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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 5, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
eWallet rebrands as e& money, a financial super app set to transform the fintech space
 
 
e& (formerly Etisalat Group) announced that eWallet is undergoing a major transformation into a new fintech company called e& money. As the fintech arm of e& life (one of the specialist business pillars of e&), e& money aims to revolutionise the customer experience through its innovative financial super app marketplace...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc surprises Hajj pilgrims at Kuwait International Airport
Member Logo Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, surprised passengers at Kuwait...
 
•  Tech Mahindra partners with FireCompass to launch Continuous Automated Red Teaming Assessment (CARTA) for large enterprises
Member Logo Partnership to help customers add external attack surface management and testing to strengthen their cybersecurity protocols.
 
•  Nokia and Contela successfully conduct Korea’s first-of-its-kind private 5G interoperability trial
Member Logo Nokia and Contela have announced the completion of Korea's first interoperability trial between SME (small and medium enterprise) Core and global Radio Access Networks (RAN) for private 5G at Nokia Korea's Private...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  stc launches hologram doctor for Hajj season 1443 AH
 
•  Zain launches FREE Hajj roaming promotion
 
•  etisalat by e& launches ‘GoChat Messenger’ for voice and video calling
 
•  etisalat by e& introduces all-new ‘Content Passes’ to deliver unique digital experiences
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
CITC publishes a public consultation on the spectrum use regulations of space science, radio astronomy & metrology services
Consulting on the proposed regulations comes as a part of CITC’s efforts to implement the National Spectrum Strategy (2020-2025), which aims to enable the various uses of the radio spectrum...
 
Macau opens 5G tender
The Macau Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) reportedly called on mobile operators to bid for four 5G licences, with commercial services of the next-generation technology expected to start in Q1 2023...
 
Middle East
 
MIS inks US$14.93 million contracts with Tahakom, KACST
MIS inked a contract with the Saudi Company for Comprehensive Technical and Security Control (Tahakom) to raise operational efficiency and with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) for infrastructure...
 
Emirates Post, Hub71 tie up to advance logistics sector
The partnership will focus on active collaborations with startups based at Hub71 and will facilitate meetings and introductions between EPG and founders who are driving smart businesses focused on increasing efficiency and...
 
Ooredoo Group and BICS agree voice traffic deal
Operator Ooredoo Group and international communications company BICS have announced a multi-year agreement through which BICS is to manage voice services across the group’s operations...
 
South Asia
 
Nepal based Yeti Airlines to launch in-flight entertainment service on domestic flights also
The in-flight entertainment system on Yeti Airlines aircraft will also have limited internet connections, with which the passengers can book hotels and shop online...
 
Dialog Enterprise enables David Pieris Group of Companies digital Transformation with Dialog SD-WAN solution
Dialog Enterprise has helped complete the digital transformation initiative of the David Pieris Group of Companies by successfully completing the deployment of its Secure Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN)...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Russian OTT platforms set to merge
Russia’s Rostelecom and National Media Group (NMG) have entered into an agreement of intent to merge their OTT platforms and more.TV...
 
Viaplay to stream Dutch field hockey
Viaplay said the deal would bring the country’s second-largest team sport by participation to a broader viewing audience...
 
 
North Africa
 
VEON completes sale of Djezzy stake to FNI
The Algerian National Investment Fund has completed the previously agreed buyout of a 45.57% stake in mobile operator Djezzy from international telecoms group VEON,..
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Rakuten Mobile partners TEPCO to speed up pace of 4G, 5G deployment
Rakuten Mobile and Tokyo Electric Power Grid Co have announced the establishment of a new joint venture company, to build out mobile base stations by leveraging the utility company’s sizeable network assets...
 
Private 5G network in Brazil is a first for steel sector
The rollout will take place at the Gerdau industrial plant in Ouro Branco, a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais in south-eastern Brazil...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
OneWeb secures landing rights in Brazil
The approval for non-geostationary satellite services enables it to back government efforts to close a digital divide, while also boosting the company’s broader ambitions in Latin America and the Caribbean...
 
M-net fiber networks reach 832,000 homes
Regional operator M-net has revealed that its fiber-optic (FTTx) networks passed 832,000 households and businesses in Bavaria at the end of 2021, up from 790,000 a year earlier...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Globe taps banks for cybersecurity defence
Globe Telecom partnered up with financial institutions including Unionbank to bolster its cybersecurity and revealed it blocked nine million scam messages in the first half of this year alone...
 
Rural Dorset to test 5G mmWave technology for agriculture
The trials will test 26GHz spectrum and the latest microchips to transmit the huge amounts of data required to enable “per plant” farming that is made possible by autonomous vehicles and robots...
 
Iliad chipping away at Italian mobile market as 700 MHz opens up
Iliad now has 9 million customers in Italy and certainly has reason to celebrate, with the latest regulatory figures showing that it is continuing to eat away at its rivals’ markets shares...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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