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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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August 27, 2015 |
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- Etisalat brings ‘Manjhi-The Mountain Man’ exclusively to eLife customers
The telco is the first service provider in the region to bring the worldwide release of new video content directly to the customer’s home before it hits the cinemas. Read More
- du now offers the fastest broadband in the UAE for home services
New and existing du broadband customers can subscribe to the Talk, Surf & Watch Ultra Plan and experience 1Gbps... Read More
- Eutelsat to provide satellite video services for Brazil's SpeedCast
Eutelsat 65 West A, due to launch during the second half of 2016, will provide new capacity for Brazil... Read More
- Batelco Signs Telecom Partnership Agreement with BCCI
The three package options, at great value for money, have been developed to meet the evolving needs of business customers who have very specific requirements... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- FCC awards CenturyLink $500M per year to expand rural broadband access
The FCC created the Fund in 2011 as an extension of its Universal Service Fund, which was originally designed to encourage phone companies to wire the entire country... Read More
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South Asia
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- Telecom revenue growth likely to continue in Asia
From a regulatory perspective, S&P views the greatest risk to telecom operators to be in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- ICTs projects to be maintained in Algeria
The fiber optic network expansion projects across the country are priorities of the previous and current five-year plans. Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- A global 4G hotspot is on the horizon
The Goodspeed 4G hotspot supports all global cellular technologies (LTE FDD, LTE TDD, UMTS, EDGE and GSM) across a set of global bands. Read More
- A global 4G hotspot is on the horizon
The Goodspeed 4G hotspot supports all global cellular technologies (LTE FDD, LTE TDD, UMTS, EDGE and GSM) across a set of global bands. Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Instadigital to launch next-generation OTT platform
The new OTT platform is designed to enable operators to quickly and easily launch premium content services... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Children's time with TV will decrease, while time online will remain steady
Children under the age of 16 may have to find a device other than mobile to watch online video... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- BT, Huawei partner to put G.fast broadband in a UK
The G.fast standard, first published in late 2014, claims to be able to reinforce a DSL connection so it can potentially support speeds of up to 1 Gbps... Read More
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