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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 24, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
Omantel offers Baqati users up to 4 times data
 
 
Omantel has announced more value for subscribers of Baqati plans, who will now get up to four times the data when signing a contract...
 
Etisalat opens 125th Smart Store at Riverland™ Dubai in Dubai Parks and Resorts
 
 
Etisalat announces a new milestone for its smart store network in the UAE by opening its 125th digitised store at Riverland™ Dubai, located in the heart of Dubai Parks and Resorts to provide customers with a more efficient and enhanced retail experience...
 
TRA UAE published mobile coverage interactive maps
The UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has published on its website service coverage interactive maps of the telecom operators Etisalat and du. H.E. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, TRA’s director-general, said it was important to have coordination between all parties in the telecom sector in order to provide better services and enhance the UAE’s global competitiveness indicators...
 
Apple pay launched in the UAE
Apple Pay launched in the UAE. and the service will be available to debit and credit cards holders with six UAE-based institutions: Emirates NBD, Mashreq Bank, HSBC, RakBank, Standard Chartered and Emirates Islamic. The new service will allow users make payments using iPhone SE, iPhone 6 and later, and Apple Watch...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco selects Ciena to build the new Batelco Gulf Network
Member Logo Batelco has selected Ciena’s Converged Packet Optical Platform as the foundation for the new Batelco Gulf Network (BGN), which runs over a state-of-the-art Optical Transfer Network (OTN) to meet the demand for reliable...
 
•  Zain Bahrain 3rd quarter profits jump 8.3 percent
Member Logo Zain Bahrain announced an 8.3 percent increase in its Q3 2017 results amounting to BD1.3 million (US$3.4m) as the operator’s digitisation efforts continued to enhance operations...
 
•  Dr. Biyari speaks at the “Future Investment Initiative” co-sponsored by STC
Member Logo STC is participating in the “Future Investment Initiative” as a co-sponsor which will be organized by the Public Investment Fund where Dr. Khaled H. Biyari, STC Group CEO, will talk about the most important...
 
•  UAE CEOs must start a skills revolution to unlock the potential of the digital age
Member Logo A study by Accenture Strategy cautions that in a rapidly changing digital landscape, CEOs must lead the charge in reskilling their people to be relevant in the future and ready to adapt to change...
 
•  New Nokia smart plan suite supercharges service providers' ability to monetize and deliver better digital services
Member Logo Major addition to Nokia's monetization portfolio helps service providers improve the digital customer experience, implement innovative business models and unlock new revenue opportunities...
 
•  DE-CIX to serve the Indian market Internet Exchange services
Member Logo After signing a MoU earlier this year, DE-CIX announced that it has created a joint venture to serve the Indian market with DE-CIX’ state-of-the art Internet Exchange services,..
 
•  Huawei launches industry largest router NE9000 for 400G DCI solution
Member Logo Huawei has launched the 400G DCI solution and industry’s largest Petabit Router NE9000, which enables the rapid migration of massive amounts of data between data centers and eliminates bandwidth-related bottlenecks...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Bangladesh Regulator announces policy regarding SIM registrations
The telecom regulator of Bangladesh has reduced the number of SIMs that can be registered against one National Identity Card (NID) from 20 to 15...
 
TRA UAE published mobile coverage interactive maps
The UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has published on its website service coverage interactive maps of the telecom operators Etisalat and du. H.E. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, TRA’s director-general,...
 
Bosnian and Albanian telecom to cooperate in the field of electronic communications
The Regulatory Agency for Communications of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Albanian Regulatory Body for Electronic and Postal Communications have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of electronic communications...
 
South Asia
 
Khalti to revolutionize Nepali economic system
As the world inches closer to a cashless world, Khalti in Nepal is trying to take the same leap for the Nepali economic system by enabling mobile money transfers in the country...
 
Mobitel’s 4G Network ranked as the fastest broadband network in Sri Lanka
Mobitel, the mobile arm of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC, have been ranked as the fastest broadband network on 4G based on the speed tests carried out...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Telia Lietuva activates VoLTE
Lithuanian fixed and mobile operator Telia Lietuva has announced the commercial launch of VoLTE technology, providing customers with faster call connectivity and improved voice quality..
 
Rogers enhances LTE network
Rogers wireless subscribers in Winnipeg, Brandon, Portage La Prairie, Selkirk, Steinbach, Gimli, Morden, Winkler, Churchill, Thompson and Flin Flon can now take advantage of LTE-Advanced service on the network...
 
life:) adds more new locations to 4G network
Belarusian mobile operator eST, life:), has added another 20 settlements to its 4G LTE network, continuing a process that has seen it aggressively expanding across the Republic this year...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Zayo diversifies fiber routes
Zayo will diversify its fiber infrastucture in the south of France and will offer three fully diverse network routes out of Marseille...
 
Myanmar aims to launch own communications satellite in 2019
The Myanmar government plans to launch its own communications satellite in June 2019 at a cost of US$155.7 million...
 
 
Middle East
 
Vodafone Turkey tests 3.5GHz spectrum
Vodafone Turkey has claimed a national first by testing the coverage and performance of the 3.5GHz spectrum band on its existing ‘4.5G’ LTE mobile network in Istanbul...
 
Telecommunications Company of Iran to launch NFC based payment service
TCI is all set launch a new service called eWallet for facilitating online purchases and will enable customers to use NFC for making payments...
 
NDU, NXN to boost pace of digital transformation in KSA
The National Digitization Unit of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NXN, marking NDU’s first step towards harnessing open data to achieve the digital transformation of the...
 
ICANN to hold meeting in Abu Dhabi on policies for domain name systems
The 60th international public meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will be held on October 28 in Abu Dhabi as a platform for developing policies of domain name system...
 
North Africa
 
Africa leaps forward into space technology
Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt and Algeria have taken a renewed interests in their existing space programs, with Ghana and Kenya joining the club, launching their own space projects in the last few years...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Globe signs licensing deal to use Roku streaming device
Globe Telecom has signed a licensing deal on internet-delivered TV services with US-based video streaming platform Roku Inc...
 
Alipay launched in Denmark
The mobile payment platform Alipay has been launched in Denmark enabling its Chinese users to enjoy its fast and convenient payment service when they travel to the Nordic country...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
SKT unveils high speed Wi-Fi technology with 5G speeds
South Korea's SK Telecom has developed Wi-Fi technology that is capable of transmitting data at a maximum speed of 4.8 Gbps...
 
Samsung shares vision for an open and connected IoT experience
Samsung Electronics shared its vision for a connected world with a widely accessible and open Internet of Things (IoT) platform at the Samsung Developer Conference...
 
Liquid Telecom joins i2i DataHack4FI for Africa’s cloud based services
Liquid Telecom will provide free high-speed internet access to start-ups entering the 2018 edition of the DataHack4FI innovation competition...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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