
Ola is looking to expand operations of its cab-hailing App service to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh…
 
Pay TV gains momentun in Montenegro
Data produced by the Montenegro Association of Electronic Media (AEM) indicates that Montenegro ended the second quareter with just under 200,000 pay-TV subscribers...
 
Hrvatski Telekom deploys Zenterio OS for IPTV service
Hrvatski Telekom has deployed Zenterio OS software on subscribers’ set-top boxes used to receive the IPTV service MAXtv...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Mediacom expands residential broadband service
While upgrading the broadband competition in the Quad-Cities, Mediacom has rolled out its 1-gigabit-per-second service, the fastest internet available to customers in the region…
 
Digicel plans to offer fiber based broadband
Digicel will be completing the rollout of the country’s first FTTH network this year, and will use the technology to deploy the most advanced fiber Internet service…
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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