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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 10, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain Saudi Arabia customer base expands to 8.4 million
Member Logo Zain recorded its first net increase in total customer numbers in Q1 2018 to 8.4 million following the continuous reduction of customers in the last 4 quarters in 2017...
 
•  VIVA reports KD 77.6 million (US$ 257 million) of revenues for Q1-2018 recording a growth of 13.9%
Member Logo VIVA announced the financial results for the first quarter ended on 31 March 2018; whereby VIVA’s Revenues grew to reach KD 77.6 million (US$ 257 million) recording a growth of 13.9% compared to the same period last...
 
•  twofour54 Abu Dhabi and Arabsat partner to expand the region's satellite industry
Member Logo Arab Satellite Telecommunication Organisation (Arabsat) and twofour54 launch a new set of satellite TV channels on the Arabsat Badr-4 satellite...
 
•  ​​Eutelsat renews its partnership with Polish broadcaster TVN
Member Logo Eutelsat Communications and TVN have signed a multiyear, multi-transponder agreement, renewing capacity at the HOTBIRD position, Poland’s leading satellite neighbourhood...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
ICCC calls for SIM registration process to be extended
Papua New Guinea’s Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) has called for the recently-ended SIM registration process to be extended...
 
NTA publishes notics against illegal services
In the backdrop of complaints registered at Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) citing that various firms have been delivering internet services without acquiring licences, the telecommunication sector regulator today...
 
South Asia
 
Ant Financial to boost digital mobile payments in Pakistan
Ant Financial Group is extending its services to other regional countries including Pakistan through a partnership with local mobile financial service providers...
 
Transsion investing in handset plant
Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Transsion Holdings will start running its handset assembly plant in Bangladesh by June while the commercial launch of its devices is expected in July...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
Bouygues extends LTE footprint to 96% of population
Bouygues Telecom has announced that it now covers 96% of the French population with 4G services, with 62.8 million people within its LTE footprint...
 
95% of Rwanda covered with 4G internet
The entire country of Rwanda is covered with 4G LTE thanks to the joint partnership between KtRn—the 4G LTE wholesaler and only infrastructure company in Rwanda—and the government...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
NTT Docomo trials 5G at 305km/hr
Japan's NTT Docomo, parent company NTT and vendor NEC have jointly achievedthe first 5G transmission between a 28-GHz base station and a 5G mobile station in a car moving at 305km/hr...
 
Liquid Telecom to set up network between Africa, Asia
Liquid Telecom has signed a strategic partnership with China Telecom Global (CTG), which will see the companies collaborate to provide Africa and Asia with network solutions and services...
 
 
Middle East
 
UAE named world leader in fiber optic networks
The UAE has the highest fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) penetration globally, with a coverage of 94.3 per cent, a significant amount of which is provided by leading telecom group Etisalat...
 
Online travel to witness a major rise in Saudi Arabia
Online trends are shaping the future of Saudi Arabia's travel industry, which has witnessed a significant increase in mobile bookings across the kingdom...
 
North Africa
 
Iflix offers services to Vodafone Egypt customers
Iflix has launched on Vodafone Egypt to offer subscribers unlimited access to Iflix's library of thousands of TV shows, films and more, including the year’s best new local and regional Ramadan series...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Philo and Pandora team up with a New Bundle
Hot on the heels of last month’s Hulu and Spotify bundle announcement, television streaming service Philo has just partnered with Pandora to provide a bundle of their own...
 
Zattoo launches Full HD offer in Germany
Internet TV provider Zattoo has commenced offering selected TV channels in Full HD quality (1080p/50) in Germany...
 
Telecom Italia reaches content-sharing deal with Mediaset
Telecom Italia has announced a content-sharing agreement with Mediaset, Italy's largest private broadcaster, as the former telecom monopoly pushes ahead with its plan to improve digital content...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
ACCC reveals more than a quarter of NBN users are now on 50Mbps plan
More of Australia’s broadband subscribers are receiving higher-speed National Broadband Network (NBN) services...
 
EllaLink gets anchor customer for trans-Atlantic cable
The Atlantic will be getting yet another subsea cable system it seems, but this time it's on a route rarely travelled...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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