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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 26, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIVA hosts the Economic Development Board and Turkish startups and Korean delegation at its Innovation Center
 
 
The first visit by the Turkish delegates was part of their presence at the Techweek event in Bahrain to explore business opportunities with different accelerators, incubators and ICT players. The delegates included representatives from various Turkish startup companies including Appcent, AutoTrainBrain, Fazla Gida, Reminisce...
 
Eutelsat statement on EUTELSAT 5 West B
 
 
Eutelsat Communications is currently investigating an incident on one of the two solar arrays on its EUTELSAT 5 West B satellite. Eutelsat is working to assess the potential impact on the performance of the satellite and will communicate on it as quickly as possible...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Omantel secures better optimised terms and conditions on its Syndicated Loan
Member Logo Omantel has successfully negotiated lower interest rates and extended term on its existing syndicated loan facilities...
 
•  Zain Saudi Arabia’s net income for the first nine months of 2019 reaches a record SAR 380 million (US$102 million)
Member Logo Zain Saudi Arabia has announced impressive financial results for key indicators for the nine months and third quarter ended 30 September 2019, where the company served 7.7 million customers...
 
•  Jawwal leading local market on social media
Member Logo Jawwal launches its new customer care services platform over Telegram adding it to other social media platforms launched previously on Whatsapp, facebook Messenger, Viber, Skype, Instagram and Snapchat; aiming to reach out...
 
•  PCCW Global named as supplier on Crown Commercial Service Education Technology framework
Member Logo PCCW Global has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Education Technology framework to provide broadband fibrer infrastructure and broadband services to all public sector educational organizations...
 
•  Tech Mahindra collaborates with Netherlands based startup
Member Logo Tech Mahindra collaborates with Netherlands based startup Quantoz to offer Blockchain-as-a-Service for secure digital payments...
 
•  Nokia Corporation relases financial report for Q3 and January-September 2019
Member Logo Solid Q3 and expected strong Q4; Lowering full year 2019 and full year 2020 outlook due to margin pressure and additional investment needs...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Thailand makes fresh bid to auction 5G spectrum
Thailand’s telecoms regulator announced details of 5G spectrum auctions scheduled to begin in February 2020, with licences to be issued across four bands and rollouts to start in March...
 
NCC orders telcos to stop USSD implementation
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has ordered with immediate effect the stop of the planned N4 charge for the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD)...
 
South Asia
 
Japan’s KDDI to invest in Bangladesh 5G network
Japan’s second largest telecom company KDDI has shown its interest to invest in Bangladesh’s 5G network, IOT, other digital technologies and special economic zones and connectivity sectors...
 
Telenor Pakistan receives ISO 45001 certification for occupational health and safety
Responsible businesses worldwide are adopting policies that are friendly towards their employees as well as the environment...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Vodafone to pilot 4G on the London Underground
Vodafone has announced a new partnership with Transport for London (TfL) to pilot wireless connectivity in tunnels and at station platforms on the eastern end of the Jubilee line...
 
AoT, WHA seek NBTC nod to run 5G tests
Airports of Thailand and WHA Corporation, are seeking permission to run a 5G testbed in collaboration with mobile operators...
 
Citymesh to deploy 5G network at Zeebrugge port
Belgium’s port of Zeebrugge has announced that it will deploy a private 5G network by the end of the year in collaboration with Citymesh...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
NTV+ sees growth for OTT TV service
The number of paying subscribers to Russian pay TV operator NTV+’s OTT TV platform increased by more than a third in the third quarter, and by more than half year-on-year, according to the company...
 
Altice France and Molotov sign global distribution agreement
Three years after Altice was unsuccessful in a bid to acquire French OTT platform Molotov, the telco has agreed a distribution agreement for its channel business...
 
 
Middle East
 
New subsea route to boost connectivity between Australia and EMEA
Australian subsea specialists SUB.CO has announced that it is to build a new express route between Australia and the Middle East, according to a company release...
 
Kuwait's MyHome connects home owners to verified maintenance professionals
MyHome was launched in 2014 as a mobile-based application for Kuwait residents to connect with verified contractors, technicians, suppliers and other professionals for home maintenance needs...
 
Jordan plans new digital payment system
By the beginning of 2020, government payments to citizens, including National Aid Fund payments and bread subsidies, will be made through bank accounts or digital wallets to save time...
 
Phanes, Huawei team up for major rooftop solar push in UAE
United Arab Emirates (UAE) has witnessed the installation of what is being billed as its leading distributed solar project to date, scattered across dozens of locations...
 
North Africa
 
Jumia to leverage digital solutions to tackle hunger in Africa
Jumia through its food marketplace, Jumia Food connects millions across Africa to healthy and delicious meals that are sold at affordable prices...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Stoke-on-Trent to build citywide 1Gb full fiber broadband network
The City of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire UK has announced a new project, which aims to create a publicly-owned and operated, open-access and gigabit-capable, 60 mile long full fiber broadband network...
 
NASA taps telecommunications technology to develop more capable, miniaturized spectrometer
A technology that has enabled ever-faster delivery of voice and data over the Internet and other telecommunications platforms could play a front-and-center role in NASA's quest to develop a more capable, miniaturized...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
SAP and Verizon partnering to develop next-gen IoT analytics solution
SAP and Verizon have announced a collaboration to help applications process data where it is generated, thanks to Verizon’s network and SAP’s edge computing platform...
 
Oracle ERP Cloud expands its digital assistants
Oracle ERP Cloud is all in on digital assistants in its applications, including in its human capital management product...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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