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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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October 22, 2015 |
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- STC signs agreements to boost innovation
These agreements are in line with STC’s efforts to foster the development of innovation and entrepreneurship environment... Read More
- Etisalat in discussion to transform Expo 2020 site as the ‘first and smartest district of the future’
This will also help accomplish the goals of the UAE Vision 2021 to rank the nation first globally in the overall ICT infrastructure, Online Services Index and the Network Readiness Index as the UAE celebrates its 50th year of formation in 2021... Read More
- Cisco awards STC Outstanding Self-Service Customer Experience
The certificate was awarded to STC for being the largest operator in the Middle East employing the self-service system. The percentage of completed self-services surpassed 80% of incoming calls to STC call centres... Read More
- Huawei connects workplaces with new live eClassroom and executive desktop solutions
The solution employs the latest H.264 High Profile (HP) technology, Huawei patented Video Motion Enhancement (VME), and Huawei’s Super Error Concealment (SEC) 3.0 technologies... Read More
- PTCL announces Q3 2015 financial results
PTCL cash flows remained stable owing to the strong market position backed by the Company’s innovative services and focus on high speed broadband portfolio as well as effective cost optimization measures in place... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- Government to launch strategy to make Jordan a regional ICT hub in 2016
The strategy, which is reinitiating the REACH initiative that Jordan first launched in 1999, will detail action plans, projects and measures required to turn the Kingdom into an ICT hub in the region... Read More
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South Asia
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- Dialog, BOI to invest additional USD175m in ICT infrastructure
The development agreement will increase Dialog Axiata’s cumulative investment to USD1.96 billion in Sri Lanka, the highest among all Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) operating under the aegis of the BOI... Read More
- Thai CAT elaborates on ‘national internet gateway’ goals; angles for 4G spectrum
A key priority of the programme is to increase international internet gateway (IIG) capability via submarine cables, possibly through investing in a new system or expanding Thailand’s existing submarine links... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Liquid Telecom expands FTTH services
The operator is making accessing streamed, high-definition media, educational content, business tools and entertainment packages via the Internet a reality for households and businesses of all sizes in Africa... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Pakistan's 3G/4G subscribers exceed 18 million
Pakistan’s cellcos signed up 18.04 million 3G and 4G subscribers by end-September 2015 according to sector regulator the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)... Read More
- China Mobile added 157 million 4G users in 9 months
As a result of this strong growth, China Mobile's data traffic increased by 151% to a total of 1,817.6 billion megabytes, while vice and SMS usage continued to decline... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Mexico leads OTT industry in Latin America
Mexico is the Latin American territory with fewer users of illegal over-the-top (OTT) services. Only 17% users use pirate online platforms to vew online content... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Samsung surfs the Netflix wave in Spain
Samsung will offer the free access to Spanish users of the Galaxy Tab S2 tablet, Galaxy S6 Edge or Edge + smartphone or Samsung smart TV... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Orange ups earnings outlook as revenue growth returns after six years
The group’s improved performance is linked to the effectiveness of its Essentials2020 plan, part of which sees the operator funnelling money into deploying fibre technology... Read More
- Alcatel-Lucent aims to make fixed networks an “essential asset” with new launches
Vplus, a DSL technology initially introduced by A-L and now being standardised as the VDSL2 35b profile by the ITU-T, is aimed at filling the gap between G.fast and VDSL2 vectoring... Read More
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