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SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
February 27, 2018 |
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| Renowned Industry Leaders Elected to the SAMENA Council Board of Directors during the General Assembly in Barcelona |
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The South Asia - Middle East - North Africa region’s premier telecommunications industry association, SAMENA Council, has announced the election of Mr. Osman Sultan, CEO - du, Mr. Ahmed El Beheiry, CEO & MD - Telecom Egypt, Mr. Tarig Hamza Zain Alabdeen, CEO - Sudatel, Mr. Marwan Hayek, Chairman & CEO - Alfa Mobile, and the re-election of Mr. Scott Gegenheimer, CEO of Operations - Zain Group, and Eng. Salman Al Badran, CEO - Viva Kuwait to the SAMENA Council Board of Directors...
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| Saudi Telecom Company launched an extraordinary participation in MWC, Barcelona |
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STC launched an extraordinary participation during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 in Barcelona, Spain from Feb 26th, to March 1st, 2018, in presence of STC board chairman Abdullah Al-Abdulqader, STC's then-Group CEO, Dr. Khaled Biyari, and several corporate executives...
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| Zain Group publishes its latest thought leadership report entitled ‘Saving Lives by Empowering People through Zain Cash’ |
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Zain Group announces the publication of its annual thought leadership report, this year entitled, ‘Saving Lives by Empowering People through Zain Cash’...
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Emirates Data Clearing House and Expresso Senegal partner to launch E-Money service
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Emirates Data Clearing House (EDCH), a subsidiary of Etisalat Services Holding, announced the launch of a new suite of mobile financial services for Expresso Telecom based in Senegal, Africa... |
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Batelco among Founder Partners of Bahrain FinTech Bay
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Batelco, in line with its commitment to foster the development of Bahrain’s FinTech industry is proud to announce its role as a founding partner of Bahrain FinTech Bay (BFB)... |
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VIVA main sponsor of NUKS UK’s annual conference
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VIVA announced its sponsorship of the annual conference of the National Union of Kuwaiti Students (NUKS) - United Kingdom branch... |
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Huawei launches full range of 5G end-to-end product solutions
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At the World Mobile World Congress (MWC) held in Barcelona, Spain, Yang Chaobin, President of Huawei 5G Product Line, unveiled a full range of end-to-end (E2E) 3GPP-compliant 5G product solutions... |
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Cisco releases 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report
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Cisco 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report reveals security leaders rely on and invest in automation, machine learning and Artificial Intelligence to defend against threats... |
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Nokia, Intel and Verizon collaborate on new virtualized RAN architectures on path to commercialization
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Nokia, Intel and Verizon are collaborating on new groundbreaking Cloud RAN architectures to provide the flexibility needed for the operator's future services and requirements for 4G, 5G and IoT in the cloud... |
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Facebook overtakes YouTube on mobile video front
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While remaining the most popular mobile video platform, online behemoth YouTube is seeing real competition, with Facebook rapidly closing the gap, and even overtaking it in some markets... |
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| Recent Developments |
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UAE ranked as global leader in Fiber Optic Network for a second year in a row |
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Cybersecurity Provider KoolSpan Joins SAMENA Council as New Member |
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Etisalat, Ericsson and Intel launch ‘Driving the Future of 5G Innovation' university competition |
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Telecom Egypt joins SAMENA Telecommunications Council as a Member |
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| Alternative Telecom |
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Openserve’s million-home fiber push
Telkom’s Openserve has shifted its focus on fiber-to-the-home from “homes passed” to the number of homes connected...
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Global household internet access nears 50%
The number of households connected to the internet has improved by 8.3% to just under half (48.6%), according to the latest Inclusive Internet Index from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)...
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| 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. |
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