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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 6, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
UNICEF commends Sri Lanka making online safety of children a priority
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has commended Sri Lanka for National Plan of Action, of which the online safety of children has been made a priority...
 
NBTC mulls loans to cellcos as 5G investment incentive
Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission is planning to use the BTRDF to provide low-interest loans to mobile operators as an alternative source of funding to expedite 5G-related investment...
 
Ethiopia to create a telecom regulatory agency
Ethiopia has decided to create a new telecom regulator to “restructure the telecommunications market and build competition”. The decision, which has been submitted for the approval of the house of representatives, was taken during the fourteenth extraordinary meeting of the ministerial council...
 
19 million Moroccans go online daily
Eighty-six percent of Moroccan internet users (22.56 million) go online daily, 11 percent weekly, and 2 percent monthly, according to Hootsuite and We Are Social’s 2018 digital report...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat renames Smiles Lifestyle to Unlimited Buy 1 Get 1 on ‘Smiles’ app
Member Logo Etisalat has renamed Smile Lifestyle to Unlimited Buy 1 Get 1 on the ‘Smiles’ app, offering a wider range of amazing deals and rewards every day for AED20 a month...
 
•  VIVA records KD 50.4m as a net profit in 2018, a growth of 18 percent
Member Logo VIVA announced the financial results for the full year ended on 31 December 2018; whereby VIVA’s net profit grew to reach KD 50.4 million recording growth of 18 percent compared to the year ended 2017...
 
•  Tech Mahindra Q3’19 PAT up 28% YoY
Member Logo Tech Mahindra Ltd has announced the audited consolidated financial results for its third quarter ended Dec 31, 2018...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
NBTC mulls loans to cellcos as 5G investment incentive
Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission is planning to use the BTRDF to provide low-interest loans to mobile operators as an alternative source of funding to expedite 5G-related investment...
 
Ethiopia to create a telecom regulatory agency
Ethiopia has decided to create a new telecom regulator to “restructure the telecommunications market and build competition”. The decision, which has been submitted for the approval of the house of...
 
Middle East
 
Honeywell launches voice-directed productivity solution
Honeywell has announced the launch of a fully integrated voice-directed productivity solution for SAP Business One users across the Middle East region...
 
Smart City expertise to be provided to KSA development by Orange Business Services
Under the contract, Orange consultants will define the Smart City services, ICT infrastructure engineering guidelines, the operating model for the development, and the business strategy and options for the open access...
 
South Asia
 
USF awards contract to Jazz for providing mobile broadband coverage in North Waziristan
This contract has been awarded by USF under its Broadband for Sustainable Development Programme...
 
UNICEF commends Sri Lanka making online safety of children a priority
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has commended Sri Lanka for National Plan of Action, of which the online safety of children has been made a priority...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
Virgin Media teams with Arris to trial 8.5Gbps broadband
Virgin Media has teamed up with technology specialist Arris to launch an 8.5Gbps symmetrical broadband trial in Papworth, Cambridgeshire...
 
Arianespace launches two telecom satellites
Arianespace successfully launched two telecommunications satellites: the Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 condosat for operators KACST and Hellas Sat; and GSAT-31 for ISRO...
 
 
North Africa
 
19 million Moroccans go online daily
Eighty-six percent of Moroccan internet users (22.56 million) go online daily, 11 percent weekly, and 2 percent monthly, according to Hootsuite and We Are Social’s 2018 digital report...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Polish OTT player goes international
Poland based OTT service, player.pl has been made available to viewers in the UK...
 
Rory McIlroy partners with NBC Sports to launch new OTT service
Rory McIlroy has joined up with broadcaster NBC Sports to launch Golfpass – a new OTT and digital offering for golf fans...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Telekom applies to use 700MHz spectrum for LTE rollout
Telekom Deutschland (TD) has applied to the Federal Network Agency for permission to use 700MHz frequencies...
 
AutoAir 5G testbed gears up for launch
The UK’s AutoAir project is getting into high gear and preparing to launch the 5G test network at Millbrook Proving Ground this month...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Ericsson joins O-RAN Alliance
Ericsson has joined the O-RAN Alliance, a group of telecom service providers and suppliers with the commitment to evolving radio access network (RAN) architecture and orchestration built on openness, intelligence,...
 
Deutsche Telekom leads on development of eSIM for IoT
The initiative aims to move SIM functionality from the physical SIM card directly to the chipset...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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