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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 9, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Batelco distributes T-Shirts to Bahraini youths in villages across the Kingdom
 
 
Batelco, in line with its commitment to local communities, has distributed Football T-Shirts to local youths in villages across the Kingdom of Bahrain...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Facebook wins Premier League rights for South East Asia
Member Logo In what could be a game-changer for not only the region but also far beyond, social media behemoth Facebook has sealed a US$200 million rights deal to stream English Premier League matches in parts of Southeast Asia from...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Batelco launches co-branded mobile app with the ENTERTAINER for a second year
 
•  The Iraqi Cabinet approves the launch of the fourth licence for mobile networks
 
•  STC becomes the first Saudi entity to be admitted membership to the forum of incident response and security teams
 
•  Yahsat's new satellite to service mobility and Internet of Things, driving growth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• TRA launches ‘Emirates Cyber Ambassadors’
The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has recently launched the Emirates Cyber Ambassadors initiative as part of its information security awareness campaigns...
 
• Nkom begins consulting on plans to allocate 700MHz, 2100MHz spectrum
Norway’s National Communications Authority (Nasjonal kommunikasjonsmyndighet, Nkom) has launched a public consultation on its plans to allocate new spectrum in the 700MHz and 2100MHz bands...
 
South Asia
 
• Pakistan to have 100 million smartphones in next two years
The mobile broadband users growth in Pakistan is expected to touch 8 per cent mark in coming years as the country would have more than 100 million smartphones by 2020...
 
North Africa
 
• Tunisie Telecom upgrades IP transit port with Sparkle to 100G
Tunisie Telecom has upgraded its IP transit port at Sparkle’s Sicily Hub in Palermo to 100Gbps...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• ALIV upgrades to LTE-A
Bahamian cellco ALIV has upgraded to LTE-A on the islands of New Providence and Grand Bahama, with CEO Damian Blackburn claiming a ‘regional first’ for the Caribbean...
 
• TPG files proposals for almost one third of 4G network
Carrier TPG has proposed almost 600 base station sites for its forthcoming 4G mobile network...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Ericsson, Intel conduct first end-to-end 5G data call
Ericsson and Intel have announced they have completed the first end-to-end 5G data call using the new 3GPP non-standalone 5G new radio standard...
 
• Orange, Europol partner in fight against cybercrime
Orange and Europol have established a framework deal that will see them share information with the aim of curbing cyberthreats...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Turkcell joins global telecom blockchain consortium
Turkey's mobile network operator Turkcell has joined the world's fast-growing blockchain consortium the Carrier Blockchain Study Group (CBSG)...
 
• OGERO inaugurates IPv6 deployment in Lebanon in collaboration with the RIPE NCC
The RIPE Network Coordination Centre (NCC), the Ministry of telecommunications in Lebanon and OGERO successfully held “Lebanon IPv6 Week” in Beirut, inaugurating the deployment of IPv6...
 
• DEWA deploys IIoT platform for power plants
DEWA has implemented an industrial Internet of Things platform, to connect assets at its power plants...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Mediaset launches free streaming platform
Mediaset has debuted its new free-to-view streaming platform Mediaset Play...
 
• InfoValue to launch IPTV platform
InfoValue plans to introduce its SuiteTV 7 IPTV platform, which features data analytics, smart wearables and other services...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Cyta to launch FTTH services in Cyprus
Cypriot incumbent telco Cyta has issued a press release stating that it expects to launch commercial fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) services in late July...
 
• Telesat and Gilat tie up to develop broadband modem for LEO satellites
Gilat Satellite Networks announced a collaborative project with Telesat for development of broadband communication technology using low earth orbit (LEO) satellites...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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