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September 19, 2017

Abu Dhabi selects firms for fintech accelerator

Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM) has picked 11 companies it has shortlisted for its first FinTech Abu Dhabi Innovation Challenge. Four of the finalists taking part are from Singapore, two are from India, while there is one each from Hong Kong, China, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice green-lights 4G auction

Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice has given its approval for the long-awaited auction of 4G LTE mobile licenses…

Gmail now turns addresses and phone numbers into links

Gmail and Inbox on Android, iOS, and the web will start converting text to interactive hyperlinks when it detects phone numbers, addresses, and email addresses in emails…

Member News

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National Digitization Unit launches “ Fekra Tech”

National Digitization Unit launched the initiative“Fekra Tech” in cooperation with STC which aims at all individuals and corporates to contribute in the digital transformation in the kingdom...

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Nokia to modernize private nationwide LTE network for Finland's Ukkoverkot

Nokia is to completely modernize the nationwide LTE network for Ukkoverkot, the Finnish private network operator offering wireless data communications services for infrastructure operators...

Policy and Regulation

•	Ofcom proposes new rules UK regulator Ofcom has proposed a number of changes to its general rules for service providers aimed at alleviating problems with nuisance calls, complaints handling and billing problems...

•	Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice green-lights 4G auction Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice has given its approval for the long-awaited auction of 4G LTE mobile licenses…

South Asia

•	Pakistan’s telecom sector sees robust investment Pakistan’s telecom sector is strengthening and the total inflows to Pakistan more than doubled to USD 457.2 million in the first two months i.e. July and August...

•	Railway's fiber optic network to open to all Bangladesh looks to make the most of the resources available to realize its Digital Bangladesh vision and will open up more than 2,100 kilometres of optical fiber cable of BR to all interested parties…

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	DNA selects Amino MOVE cloud TV platform Amino is suppling Finnish operator DNA with both mobile and set-top box end-to-end service delivery for its multiscreen TV service...

•	Entertainment Studios to offer streaming OTT sports platform According to Entertainment Studios, it is planning to launch a direct-to-consumer global streaming OTT subscription platform, Sports.TV…

•	Gmail now turns addresses and phone numbers into links Gmail and Inbox on Android, iOS, and the web will start converting text to interactive hyperlinks when it detects phone numbers, addresses, and email addresses in emails…

Alternative Telecom

•	Ting to deliver gigabit connectivity ADTRAN,is empowering Ting Internet to deliver gigabit connectivity throughout its Mid-Atlantic and Southeast territory, including its recent rollout in Westminster, Maryland...

•	Source Photonics and Credo demo single-lambda 100G connectivity Source Photonics and Credo Semiconductor are demonstrating single-lambda 100Gb/s connectivity over 20km of fiber using a compact TOSA (transmitter optical sub-assembly) and ROSA (receiver optical sub-assembly)...

Global Telecom Update

•	TPG Singapore ‘on track’ to achieve national outdoor mobile coverage Australian telco TPG Telecom has announced that its in-deployment mobile network in Singapore is progressing well and it expects to attain city-wide outdoor coverage by 31 December 2018...

•	5G mobile phones to go mainstream in 2019 According to the Qualcomm's CEO, the first 5G phones ready to meet next-generation mobile standards will be available for the mass market in 2019...

•	Radware launches ultimate IoT botnet protection Radware has introduced a comprehensive solution for protection from network layer attacks, including increased threats stemming from Internet-of-Things (IoT) botnets...

Middle East

•	Vodafone Turkey offers fixed internet campaign Vodafone Turkey introduced a new home internet promotional campaign on the occasion of the start of the school year…

•	Abu Dhabi selects firms for fintech accelerator Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM) has picked 11 companies it has shortlisted for its first FinTech Abu Dhabi Innovation Challenge. Four of the finalists taking part are from Singapore, two are from India, while there...

•	Etisalats wins 'Best Operator' Award at Telecoms World 2017 Etisalat announced it received the award and recognition of the 'Best Operator' at the industry leading event 'Telecoms World Middle East 2017 held in Dubai....

•	Zain crowned ‘Best Brand’ at Telecom World Middle East Awards 2017 Zain Group has been awarded ‘Best Brand’ for Telecom in 2017 for a fourth consecutive year at the prestigious Telecoms World Middle East Awards gala event in Dubai earlier this week...

•	Batelco wins The Innovation Award and Best Emerging Market Initiative Award at the Telecom World Awards 2017 Batelco has been presented with the Best Emerging and Frontier Market Initiative Award and The Innovation Award at the 11th annual Telecoms World Awards ceremony...

•	AWOK launches services in Saudi Arabia AWOK, the UAE’s largest e-commerce player, has now ventured into Saudi Arabia in line with the company’s vision of expanding its operations across the GCC...

•	Ooredoo Oman boosts roaming passport to more countries According to Ooredoo Oman, its customers can now travel to six new locations with the Ooredoo Passport World service…

North Africa

•	African blockchain moving away from payments narrative Given the proven willingness of Africans to utilise alternative financial platforms like M-Pesa, a number of companies decided to bet on a role for bitcoin in the payments space...

•	Airtel Nigeria bags payment innovation in telecom awards Airtel Nigeria has been honoured with the Payment Innovation in Telecom Award by Africa’s leading transaction switching and processing services company, Interswitch…

3G and 4G Networks

•	Deutsche Telekom trials MIMO technology Deutsche Telekom and Huawei have partnered together to launch, what they describe as, 'the fastest 3.5 GHz LTE TDD Massive MIMO field trial...

•	Algar Telecom tests LTE-A in Uberlandia Regional Brazilian operator Algar Telecom has started testing LTE-A technology in Uberlandia…

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