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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 15, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Paltel launches "Enjoy" loyalty app
 
 
Palestine Mobile Telecommunications Company (Jawwal) has announced the launch of its new mobile applications reward program “Enjoy”...
 
Fifth-Generation fixed network boosting the gigabit industry
 
 
As the leader of fixed network industry, Huawei provides the SingleFAN Pro solution to efficiently provide multiple services under various scenarios, bringing the three values of "new blue ocean, new capabilities, and new experience" to operators...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  du, Nokia & SRTIP sign a strategic teaming agreement to bring Sharjah’s knowledge based economic future into fruition
Member Logo The agreement will serve as a catalyst for driving Sharjah’s development into a regional and global business hub for Research and Development...
 
•  Commercial Bank of Dubai adopts the Microsoft Cloud to accelerate digitization
Member Logo Commercial Bank of Dubai announced its partnership with Microsoft for the deployment of mission critical workloads on Azure Cloud aligned with the cloud strategy...
 
•  Accenture recognized as Leader in inaugural IDC MarketScape report for worldwide managed cloud Services
Member Logo In the report, which evaluates 10 service providers across the full spectrum of clouds and IT applications and infrastructure for managed public, private, and hybrid cloud services, Accenture was named a Leader...
 
•  Nokia enhances Fixed Wireless Access Portfolio with more options for 4G and 5G deployments
Member Logo Nokia introduced several new additions to its Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) portfolio that bring greater flexibility to FWA deployments...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Namibian government targets 95 percent broadband coverage by 2024
The government of Namibia also intends to have 90 percent broadband connection and usage to 70 percent of the health facilities in the country to ensure e-health by 2024...
 
DES Ministry panel working on ToR for private satellite operators
The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry has expressed confidence that it can find companies that will operate services on satellites Thaicom 4, 5 and 6 before Thaicom's concessions expire in September 2021...
 
South Asia
 
Robi gets highest number of customers via MNP
Bangladesh's second largest mobile operator Robi bagged the highest number of subscribers from other operators through the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service...
 
VIS reaffirms PTCL’s credit ratings
VIS Credit Rating Company Limited (VIS) has reaffirmed entity ratings of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) at ‘AAA' (Triple A) and short term rating of ‘A-1+' (A-One Plus)...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Cuba progresses in implementing 4G/LTE technology
The Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) is working on access to 4G/LTE technology from the installation of 301 nodes of this type in the country...
 
Telenor to pilot 5G on top of the world
Telenor has launched the world’s northernmost 5G pilot on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, where new standard will be tested against the rigours of the Arctic climate...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Streaming AVOD service Tubi comes to the UK
San Francisco based streaming AVOD service Tubi will launch its service in the UK in early 2020, with additional territories to follow as part of its international expansion...
 
Rakuten TV launches European AVOD
The free section of Rakuten TV will launch with an initial offer including Hollywood and local content to be expanded to additionally include exclusive Rakuten content...
 
 
Middle East
 
Orange Jordan prepares to offer Orange Money
The service will be available to customers once the development and technical support are concluded, in addition to obtaining the essential regulatory approvals...
 
Saudi Bugshan partners with Infor in business automation drive
Bugshan will deploy a new suite of Infor solutions to provide a single, unified digital platform, as it aims to transform and automate its key business functions...
 
Smart Dubai is developing 30 blockchain projects
Government departments in the UAE are adopting blockchain technologies faster than the private sector, and there are more than 30 projects under development as part of Smart Dubai initiative alone...
 
North Africa
 
Africa urged to harness digital technology for legal identity
Advances in technology present Africa with an important opportunity for the digitalization of its civil registration and vital statistics systems through which the strategic benefits of legal identity for all can be...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Indonesia deploys 13,000km fiber network, expanding internet access to remote areas
Indonesia has completed the last leg of a 13,000 km fiber optic network, designed to provide internet access to some of its poorest regions across the country's eastern area...
 
BBC Studios agrees Asia distribution deal with Globecast and MEASAT
BBC Studios has struck an agreement to distribute its BBC channels across Asia through Globecast on MEASAT Satellite Systems...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Acronis launches new tools to tackle modern cybersecurity challenges
Acronis has launched several new cyber protection solutions to solve modern data protection and cybersecurity challenges...
 
China Mobile International upgrades mCloud platform
China Mobile International Limited (CMI) has announced that the latest version of the cloud-network integration platform mCloud covers more cloud service providers and is available online...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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