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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
August 31, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
du concludes 2019 summer training programme
 
 
du, from Emirates Integrated Company (EITC), has recently concluded the 2019 Summer Training Programme, as part of its commitment towards developing and nurturing current and future generations of the UAE...
 
NCC approves trial 5G spectrum
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced it has approved spectrum for the trial of 5G mobile services in the country...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  AT&T and Starz announce multi-year carriage agreement
Member Logo The comprehensive agreement secures rights for AT&T to offer the full suite of STARZ and STARZ ENCORE premium linear and HD channels, On-Demand, HD On-Demand and online services to customers of AT&T’s DIRECTV, AT&T TV...
 
•  Eutelsat 5 West B delivered to Baikonur Cosmodrome for pre-launch preparation
Member Logo Eutelsat Communications announces the safe arrival of EUTELSAT 5 West B at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where it is due for launch on a Proton Breeze M rocket on September 30, overseen by International Launch...
 
•  Huawei Cloud opens Chile region service
Member Logo HUAWEI Cloud announced that its Chile region is open for business, providing a full-stack cloud platform and a wide range of Artificial Intelligence (AI) services for Latin America...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Saudi government begins project to make Makkah a ‘smart city’
The government of Saudi Arabia has commenced work on the project to transform Makkah Moazzama as a Smart City...
 
Zimbabwe to deploy 100 rural base stations under USF
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has invited bids for the deployment of 100 wireless base stations in rural areas to improve mobile network coverage...
 
NCC approves trial 5G spectrum
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced it has approved spectrum for the trial of 5G mobile services in the country...
 
North Africa
 
Orange Egypt opens new call centre at Assiut Technology Park
he opening of the new call centre came following an agreement signed between Orange Egypt and ITIDA in January under which Orange vowed to expand its operations in Upper Egypt...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Telefónica Deutschland added more than 600 LTE cells in July
The operator says it has continued to massively expand the LTE network, providing many holiday resorts with fast Internet access...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
AIS Fibre aims to shake up home broadband internet industry
AIS Fibre says it is determined to develop its network and bring advanced technology to customers needing it only for a specific time period in order to create services that meet the new standards of the industry...
 
Axesat to offer Hughes satellite services to enterprise customers in Colombia
The Ka-band service will be delivered using capacity on the Hughes 63 West satellite, which provides coverage across 96% of the population of Colombia...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Epsilon delivers direct and on-demand cloud connectivity for Telin Hong Kong
Telin HK can now establish direct and secure connection to Alibaba Cloud as well as other major Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) interconnected on Epsilon’s global network fabric...
 
T-Mobile launches eSIM support for postpaid customers
With the new eSIM support, customers who already have a phone plan with one carrier can sign up for a standard postpaid plan with T-Mobile and use services from both carriers simultaneously on a single device...
 
 
Middle East
 
Jordan advances in global mobile connectivity to Internet ranking
The index, which includes 163 countries, evaluates the advancements of countries in terms of Internet use over the period 2014-2018...
 
SQU, Huawei sign pact to transfer ICT technologies via academy programme
Sultan Qaboos University and Huawei Tech Investment (Oman) have signed a letter of agreement for transfer of ICT technologies to SQU via Huawei Authorised Information and Network Academy (HAINA) programme...
 
RTA, Careem launch e-hailing service Hala in Dubai
Nearly 50% of RTA's taxi fleet, amounting to 5,500 taxis, will now be bookable on the Careem app starting mid-September...
 
Mena’s first robotic fulfillment centre opens in Dubai
Launched by IQ Holding, the centre provides full back-end solutions using the latest in robotics, AI and software platforms to support the supply chain and logistics industry...
 
South Asia
 
Robi registers 1.6 percent revenue growth in Q2
The financial update of the Bangladesh based operator Robi also showed that the subscriber base grew by 1.3 percent in the quarter, representing 29.6 percent of the subscriber market share...
 
NT to complete 4G expansion work by mid-February
The government-owned telecommunications company, Nepal Telecom (NT) is preparing to roll out its 4G network service across the nation by mid-February...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Tubi announces Australian expansion
Claiming to be launching the largest premium ad-supported video-on-demand service in the country, Tubi has revealed plans to expand its free, premium service to Australia...
 
Vevo partners with Vewd for smart TV app launch
Music video platform Vevo has announced a deal with OTT software provider Vewd to bring the service to smart TVs...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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