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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 18, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Batelco supports annual Khalid Bin Hamad Futsal Leagues for youth centres and the disabled
 
 
Batelco, in line with its commitment to the youth of Bahrain, has announced its support of the 6th Khalid Bin Hamad Youth Centres Futsal League and the 3rd Khalid bin Hamad People with Disabilities Futsal League, which is taking place at Khalifa Sports City until 9th August...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Globe Telecom partners with Nuage Networks from Nokia to bring cloud-native business services to the Philippines
Member Logo Nokia announced that Globe Telecom of the Philippines has partnered with Nuage Networks from Nokia to provide a nationwide SD-WAN service to both large enterprise customers and SMBs...
 
•  Huawei's new range of Artificial Intelligent smartphones set to change your selfie game
Member Logo Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has announced the launch of its new HUAWEI nova 3 and HUAWEI nova 3i in the UAE...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
UAE TRA achieves three ISO certificates
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the UAE has been awarded three certificates by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the fields of Information Security Management, IT Service...
 
South Asia
 
DITCO selects GTT to provide telecom services in Afghanistan
Cloud networking provider GTT Communications has won a contract from DITCO,to provide telecom services in Afghanistan...
 
Surging internet cost to affect National Broadband Policy target
Increasing internet cost in Nepal is likely to affect the country’s target to bring down broadband internet prices to or below five per cent of the gross national income (GNI) per capita by 2020...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Bakcell expands LTE network to cover more than 30 regions
Bakcell, Azerbaijan’s second largest cellco by subscribers, has extended its 4G LTE footprint to central parts of more than 30 regions...
 
Thailand's dtac deploys 4G TDD with Nokia
dtac is deploying the first commercial 4G TDD network in Thailand using the 2300 MHz spectrum band operated in cooperation with TOT...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
TalkTalk adds 67,000 connections, as it continues its focus on fiber
TalkTalk now has over 4.2 million customers and saw net revenues jump by 4.1 per cent in its most recent financial reporting period...
 
Vodafone picks 50 homes to test 1Gbps FTTH broadband
50 homes in Milton Keynes have been selected to trial Vodafone’s new Gigafast FTTH broadband product...
 
 
Middle East
 
Internet subscriptions in Oman register a significant increase
Oman’s internet subscription base was up by more than 10 per cent at the end of May 2018 compared to the end of last year...
 
Huawei to focus on R&D to meet growing demand in UAE markets
Huawei aims to continue its success in the UAE by focusing on Research and Development (R&D), among other things, according to Li Xiangyu, deputy chief of communications and public relations...
 
Mastercard launches platform for tech partners
Mastercard has recently launched the Middle East and Africa (MEA)’s inaugural Mastercard Engage, a platform to enable technology partners to accelerate deployment of digital solutions...
 
North Africa
 
Tunisia to borrow US$85 million for Digital Tunisia 2020 project
Tunisian has approved an agreement with the African Development Bank worth €71.56 million (US$85.1 million) on a loan to fund the Digital Tunisia 2020 project, which aims to move towards electronic management that will...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Streaming services surpass pay-TV in UK for first time
In a huge tipping point for UK, the rapid rise of the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime has seen subscription video services claim more customers than the existing pay-TV industry...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
South Korea plans early 5G launch
South Korea is looking to steal a march on the rest of the world by launching 5Gnetworks next year...
 
Ericsson looks to AI to streamline LTE, 5G networking
Ericsson is betting on artificial intelligence to help streamline its LTE network operations in Japan, announcing a new collaborative research partnership with Tokyo City University...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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