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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 4, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
FirstNet reaches over 1 million connections
 
 
The FirstNet public safety communications platform – built with AT&T in a public-private partnership with the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) – is growing in a big way. More than 10,000 public safety agencies and organizations across the country have subscribed. And over 1 million FirstNet connections are in service, bringing first responders and those that support them the reliability, capability and accountability they trust to carry out their mission...
 
Public and private sectors must openly collaborate to promote innovation and fill the gap of ICT talent
 
 
The ICT talent gap in the Middle East must be addressed by both the public and private sectors, said ambassadors and academic chancellors from across the region during the recently held ICT Talent Education Summit roundtable. The high-level discussion was hosted as part of the final of the Huawei Middle East ICT Competition 2019, which has concluded at Huawei’s global headquarters in Shenzhen, China...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  VIVA strategic sponsor of the fourth annual KALD “Distinguished Teacher’s award 2018-2019 Ceremony
Member Logo VIVA has sponsored the fourth Kuwait Association for Learning Differences (KALD)’s Distinguished Teachers Award Ceremony, with the first and only award in the Arab World to be granted to the teachers of students with...
 
•  Digital advancements in the healthcare sector bring patients closer to doctors in Pakistan
Member Logo In alignment with Microsoft’s mission to empower every individual and organisation to achieve more through purpose driven innovation, Sehat Kahani uses Microsoft’s Azure Cloud platform to store patient...
 
•  Nokia to transform Finland’s nationwide smart grid for better support of renewable energy
Member Logo Nokia has been selected by Fingrid, Finland’s national transmission system operator, to build an IP/MPLS network to support the digital transformation of its national electrical grid...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Sudatel appoints new CEO as the company prepares for further expansion and growth
 
•  VIVA organizes PlayStation tournament as part of the new corporate values: Drive, Devotion and Dynamism
 
•  Accenture names 787 new managing directors and senior managing directors
 
•  VIVA partners with Intigral to Introduce Jawwy TV Home for the first time in Kuwait with Postpaid plans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA concludes participation in ITU-WRC 2019
The UAE concluded its participation in the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019, with the participation of 165 Member States, thus contributing significantly in highlighting the role of the Arab Spectrum Management...
 
Polish regulator expected to publish 5G licensing terms soon
Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications is set to publish its proposals for auctioning 5G-capable spectrum in the 3.4GHz-3.8GHz band...
 
Middle East
 
Dubai Economy, Visa to promote cashless transactions
Throughout the MoU period, Visa will share with Dubai Economy insights on digital payment trends to help identify the best means to stimulate digital commerce in Dubai...
 
Saudi ecommerce platform US$4 million Pre-Series A for GCC expansion
Nejree, a Riyadh-based ecommerce platform that sells sneakers, has raised US$4 million in a Pre-Series A round, according to a statement by the startup...
 
Dubai Silicon Oasis launches new AI-powered chatbot
Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) has launched 'Hadi', an artificial intelligence (AI)-based conversational bot that can answer users’ questions and process transactions with respect to its services...
 
South Asia
 
Sri Lanka announces plan to create shared KYC platform powered by blockchain
Sri Lanka has announced its plans to create a new know-your-customer (KYC) platform that will be powered by blockchain technology...
 
Community schools adopting information technology growing
Nepal has issued the ‘Work Procedure Related to the Establishment of Information and Communication Technology Laboratory in Community Schools, 2076′ for the promotion of ICT in teaching-learning activities at...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Opsis TV launches on Fransat Connect
The white-label video streaming platform publishing solution, Okast, has launched Opsis TV on Fransat Connect. Opsis TV offers theatre plays on-demand...
 
Double boost for Amazon Prime Video in Dutch and UK markets
This makes KPN Interactive TV the first television platform in the Netherlands where users can watch Amazon Prime directly from their TV menu...
 
 
North Africa
 
Egypt's first telecoms satellite Tiba-1 arrives at orbit
Egypt's newly launched satellite Tiba-1 has arrived at its targeted orbit, at an altitude of 35,786 kilometres, according to a a specialist at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Airtel takes 4G network to Morogoro as it targets national coverage
Morogoro becomes the fourth region to have Airtel’s 4G Lite network communications as the telco targets to cover the whole country in the next few months...
 
Azercell and Ericsson partner to develop 5G in Azerbaijan
The 2020-22 MoU will include the extension of the pilot zone, including 5G use cases, as well as the introduction of Internet of Things (IoT) technology in the mining industry...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
CenturyLink expands fiber network in Europe
The expansion builds on CenturyLink's announcement earlier this year that it is creating a 4.7-million fiber mile intercity fibre network across the US and parts of Europe...
 
Thales Alenia Space to build Nilesat-301 satellite
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the Egyptian operator Nilesat to build the Nilesat-301 geostationary communications satellite...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
China Mobile to operate national blockchain network
The network would lower the technical and economic thresholds for blockchain applications and enable the rapid growth of the technology...
 
VR Education higher as it partners with Deutsche Telekom and Qualcomm for launch of 5G VR device
The VR technology firm said its ENGAGE platform will be included in a new 5G VR device due to launch in the middle of next year...
 
New ITU case study shines spotlight on a ‘smart city’ journey
A new ITU case study offers an evaluation of the Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities developed by the United for Smart Sustainable Cities Initiative (U4SSC), an initiative supported 16 United Nations...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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