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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 21, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cisco reinforces commitment to Africa
 
 
At the Cisco Connect conference, Cisco outlined its commitment to support the digitization of Africa’s communities, businesses, and governments through several initiatives for skills and talent development, innovation and job creation...
 
Huawei’s ON2.0 leads the commercial use of all-optical networks in partnership with operators worldwide
 
 
Richard Jin, President of Huawei’s Transmission and Access Product Line, shared updates on the commercial use of Huawei’s ON2.0 solution with more than 200 customers worldwide...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  du's 5G experience goes live this Ramadan
Member Logo du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), is showcasing the future of 5G to guests and customers who visit the company’s Al Majlis at the Madinat Jumeirah throughout Ramadan...
 
•  Tech Mahindra FY19 revenue up 12.9%, EBITDA up 34.6% YoY
Member Logo Tech Mahindra, a specialist in digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering announced the audited consolidated financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended March 31, 2019
 
•  Nokia President and CEO Rajeev Suri comments on the 5G market at Annual General Meeting
Member Logo In addition to addressing the company's 2018 financial performance and Group Annual Accounts, at the AGM, Rajeev Suri, President and CEO of Nokia Corporation, speaks on environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Etisalat exclusively offers Microsoft’s latest Xbox One S all-digital edition in UAE
 
•  VIVA launches home Internet offer with Postpaid plans starting KD 25
 
•  Eutelsat America Corp. to participate in NASA’s Space Relay Partnership and Services Study
 
•  STC appoints Fay Al-Alshaikh as Product Portfolio Strategy GM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Kosovo and Albania to reduce roaming fees from June
The telecoms watchdogs of Albania and Kosovo have finalised an agreement to reduce roaming fees between the two countries, applying the same principles of the EU’s ‘roam like home’ policy...
 
T-Mobile, Sprint get FCC approval for merger
T-Mobile has received FCC approval for its US$26 billion acquisition of Sprint, pushing the deal closer to completion...
 
Middle East
 
Mobile wallets reshape payments in UAE
The ecosystem for mobile wallets is well entrenched in the UAE, which boasts one of the highest penetration rates of smartphones in the world...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Bolivia looking to offer satellite capacity to Paraguay
The aim is to help the Paraguayan authorities to bridge the digital divide in the country by making available a free band on the satellite previously reserved for the armed forces...
 
Tiscali offers fiber in 50 cities under Open Fiber agreement
Italian ISP Tiscali says its partnership with wholesale network operator Open Fiber now extends to 50 cities, allowing it to offer internet access at speeds of up to 1Gbps...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Microsoft launches tech centre in Kenya
Microsoft has launched its first Africa Development Centre in the continent, with an initial site in Nairobi, Kenya and another in Lagos, Nigeria...
 
China Telecom, BAIC Group team up on 5G to build ICV ecosystem
China Telecom has inked a strategic partnership with BAIC Group to jointly build an intelligent connected vehicle (ICV) ecosystem...
 
 
South Asia
 
USF Board approves telecom projects for Sindh
Universal Service Fund (USF) has awarded a contract to Telenor for next Generation Broadband to provide telecom communication services to unserved and underserved areas in distrtics of Sindh, Pakistan...
 
Chinese company starts laying optical fiber to help build "Digital Nepal"
Once completed, the optical fiber network is expected to provide an access to high speed internet and mobile services to the Nepali people...
 
North Africa
 
Tata Communications Transformation Services partners with Africa Development Solutions to bridge the digital divide in Africa
TCTS is partnering with ADS Group to facilitate building the fibre infrastructure backbone across Africa and enable a digital economy that can empower societies and communities, in line with the Smart Africa vision...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
SKT showcases potential of 5G in VR streaming
SK Telecom is demonstrating the potential of 5G to enable virtual reality video streaming by developing exclusive VR content for a popular reality TV series...
 
Rakuten launches free live streaming service
Rakuten has launched a live video streaming service, called Rakuten Live, which will allow artists, celebrities and general users to live stream videos and communicate with viewers in real-time...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Connectivity Wireless Solutions joins CBRS Alliance to shape the future of private LTE networks
Connectivity Wireless joined the alliance with the belief that shared CBRS spectrum will become an engine for the growth of private networks and proliferation of additional in-building services...
 
Optus expanding 5G fixed wireless service
Australia's Optus has announced plans to expand its 5G fixed wireless service to more areas of the country by the end of the month...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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