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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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February 4, 2016 |
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- Cisco predicts video will represent 75% of global mobile data traffic by 2020
Cisco calculates that by 2020 total traffic will reach an annual run rate of 30.6 Exabytes per month, the equivalent of what is stored on 7,641 million DVDs or seven trillion online video clips... Read More
- Huawei partners with DIC to set up regional HQ
Huawei has pledged to fully support UAE’s vision, to become an innovation-led economy and a Smart City by establishing a multi-billion dirham regional headquarters in Dubai... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- Croatia’s telcos to continue investments despite legal uncertainty and burdens on income
The beginning of 2016, like 2015, would be marked by significant investment... Read More
- South Africa launches DTT migration process
South African government has announced a significant milestone in the analogue to digital terrestrial television (DTT) migration project by kick-starting the process of "dual illumination", during which analogue and digital signals will coexist... Read More
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South Asia
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- China Mobile Pakistan launches new data bundles for Internet Only SIMs
The operator claims to be the only mobile network that offers high-powered 3G, 4G services simultaneously and has now launched the fastest internet SIM in the market... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- MTC claims its network expansion in Namibia stalled by spectrum shortage
MTC requires only 5MHz of 900MHz spectrum to roll out 3G in rural areas and 5MHz for expanding 3G in urban areas. If granted to MTC, this will bring MTC’s total spectrum allocation to 73MHz... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Qualcomm, DT trial LTE LAA
The trial demonstrated LAA's extended coverage and increased network capacity in utlizining unlicensed spectrum compared to Wi-Fi, aswell as the fair co-existence between LAA and Wi-Fi in unlicensed 5-GHz bands... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Mexicans spend more time watching Netflix than FTA
According to Business Bureau's Media Essential report, Mexico leads video-on-demand (VOD) and over-the-top (OTT) consumption habits in Latin America... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Kids are redefining the future of TV
Youngsters aged 5-16 are spending more time on the Internet than watching TV. All video counts as “watching TV,” even if it is neither made for, nor viewed on, a TV set... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- EC approves Telenet's M&A of Base
The acquisition was first announced in April 2015, for EUR 1.325 billion. The clearance takes account of concessions offered by Telenet to ensure competition from MVNOs on the Belgian market... Read More
- 100 million gigabit broadband subs by 2020
G.fast – the ITU broadband standard that enables copper-based DSL to achieve gigabit-level data throughput speeds – will account for some of that growth, even though G.fast is currently only capable of such speeds over short distances... Read More
- Thailand's Jasmine seeks foreign partner; may sell 30% stake in mobile unit
Thailand's data usage is growing at one of the fastest rates in Asia, making the $6.7 billion telecom market very attractive... Read More
- Telecom operators now repositioning themselves as ICT service providers
The digital user demands Real-time, On-demand, All-online, DIY, and Social. To adapt, operators must change their business models, improve O&M, build ecosystems, add new infrastructure, develop organizations and processes, and learn new skills... Read More
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