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March 21, 2017

Egypt set to boost e-commerce growth with new national strategy

In order to strengthenICT sector, Egypt is all set to leveraging e-commerce and the digital economy as a powerful catalyst for innovation, growth, trade and social prosperity…

AT&T offers new IoT Analytics Solution

AT & T and IBM launched a new way for companies to unlock more value from their data in a simpler way, using AT&T's IoT solutions and IBM Cloud…

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Eutelsat 7/8° West neighbourhood sets the pace for HDTV across Middle East and North Africa

New data from Eutelsat Communications shows that the trend towards High Definition broadcasting is accelerating in the Middle East and North Africa, reflecting consumer appetite for an enhanced viewing experience...

Policy and Regulation

•	TRA UAE evaluates customer service centers To provide better services to customer, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the UAE is evaluating the customer service centers of Etisalat and du…

•	Ghana regulator orders operators to improve QoS Ghana's National Communications Authority has ordered mobile operators to improve the quality of their services…

•	TRAI issues new consultation paper on VNO The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is now working on providing recommendations for Access Service authorization for category B license with districts of a State as a service area....

North Africa

•	Morocco inks deal of $10bln for tech city In a bid to create jobs in Telecom field, Morocco said that a $10 billion project to build a new industrial and technology hub near the northern city of Tangiers will be financed by Chinese group Haite, BMCE's Bank of...

•	Egypt set to boost e-commerce growth with new national strategy In order to strengthenICT sector, Egypt is all set to leveraging e-commerce and the digital economy as a powerful catalyst for innovation, growth, trade and social prosperity…

3G and 4G Networks

•	Chinese Operators see growth in LTE subscribers According to carriers China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, China’s three largest mobile telecommunication operators count more than 800 million LTE subscribers…

•	Ucom gets largest 4G Network in Armenia In order to modernize mobile network coverage, Ucom launched new stations in the region of Tavush, with the availability of 4G network in the border villages of the region…

Alternative Telecom

•	Northumberland plans to invest in broadband services The Northumberland County Council announced that 3,200 more homes and businesses will get access to fast broadband services after a latest series of investment…

•	NASA set for satellites for the alignment of stars and planets NASA has set up all of the needed satellite to capture the upcoming alignment of stars and planets…

•	Robocops all set to join Dubai police force by May The UAE are rolling out their first batch of real-life robot cops in Dubai as part of their plan to make the city “one of the best five” in the world for security…

•	Next Gen services to be launched by Qvest Media Qvest Media and Comcast Technology Solutions have entered into an international channel deal to launch Advance Next Generation TV Services…

Global Telecom Update

•	Telenor takes first steps towards 5G in Norway Telenor has teamed up with Huawei to test and develop 5G prior to it being launched for public use in Norway in 2020…

•	Mobile advertising startup Databerries raises $16M Databerries is announcing that it has raised $16 million in Series A funding — money that will help the Paris-headquartered company launch in the United States…

•	AT&T offers new IoT Analytics Solution AT & T and IBM launched a new way for companies to unlock more value from their data in a simpler way, using AT&T's IoT solutions and IBM Cloud…

Middle East

•	Du plans compensation for customers In a bid to remunerate its affected customers, Telecom operator du has confirmed that it is planning to compensate mobile phone users in the UAE who were inconvenienced during an outage on Sunday…

•	Vodafone Turkey offers fixed internet promotion In order to provide high speed internet service, Vodafone Turkey launched a new fixed internet promotional campaign aimed at those who want to sign-up for a home internet subscription…

•	FASTtelco offers state of the art data center In order to provide better IT solutions, Kuwait’s FASTtelco launched fully equipped state of the art data center…

•	Qatar’s business ICT expenditure hits $2.8bn According tothe latest reports, ICT spending by Qatar’s commercial sector is set to grow by 47 percent, from $1.9bn in 2015 to $2.8bn in 2019…

•	Saudi Shoura calls on TVTC to set up technology incubators The Shoura Council called on the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation to set up technology incubators in its training facilities, to expand the technical and vocational qualification project for general education...

South Asia

•	Pakistan set to welcome first IT Park As part of the vision of Digital Pakistan,the first state-of-the-art Information Technology Park is to be set up in Islamabad with the assistance of South Korea…

•	NT plans to maintain supremacy in data To strengthen its penetration in the domestic market, the Nepal Telecom (NT) said that it would be putting greater focus on the data segment…

•	Bangladesh set to launch online payment system In order to fulfill the demands of growing number of high-speed internet users, Bangladesh has allowed a state-owned bank to start operations with global online payment firm PayPal, paving way for the e-commerce firm to...

•	NT considers to purchase Chinese bandwidth access Toprovide high quality service, Nepal Telecom is planning to start purchasing internet bandwidth from China in the first week of May…

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Smart's 2016 revenue boosts 26% on mobile data growth The Philippines' Smart Communications has reported a 26% increase in revenues for 2016 to 25.5 billion pesos ($509 million), in a result attributed to sustained growth in the company's mobile data business…

•	Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex offers new version of mobile app Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange Bitfinex announced a new version of its mobile application that enables users to update their mobile device and get support for the latest Bitfinex features...

•	Uber, Grab set to introduce Southeast Asia’s taxi on-demand in Myanmar Southeast Asia’s ride-sharing war is spreading to a new frontier after rivals Grab and Uber revealed plans to expand into Myanmar…

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