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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 8, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
The new Croatian public channel HRT-HTV 5 displays its international ambitions by selecting HOTBIRD for satellite broadcasting
 
 
The Croatian national broadcasting Group Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) has signed a multi-year agreement with Eutelsat for capacity on HOTBIRD, the flagship video neighbourhood for Europe and the Middle East...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Inauguration of MySTC_Shop at AlnaKheel Mall
Member Logo STC inaugurated its new digital outlet for self-service ( MySTC_shop) that provides 37 Services to customers. The new MySTC_Shop service provides the most customer-specific services, most notably the SIM-related services....
 
•  du to convert Ajman's Rumaila District into smart and sustainable area
Member Logo Ajman's Municipality and Planning Department, MPD, and the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, du, teamed-up to turn the emirate's Rumaila District into a smart and sustainable residential area in...
 
•  Mobily opens new outlets
Member Logo Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) opened several outlets at mega malls around the Kingdom within its expansion plans to fulfill customers’ needs...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Ofcom releases spectrum auction winners update for UK
British telecom regulator Ofcom announced the result of the principal stage of its spectrum auction to release airwaves for 4G mobile and 5G services in UK...
 
China Mobile secures FDD LTE license
China Mobile has announced it has secured an FDD LTE operating license from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)...
 
South Asia
 
Telenor Pakistan and Nokia partner for a customer centric network operating model
Telenor Pakistan has joined hands with Nokia to modernize and transform its network in order to expand its services to customers...
 
Sri Lanka's Dialog mobile wallets topped up from bank accounts
Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata said its mobile wallets could now be topped up from bank accounts, taking the country closer towards cashless transactions...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
StarHub accelerates mobile speeds to 1Gbps
Singapore's StarHub has launched the city's first commercial 1Gbps mobile speeds as part of its ongoing network modernization program...
 
Kyivstar launches 4G in 2600 MHz spectrum
Kyivstar has launched 4G high-speed mobile internet in 20 cities of Ukraine
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
NTV+ sees strong growth for OTT TV service
Russian pay TV provider NTV+ saw the number of paying subscribers to its recently-launched OTT TV service grow 3.5 times in the first quarter of 2018 to reach 41,000...
 
Telefónica takes NPAW’s intelligence to boost IPTV, OTT across LATAM
With IP-based services at the core of its expansion strategy in Latin America, Telefónica has now chosen NPAW’s business intelligence and analytics solutions to support growth across the region...
 
 
Middle East
 
Saudi Crown Prince, Google discuss digital development
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman recently held a key meeting with top Google executives to discuss the co-operation in cloud computing services and opportunities in the digital transformation initiative...
 
Cybersecurity issues discussed in Oman
Like most of government and private sectors and industries around the world, organisations in Oman also face the same cyberthreats, including ransomware, malware attacks as well as data privacy and protection challenges...
 
Bulwark partners with 42Gears mobility systems
Bulwark is all set to distribute 42Gears enterprise mobility solutions & services in Middle East...
 
North Africa
 
Algerian retailer Condor to launch smartphone in France
Algerian retail group Condor Electronics will enter the French smartphone market in June with the launch of the Allure M3...
 
Africa showing interest in web cryptocurrency
Interest in cryptocurrency, a form of digital currency, is growing steadily in Africa...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Marlink adds new satellite to the Sealink VSAT network
Marlink has added a new satellite to its global multi-band Sealink network, expanding its footprint in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and introducing more Ku-band VSAT capacity to enable high-speed broadband connectivity...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
AWS launches Aurora via Singapore cloud region
Amazon Web Services has announced the availability of Amazon Aurora in the AWS Asia Pacific region...
 
Optus launches 5G showcase in Broadbeach for the Commonwealth Games
Australia’s Optus has launched what it called its ‘first public showcase using a live Optus 5G network’, with the cellco simultaneously showcasing 5G use cases and 8K video streaming on-the-go, on its live...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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