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SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
February 24, 2017 |
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| Sudatel to exhibit for the first time at Mobile World Congress |
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Given Sudan’s geographic location, Sudatel will continue to play a major strategic role in connecting Africa and the Middle East to the rest of the world. The company will be investing heavily in its domestic and pan-African operations during 2017...
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Beyond Connectivity to be held on March 16 in Oman
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To be held under the theme, Building corridors in digital development, the day-long conference will provide a strategic knowledge-sharing platform for SAMENA Council’s members to discuss the evolving telecom landscape... |
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| Policy and Regulation |
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Over 37 million 3G & 4G customers in Pakistan: PTA
According to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority nearly 37.574 million mobile internet users were found to have been using the recently launched 3G/4G data connections in December 2016…
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MCIT publishes consultation paper
The Post and Telecommunications Department (PTD) of Myanmar’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MCIT) has published a consultation paper on the allocation of additional spectrum in the 1800MHz band...
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ITU agrees on key 5G performance requirements for IMT-2020
The IMT-2020 standard is set to be the global communication network for the coming decades and is on track to be in place by 2020. The next step is to agree on what will be the detailed specifications for IMT-2020...
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| 3G and 4G Networks |
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T-Mobile to launch LTE-U in 2017
T-Mobile has officially received the FCC certification for the equipment in deploying the LTE-U technology for its subscribers which will make connectivity faster and easier for those subscribed to the...
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Mobile operator to migrate to 4G technology
To cater to growing demand in the country's remote areas, Cellular service provider Sampoerna Telekomunikasi Indonesia has secured government approval to start operating 4G LTE technology in April…
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| Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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Digital platform launched for farmers
Mahindra Agri Solutions Ltd announced the launch of 'MyAgriGuru', an advisory platform for farmers that has been introduced as a mobile app to have a positive impact on farmers by providing enhanced services...
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Uber launches Arabic mobile application
Taxi-hailing smartphone application Uber has announced a partnership with Altibbi, an Arabic medical mobile application, to connect its drivers with on-demand doctors and get round-the-clock affordable medical consultations...
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| Alternative Telecom |
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TDS Telecom to expand broadband access
TDS Telecom plans to expand broadband access in pockets of Berkeley and Charleston counties under a federal program designed to improve Internet speeds in rural areas…
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Orange gets a boost due to FTTH growth
Orange Spain experienced at 7.9 percent growth growth between Q4 2016 and the same period in 2015 thanks largely to growing fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and pay-TV markets...
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UAE's Ministry to adopt electric powered vehicles
The Ministry of Finance, MoF, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Emirates Transport to provide the Ministry with electric-powered vehicles to provide a clean, healthy and safe environment...
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Pakistan to launch a Smart University project
A Smart University project has been launched in Pakistan, to digitalize the varsities through modern equipments by the Higher Education Commision in partnership with Huawei...
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3G services to be provided to Kohistan, Pakistan
In order to provide 3G telecom services in Kohistan, Telenor and Universal Service Fund (USF) has signed an agreement which will benefit 9 lac residents of 1,283 villages of Kohistan...
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| Global Telecom Update |
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Liquid launches fingerprint payment service in Indonesia
Japanese tech company Liquid announced on the launch of its fingerprint-based payment service in Indonesia, which is able to complete payments within three seconds, with the company claiming the error rate to be one in a...
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Arqiva to conduct fixed-wireless 5G trial in UK
UK-based communications infrastructure company Arqiva is planning to undertake a trial of 5G services in partnership with Samsung to focus on fixed wireless access...
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Virtual RAN network implemented
Altiostar announced the successfully completion of a field trial of its vRAN technology in Bundang, Korea. during which performance and capacity improvement with key LTE-A were validated...
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Sudatel to exhibit for the first time at Mobile World Congress
Given Sudan’s geographic location, Sudatel will continue to play a major strategic role in connecting Africa and the Middle East to the rest of the world. The company will be investing heavily in its domestic and...
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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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