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:.Daily News Briefing.:

October 7, 2015

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  1. Etisalat tests virtual CPE with NEC/Netcracker
    This solution has demonstrated new ways to optimize customer experience through an innovative self-service portal... Read More

Policy and Regulation

  1. Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) issues a ten-year telecom licence to Lacell
    Lacell will compete with established cellcos Airtel Malawi and Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM), which claimed subscriber bases of 3.39 million and 2.63 million... Read More
  2. Regulators urged to give IoT industry sub-1GHz spectrum
    In order to power networks that comprise more than 1,000 devices per cell, the cells need to have enough power to have a range of up to 5km, have a balanced uplink and downlink ratio, be interference free and operate on a band that is available worldwide... Read More

South Asia

  1. Telecom operator offers free life insurance to subscribers
    Telenor India today launched free life insurance cover for its over 47 million subscribers across its six operating circles... Read More

Middle East

  1. Crayon Middle East assigned as the first 5nine Software reseller in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa
    Crayon Middle East today announced its reseller status in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa for 5nine Software, the leading global Hyper-V virtualization security and management provider... Read More
  2. Crayon Middle East assigned as the first 5nine Software reseller in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa
    Crayon Middle East today announced its reseller status in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa for 5nine Software, the leading global Hyper-V virtualization security and management provider... Read More

North Africa

  1. Millicom gets 24% stake in Helios Towers Africa
    In 2010, HTA acquired, through its different operating companies, a portfolio of 2,450 Millicom-owned towers in Ghana, DRC and Tanzania... Read More
  2. Jumia to partner with MTN for free internet
    The greatest barrier to extending internet mobile access in Africa is the cost of data... Read More
  3. Algeria mulling bourse listing of Mobilis
    Under the plan Mobilis would be spun off in a separate company before the initial public offering (IPO) takes place... Read More

3G, 4G & Beyond

  1. IoT drives telco strategies for future network assurance
    Despite being confronted by ever increasing complexity, operators must not relinquish control of the network assurance or entrust it completely into the hands of black-box automation and closed algorithms... Read More
  2. Smile to expand LTE network in five regions
    Alongside the LTE rollout, Smile also launched a new solution for business customers, which allows users to manage one data package with multiple SIMs... Read More

OTT, Alternative Telecom

  1. Nearly three-quarters of US Internet users watch OTT Video
    Survey data from eMarketer has revealed just how mainstream an activity over-the-top (OTT) video has become... Read More
  2. SSTL launches VoIP-centric mobile data plans
    The company, which offers services under the MTS India brand, announced it is offering “anti zero rate” packages that will allow data allocations to be used on any OTT voice service... Read More

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

  1. Orange Digital Ventures invests in Afrostream
    The future of television is mobile. With this strategic investment by Orange, Afrostream now brings together mobile internet and local African content... Read More

Global Telecom Update

  1. Alcatel-Lucent not to sell undersea cables business (ASN) for US$17.6 billion
    ASN has deployed more than 575,000km of fibre-optic cable systems globally to date, and maintained 330,000km of undersea systems... Read More

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