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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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July 18, 2016 |
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Turkey’s Smart City Gaziantep and Turkcell launch beacon-powered transportation feature for the visually disabled
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The traveler can access route and bus stop information on their smartphone, and receive alerts when their bus reaches the bus stop, and when it approaches their final destination. The system also allows the driver to receive a warning message if there is a visually-disabled individual waiting to board the bus...
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Saudi Telecom deploys Juniper Contrail SDN
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STC now has a fully scalable, flexible resource to sell to subscribers and customers on-demand as their IT requirements evolve and change...
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New Cisco research provides digital roadmap for capturing $405 billion retail banking opportunity
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The new research, “Roadmap to Digital Value in the Retail Banking Industry”, outlines the Digital Value at Stake for retail banking – as well as a digital roadmap for success. The study reveals digital use cases that drive the fastest value and return on investment for retail banks...
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Policy and Regulation
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- ITU aims to develop FinTech framework
ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao said regulation must nurture the development of a strong and healthy digital finance sector... Read More
- Regulators Roundtable 2016 starts in Pakistan
It is the first symposium in this region since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise referred to as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development... Read More
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South Asia
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- Nepal passes 30 million telephony customers milestone
The total includes 27.26 million GSM users in March, up from 26.89 million in the previous month, with the remaining 1.38 million use Nepal Telecom's CDMA service, up from 1.36 in February... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Tigo Rwanda unveils digital payment solution for tea farmers
The tea farmers’ value chain product meant to harmonize the payment of farmers in a bid to entice them is a partnership between Tigo Rwanda and credit cooperatives (SACCOs), Access to Finance Rwanda and Wood Foundation... Read More
- Djezzy, Mobilis request renewal of GSM licences
The operators have applied for extensions of their GSM licences, which will expire on 31 July and 4 August, respectively... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Zantel to invest $15 million in mobile voice and data services
Under the investment, the cellco’s entire network will be modernised, with 4G LTE services expected to be extended to Dar-es-Salaam and some other areas... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- MTN, Glo, others to face losses due to OTT voice applications
The OTT chat apps such as WhatsApp and WeChat are putting more pressure on telcos than VoIP services because they offer social networks that retain user loyalty and stickiness. That is pushing people to go for smaller voice and text plans, though they still need a big data plan... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- The Internet TV tsunami is on the horizon
The video data tsunami might seem like it’s only affecting the US and Europe, but the rest of the world will follow suit as international content rights usually flow on from those markets... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Telkom targets businesses with 1Gbps broadband offer
In its latest move to drive data traffic – a significant contributor to group revenue – Telkom’s Smart Office Pro promises to deliver peak download speeds of up to 1Gbps... Read More
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