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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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November 12, 2015 |
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www.samenacouncil.org
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- Etisalat Group’s investment in Africa and new technology recognised by international awards
Etisalat Group’s investment has enabled the UAE to lead the world in Fibre-To-the-Home (FTTH) connections and made Abu Dhabi the first capital city in the world to be wholly covered by FTTH... Read More
- PTCL holds session on Disruptive Technology Trends
The session was conducted by Jason Pontin, Editor-in-Chief and the publisher of MIT Technology Review... Read More
- Sudatel signed a contract with the Taxation Chamber for fiber optics connection
This agreement is part of many contracts signed by Sudatel Group in the frame of the E. Government implementation project... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- Facebook reports surge in government requests for data
Government requests for account data globally jumped 18 percent in the first half of 2015 to 41,214 accounts, up from 35,051 requests in the second half of 2014... Read More
- Ghana’s NCA announces four bidders for 800MHz licences
The regulator is planning to auction two blocks of 2×10MHz spectrum in the 800MHz band (valid for 15 years), with a minimum reserve price of USD67.5 million... Read More
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South Asia
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- High bids for 4G licences a boost for Thai economy and the IT sector
The economy and the information technology sector will benefit from the awarding of new 4G telecom licences as early as next year as the bid winners will quickly implement their investment plans... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Smile expands business; launches LTE network
Smile is renowned in Africa for innovative practices and has on a consistent basis, provided high quality 4G LTE broadband Internet access that is quite affordable... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Vodafone Qatar invests QR150 million in 3G and 4G network
Vodafone Qatar has invested more than QR150mn in its network infrastructure in six months up to September, which included the “continued upgrade” of all of its network sites... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Nifty launches voice service with Genband OTT platform
Japanese MVNO Nifty selected Genband's fring white label Telecom OTT platform to launch its new NifMo-Denwa voice service... Read More
- Telecom Italia picks Qwilt for OTT
Telecom Italia implemented Qwilt’s solution to provide enhanced quality of experience (QoE) for its subscribers using online video and live streaming services from OTT content providers in Italy... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Spanish pay-TV rockets on IPTV
The last 12 months have seen the Spanish pay-TV sector add 1.4 million subscribers, almost all of them from IPTV fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) convergent packages... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- SingTel to make $2.11 billion investment in fiscal 2016
The Singapore-based telecom network operator will be investing S$1.9 billion for Australia and S$1.1 billion for Singapore in FY 2016 towards capital expenditure... Read More
- Digital transformation underway; connectivity to play a vital role over the next decade
Processes across entire business ecosystems will be controlled, analyzed and optimized in new ways... Read More
- Enterprises to drive IoT hardware market next year
Businesses will spend $868 billion (€810bn) next year on IoT-related hardware as the number of devices hits 2.4 billion, according to Gartner’s latest forecast... Read More
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