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July 12, 2018

Batelco hosts Civil Defense presentation for its onsite contractors

Batelco’s Health and Safety division collaborated with Bahrain Civil Defense to arrange a special presentation about Batelco’s Emergency Evacuation Plans for its onsite contractors...

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Orange Jordan launches the local version of Orange Social Venture Prize

Orange Jordan recently launched its local version of Orange Social Venture Prize , targeting innovative ideas by young entrepreneurs that meet the needs of communities in various areas, as the registration for the award...

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Eutelsat partners with Intelsat and SES in U.S. C-band Spectrum Proposal

Leading global satellite operators Intelsat, SES and Eutelsat announced that they are aligned on a market-based proposal for the future use of the lower C-band spectrum in the U.S. Eutelsat has agreed to join the...

Policy and Regulation

•	FCC's 5G plans loop in a new range of wireless spectrum The Federal Communications Commission wants to make it easier for the US to be at the forefront of 5G technology...

•	Italy gives green light to 5G auction rules Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) approved 5G spectrum tender conditions set by communications regulator Agcom...

South Asia

•	Bangladesh focusses on technology By predicting the widespread reach of technology, and focusing our resources in the ICT sector, Bangladesh has ensured its place in the future...

•	Airtel plans major expansion in West Bengal Bharti Airtel has announced a major expansion of its network footprint in West Bengal as part of its Project Leap network transformation initiative...

3G and 4G Networks

•	German mobile operators pledge to boost 4G network coverage Germany’s mobile operators have promised the government that they will improve the coverage of their 4G networks to 99 percent by the end of 2020...

•	Telstra activates LTE-Broadcast nationally Telstra activated LTE-Broadcast (LTE-B) technology nationally in its mobile network...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Media Broadcast to complete Freenet TV rollout in autumn German transmitter network operator Media Broadcast will make its DVB-T2 platform Freenet TV available in seven additional metropolitan areas by autumn 2018...

•	Dutch satellite broadcaster Joyne planning OTT service Joyne, which has been active in the Dutch satellite TV market since last year, has announced it is considering launching a new over the top service...

Alternative Telecom

•	Bouygues to bring FTTH offers on public initiative network run by Orange in Brittany Bouygues Telecom will soon commercialise its FTTH broadband offers on the public-initiative network, known as RIP (‘Reseaux d'Initiative Publique’), managed by Orange Wholesale in Brittany...

•	China launches BeiDou navigation satellite China sent a new BeiDou navigation satellite into orbit on a Long March-3A rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, in the southwestern Sichuan Province...

Middle East

•	Ogero inaugurates IPv6 deployment in Lebanon in collaboration with the RIPE NCC The RIPE Network Coordination Centre (NCC), the Ministry of telecommunications in Lebanon and OGERO, the public operator, successfully held “Lebanon IPv6 Week” this week in Beirut...

•	UAE's e-retailer Noon expands to China's booming e-commerce market The United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based digital marketplace Noon has launched two entities in China...

•	Dubai free zones team up for tech sustainability drive Dubai Internet City (DIC) and Dubai Science Park (DSP) teamed up to bring back the e-waste collection drive to their communities in collaboration with Uber and Averda...

•	Riyadh selects IBM to develop blockchain solutions The municipality of Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is collaborating with tech giant IBMto jointly develop blockchain solutions for government services and transactions...

North Africa

•	Vodafone and Tunisie Telecom announce partnership agreement Vodafone and Tunisie Telecom jointly announced a new Partner Market agreement for Tunisia under which Vodafone will provide strategic and operational support in a range of areas, including enterprise, consumer, technology,...

•	Algeria to interconnect 4,000 health facilities via satellite Algeria is planning to further expand its telemedicine network and health database...

Global Telecom Update

•	AT&T inks deal to boost its ability to deliver security offerings AT&T has signed an agreement to acquire the privately held AlienVault with the intention of using the cybersecurity firm's skills to help the telecommunications giant boost its ability to deliver security offerings to...

•	T-Mobile US to deactivate iWireless network T-Mobile US has confirmed that it plans to deactivate the Iowa-based iWireless network it acquired in September 2017...

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