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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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May 23, 2016 |
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Batelco unveils leading edge conferencing solution at the launch of new unified collaboration centre
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The leading edge facility has been designed to showcase Batelco’s capabilities in delivering integrated voice, video, messaging, presence, mobility and conferencing solutions, as one seamless user experience...
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HKT named Best Asian Telecoms Carrier and Best Broadband Carrier at Telecom Asia Awards 2016
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The judge panel recognized HKT’s strong innovation in a hypercompetitive market and its successful integration of CSL...
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du participates in the first National Service Career Fair
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The company recently introduced a new user-friendly recruitment tool which allows employees to apply for jobs, in addition to recommend candidates for vacancies through social media platforms, including Facebook Twitter and LinkedIn...
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Microsoft awards grants for affordable internet access
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Microsoft announced Affordable Access Initiative grants for 12 entrepreneurial businesses to help scale their solutions and business models to increase affordable Internet access in communities around the world...
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Policy and Regulation
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- EU member states’ digital progress “at very different stages”
Nordic countries were described as “among the most advanced in the world,” whilst others “still have a lot of catching up to do”, the European Commission (EC) report observed... Read More
- Globe calls for government to streamline ICT agencies
The Philippines is in urgent need of an agency that will drive the country’s ICT development and help steer the country to realise its full potential as a digital economy... Read More
- Regulatory risks increase for telcos in Sri Lanka
Effective from May 2016, the government imposed a value-added tax (VAT) of 15% and nation building tax (NBT) of 2% on telecom services which will increase tax on voice and data services to 50% and 32%, respectively... Read More
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South Asia
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- Bangladesh passes 62 million internet users milestone
The country’s mobile internet base reached 58.66 million in April, up from 58.04 million in the previous month, according to figures from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Malta telecoms company selects Tunisie Telecom for majority stake
Times of Malta reported earlier this month that two final bids were submitted to GO by Batelco - Bahrain Telecoms Corporation - and by Tunisie Telecom... Read More
- Mobilis, Djezzy and Ooredoo provisionally granted 4G licences
Algeria has now entered a phase of modernization of its infrastructures by the deployment of new technologies such as high speed internet... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Vodafone to increase speed on 4G LTE to 375Mbps across 50 cities in Germany
Vodafone LTE Advanced service is now available to 87% of Germany or 7.7 million customers - with speeds up to 225 Mbps... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Facebook, Skype, WhatsApp & other chat apps consume significant RAN resources in idle mode
By minimizing unnecessary communications, apps can establish 22.7 per cent fewer radio connections. For a carrier with 10 million subscribers, that could mean the reduction of 600 million unnecessary messages daily... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Innovation Village launches streaming site for Rwandan content
Rwandan creative company Innovation Village has introduced a video streaming site called Journal to share free high definition (HD) content on multiple platforms... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Hong Kong, North America & UAE world’s most connected countries
For high growth markets, especially across the Middle East, Africa and emerging APAC, the dominant trend remains smartphone adoption. This is the primary device - and often the first device - for consumers to connect to data services... Read More
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