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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 23, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Etisalat Group Reports a 2.1 % increase in consolidated Net Profit for the first nine months of 2019
 
 
Etisalat Group’s consolidated revenue for the third quarter of 2019 amounted to AED 13.0 billion, while Consolidated net profit after Federal Royalty amounted to AED 2.3 billion resulting in a net profit margin of 18%...
 
STC signs an agreement with Samsung to provide the Saudi Market 5G mobile devices for the first time
 
 
STC and Samsung Electronics signed an agreement to provide the latest 5G devices in the Kingdom, in order to revamp users experience and enrich peoples’ lives, according to STC’s “Dare” Strategy. The agreement was signed by Engineer Bandar Al- Lehyani, Vice President of Mobility Services - Consumer Unit, and Mr. YJ Kim, President of Samsung Electronics in the Kingdom...
 
Zain’s Gender Diversity Program (WE) given highest recognition at Entrepreneur Magazine’s Achieving Women Awards
 
 
Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, is the recipient of the “Best Gender Diversity Initiative in Workplace for a Corporate in MENA region for 2019” accolade for its Groupwide Women Empowerment (WE) Gender Diversity Program. The honor was bestowed on the company by Entrepreneur Magazine Middle East at its prestigious annual Achieving Women Awards gala event held in Dubai...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  STC wins best annual digital report from MEIRA
Member Logo Relations Association (MEIRA)’s awards ceremony in its eleventh edition held in Dubai. The award acknowledged STC’s commitment to applying best reporting practices in its digital 2018 Annual Report, which...
 
•  AT&T and Vodafone Business in commercial inter-carrier arrangement for NB-IoT roaming across U.S. and Europe
Member Logo Landmark deal broadens collaboration between leading carriers, laying the groundwork for millions of global Internet of Things connections...
 
•  VIVA extends support to Bahrain Deaf Society for professional training course on sign language skills
Member Logo The corporate social responsibility arm of VIVA Bahrain, VIVA Jusoor recently extended support to Bahrain Deaf Society with sponsorship of professional sign language skills course...
 
•  UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches broadcast live in HD across Indonesia
Member Logo Nex Parabola and SES bring premier European football matches live in HD to viewers across 17,000-island archipelago...
 
•  Accenture enables network operators to implement 5G and fiber strategies with launch of new cloud-based network decision platform

Member Logo Platform helps mobile, cable and wireline operators with deployment and investment strategies for next-generation communications technologies...
 
•  Huawei unveils iSitePower-T Open Road Tolling Solution at ITS World Congress 2019
Member Logo Huawei is showcasing its iSitePower-T Open Road Tolling Solution, which provides highly reliable and intelligent power supplies to enable open road tolling (ORT) implementation on highways...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Microsoft and Humana announce multiyear strategic partnership
 
•  SAR4 billion - STC contribution to support local content and localization
 
•  Zain Kuwait launches VSaaS solutions for enterprise customers
 
•  Etisalat announces the first end-to-end 5G Standalone technology implementation in MENA region
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
High-speed government network launched in Oman
This is an integrated and safe government network that meets the future demands of e.oman projects, like the G-Cloud, the official Oman eGovernment services portal, the National Data Center and other e.oman infrastructure...
 
Ethiopia to issue two telecoms licences by April
Ethiopia plans to award two telecoms licenses to multinational mobile companies by April 2020, to open up one of the world’s last major closed telecoms markets in the country of around 100 million...
 
South Asia
 
Jazz, Afiniti to enhance customer experience using AI
Jazz and Afiniti, a multinational advanced analytics company, have partnered to implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions in customer service contact centers across Pakistan,..
 
SLTC launches School of Computing and IT
The School of Computing and IT will set the standard of computing and information technology education with high industry engagement in learning to craft experts in cutting edge technologies...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Viasat Consumer and Canal Digital partner on distribution joint venture
According to the two companies, the new venture will create a scaled, simpler and streamlined content venture in Scandinavia...
 
Germany successfully trials 5G Broadcast
The participants of German research project 5G Today, in which linear TV was transmitted in 5G broadcast mode for the first time, have drawn a positive conclusion...
 
Verizon to offer Disney+ free of charge
From Disney+’s 12 November launch, Verizon will begin offering twelve-month free access to the eagerly-anticipated service to all new and existing 4G LTE and 5G unlimited wireless customers...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
TBCASoft, IBM and SoftBank announce a mobile payment blockchain
Blockchain platform TBCASoft, technology behemoth IBM and telecommunications conglomerate SoftBank have announced a collaboration to adopt a cross-carrier telecommunications blockchain payment solution...
 
IBK partners with SK Telecom on AR and big data analysis
The Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) has partnered with SK Telecom to cooperate on big data analysis and augmented reality...
 
 
Middle East
 
STC Academy launched the first exclusive program in KSA with Google
STC Academy is happy to have launched the first exclusive program in KSA with Google, the Digital Guru program. Dr. Mouhdi, GM of ICT School in STC Academy, stated that it will help in developing and boosting the digital...
 
Huawei wants to leave its tech mark in Kuwait
Huawei hopes to contribute towards Kuwait's development plans, particularly projects dealing with high-tech smart cities and public services...
 
Oman set to launch mobile app for public services payments
A mobile application enabling payments for government services electronically will be launched on November 18...
 
HPE announces Middle East AI collaboration with Ingram Micro
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have signed an MOU with Ingram Micro agreeing to collaborate in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Middle East...
 
North Africa
 
Bookings Africa launches mobile app to revolutionise pan-African marketplace
Bookings Africa’s mission is to unlock the earning potential of young entrepreneurial Africans and monetise their latent skillset...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Intelvision moving into mobile market with 2020 ‘4.5G/5G’ rollout
Intelvision, a fixed broadband and pay-TV provider in the Seychelles, has revealed a plan to enter the mobile market with a network rollout beginning next year...
 
China's major telecom operators build over 80,000 5G base stations
China's three major telecom operators built more than 80,000 5G base stations in the first three quarters of this year, as the country steps up infrastructure development of the super-fast wireless technology...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
BBS inks deal with Tanzania’s TTCL to improve Burundi’s broadband connectivity
Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation has signed an agreement with Burundi Backbone Systems to build a national fibre-optic network in the country...
 
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband tested by US Military
The US Air Force has tested ultra-fast broadband in a plane’s cockpit, thanks to Space X’s growing satellite network...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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