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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 5, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maxis forges ahead in 5G race with landmark network agreement with Huawei
 
 
In a significant step towards superior connectivity for Malaysia, Maxis and Huawei Technologies Malaysia (Huawei) signed an agreement for the provisioning of 5G network in the country. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Yang Amat Berhormat Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, the Prime Minister of Malaysia at Yayasan Kepimpinan Perdana, Putrajaya...
 
Southeast Asia's internet economy to hit US$100 billion
Southeast Asia's Internet economy is estimated to hit US$100 billion in 2019, a 39-per cent increase compared to 2018, according to an industry forecast. The region has tremendous potential for further growth thanks to fundamental consumer behaviour changes, growing Internet connectivity and more, the report said...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco participates in GITEX 2019
Member Logo Batelco is delighted to announce it has partnered with BTECH (Bahrain Technology Companies Society) to participate at GITEX 2019 alongside other Bahraini companies, as part of the Bahrain Pavilion...
 
•  du’s latest home service plans brings Linksys’ award winning Velop Wifi mesh routers into customer homes
Member Logo du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), announced that customers subscribing to any of the latest home service triple-play plans can now take advantage of Linksys’ award-winning Whole Home Wi-Fi...
 
•  AT&T Latin America named among the World’s Top 25 Best Workplaces
Member Logo Great Place to Work® recognizes AT&T Latin America as a leader in building high trust and inclusive workplaces for people across countries...
 
•  Ethiopia welcomes first dedicated TV platform
Member Logo Ethiosat is hosted on SES’s NSS-12 satellite at 57 degrees East and delivers over 30 channels for Ethiopian audiences only, with 12 of those channels already in High Definition (HD) quality...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Swedish regulator calls for additional broadband investment
Sweden’s Post and Telecom Agency says the country will need an additional SEK22 billion (US$2.2 billion) in investment if it is to meet a goal of having 100Mbps services available nationwide by 2025...
 
French regulator plans IPv6 task force to deal with shortage of IPv4 addresses
French regulator Arcep is inviting interested parties to join a new IPv6 task force, as the industry is facing a shortage of IPv4 addresses...
 
North Africa
 
Huawei organizes the first ICT Talent Bank annual conference in Egypt
With the intention to accelerate digital transformation and maximize digital dividends, the conference advocated an aggressive strategy to identify young talents and nurture their capabilities...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Vodafone shares unused 4G spectrum to boost rural areas connectivity
Vodafone has become the first UK operator to share unused 4G spectrum as part of an effort to improve mobile broadband coverage across rural areas...
 
T-Mobile testing 700MHz 5G in the Netherlands
T-Mobile Netherlands (NL) will start testing 5G on the 700MHz frequency after it received two test licences from the spectrum regulator...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
MainOne lands subsea cable in Ivory Coast to complete West African expansion
The cable landed in Grand Bassam, as part of an expansion project to bring additional capacity to the Ivory Coast and Senegal...
 
Vodafone Deutschland doubles number of 500Mbps homes
Vodafone Deutschland says it has doubled the number of homes that receive internet speeds of up to 500Mbps over the last year to 20.8 million...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
DITO inks deal with 2 key partners to support rollout
Philippines third telco player DITO Telecommunity has partnered with two key firms for services crucial to their rollout...
 
Southeast Asia's internet economy to hit US$100 billion
Southeast Asia's Internet economy is estimated to hit US$100 billion in 2019, a 39-per cent increase compared to 2018, according to an industry forecast. The region has tremendous potential for further growth thanks to...
 
 
Middle East
 
JAFZA first to bring 5G technology to its customers
Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) and the UAE’s premier telecom provider Etisalat offered a glimpse of how 5G technology can revolutionise the way companies operating in Jafza will do business in the future...
 
UAE mobile networks change name to celebrate #UAECivilAviationDay
UAE's telecom companies on Saturday changed their network names to 'AviationDay' to mark a special occasion in the history of UAE's aviation history...
 
Zain Iraq CEO, Ali Al-Zahid, awarded ‘Best Telecom CEO in the Middle East’
Ali Al-Zahid, Zain Iraq CEO has been named the Middle East's Best CEO in the Telecommunications Industry for 2019 by the Dubai based CEO Middle East magazine in an announcement that was made during the magazine’s...
 
Network International, China's UnionPay roll out QR code payment in 10,000 UAE terminals
Network International, the UAE's homegrown payments processor, has signed an agreement with China's UnionPay International for QR code-based payment services...
 
Jordanian ‘Bot as a Service’ startup Arabot raises US$1 million seed led by Saudi’s RTF
Arabot allows businesses to integrate and use its intelligent Arabic bot (that also speaks English) through their website, mobile app, or contact center platform to engage with customers...
 
South Asia
 
Commercial TV transmission inaugurated through Bangabandhu Satellite-1
The commercial transmission of local television channels through the Bangladesh's first satellite Bangabandhu Satellite-1 has been inaugurated...
 
HEC to hold 4th ICT competition in Pakistan
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Huawei Technologies have decided to hold the 4th ICT Competition in Pakistan with an aim to promote the ICT industry's technology certification and develop a local ICT talent and...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
T-Mobile becomes first Polish operator to integrate Amazon Prime Video
Current and new Magenta 1 customers and subscribers to the operator’s other mobile service will be able to subscribe and pay for Amazon Prime Video as part of their account...
 
ZEE5 chooses Applicaster to enhance app experience
The global over-the-top service ZEE5 has revealed that it is to deploy Applicaster technology to transform the way it delivers content to mobile audiences...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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