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   :.Daily News Briefing.: | August 31, 2015 | 
  
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    | Etisalat honours its top SMB Business Partners in the UAE
 The event, held in Dubai, was attended by more than 600 representatives from Etisalat’s SMB Business Partners. Read More
du offers the best international calling rate in the UAE to over 100 destinations Subscription is free and available to all prepaid customers. All international calls to the 100 destinations will then be charged per second... Read More
Huawei inaugurates region's flagship customer service center The region's first dedicated Huawei Customer ServiceCenter is the company's 17th center worldwide. Read More
New VP of Operations for the Sudatel Telecom Group Sudatel successfully operates in Sudan and several West African markets. Read More
Cisco and Apple partner to deliver Fast Lane for iOS Enterprise Users Cisco and Apple have announced a partnership to create a fast lane for iOS business users by optimizing Cisco networks for iOS devices... Read More
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    | TRA Bahrain releases its Final Report on Strategic Market Review The strategic review provides TRA with a roadmap of projects and activities to be completed within the coming eighteen months. These projects and activities include for example the deregulation... Read More
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    | India drives HDTV boom in South Asia The number of HDTV broadcasts in the SAARC region in the last couple of years rose as more number of television houses launched HD channels buoyed by consumer demand for quality content. Read More
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    | Marketing of 4G services will begin by end of 2015 Major decisions will be taken at the second meeting of the strategic council of digital economy scheduled for next September 11. Read More
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  3G, 4G & Beyond
  
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    | 4G would help the public sector Armed with cost-effective mobile devices and 4G connectivity, frontline workers can access and update centralised records... Read More
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    | WeChat free messaging and VoIP app with over 600 million usersAccording to the company, the efforts that have come to the app in the recent past have been aimed at making the user experience uncomplicated. Read More
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    | Switzerland’s Sunrise to expand IPTV offering The number of channels as well as the storage capabilities for time-shifted and recorded TV viewing (dubbed Comeback TV) will be considerably expanded... Read More
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    | Policing data consumption to make pricing and usage better for honest users T-Mobile plans to crack down on the users who it claims are stealing data. Only about 3,000 of the operator's 59 million customers are using up to 2TB of data each month... Read More
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