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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
June 15, 2017
 
 
 
 
Ramadan Kareem - Banner
 
 
Cellphone roaming charges end for Europeans
Europe will finally abolish cellphone roaming charges this week, allowing people from Britain to Bulgaria to call, send text messages and surf the web without incurring eye-watering charges when travelling across the 28-nation bloc…
 
Mobile Net usage increasing since launch of 4.5G in Turkey
After the availability of advanced 4G telecom services as 4.5G in Turkey, Mobile internet usage has expanded across the country…
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  ICT Energy Efficiency Discussed in Dubai
Member Logo As the region’s countries continue to inch closer to establishing knowledge-based economies and ICT becomes an integral part of everyday life, Dubai hosted the ICT Energy Efficiency Summit 2017, a two-day event that...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  STC to host SAMENA Council's ICT Regional Regulatory Summit on April 12th
 
•  Transformation, co-operation, and fulfilling requirements of each stakeholder key industry imperatives
 
•  SAMENA Council to host Telecom Leaders' Summit 2017 in Dubai
 
•  SAMENA Council, CITC collaborate for Regional Regulatory Summit in Riyadh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Cellphone roaming charges end for Europeans
Europe will finally abolish cellphone roaming charges this week, allowing people from Britain to Bulgaria to call, send text messages and surf the web without incurring eye-watering charges when travelling across the...
 
Lebanese cabinet passes drop in internet pricing
The Lebanese cabinet has approved a reduction in internet pricing…
 
Welsh government consulting on 30Mbps broadband
A public consultation has been launched by the Welsh Government regarding plans to bring 30Mbps-capable broadband connectivity to every property in the country…
 
Middle East
 
Orange Jordan sponsors local version of SeedStars
Orange Jordan sponsored the local version of the annual SeedStars World, a global competition for startups, which was held at its Business Innovation Growth (BIG) premises, with the participation of ten startups…
 
Emcredit set to offer next generation mobile payment solution
Emcredit, the company created by Dubai Economy, is soon going to launch empay, a mobile payment solution developed within the framework of the Dubai Smart Government initiative…
 
Zaloni agrees reseller partnership with UAE’s ixtel
To support digital transformation of Middle Eastern companies in industries including telecommunications, US-based Zaloni has announced a strategic value added reseller partnership with leading UAE digital services company,...
 
Mobile Net usage increasing since launch of 4.5G in Turkey
After the availability of advanced 4G telecom services as 4.5G in Turkey, Mobile internet usage has expanded across the country…
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Instagram introduces new 'archive' feature
Instagram , the photo-sharing app has introduced a new feature called 'Archive,' which allows you to move posts that you've previously shared into a space and is visible only to you…
 
NBC News launches social video hub
NBC News has officially launched Left Field, a social media hub for digital video news…
 
MY Entertainment, SBS team develop social experiment format in Korea
Extending its reach into Asia, US production house MY Entertainment is teaming with SBS Broadcasting in South Korea and Critical Density Media to co-develop a social-experiment format, The Power, for international...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Five Wrexham Schools to get superfast broadband
Five schools across Wrexham are to get superfast broadband as part of a £5 million investment to increase internet speeds for schools across Wales…
 
More rural broadband options coming through fiber, satellites
Quintillion, Alaska Communications and AT&T launch projects building out wireless and fiber optic networks…
 
 
South Asia
 
PTCL launches 4G in Azad Jammu and Kashmir
The Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir launched 4G service of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to provide fastest telecommunication to people…
 
ZTE, Banglalink commercialize vSDM platform
ZTE and Banglalink accomplished the migration of 60 million legacy users, and formal commercialization of what they say is the world’s largest virtual Subscriber Data Management (vSDM) platform in Bangladesh…
 
Digital currency market information Application launched in Nepal
To allow users to get real-time digital currency information, Nepal’s Unelma Platforms launched digital currency market information application called UnelmaCash…
 
North Africa
 
Finland all set to build Cyber security system in Nigeria
Finland has decided to construct a cyber-security system in Nigeria and establish new ICT services in the country…
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Prasa all set for 4G network
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa rolls out 4G network to go live to an intelligent digital railway solution that will improve communications, increase capacity and improve safety on the country’s metro rail...
 
IS plans to support 4G and 5G networks in South Africa
Internet Solutions is planning to use its Wi-Fi network in South Africa to support faster 4G, and eventually 5G…
 
C Spire installs LTE network capacity enhancements
C Spire is ramping up deployment of new features in its LTE network that will boost capacity and peak speeds for wireless customers…
 
Global Telecom Update
 
ZTE achieves 2.1Gbps data rate in 3D-MIMO trial
ZTE has announced it has achieved a record high peak data rate of 2.1Gbps over a commercial deployment of pre5G massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) in Quanzhou…
 
Globe Telecom approaches Canvas for automation
Globe Telecom in the Philippines selected Canvas to become the platform that integrates service functionalities and help Globe automate its office processes…
 
Quantify Technology at forefront of IOT industry
Quantify Technology Holdings has successfully developed and released for manufacture its passive infra-red motion sensor fascia to complement its growing suite of products…
 
Wireless carriers plan to fire up 5G networks
Wireless carriers are planning to leap to fifth-generation network technology, providing a speed boost that could change everything from the way we watch sports to how we undergo surgery…
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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