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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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September 16, 2015 |
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- Etisalat Cycling Team Completes mHealth Grand Tour 2015 to raise awareness on Diabetes
Alongside the mHealth tour Etisalat demonstrated advanced vital performance monitoring tools integrated into uniforms and wearable devices during the exhibition that took place in Brussels. Read More
- GBI extends relationship with Ciena
With Ciena's solutions underpinning GBI's submarine and terrestrial cables, GBI will have a fully optimized end-to-end network... Read More
- du brings UAE's Smart City vision closer to reality with new breed of network
To implement its IoT network, du has chosen LoRa, a technology promoted by the LoRa Alliance, an open, non-profit association initiated to standardise networks globally... Read More
- Ufone extends corporate social responsibility to facilitate flood affected families
Ufone has handed over a consignment of 1 week of ration for 1000 families to PRSC, after the latter helped Ufone in identifying key areas which needed immediate attention. Read More
- Huawei signs five-year "FMO" IT operation contract with Ooredoo Kuwait
Huawei will provide an ICT Converged Operation solution to manage IT and telecom equipment through converged operation processes, resources and tools. Read More
- SLA Mobile partners with JMVAS Telecommunications for direct operator billing
Direct Operator Billing enables users to charge digital products and services to their monthly phone bill or prepaid credit. Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- China achieves broadband development goals ahead of schedule
Broadband targets included signing up 40 million new fiber-optic broadband subscribers and 200 million LTE users, and increasing the proportion of customers utilising download speeds of at least 8Mbps to 55%... Read More
- Japan PM's policy statement for lower mobile bills affects telco's shares
Concerns are mounting that investors are unlikely to return until the full details and impact of Prime Minister Abe’s cost-cutting policies are made clear... Read More
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South Asia
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- Airtel adds 1.31 million subscribers in August
India's total GSM subscriber base rises to 726.10 million in August. Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Cellcom expands to Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire
Cellcom began as a distributor of foreign mobile phones 16 years ago, and now owns Tunisia’s biggest brand, Evertek. Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Telstra launches first Category 11 LTE device
The Telstra WiFi 4GX Advanced III Mobile Broadband Hotspot uses tri-band carrier aggregation technology to support speeds up to 600 Mbps. Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Prime Media launches content package with Netflix
In August, Prime announced a package of more than 140 hours for Asia with 108 MEDIA... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- EPIX enables offline TV everywhere content consumption
EPIX says it is the first provider of its kind to deliver a 'true' TV everywhere experience with offline viewing on smartphones and tablets.
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Global Telecom Update
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- AT&T raises pre-throttling limit for unlimited LTE users to 22GB
The carrier is now going to allow subscribers on the unlimited plans to use up to 22GB of data within a single billing period before any throttling... Read More
- BT launches ethical hacking service for bankers
The BT Assure Ethical Hacking for Finance service is designed to help financial organisations, including retail and investment banks, and insurance companies ensure exposure to attacks... Read More
- Canadian contactless transactions grow 150%
The mobile payments landscape in Canada will change dramatically within the next five years, with about two thirds of the smartphones in Canada having NFC capability by 2019... Read More
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