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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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October 7, 2015 |
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- Etisalat tests virtual CPE with NEC/Netcracker
This solution has demonstrated new ways to optimize customer experience through an innovative self-service portal... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) issues a ten-year telecom licence to Lacell
Lacell will compete with established cellcos Airtel Malawi and Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM), which claimed subscriber bases of 3.39 million and 2.63 million... Read More
- Regulators urged to give IoT industry sub-1GHz spectrum
In order to power networks that comprise more than 1,000 devices per cell, the cells need to have enough power to have a range of up to 5km, have a balanced uplink and downlink ratio, be interference free and operate on a band that is available worldwide... Read More
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South Asia
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- Telecom operator offers free life insurance to subscribers
Telenor India today launched free life insurance cover for its over 47 million subscribers across its six operating circles... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Millicom gets 24% stake in Helios Towers Africa
In 2010, HTA acquired, through its different operating companies, a portfolio of 2,450 Millicom-owned towers in Ghana, DRC and Tanzania... Read More
- Jumia to partner with MTN for free internet
The greatest barrier to extending internet mobile access in Africa is the cost of data... Read More
- Algeria mulling bourse listing of Mobilis
Under the plan Mobilis would be spun off in a separate company before the initial public offering (IPO) takes place... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- IoT drives telco strategies for future network assurance
Despite being confronted by ever increasing complexity, operators must not relinquish control of the network assurance or entrust it completely into the hands of black-box automation and closed algorithms... Read More
- Smile to expand LTE network in five regions
Alongside the LTE rollout, Smile also launched a new solution for business customers, which allows users to manage one data package with multiple SIMs... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Nearly three-quarters of US Internet users watch OTT Video
Survey data from eMarketer has revealed just how mainstream an activity over-the-top (OTT) video has become... Read More
- SSTL launches VoIP-centric mobile data plans
The company, which offers services under the MTS India brand, announced it is offering “anti zero rate” packages that will allow data allocations to be used on any OTT voice service... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Orange Digital Ventures invests in Afrostream
The future of television is mobile. With this strategic investment by Orange, Afrostream now brings together mobile internet and local African content... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Alcatel-Lucent not to sell undersea cables business (ASN) for US$17.6 billion
ASN has deployed more than 575,000km of fibre-optic cable systems globally to date, and maintained 330,000km of undersea systems... Read More
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