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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 1, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
STC and SIF conclude a cooperation agreement to promote local content and create localization opportunities
 
 
STC has concluded a joint cooperation agreement with the Saudi Industrial Fund (SIDF) to promote local content and create localization opportunities in various sectors, as part of the Tawteen Program...
 
Huawei Founder: AI will fundamentally change how the international community develops
 
 
Ren Zhengfei, CEO and founder of Huawei, hosted an open discussion alongside other prominent guests examining the role of innovation and trust in the future of the information, communication and technology (ICT) sector...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Novartis and Microsoft announce collaboration to transform medicine with artificial intelligence
Member Logo Novartis announced an important step in reimagining medicine by founding the Novartis AI innovation lab and by selecting Microsoft Corp. as its strategic AI and data-science partner for this effort.
 
•  Oman Broadband extends fiber optic network to Jebel Akhdar
Member Logo Oman Broadband Company (OBC) recently expanded its fibre optic network to Jebel Akhdar as part of its efforts to provide high-speed Internet to residents and visitors of the region...
 
•  Kartina TV expands reach via SES Satellite at 19.2 degrees East
Member Logo Over-the-top content provider will leverage reach of satellite at SES’s prime neighbourhood to deliver Russian-language TV channels for households across Western Europe...
 
•  Nokia secures KDDI 5G deal
Member Logo KDDI Corporation, has selected Nokia as a primary partner to upgrade its 4G network to 5G with Nokia’s industry-leading radio access solution AirScale, which supports both 4G and 5G operations...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  AsiaHawala and Comviva scoop two Awards at the Telecoms World Award 2019
 
•  Etisalat launches UAE’s first end to end cloud-based Video Surveillance and analytics solution for SMBs
 
•  Batelco introduces iPhone 11 at launch event
 
•  Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers signs strategic agreement with STC to achieve digital transformation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• TRA Bahrain Board of Directors hail sector progress
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s (TRA) Board of Directors held their third meeting of 2019, at TRA’s headquarters in the Seef District...
 
• ACCC proposes raft of measures to improve NBN standards
A number of measures have been proposed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission aimed at improving NBN Co’s wholesale service levels, including a reworked rebate structure for missed appointments, late...
 
North Africa
 
• Tunisia’s Telnet to launch first home-made satellite in July 2020
Tunisia’s first satellite, Challenge ONE, will be launched in July 2020 from the Russian-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome in south-central Kazakhstan aboard the Russian Soyuz-2...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Prague is extending WiFi and 4G mobile coverage to additional metro stations
WiFi, data, and voice service has just been added to additional stations in Prague’s metro and 16 out of 61 stations in the metro network are now covered with a 4G LTE signal...
 
• Telenor launches 5G pilot in Norway
Telenor has launched what it claims is Scandinavia’s largest 5G pilot in the Norwegian municipality of Elverum...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
• Singapore’s StarHub completes migration from cable to fiber
StarHub, has announced the completion of its migration from cable to fiber, under a ten-month plan to move thousands of customers to advanced technology...
 
• GTT fiber rollout reaches 70,000 premises
Guyanese fixed line incumbent Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has extended the reach of its fiber network to 70,000 premises in the capital...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Blackberry launches cybersecurity solutions through Azure Marketplace
BlackBerry has announced that its cybersecurity solutions are now available through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace...
 
• Telefónica Deutschland deploys Infinera DRX for 5G network modernisation
The Infinera DRX Series is a portfolio of disaggregated routers that combines a carrier-class white box portfolio with Infinera CNOS software...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Dubai's e-commerce strategy to ease doing business
E-commerce remains one of the strongest growing sectors in the region, and Dubai is aiming to boost this even further...
 
• Oman boosts MENA’s digital customer experience market to US$800 million
Across Oman and the region, organisations of all sizes and industry verticals are ramping up digital transformation, and leveraging technology to enhance employee, citizen, and customer experiences...
 
• Workz certified full eSIM provider in MEA
Workz Group has become the first in the Middle East and Africa to be certified by the GSMA for embedded SIM technology across its full lifecycle from chip production, secure data generation and personalisation, to remote...
 
• Equinix to show digital-ready infrastructure with Interconnection at GITEX Technology Week 2019
Equinix will demonstrate how it can empower businesses in the Middle East in their digital transformation journeys, enabling interconnection of these businesses to networks, cloud service providers and digital supply...
 
South Asia
 
• Mobile subscriptions see growth in Pakistan
The Pakistan mobile market grew to 161.79 million subscribers in August, up from 161.49 million the previous month, which sees the second consecutive month of growth...
 
• SAKS launches transformative Artificial Intelligence unit in Sri Lanka
The IT landscape in Sri Lanka is changing and it is becoming pivotal to incorporate data-driven intelligence is high, and disruptive companies are on the rise to compete with more traditional solutions...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• New TV platform for Poland
The Polish national transmission company Emitel has implemented a new IPTV/OTT platform for Orange Polska...
 
• Proximus targets millennials with TV, cloud gaming and streaming
Belgian telecom operator Proximus has launched a new consumer offering that combines TV and cloud gaming along with mobile connectivity and a new Android Pie-based V7 set-top...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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