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May 27, 2018

France Televisions partners with TDF and Fransat to air Roland Garros in 4K

France Télévisions and the French Tennis Federation, in collaboration with TDF and FRANSAT, a subsidiary of Eutelsat, will provide 4K coverage of the Philippe-Chatrier court, Roland-Garros’ primary venue during the two-week tournament.

Batelco hosts students and professors from the University of Bahrain as part of the ‘Eyalna Programme’

Batelco hosted a group of students and professors from the University of Bahrain (UOB) as part of its Eyalna programme aimed at empowering young people and supporting the educational sector in the Kingdom...

Member News

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Zain Bahrain launches new home delivery service

Zain Bahrain, a leading telecom services operator in the kingdom, has introduced its new express home delivery service wherein Zain customers can now complete multiple services all at their own door step...

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VIVA gears up for 5G roll-out

VIVA Bahrain will be geared up for fifth generation or 5G telecom services by the year-end or early next year when the kingdom’s telecom regulator makes spectrum available, according to the company’s chief...

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Huawei launches Middle East’s first IoT Incubator

Huawei has announced the launch of the Middle East’s first Multitenant Internet of Things (IoT) Hosting Center in order to incubate the local digital ecosystem and accelerate IoT business development in the region...

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Creating the technology to connect the world sustainably and responsibly - Nokia publishes its 2017 People & Planet Report

Nokia published its annual sustainability report, covering the company's sustainability performance in 2017 and focusing on four priority areas: improving people's lives with technology, protecting the environment,...

Policy and Regulation

•	Agcom sets up September sale of 5G frequencies Italy plans to hold a spectrum auction for frequencies suitable for 5G in September...

•	ARKEP opens consultation on spectrum auction Kosovo’s telecommunications regulator, ARKEP has published a consultation paper regarding plans to auction spectrum in differnt bands...

South Asia

•	Pakistan planning to establish satellite development facility Pakistan has planned to establish an indigenous facility for development of satellites in accordance with international space standards under its annual development plan for 2018-19...

•	Nepal ranks 3rd among low-income countries in Inclusive Internet Index 2018 The Inclusive Internet Index, commissioned by Facebook and conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit, recently released The Inclusive Internet Index 2018. This index covers 91% of the world population...

3G and 4G Networks

•	T-Mobile introduces VoLTE T-Mobile Austria has announced the launch of VoLTE technology in cooperation with Samsung...

•	Number of 3G/4G users exceeds 54 million in Pakistan The number of 3G and 4G users in the country has reached 54.663 million by end of April 2018, showing a reasonable growth with each passing month...

Global Telecom Update

•	Rostelecom, Ericsson demo two new use cases on 5G trial network Rostelecom and Ericsson have launched a 5G trial network at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia – one of the largest art museums in the world...

•	Korean operators set to switch to usage-based billing In a sign of the disruption set to be unleashed by the 5G era is has been reported that Korea’s main operators are all expected to switch to usage-based tariffs next year...

Middle East

•	Saudi Al Khobar becomes first recipient of 5G network in MENA Al Khobar city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia has become the first city in the MENA region to benefit from a pilot project on the fifth-generation wireless network, or 5G network...

•	Turkey’s Lifecell investments reach US$2 billion in Ukraine According to a press release by Turkcell, its investment has reached nearly US$2 billion in Lifecell, Turkcell’s company in Ukraine which provides 3G and 4.5G network technologies in the country...

•	Internet business in Iran to use fintech soon Financial technology (fintech) will be used as a part of internet business in Iran in the coming three months...

North Africa

•	Morocco in African digital development’s top ten Morocco is among the top ten African nations in terms of digital development, according to Moulay Hafid Elalamy, the Minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Starz brings Starzplay to the UK, Germany, Austria US pay-TV channel Starz is making its video-on-demand (VOD) service Starzplay available to viewers in the UK, Germany and Austria...

•	StarHub launches carrier billing for Apple app stores Singapore's StarHub has introduced direct carrier billing for App Store, Apple Music and iTunes purchases...

Alternative Telecom

•	NZ's Chorus plans open access infrastructure New Zealand telecoms infrastructure provider Chorus is all set to deploy an open access infrastructure supporting on-demand service fulfilment and assurance for Layer 1 optical services...

•	Google's Toronto city built 'from the internet up' On Toronto's Eastern waterfront, a new digital city is being built by Sidewalk Labs - a firm owned by Google's parent Alphabet...

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