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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 21, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
Huawei sponsors ICPC to successfully host the Graph Mining Challenge
 
 
Huawei has cooperated with ICPC to jointly host the online Graph Mining Challenge on the Codeforces platform. This challenge involved over 10,000 talented participants, pursuing their excellence in programming and algorithm from 69 countries...
 
UAE No.1 globally in mobile subscription index
The UAE has been ranked first in the Arab region and seventh globally in the Telecommunication Infrastructure Index (TII), according to the UN E-Government Survey 2020...
 
99.7% of individuals in Bahrain use internet
According to the latest Telecommunications Services Residential Market Survey report, which said that 99.7% of respondents used internet in the last three months...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc announces new IoT strategy, M2M plans and advanced fleet management solution
Member Logo Kuwait Telecommunications Company - stc has announced new plans to explore machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT), as well as the launch of an advanced fleet management solution...
 
•  Etisalat Group reports AED 4.6 billion consolidated net profits for H1 2020
Member Logo Etisalat Group announced its consolidated financial results for H1 ending 30th June 2020, with consolidated revenues amounting to AED 25.6 billion and consolidated net profit after Federal Royalty amounting to AED 4.6...
 
•  Etihad Etisalat Co. announces its interim financial results for the period ending on 30-06-2020
Member Logo Etihad Etisalat (Mobily), achieved a net profit for the second quarter of 2020 of SR185 million (US$49.33 million) compared to a net profit of SR37.8 million in Q2 2019....
 
•  Viu shows 42% growth in consumption as per latest MPA AMPD report backed by popular pan-regional content in Asia including Korean content and Viu Originals
Member Logo Viu unveiled major Korean content agreements that reinforce its content proposition with a continual lead on volume deals with five Korean broadcasters...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
KPN, T-Mobile and VodafoneZiggo acquire frequencies in Dutch mobile communications auction
The newly-acquired frequencies will enable telecom providers KPN, T-Mobile and VodafoneZiggo to provide fast mobile communication services such as 5G to consumers and businesses...
 
NCC pledges better telecom services
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has promised to ensure improvement in the Quality of Service (QoS), and Quality of Experience (QoE), for the nation’s 190 million telecommunication subscribers...
 
South Asia
 
Robi chief calls for action on digital goals
Robi Axiata CEO has called for closer coordination between Bangladesh’s various government bodies to develop a synchronized policy to boost the nation’s digital vision and mobile internet penetration...
 
Standard Chartered Nepal provides US$200,000 to UNICEF
Funding across these markets will focus on activities such as the provision of remote education via TV, radio, online and mobile platforms and child protection measures...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Servus TV launches catch-up service via HbbTV 2.0
Austrian commercial broadcaster Servus TV has rolled out an extended catch-up service based on HbbTV 2.0, the latest version of the open standard for interactive TV features...
 
Altice’s BFMTV debuts new ‘automated vertical’ live mobile video
BFMTV has launched a new ‘vertical’ smartphone video experience that automatically converts the horizontal frames of standard TV streams to a vertical format better suited to smartphone screens...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
SK Telecom teams up with HPE for edge computing
The mobile carrier will form a consortium with the Asia Pacific and Korean units of HPE to sell software and hardware needed for 5G mobile edge computing...
 
Vortex IoT to provide a fully operational RODIO-TSM to Network Rail by March 2021
RODIO-TSM uses data fusion and deep learning classifiers to identify intrusion and obstruction types and severities aiming for high recall and high precision against false alarms...
 
 
Middle East
 
UAE No.1 globally in mobile subscription index
The UAE has been ranked first in the Arab region and seventh globally in the Telecommunication Infrastructure Index (TII), according to the UN E-Government Survey 2020...
 
99.7% of individuals in Bahrain use internet
According to the latest Telecommunications Services Residential Market Survey report, which said that 99.7% of respondents used internet in the last three months...
 
North Africa
 
Mobilis testing 5G in August
State-backed Algerian mobile operator Mobilis will begin testing 5G network technology in August 2020, initially in the capital Algiers...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Cape Verde switches off TV to switch on 4G
This process, as in many other countries, is aimed at freeing up frequencies that can be used for 4G as the country works on upgrading and expanding LTE network services...
 
T-Mobile gears up for SA 5G debut
T-Mobile US’ president of technology revealed the operator plans to deploy standalone (SA) 5G technology in the current calendar quarter...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Windstream fiber network expansion reaches about 100,000 new locations in 2020 first half
Kinetic by Windstream, the service provider’s broadband services arm, says it has enabled approximately 100,000 new premises with gigabit-capable services thanks to a fiber network expansion effort...
 
SDN fiber/satellite carrier plans to start services in first half of 2021
First services are likely to begin from Laser Light Communications in the first half of 2021, following a funding announcement that is expected later this year...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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