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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 15, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sudatel’s CEO wins major African telecom award
 
 
At a ceremony in Nairobi, Mr. Tarig Hamza Zain Elabdein, President and CEO of The Sudatel Group, was named East African CxO of the year at the annual East Africa Com awards...
 
Huawei launches AI-native database
 
 
Following the announcement of its AI strategy and full-stack, all-scenario AI solutions in 2018, Huawei launched the AI-Native database GaussDB and the highest-performance distributed storage FusionStorage 8.0 in Beijing.
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  du unlocks ‘Generosity in Every Offer’ with exceptional value packed deals throughout Ramadan
Member Logo du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), is welcoming customers to feel the spirit of generosity this month with a value-laden range of postpaid, prepaid, and home offers for all...
 
•  VIVA sponsors Popular Ramadan Tents at key hotels in Bahrain this year
Member Logo The month-long VIVA-sponsored festive tents come in line with supporting a diverse range of activities that add value to the residents of Bahrain...
 
•  Eutelsat Communications: Third Quarter and Nine Month 2018-19 Revenues
Member Logo Eutelsat Communications reported revenues for the Third Quarter and Nine Months ended 31 March 2019...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Telecom Egypt releases Q1 results
 
•  Sudatel participates in the successful launch for Arabsat 6A Satellite
 
•  Batelco provides support to families in need in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour and Social Development during the holy month of Ramadhan
 
•  FirstNet expands coverage to surpass half million connections
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
UAE telecoms authority urges users to update WhatsApp
WhatsApp users should update their app immediately to avoid being hacked, the UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has said...
 
Regulator makes last-minute changes to draft of licence sale
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has reduced the amount of bandwidth contained in each licence for the planned sale of three 700-megahertz licences from 15MHz to 10MHz...
 
South Asia
 
Nepal Telecom launches FTTH fiber internet in Chitwan
The capacity of the FTTH line installed in Sauraha is of 1024 lines which can be increased as per the demand of the service there...
 
Homegrown innovation will be key to digital boom in Bangladesh
Solving local problems using homegrown innovations will be key to pulling off major business successes in the digital industry...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Smart to boost LTE network
Smart is set to further expand and upgrade its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network on Boracay island to empower tourists, residents and local businesses in the Philippines’ premier tourist destination...
 
Vodafone switches on first 5G sites in Romania
Vodafone Romania has switched on the first sites in its Supernet™ 5G network, ready to enable Romanians to access the outstanding capabilities of this latest technology...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Qualcomm and HMD Global sign 5G multimode global patent license agreements
Qualcomm Incorporated and HMD Global Oy announced that HMD Global has entered into a direct worldwide license arrangement with Qualcomm to cover branded single-mode and multimode devices...
 
Verizon joins rivals in NB-IoT battle
Verizon became the third US operator to launch an NB-IoT network that covers 92 per cent of the US population...
 
 
Middle East
 
du celebrates UAE’s entrepreneurial spirit as silver partner at 2019 SME Expo
du’s participation at the SME Expo is driving and enabling the growth and innovation aspirations of the UAE’s booming SME sector...
 
iGA signs MoU with Microsoft and Thinksmart
Training paths will include Microsoft basic tools, professional IT, cloud training, digital transformation and exposure to technologies that have emerged as part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution...
 
e-Fawateercom payment option now available for RJ customers in Jordan
Royal Jordanian customers can now book and pay their tickets and travel products through eFawateercom, a payment option added to the RJ website and mobile app...
 
North Africa
 
Insight TV launches My-HD Platform in MENA
Insight TV, a 4K UHD HDR broadcaster and producer of native UHD content, has launched its HD channel in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on My-HD...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Telstra extends TV service beyond broadband subscribers
Telstra’s TV service is to be made available to wider range of the telco’s customers following a series of changes to the product announced by the provider...
 
BBC extends 5G broadcast trial
The trial began in February this year with Stronsay residents becoming some of the first people in the world to receive live radio over 5G mobile networks...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
SES Networks restores connectivity to PNG
SES Networks announced it worked with PNG DataCo to restore mobile and broadband services in Papua New Guinea following an outage caused by a major 7.2 magnitude earthquake...
 
OneWeb to provide internet access to rural areas in Angola
Satellite operator OneWeb has expressed its intention to install telecommunications infrastructures to facilitate internet access in rural areas in Angola...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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