 |
|
:.Daily News Briefing.:
|
September 3, 2015 |
|
www.samenacouncil.org
|
|
|
|
|
|
Members
|
- Team Etisalat sets off from Brussels on mHealth grand cycle tour
The aim of the tour is to raise awareness about diabetes, while providing an ideal opportunity to test and further develop mobile health solutions (mHealth)... Read More
- du joins hands with Dubai Autism Center and Flagship Projects to provide autistic children the Babnoor App
The App is aimed at providing children with autism, hearing and speech difficulties, Down’s syndrome, cerebral palsy, trauma injuries and similar ailments a tool that improves their ability to communicate... Read More
- Ufone and British Council award UEnglish winners
The service works in a simple way as customers receive SMS on demand with multiple choice questions based on a 1 year English learning course developed by the British Council. Read More
|
|
|
Policy and Regulation
|
- RATEL opens 800MHz tender
The government received non-binding bids from eight companies for the state’s 58.11% stake in the telco in mid-August... Read More
- Only five SIMs per citizen policy challenged by telecom operator in Pakistan
Oberving strong demand from consumers and biometric re-verification of all mobile phone SIMs, Zong is seeking removal of 5 SIMs per citizen restriction on data SIMs... Read More
|
|
|
South Asia
|
- India's Digital India and smart city initiatives to attract UAE investment
It was said that infrastructure is a key element in this regard as it opens up markets and opportunities for stronger people-to-people ties... Read More
|
|
|
Middle East
|
|
|
|
North Africa
|
- Scientific and technological co-operation agreement between Tunisia and Slovenia
agreement provides for the establishment of an action plan of fruitful exchange in matters of research, technology watch, exchange of experts and boosting of capacities of institutions... Read More
|
|
|
3G, 4G & Beyond
|
- Albanian operator unveils LTE launch
Albtelecom’s Eagle Mobile unit has confirmed the commercial launch of its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, which went live on Tuesday 1 September... Read More
|
|
|
OTT, Alternative Telecom
|
- Brazil takes Looke at new VOD, OTT player
With an initial catalogue of 7,500 films, documentaries, series and music shows, the OTT platform is available for producers and distributors to promote their content through. Read More
|
|
|
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
|
- Singtel taps ThinkAnalytics for IPTV search and recommendation
Singtel TV's 400,000-plus subscribers can access personalised recommendations in multiple languages via the set-top box (STB) and companion TV GO apps. Read More
|
|
|
Global Telecom Update
|
- NTT DoCoMo sells PacketVideo assets to Lynx
The acquisition includes the grant of an irrevocable, non-exclusive license of PacketVideo's media technology, Twonky. Read More
- NTT DoCoMo sells PacketVideo assets to Lynx
The acquisition includes the grant of an irrevocable, non-exclusive license of PacketVideo's media technology, Twonky. Read More
- M1 launches 10Gbps GPON service
Offered over the city-state’s next generation national broadband network (Next Gen NBN), the new service is initially being made available to corporate customers only... Read More
|
|
|
Please add news@samenacouncil.org to your E-mail Safe List.
|
|
© 2006-2015 SAMENA Telecommunications Council
|
|
If you received this news update from a colleague
and are interested in receiving your own copy, please
contact us.
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.
|
| |
