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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
June 19, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cisco releases new developer capabilities across its intent-based networking platform
 
 
Cisco announced that it has released new developer capabilities across its intent-based networking platform that underscore Cisco's continued progress in delivering an open, programmable platform that spans the entire network, from campus to data center, branch to edge...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Nokia, in collaboration with Orange, applies cloud benefits to radio access in large-scale trial, preparing for future 5G networks
Member Logo Nokia has completed a live network trial in Poland in collaboration with Orange to validate the benefits of cloud-optimized radio access networks for the smooth evolution to next-generation 5G technologies...
 
•  UAE TRA and Huawei host Seeds for the Future presentations
Member Logo UAE TRA have hosted the projects presentation phase of the "Seeds for the Future" 2018 Competition, in which students develop technology projects in areas such as transport, education, cyber security, smart cities, health...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Ethiopia plans to split telecoms monopoly in two to spur competition
Ethiopia plans to sell a 30 to 40 percent stake in its state-run telecoms monopoly to big telecoms companies and will split the company in two to spur competition...
 
Middle East
 
UAE leads region in digital competitiveness
The UAE is one of the most advanced digital economies in the world, landing in the top 20 globally and first in the Arab world, according to a latest report...
 
Managed OTT playout and distribution for WeTV
Launching their new 24/7 educational, current affairs and documentary film channel ‘WeTV’ - World Education Television, WeTV Arabia partnered with Red Bee Media for distribution and playout...
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan e-commerce sales set to cross $1 billion by 2020
Pakistan’s e-commerce sales are projected to cross the one billion dollars mark by 2020 as compared to US$622 million recorded in 2017, an industry official said...
 
Nepal Telecom launches ISD service
Nepal Telecom (NT) has started the International Subscriber Dialing (ISD) service to its customers using postpaid mobile...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Greece looks to subsidised FTTH
Greece will start to roll out subsidised FTTH services later this summer...
 
Sky and Space Global casts its nano-satellite technology into China
Nano-satellite developer Sky and Space Global has signed a memorandum of understanding with Beijing Commsat Technology Development Co., to test and explore how the SAS network can be incorporated into the Commsat IoT...
 
 
North Africa
 
Ellalink and Cabo Verde Telecom strikes a fiber connectivity agreement
EllanLink has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Cabo Verde Telecomhave which will help Cabo Verde coonect to subsea fiber...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
GCX, BMC UK facilitate live broadcast of World Cup
Reliance Communications' Global Cloud Xchange subsidiary and Broadcast Media Communications have teamed up to deliver end-to-end connectivity for the live broadcast of the FIFA World Cup 2018 to audiences around the...
 
Orion offers free satellite TV
The Russian DTH operator Orion has begun to offer free satellite TV services in parts of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
China Unicom 4G subscriber base exceeds 200 million
China Unicom said it added 2.070 million 4G subscribers in May 2018. and the total number of 4G subscribers reached 200.334 million...
 
Claro and TIM up 4G availability in Brazil
OpenSignal's semi-annual market report has tracked notable increases in 4G availability on three of Brazil's four national LTE providers since the last report...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
SKT, KT, LGU+ to speed up 5G infra construction
SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus are now speeding up efforts to construct infrastructure for fifth-generation (5G) networks after securing bandwidth during a national frequency auction...
 
DIGI CZ adds VoIP to product line-up
DIGI CZ has extended its product suite with the addition of a range of VoIP telephony plans...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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