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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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September 23, 2016 |
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Turkcell launches mobile app for Integration of Syrian refugees, CEO speaks at UN private sector forum
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Communication technologies are powerful tools to meet the challenges of integration, including living in a country with a different language, accessing education and having employment prospects...
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STC sets Guinness World record for the largest human image of a country/continent
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STC Group CEO Dr. Khaled Hussain Biyari received the certificate from the official adjudicator who attended the event to verify the record...
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Global Switch becomes enabled site for DE-CIX services
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The ability to directly connect to the DE-CIX fabric, and exchange internet traffic with hundreds of carriers, ISPs and content providers will provide real benefits...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Regulatory framework key to Iran's telecoms market
There is an increasing demand for wholesale providers to partner up with local players to not only enter the Iranian market, but to do so smoothly utilising existing infrastructure in the country which has invested heavily in landline models... Read More
- Regulators concerned about privacy impact of IoT devices
Nearly six in ten (59%) Internet of Things (IoT) fail to adequately explain to customers how their personal information is collected, used and disclosed, according to an international study by 25 data protection regulators around the world... Read More
- EC revises plan to end roaming rates
The new draft fair use policy would provide safeguards for operators including checks to ensure customers are using roaming to travel as intended. Operators would also be able to temporarily apply the same surcharges if they can provide evidence that the Roam like at Home policy was putting their domestic charging model at risk... Read More
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South Asia
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- Telenor India said to consider merger with Tikona
The focus on the negotiations is a merger of the two operators’ data businesses, and Telenor’s voice operations could be kept separate... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Egypt could offer 4G licences to international buyers after rejection by incumbent cellcos
Vodafone Egypt, Orange Egypt and Etisalat Misr opted not to take up the proposed authorisations on the grounds that the terms were not viable... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Japan enlists Huawei and ZTE to help win the race for 5G
Japanese telco SoftBank has been in quiet talks with China's Huawei and ZTE to develop the company's 5G infrastructure. And much of that infrastructure is already in place... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Twitter in buyout talks
Twitter has received "expressions of interest" from several tech companies and was engaged in conversations with potential suitors. Those companies are said to include Google, Verizon, Microsoft, and cloud computing software firm Salesforce.com Inc... Read More
- Yahoo's data breach in view of Verizon deal
A massive security breach in 2014 as disclosed by Yahoo Inc. could impact the internet company's $4.8 billion deal to sell its core business to Verizon Communications Inc... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Vodafone teams up with Netflix in Turkey
Netflix is rolling its service out to 130 countries this year and announced plans to launch in Poland with T-Mobile earlier this week... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- LinkedIn to enhance service with Bots and e-learning
The news comes a little over three months after Microsoft revealed plans to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, and less than a year after LinkedIn launched its flagship mobile app... Read More
- BT, Orange tempt consumers with virtual reality projects
BT and Orange are using virtual reality technology to tempt consumers with a range of dedicated content... Read More
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