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:.Daily News Briefing.:

November 11, 2015

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SAMENA Council Position Statements
Cullen International

Members

  1. PTCL to provide modern ICT services to FIEDMC
    Equipped with modern GPON technology, PTCL's ICT services will enable FIEDMC to utilize Triple Play, Smart Link, I-Sentry, VoIP, High Speed Broadband, Primary Rate ISDN (PRI), Basic Rate Interface (BRI), Cloud Computing, Data Hosting and Data Management services... Read More

Policy and Regulation

  1. Iraq invites telecom operators to apply for fourth mobile licence
    The regulator plans to sell a fourth national mobile telecommunications licence and has set a deadline of Nov. 20 for potential bidders to submit expressions of interest... Read More
  2. Thailand's 4G auction attracts $1.7 billion
    Thailand's telecoms regulator extended an auction of two 4G licences on Wednesday after fierce competition from four operators... Read More

South Asia

  1. Bangladesh to create own national satellite capacity
    The government of Bangladesh has contracted with manufacturer Thales Alenia Space to build the Bangabandhu-1 telecommunications satellite... Read More

Middle East

    North Africa

    1. Etisalat and LEARN hold employment training for youths
      Etisalat has partnered with the Leadership Empowerment and Resource Network (LEARN) to hold a three-day capacity building programme for unemployed youths... Read More

    3G, 4G & Beyond

    1. Telcos unite for superfluid 5G project
      The 18 partners aim to show how 5G networks will allow operators the ability to launch services instantly and run them anywhere on a network, whether it is the core, aggregation or edge... Read More
    2. Swisscom taps Telit for IoT services
      The cloud-based IoT platform contains the core connection, management and integration functions needed for IoT deployments as well as built-in connectivity and device management, end-to-end-security, big data analytics and app creation capabilities... Read More

    OTT, Alternative Telecom

    1. Net Insight to offer 'true' live OTT
      The current OTT delivery platforms and CDNs' best effort solutions are not optimised for live and there can be a delay of up to a few minutes on a traditional OTT platform... Read More

    Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

    1. Verizon launches digital content monetisation challenge
      The challenge asks companies to submit 100 hours of digital video content to be monetised via the Internet in three days... Read More

    Global Telecom Update

    1. ITU: radio spectrum allocated for flight tracking
      At the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, it was decided that the frequency band 1087.7-1092.3 MHz will be allocated to the aeronautical mobile-satellite service (Earth-to-space) for reception by space stations of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) emissions from aircraft transmitters... Read More
    2. Apple in talks with U.S. banks for person-to-person payment service
      The service, which would compete with PayPal's popular Venmo, would allow users to transfer funds from their checking accounts through Apple devices... Read More

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