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SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
February 21, 2017 |
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| Successful deployment of NB-IoT will depend on spectrum choices |
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NB-IoT provides an immediate solution for mobile operators to create successful IoT businesses well before 5G becomes a commercial reality. To date, regulators have not assigned separate frequencies for NB-IoT, although this approach is available. There appear to be various advantages of using separately assigned spectrum rather than an in-band deployment...
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| Ecommerce gaining popularity in Africa |
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Ecommerce has been gaining immense popularity in several countries of Africa with mobile spend projected to increase by 123% by 2018, according to PayPal and Ipsos within South Africa…
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| Policy and Regulation |
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Tender to be issued for unused spectrum
Indonesia will hold limited tenders for unused capacity in 3G and 4G band which will allow mobile operators to improve their capacity to serve customers in densely populated areas...
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TRA to highlight key issues at IDEX 2017
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority aims to highlight Internet of Things(IoT) and cyber security challenges at IDEX 2017 in order to raise public awareness about these key issues...
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Clearance of 700 MHz band to start in March
The process of clearing the frequency currently used to deliver DTT in 700Mhz will begin next month by following Ofcom directives to hand the 700MHz band to mobile phone operators, for data services…
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| Middle East |
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Etisalat playing important role in growth of SMB sector
As the main telecom operator in the country, Etisalat enjoys a competitive advantage when it comes to serving SMBs and is playing an increasingly important role in the growth of the SMB sector, serving close to 300,000...
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Next generation broadband trialed by Zain Saudi Arabia
Nokia and Zain Saudi Arabia have announced the successful trial of advanced 4.5G which will help Zain Saudi Arabia to improve the mobile broadband experience for its subscribers, and evolve toward the next generation...
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Funding secured for car hailing platform in Iran
The Iran Internet Group, whose ventures include car hailing platform Snapp has closed a new funding round led by MTN Irancell in a move that will further accelerate its growth across the country...
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| Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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MBC plans HD channel on Ooredoo in Qatar
Telco Ooredoo has teamed up with Middle East broadcaster MBC to launch a new high definition (HD) Arabic content channel on its IPTV service in Qatarenabling customers to enjoy a variety of Arabic content…
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Mobile App launched to book railway tickets
To facilitate the passengers in advance booking through their smart phones, Pakistan Railway presentedMobile App tobook tickets…
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| 3G and 4G Networks |
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HKBN increases 4G deal with China Mobile HK
Hong Kong Broadband Network and China Mobile Hong Kong jointly launch new promotional 4G monthly bundled plans, which promises a maximum local data speed of 21Mbps…
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Ntel enhances 4G/LTE Service to Port Harcourt
Ntel, Nigeria’s most advanced 4G/LTE mobile network operator has formally commenced commercial operations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, which will allow customers of the region to enjoy high speed mobile...
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Project Fi testing out Voice over LTE
Google’s Project Fi MVNO is testing VoLTE. According to Google one of the advantages of using VoLTE is that you get a higher quality of voice calls without your data allocation suffering for it…
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| Global Telecom Update |
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Korea, Americas sign deal to push 5G
5G Americas and the 5G Forum Korea signed a MoU for cooperation in next-generation 5G mobile communications, spectrum requirements, technology analysis and global standardization trends…
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DoCoMo, NEC successfully accomplishes MIMO trial
Japan's NTT DoCoMo and NEC have completed joint verification trials of Massive MIMO technology for future 5G base stations…
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Ericsson offers product for security automation
Ericsson is presenting new Security Manager Product to automate protection of important assets across multiple ICT domains and to detect threats, vulnerabilities, and risks leveraging real-time security analytics…
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| Disclaimer: Information contained herein has been obtained from sources, which we deem reliable. SAMENA Telecommunications Council is not liable for any misinformed decisions that the reader may reach by being solely reliant on information contained herein. Expert advice should be sought. |
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