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February 16, 2020

SAMENA Council’s Board of Directors Sees 5G as a Transformative Change for Industries; Expects the Council’s Next Leaders’ Summit to Serve as Call for Cross-Industry Collaboration

Following SAMENA Council’s Convergence to Bahrain conference, which delved deeply into 5G&IoT and the regional digital vision, the recent election of Mobily and Arabsat to the Council’s Board of Directors and unanimous re-election of stc Group and Batelco to chair and vice-chair it, has set new expectations of co-operation and collaboration between the Satellite and Terrestrial Operators in view of regional digital development plans, leveraging the 5G and allied technologies...

Thailand raises US$3.2 billion at 5G license auctions

Thailand’s telecoms regulator raised 100.52 billion baht (US$3.2 billion) in 5G spectrum auction with operators snapping up 48 licenses ahead of an expected commercial rollout later this year...

Member News

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stc Kuwait first to launch 5G E2E SA network in MENA with ARM based core and convergent billing

stc Kuwait has announced the deployment of an E2E 5G SA solution from Devices to Network and billing with the ability to simultaneously support both 5G Non-Stand Alone (NSA) and 5G Stand Alone (SA)...

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du continues to soar up in global WTA rankings

du's teleport has climbed the World Teleport Association's Top Teleport Operators of 2019 rankings in multiple categories...

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EGNOS payload enters service on EUTELSAT 5 West B

EUTELSAT 5 West B is hosting the Eutelsat-procured EGNOS payload under a 15-year agreement signed in 2017 with the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA). The contract also includes technical services and...

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Nokia partners with IIiad Group to roll out 5G in France and Italy

Nokia will extend its long-standing partnership with French mobile operator, IIiad Group, to roll out 5G networks across France and Italy...

Policy and Regulation

•	Greece opens 5G consultation The Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission has opened a consultation into the planned award of 5G wireless spectrum...

•	Thailand raises US$3.2 billion at 5G license auctions Thailand’s telecoms regulator raised 100.52 billion baht (US$3.2 billion) in 5G spectrum auction with operators snapping up 48 licenses ahead of an expected commercial rollout later this year...

Middle East

•	Digital transformation drives public cloud spending in the Middle East and North Africa The movement of large organizations and small and medium enterprises to transform their businesses digitally is driving public spending in the cloud in the Middle East and North Africa...

•	Moven and STC Pay plan challenger bank in Saudi Arabia Digital wallet STC Pay, the financial arm of the Saudi Telecom Company, is set to launch a new challenger bank in Saudi Arabia with the help of technology and payments firm Moven Enterprise...

•	UAE-based QiDZ expands into Bahrain and Saudi Arabia UAE homegrown QiDZ, a go-to mobile app for family activities, has added Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to its growing network...

South Asia

•	Push towards Digital Bangladesh props up Banglalink Banglalink is turning around its fortunes by putting in higher emphasis on digital services and investment on 4G network...

•	SLT launches new service Sri Lanka Telecom recently launched a new service, SLT BizChat, further broadening its ICT support to SMEs...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Arqiva’s Hybrid TV Service restarts STV Scottish commercial broadcaster SVT has adopted Arqiva’s Hybrid TV Service as it introduces Restart across DTT and Freeview Play...

•	Megogo launches new Megogo Box The new Megogo Box is based on Android TV and offers users access to more than 250 TV channels along with advanced features like pause, rewind and VOD...

North Africa

•	Ericsson modernizes billing for Orange Egypt This convergent billing system is designed to enable Orange Egypt to introduce new offerings in real time, meeting customer needs and empowering them with full cost control...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	VEON investment plans reveal 4G network focus for 2020 VEON said low single-digit growth in revenue in 2020 will be data-led and enabled through the expansion of 3G and 4G networks...

•	Telus to launch 5G network with Huawei by the end of 2020 The next-generation wireless technology is set to become a major narrative for telecom companies in Canada, as all three network operators plan to launch some sort of 5G service this year...

•	Millicom works with Affirmed for 5G in Latin America Millicom has selected Affirmed Networks, which supports mobile network 5G transformation, as a strategic partner for the deployment of its cloud-based, 5G-ready core network in Latin America...

Satellite & Internet

•	Vocus to deliver 20 terabit internet to Northern territory Vocus said it will upgrade the NT’s internet backbone to a total capacity of 20Tbps, partnering with the NT Government to deliver the ‘Terabit Territory’ project...

•	Satcoms to support foreign aid projects in Africa Enabel and SES will deliver satellite-based communications for development and foreign aid projects spearheaded by Belgian and other European governments...

Global Telecom Update

•	Vodafone Ireland launches SD-WAN service Vodafone Ireland has launched its new SD-WAN service designed to allow businesses better manage their bandwidth and traffic...

•	Telefonica’s O2 taps Mavenir for vIMS The vIMS will support mobile services for more than 8 million customers and also help the operator launch new services...

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