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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 25, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cybersecurity Provider KoolSpan Joins SAMENA Council as New Member
 
 
KoolSpan, the leading provider of secure communications solutions enabling businesses and consumers to make phone calls and send text messages securely, has joined the SAMENA Council. KoolSpan’s TrustCall solutions are powerful, easy to install, manage and use on leading smart phone operating systems, including Android and iOS...
 
Etisalat, Ericsson and Intel launch ‘Driving the Future of 5G Innovation' university competition
 
 
Etisalat has teamed up with Ericsson and Intel to launch a 5G innovation competition targeting engineering students from renowned universities in UAE...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Dr. Biyari speaks about the future of digital technology
Member Logo Dr. Khaled Biyari, STC Group CEO, participated with a work paper titled (The Future of Digitization in the Kingdom), at KAUST...
 
•  Batelco Gold sponsor of Spring of Culture 2018
Member Logo In line with the Company’s commitment to support the Kingdom’s efforts to promote arts and culture, Batelco announced its Gold sponsorship for the 13th edition of Spring of Culture...
 
•  du launches nextgen cloud UTM service
Member Logo du has launched its Cloud Unified Threat Management (UTM) service, a next-generation cybersecurity solution that extends organisations perimeters to all sites, securely...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Telecom Egypt joins SAMENA Telecommunications Council as a Member
 
•  Etisalat Group reports consolidated net profit before federal royalty of AED 17.45 billion
 
•  Huawei to go beyond traditional boundaries to enable a fully-connected, intelligent world
 
•  Nokia and Tele2 sign strategic partnership to provide global IoT services
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• CITC to award spectrum for 5G trials
Saudi Arabia’s Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) is planning to issue temporary licenses to mobile operators to trial 5G technologies...
 
• New Ofcom rules could cut the price of FTTH by up to 50%
Ofcom will also instruct Openreach to make its telegraph poles and underground tunnel infrastructure available to its competitors, opening the door for further investment in fiber projects across the country...
 
• Bangladesh revises international incoming call termination rates
The BTRC has revised international incoming call termination rates...
 
North Africa
 
• Morocco leads Africa in 4G access
Morocco has 69.34 percent distribution of mobile networking capability, according to the 2018 OpenSignal report,The State of LTE...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• 4G coverage on the Tube moves a step closer as TfL invites bid from providers
Mobile data coverage on the Tube has moved a step closer after transport bosses invited bids from providers...
 
• Telefonica, Huawei ink ‘4.5G’ agreement covering Bogota, Monterrey and Rio de Janeiro
Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica and Chinese technology vendor Huawei have signed a contract to deploy ‘4.5G’ networks in Bogota (Colombia), Monterrey (Mexico) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• O2 to launch consumer 5G trials at The O2
O2 is launching a 5G testbed at The O2 Arena enabling customers to experience VR, AR and live streaming using 5G technologies...
 
• KT, vendors complete 5G NR interoperability trials
South Korea's KT, working in conjunction with Samsung and Qualcomm, has completed multi-vendor 5G new radio (5G NR) interoperability testing compliant with the new 3GPP Release 15 5G NR global standard...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Batelco 2017 revenues up by 3 percent
Batelco has posted revenues of BD379.4 million (US $1,006.4 million) for the full year 2017, as compared to BD367.1 million (US$ 973.7 million) in 2016 marking a 3 per cent rise...
 
• PayFort becomes first foreign KSA digital payments firm
PayFort, an Amazon company, has announced the registration of a new wholly owned company in Saudi Arabia via the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA)...
 
• Al Marakeb to highlight new USV technologies at Abu Dhabi event
The UAE is embarking on ambitious plans to achieve global lead in innovative technologies, with a focus on artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and autonomous systems...
 
South Asia
 
• Zong and Supernet signs MoU for enhanced connectivity solutions
Zong 4G has entered into a partnership with one of the leading corporate data network companies, Supernet, to enhance the service delivery for its customers...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• IPTV subscriptions dominate Spanish pay-TV market
Pay-TV subscriber revenues from IPTV in Spain grew by more than 23% to over €300 million (US$ 369 million) in Q3, 2017...
 
• Global Technology Group to launch OTT streaming service
Harmonic and Viaccess-Orca, announced that Global Technology Group is launching an OTT service called La La Kyi powered by Harmonic's VOS™ 360 media processing SaaS and Viaccess-Orca's TVaaS cloud-based TV...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• 4.77 million premises gained access to superfast broadband by end-2017
A total of 4.77 million homes and businesses had gained access to a superfast connection – defined as downlink rates of at least 24Mbps – by the end of 2017 via BDUK-backed schemes...
 
• PLDT to heighten deployment of fiber Internet services
PLDT is eyeing to step up the deployment of its fiber Internet services amid improving fixed broadband Internet speed in the country...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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