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March 29, 2018

Batelco Group AGM approves BD41.6M cash dividend

Batelco Group held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the twelve-months ended 31 December 2017 (“the year”) and additionally an Extra-Ordinary-General Meeting (EGM) in relation to Obtaining Shareholders approval on amending the memorandum and articles of association of the company...


Member News

Policy and Regulation

•	FCC seeks to auction 28GHz mmWave spectrum on 14 November The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed to stage a tender for 28GHz millimetre wave (mmWave) licences on 14 November 2018...

•	BTRC to offer 4 tower company licences The telecom regulator is on the final stage to offer four telecom tower company licences and a request for proposal (RFP) notice will be published within the next two to three working days...

Middle East

•	Avaya commends Saudi customers for driving digital transformation Avaya, commended organizations in Saudi Arabia for driving competitiveness through investment in digitalization...

•	BBC signs channel deals in MENA and Turkey BBC Earth will launch as a linear channel across MENA through the Bein DTH service on April 5, 2018...

South Asia

•	Pakistan to launch communication satellite Under Bilateral exchange agreement, China will soon launch communication satellite for Pakistan, in order to build large telecommunication network infrastructure...

•	Satellite Bangabandhu-1 starts for Florida for launch Bangladesh's first communication satellite Bangabandhu-1 will be shipped from France to Florida of the Unite States for launching to the orbit in the next month...

Alternative Telecom

•	Vodafone rolls out 400Mbps broadband to a further 380,000 homes Vodafone Germany has rolled out maximum fixed broadband speeds of 400Mbps to a further 380,000 households...

•	NEC and MegaFon using AI to improve network quality Russian operator MegaFon has reported the successful use of artificial intelligence to improve its transport network...

North Africa

•	Desktops dominate Egypt’s personal computing device market in February Desktops’ share of the personal computing devices market in Egypt increased to 55% in February from 54.5% in January...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Digital payment introduced from next month for nutrition program Sri Lanka will introduce a digital payment system to provide allowance for expectant mothers, currently distributed through the Divisional Secretariats, as a digital voucher to their mobile phones...

•	Europe opens up pay-TV subscriptions From Sunday 1 April it will be possible for European citizens to access online content wherever they are in the EU...

3G and 4G Networks

•	MVNE to launch independent 4G network in Sao Paulo Brazilian mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) EUTV (Surf Telecom) has divulged plans to deploy an independent 4G-capable network covering the Sao Paulo metropolitan area...

•	BTRIB launches LTE services in Baku Azerbaijan state-owned regional operator BTRIB, working in the city of Baku and its surroundings, has launched the commercial exploitation of its fixed LTE network...

Global Telecom Update

•	Spark launches LoRa IoT network across NZ New Zealand operator Spark has announced the commercial launch of its nationwide IoT network for businesses across the nation, with coverage reaching 60% of the country’s population...

•	Tintri Integrates with Commvault Tintri has announced its integration with Commvault software to allow joint customers to automate more aspects of their data protection processes for virtual machines (VMs)...

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