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:.Daily News Briefing.:

October 20, 2015

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  1. PTCL introduces Winter Offer for broadband customers
    The limited time offer is designed to provide more convenience and affordability for customers across 2000 cities and towns across Pakistan... Read More
  2. Etisalat and Intel join hands to deploy NFV and SDN in the network
    The deployment of NFV/SDN will provide flexibility as well as savings in the long-run, helping Etisalat better control and automate network functions and policies... Read More
  3. STC sees the need for open platforms to reduce barriers to innovation
    The CEO of Saudi Telecom Company (STC) urged the region’s mobile industry to focus on three key areas, warning that failure to do so may jeopardise the ability to benefit from booming demand for mobile data... Read More
  4. Ciena offers 'self-service' programmability with new Blue Planet architecture
    Ciena has unveiled enhancements to its Blue Planet network orchestration software to help operators expand and accelerate the delivery of new services across both virtual and physical domains... Read More
  5. Ooredoo Qatar tests 590Mbps LTE-A
    Ooredoo Qatar has more than 1,030 4G LTE base station sites, and continues to add more every month. In addition, it has completed the upgrade of 544 outdoor sites to LTE-A (‘4G+’)... Read More

Policy and Regulation

  1. Orange highest bidder in Poland's spectrum auction
    Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) has released the full results of the 4G spectrum auction which ended last week, with Orange Polska emerging as the highest bidder... Read More
  2. All five Romanian 3400MHz-3800MHz applicants to receive licences
    Romanian regulator the National Authority for Management & Regulations (ANCOM) has decided that each operator will be awarded its initial requested number of blocks, as demand did not exceed supply... Read More

South Asia

  1. At India-China border, Nepal Telecom connects people
    They have to depend on Nepal Telecom because no Indian telephone service provider currently has coverage in these areas... Read More

Middle East

  1. GSMA reveals diverse mobile landscape across the Middle East
    Over the last four years, mobile operators across the Arab States are said to have spent more than $40 billion on capital investments, or approximately 18 percent of total revenue... Read More
  2. White paper on Network 2020 to be first for the MENA region
    The white paper is centered on the belief that the year 2020 will require different telecom networks to address customers' needs... Read More

North Africa

  1. Quickteller partners Blackberry to integrate payments with BBM
    This new mobile payment service demonstrates how BBM has evolved from a real-time chat experience to a true social engagement and e-commerce platform... Read More
  2. Airtel rakes in over $1.7 billion from Africa tower sales in 7 countries
    Bharti Airtel has around 14,000 mobile towers in Africa and has decided to exit the tower business... Read More

3G, 4G & Beyond

  1. BT, Alcatel-Lucent announce 5GBps G.Fast trials
    BT and Alcatel-Lucent have revealed that they have completed trials of a new form of G.Fast technology that can deliver speeds of more than 5GBps... Read More

OTT, Alternative Telecom

  1. Most US broadband homes now watch OTT monthly
    The majority (58%) of broadband households in the US use at least one over-the-top (OTT) video service on a monthly basis... Read More

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

  1. Asia on course to become second largest VOD market
    Rising popularity of on-demand services among consumers and the increase in Internet connectivity in emerging nations is expected to fuel the global VOD market, which is forecast to reach $263 billion by 2016... Read More

Global Telecom Update

  1. PepsiCo to launch branded smartphone in China
    The food and beverage company is working with a licensing partner to develop the Pepsi P1, a smartphone with a 1.7GHz processor, 16GB of storage and a 5.5-inch 1080p screen... Read More
  2. Cloud investments to continue to rise
    Organizations actively using cloud, mobility, big data or security technologies are experiencing up to 53% higher revenue growth rates than those that have not invested in these technologies, a Dell study said... Read More
  3. Telcos should focus on security within SDN & NFV
    Security within virtualised technology is one of the biggest challenges facing operators and vendors next year, standards agency ETSI has warned... Read More

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