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July 30, 2017

Dubai Font will be available in upcoming Huawei smartphones

As per an agreement between Executive Council of Dubai and China’s Huawei Consumer Business Group Dubai Font would be part of OS of Huawei...

Member News

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STC signs deal to supply fiber services in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) will take part in a project to connect 1.3 million households with fiber lines in the Saudi Kingdom

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Etisalat UAE registers a 7% increase in net profit in H1

Etisalat UAE revenues for the first half amounted to USD 4.2 billion representing a 3% Year-on-Year growth...

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Turk Telekom Q2 net profit sees growth

Turk Telekom posted a net profit of USD 249 million in the second quarter as comparied to USD 69 million in the last year...

Policy and Regulation

•	Smart Telecom gets contract to lay optic fiber Nepal Telecommunications Authority granted contract to Smart Telecom to lay optic fiber cables along the Mid Hill Highway in Province 6 and 7…

•	Ofcom plans 5G spectrum strategy British telecom regulator Ofcom said it aims to release 26 GHz spectrum band for future 5G services...

Middle East

•	Dubai Font will be available in upcoming Huawei smartphones As per an agreement between Executive Council of Dubai and China’s Huawei Consumer Business Group Dubai Font would be part of OS of Huawei...

•	Huawei set to launch first experience store in Dubai Huawei is going to launch its first experience store in the region in Dubai at the Dubai Mall in September this year…

•	Top experts all set to attend ‘Digital Wallet Summit’ in Dubai More than 200 speakers have decided to take part and discuss latest developments at the Digital Wallet Summit Dubai 2017, to be held later this year, in Dubai, UAE…

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Flow boosts IPTV footprint in the Caribbean British Virgin Islands telco has launched an IPTV operation in its domestic market, growing its fiber-based video services across the Caribbean…

•	Fund to be raised to set up mobile payments platform in Myanmar Myanmar-focused MySQUAR has confirmed it is working on a placing to raise funds to set up a mobile payments platform...

Alternative Telecom

•	Armentel plans modernization of wired networks Armenian telecommunication company ArmenTel is considering unprecedented modernization of the wired networks which will cover a significant part of the backbone and user infrastructure...

•	British Telecom adds 19 thousand broadband customers in Q1 British Telecom has revealed an extra 19,000 people signed up to its broadband packages between April and June 2017 which took its overall number of broadband subscribers up to 9.2 million...

South Asia

•	Nepal websites face pre-launch tests In a bid to safeguard the government’s digital presence from possible cyber attacks, a taskforce has recommended that all the websites hosted by public offices undergo vulnerability assessment and special tests…

•	FINCA aiming to enhance digital commerce in Pakistan In order to make digital commerce and payments free in Pakistan, FINCA Microfinance Bank hasannounced the movement to make digital commerce and payments free in Pakistan...

•	GP converts SIM cards into 4G enabled SIMs Mobile operator Grameenphone has started converting its SIM cards into 4G enabled SIMs to launch the fastest data services to the users across Bangladesh...

North Africa

•	Libyana offers 4G in four major cities Libyana has presented Libya’s first 4G LTE network to the cities of Tripoli, Zawiya, Sabha and Misrata…

3G and 4G Networks

•	Orange Madagasgar offers LTEin Antananarivo Orange Madagascar has introduced its 4G LTE network with currently restricted to capital city Antananarivo…

•	Vietnam’s telecommunication installs BTS of 4G technology Vietnam’s telecommunication carriers deployed 43,000 base transceiver stations (BTS) of fourth generation (4G) technology across the country, covering an estimated 95% of the country’s population…

•	life:) upgrades 4G network coverage in Belarus Belarusian Telecommunications Network has launched 4G services in eleven new areas…

Global Telecom Update

•	IoT Technology to be used to curb noise problems As part of a collective smart environment monitoring initiative, IoT-based environment sensors would be utilized in Busan’s Gangseo District to control smell and noise problems…

•	New 5G service in harbor could be completed soon Visitors and businesses located in the vicinity of the Seward Boat Harbor could find themselves enjoying a new 5G wi-fi service by the end of the summer…

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