|
SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
| |
|
|
| |
| |
 |
Industry News Briefing
March 7, 2017 |
|
|
|
| |
| |
| |
 |
| |
| |
|
|
|
| |
| Member News |
| |
| • |
Mobily offers 50% cut on eLife Connect packages
 |
Mobily customers are to get this offer through its outlets around the Kingdom, authorized distributers, or through FTTH direct sales team or telesales team... |
|
| |
| • |
GBI appoints Mohamed Saro as CCO
.png) |
Saro, an industry veteran, has extensive and versatile experience in the telecom and subsea cable fields in international markets spanning Asia, Europe and the Middle East... |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
| Middle East |
| |
| • |
Verizon to offer enhanced services to customers in UAE
Verizon has deployed a new private IP node in datamena's free-zone datacenter in Dubai, giving its customers in the UAE a direct, secure, high-performance connectivity to the company's expansive global IP network...
|
| |
| • |
MBRSC signs MOU for space cooperation
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre has signed a MoU MoU) with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute of South Korea with the goal of cooperating on various space-related activities and transferring expertise...
|
| |
| • |
Nokia and STC sign MoU to collaborate on 5G and IoT development
Nokia and Saudi Telecom Company (STC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the development of 5G and IoT use cases which will allow STC to carry out trials of technologies such as 4.5G Pro and 4.9G...
|
| |
| • |
iBasis and Turkcell launch IPX in Istanbul
iBasis and Turkcell have collaborated to open an IPX Point of Presence (PoP) in Istanbul. in an effort to provide multiple services including 2G/3G and LTE Signaling and Roaming to enrich the customer roaming experience...
|
| |
| • |
Qatar Smart Program launched
To accelerate Qatar’s progress towards a digital economy, the government of Qatar has launched its Ambitious Qatar Smart Program…
|
| |
| • |
SAMENA Council welcomes new team members
Imme Philbeck joins as Chief Economist and Roberto Ercole as Director of Public Policy to strengthen telecom operator advocacy and institutional cooperation-building...
|
| |
| • |
SAMENA Council emphasizes Telco perspectives in the meeting of the ITU
SAMENA Council attributed the extent of progress already made in provisioning internet access to Member States' prioritization of digital development in their national agendas and to telecom operators' investments...
|
| |
| Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
| |
| • |
Apple Pay mobile payment service starts in Ireland
To pay for purchases on participating apps and websites, Apple Pay mobile payment service goes live in Ireland.Ulster Bank and KBC will initially offer the Apple Pay service on their credit and debit cards…
|
| |
| • |
AerServ offers new tech for Mobile App Makers
According to the scoop from MAW, AerServ is out with something called “OpenAuction”a technology that bestows upon mobile app makers server side header bidding capabilities for “in-app environments...
|
| |
| • |
Alipay enhances its mobile app payment network
Alipay has further expanded its presence at popular European destinations for Chinese tourists, with the number of stores and restaurants accepting Alipay up tenfold from three months ago...
|
| |
| 3G and 4G Networks |
| |
| • |
Ucell enhances 3G and LTE networks
Uzbekistan mobile operator Ucell has expanded the coverage of its GSM, 3G and LTE networksas five LTE base stations, twenty one 3G base stations and two GSM base stations were deployed…
|
| |
| • |
Hughes offers JUPITER LTE Acceleration Technology
In a bid Hughes Network Systems, LLC introduced its next evolution of JUPITER System technology which includes advanced LTE acceleration to support cellular backhaul requirements for mobile network operators and VSAT service...
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
Please add news@samenacouncil.org to your E-mail Safe List.
If you received this news update from a colleague and are interested in receiving your own copy, please contact us here »
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
| Disclaimer: Information contained herein has been obtained from sources, which we deem reliable. SAMENA Telecommunications Council is not liable for any misinformed decisions that the reader may reach by being solely reliant on information contained herein. Expert advice should be sought. |
|
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| SAMENA Telecommunications Council |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
