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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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September 29, 2015 |
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www.samenacouncil.org
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Members
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- Zain Group hosts inaugural B2B Forum in Bahrain
Zain’s B2B and enterprise solutions are targeted at organizations of all sizes, ranging from small and medium size enterprises (SME) through to the largest corporates... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- Kyrgyzstan concludes 800MHz spectrum sale
Having set a price of USD3.48 million per concession, the three winning bidders have been named as Nur Telecom (O!), Sky Mobile (Beeline) and Megacom (Kyrgyzstan). Read More
- India government spectrum swap to free up 15MHz of 3G spectrum
The ministry is in the final stages of harmonising the spectrum and expects to complete the process by December 2015... Read More
- Italy government to release first USD336 million funding for the country’s ultra-broadband rollout program
The government monies will go towards deploying high speed infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas, which are home to around 35% of Italy’s population... Read More
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South Asia
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- India's mobile data revenue growth pegged at 18% annually
The regional threat of new entrants disrupting competition could play out in India as well with the impending entry of Reliance subsidiary Jio... Read More
- Chinese telecom vendor anticipates Rs. 10 billion revenue from Sri Lanka
This will make Huawei the most accessible smartphone brand in Sri Lanka... Read More
- Pakistan to raise awareness on Internet Governance
The workshop will analyze different government scenarios and how they would impact the region and the national economy... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Online apps for Egyptian SMEs to offer 99.9% availability guarantee
Egypt is home to around 2.45 million small to medium businesses, of which only 7% are online. Read More
- Econet mulls multi-billion listing of Liquid Telecom
Liquid Telecom has been growing rapidly over the last few years, fuelled by the demand for infrastructure to support broadband internet on the African continent. Read More
- HAI Telecommunications has launched a new product to give back control of enterprise data in Africa
What CrashPlan does is that it lowers its’ focus on other areas because data is backed up as and when the users are working... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Ericsson secures 4G network deal from XL Axiata
This 4G/LTE network deployment will improve network capacity and enhance speeds to allow Indonesian users to enjoy improved smartphone and network performance... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- OTT players like Skype, WhatsApp to experience rise in traffic, revenues
The Juniper study found that as most mVoIP services were offered as a free or low cost service, only a small minority of OTT players had generated significant revenues... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Yahoo strengthens online video ad tech
The company has unveiled plans to beef up its portfolio of advertising technology to offer features such as programmatic video across all devices. Read More
- Comcast launches new "Watchable" internet video service
This is one of several ways that companies like Comcast are trying to stay relevant as a growing number of consumers spend their video viewing time on tablets and smartphones. Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- MTN acquires Smart Village from MultiChoice
This will give MTN the ability to provide wholesale access to 4,228 enterprises passed by Smart Village, while ensuring substantial savings, as traffic will be routed via MTN's backhaul infrastructure. Read More
- Cyber experts unsure of mobile payment security
Just one in four cybersecurity experts (23%) believe that mobile payments are secure and can keep personal information safe... Read More
- Intelsat, Sentech extend African capacity deal
Intelsat 20 reaches more viewers in Africa than any other DTH platform... Read More
- All four French telecoms groups submit applications for mobile auction
Orange, Numericable-SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Iliad will bid for the 700 megahertz spectrum, which is being freed up from television broadcasters. Read More
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