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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 21, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Batelco Sponsors Gunners United Team in the ‘Nasser 11’ Ramadan Football Tournament
 
 
As part of its CSR commitment to Sports and Youth events, Batelco announced its sponsorship of the Gunners United team participating in the 11th edition of the Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa Ramadan Tournament...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  du set to roll out UAE 5G network in 2018
Member Logo The availability of 5G services in the UAE is one step closer to reality as du announced its full readiness and ongoing network evolution to offer 5G network during the course of 2018, ahead of the anticipated commercial...
 
•  Artificial Intelligence to add US$182 billion to UAE economy by 2035, Accenture research shows
Member Logo Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to boost economic growth in the United Arab Emirates by 1.6 percentage points and add US$182 billion to the national economy by 2035, according to a recent report by Accenture...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Two-thirds of fixed internet connections in Romania are over 100 Mbps
Two-thirds of the total fixed internet connections in Romania provide download speeds of over 100 Mbps, according to telecom regulator ANCOM...
 
Portuguese regulator Anacom says universal service no longer needed
Portugal's National Communications Authority (Anacom) has recommended ending the universal telephony service...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
M1 launches enhanced mobile remittance service
Singapore's M1 has launched an enhanced mobile remittance service named M1 Remit that uses the MyInfo government digital authentication service...
 
Argentina launches new free public OTT service
In a move that it says will democratise the online video and video-on-demand sectors in the country and bring its media into the 21st century, Argentina’s Federal System of Public Media and Content has launched a new...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Comcast to launch gigabit internet service in Monroe
Comcast announced that it is launching a new internet service that will deliver speeds up to one gigabit-per-second to residential and business customers in Monroe...
 
Sky Ireland to spend heavily on broadband
Sky Ireland has outlined plans for a notable investment in broadband as it prepares to launch a 1Gbps plan...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Qualcomm's new hardware will help mobile 5G get off the ground
Qualcomm is launching the first 5G New Radio platform (the catchily named FSM100xx) that brings gigabit data speeds to small cells...
 
 
Middle East
 
Waqfe launches digital banking platform
Waqfe, the Bahrain-based fintech solutions provider, has launched its first digital banking platform...
 
du helps users stay connected this Ramadan with exclusive offers throughout the Holy month
In the spirit of giving, du launches generous offers on prepaid and post-paid plans, du Home packages, and other value-added services...
 
South Asia
 
Telenor Microfinance Bank and Mastercard to boost cashless payments in Pakistan
In a major move aimed at further driving the cashless ecosystem in Pakistan, Mastercard and Easypaisa will now enable Masterpass QR payments for Easypaisa Mobile Account users on the Easypaisa smartphone App...
 
Bangabandhu-I reaches orbital position
Bangladesh's first geostationary communication satellite Bangabandhu-I (BS-I) has reached the desired location (orbital slot) 10 days after of its launch from Florida...
 
North Africa
 
Satellite operators need innovative business models, tech in Africa
Satellite operators in Africa need to adopt more innovative business models and technologies if they are to work effectively with mobile operators and bring down the cost of connectivity on the continent...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
BT Enterprise launch 4G mobile broadband back up for SMEs
BT’s Enterprise division has launched a new “business-grade broadband product” called 4G Assure, which switches automatically to a 4G mobile data connection to help small and medium sized UK businesses stay...
 
MTN to deploy 4G services in 900MHz band
MTN South Africa has commercially deployed Huawei’s CloudAIR 2.0 solution to share spectrum between 2G, 3G, 4G and NB-IoT technologies in the 900MHz band, claiming the deployment is a ‘global first’...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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