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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 27, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIVA launches Huwaei Mate20 X with VIVA 5G Postpaid Plans
 
 
VIVA Kuwait has launched Kuwait’s first 5G smartphone “Huawei Mate20 X”, packed with VIVA 5G Postpaid Plans. Powered by the Balong 5000, Huawei's first 7nm multi-mode 5G chipset with the Kirin 980, Huawei Mate 20 X (5G) is now ushering in the 5G mobile world and setting the industry’s benchmark with its ubiquitous technology...
 
Baita Conteúdo Broadcasts 10 HD channels via SES Satellite across Brazil
 
 
Twenty-four million TV households can now enjoy 10 HD channels delivered by Baita Conteúdo, a Brazilian content owner and aggregator, thanks to a new partnership with SES...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco announces 2019 half-year financial results
Member Logo Batelco announced its financial results for the first six months of 2019 (H1) and for the second quarter of 2019, the three-month period ended 30 June 2019 (Q2)...
 
•  du posts US$126 million net profit for Q2
Member Logo Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du) has reported a net profit after royalty of Dh464 million (US$126 million) for the second quarter (Q2) of the year, marking a 5.5 percent like-for-like increase over Q2...
 
•  BT brings 5G to rural Wales for 100th Royal Welsh Show
Member Logo The benefits of 5G are being highlighted by BT at the 100th Royal Welsh Agricultural Show, taking place in Llanelwedd in mid Wales...
 
•  AT&T brings hundreds of jobs to Mesa
Member Logo AT&T has created 500 jobs at a new, state-of-the-art 97,000-square-foot customer call center unveiled within AT&T’s corporate campus at 1355 W. University Drive in Mesa...
 
•  Tech Mahindra partners with Mahindra Logistics to introduce electric vehicles for employee transportation
Member Logo Tech Mahindra Limited has partnered with Mahindra Logistics (MLL), for introducing and operating Electric Vehicles (EV) for employee transportation...
 
•  Huawei leaps 11 spots on 2019 Fortune 500 list
Member Logo Continuing a multi-year track record of acceleration, Huawei has ranked 61st on the Fortune 500 list, which represents an 11 point jump from last year and an impressive 68 point leap from 2017...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• TRA launches ‘Leadership Program’ for trainees
The UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) said that it has launched the “Leadership Program” to develop the capacities and expertise of its human resources...
 
• NTA warns people of one ring fake missed calls “Wangiri scam”
NTA, the regulator for the telecommunication sector of Nepal has notified people to be aware of scam calls...
 
Middle East
 
• Batelco launches graduate programme
Batelco recently announced the commencement of its Graduate Trainee programme for 2019, which aims to prepare the Kingdom’s business leaders of the future...
 
• Government staff in Oman get cybersecurity training
Over one hundred government trainees from 40 government agencies have received training in advanced cybersecurity during the first half of 2019...
 
• Abu Dhabi Media launches UFC Arabia app
Abu Dhabi Media is launching the Middle East’s first Arabic language Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) app to stream both live fights and recorded content to 21 countries in the region...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
• Virgin embarks on gigabit internet network expansion across UK
Virgin Media has announced plans to bring next-generation gigabit connections to its entire network by the end of 2021...
 
• Telesat partners Canadian government in LEO satellite project for rural broadband
Telesat and the Government of Canada have formed a partnership aimed at ensuring access to affordable high speed internet across rural and remote areas via the development of Telesat’s low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Veon aquires 42.3 percent of GTH for US$600 million
Telecom Holding (GTH) shareholders have completed the sale of 37 percent of the company's shares in a mandatory tender offer (MTO) launched by majority shareholder Veon to acquire 42.3 percent of the company...
 
• Orange sees signs of improvement in France's telecoms market
Orange signaled the start of an easing in the fierce competition in France’s telecoms market, after posting slightly better-than-expected second-quarter results...
 
 
South Asia
 
• Zong launches fiber optic internet in Pakistan
Zong 4G has now become the first telecom company in Pakistan to provide high-speed fiber optic internet...
 
• Daraz enhances customer experience through mobile messaging solutions
Infobip is all set to provide mobile messaging solutions for eCommerce companies such as Daraz, a leading online marketplace that operates in 5 , Bangladesh, Nepal. Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Myanmar...
 
• Hutch says ready to enter e-commerce space with strategic partner
Hutch Telecommunications Lanka is eying to enter Sri Lanka’s e-commerce sector with a strategic partner, after the completion of the islandwide 4G rollout and merging of 2G and 3G networks of Hutch and Etisalat...
 
North Africa
 
• Egypt hosts Fab15 conference to stimulate digital fabrication and tech innovation
The conference is a huge step forward for Egypt in the area of entrepreneurship, tech innovation and digital fabrication as it adds great value to the existing businesses and gives access for local entrepreneurs to the...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Frankly buys Vemba in OTT expansion deal
The company says that the move will strengthen its position as the most advanced OTT video management and cloud playout system for broadcasters...
 
• EvoTV helps Hrvatski Telekom grows TV base
The Croatian incumbent Hrvatski Telekom (HT) ended the second quarter with 490,000 TV customers, or 18% more than in the same period last year...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• T-Mobile deploys LTE for offshore workers in Gulf of Mexico
This development is part of T-Mobile’s ongoing attempts to expand its LTE network into places previously believed to be out of reach, such as rural areas and along stretches of interstate highways...
 
• O2 to launch 5G network in UK in October
O2 intends to launch the next-generation service in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Slough and Leeds and then expand to a total of 50 towns and cities by summer 2020...
 
• Latvia’s Tele2 chooses Huawei for first 5G handset
Tele2, which launched the first 5G radio base station in Riga on July 18, will be offering its first 5G smartphones in the second half of August...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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