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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 5, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
SES strengthens leadership team and enhances customer experience through establishment of global services organisation
 
 
Chief Services Officer (CSO) John Baughn to lead global customer services while new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Ruy Pinto appointed to head integrated global technology team...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Docomo Digital, Zain launch mobile gaming with direct billing in Iraq
Member Logo Docomo Digital is launching its mobile gaming platform with Zain Iraq, which gives more than 16 million subscribers the ability to access hundreds of titles using direct carrier billing on monthly phone bills...
 
•  Tech Mahindra announces DynaCommerce acquisition
Member Logo This is a step to bolster Tech Mahindra’s 3-4-3 strategy which targets to capture 3 mega trends of connected devices, 5G and video explosion through its four core big bets on future technology investments to help...
 
•  Zain Saudi, Nokia conduct 4.9G pilot to boost capacity and customer experience with 5G-ready massive MIMO active antenna on 2.6 GHz
Member Logo Nokia and Zain KSA have started a massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) pilot in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on the TD-LTE network using 2.6 GHz spectrum...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• BTRC plans to use social obligation fund
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has shown interest in spending a part of the social obligation fund (SOF) from telecom operators for e-waste management...
 
• Poland consults on amendment to 700MHz plan
Poland’s Ministry of Digitisation has invited comments on plans to amend the frequency usage plan for the 700MHz band...
 
North Africa
 
• VEON aims to buy out Egypt's Global Telecom
Telecoms operator VEON Ltd intends to offer 5.30 Egyptian pounds (US$0.3) per share for the 42.3 percent of Cairo-listed Global Telecom Holding it does not already own...
 
• Moroccans use WhatsApp more than any other social media platform
According to Hootsuite’s annual report, Whatsapp is the most popular social media platform in Morocco, used by 81 percent of Moroccan internet users...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Honduras 4G coverage up to 58 percent
The 4G-LTE coverage of Honduras increased 8 percentage points year on year to 57.9 percent of the country’s 18 departments at the end of Q3...
 
• Telecom Italia tests 5G in Sanremo
Telecom Italia (TIM) has switched on a trial 5G cell site in the north-western city of Sanremo, to coincide with the Sanremo Music Festival...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Mexico’s VADSA selects MDS Global’s VNOnDemand solution to launch new MVNO
Mexican-based MVNE, VADSA has chosen MDS Global’s MVNO solution, VNOnDemand to facilitate the launch of an innovative MVNO in Mexico...
 
• Monnit launches 4G LTE gateway for IoT sensors
Monnit Corp. has announced the release of a new cellular gateway to meet the global demand for enterprise IoT deployment...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Saudi Arabia to launch 16th satellite into space
The launch will strengthen the telecommunications capacity, internet connectivity and secure communications in the MENA region...
 
• Dubai plans e-commerce zone with investment of US$545 million
The new 920,000 square metre trade zone, known as EZDubai, aimed to attract e-commerce, logistics and other related industries...
 
• Amazon looks to dominate Middle East e-commerce market
E-commerce behemoth Amazon is preparing to launch a new Middle East website to expand its business in the region...
 
South Asia
 
• Active social media users in Pakistan grow by 5.7 percent
As of January 2019, the total number of active social media users was recorded at 37 million and active social media users as a percentage of the population were 18%...
 
• NT launches pre-paid roaming service
Nepal Telecom (NT) has introduced the roaming service for pre-paid mobile users which was previously available only to post-paid users...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Free linear and VOD OTT service DistroTV launching
DistroScale, a video-as-a-service provider, is launching DistroTV, a streaming OTT service in the US, Canada and UK with a range of entertainment, news, sports, film and TV programming in live, linear and video-on-demand...
 
• Criterion Channel streaming service set for April 8 launch
The Criterion Channel, the new streaming service from US home video distribution outfit The Criterion Collection is to launch on April 8...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Chorus to stage 10Gbps trial in March
New Zealand’s open-access fixed line telecoms provider Chorus has announced that it plans to stage a 10Gbps fiber broadband trial next month...
 
• Eight Meath towns to benefit from fiber optic broadband roll-out
SIRO, the wholesale broadband operator building Ireland’s only 100% fiber-optic broadband network, has announced details of an investment programme in Meath...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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