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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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November 17, 2015 |
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- Zain completes highly effective Customer Week initiative across all operations
Conducted across all Zain markets simultaneously, this project provided valuable insight into enhancing customer service, as part of the company’s ongoing commitment and mission to delivering the best-in-class customer experience as it transforms to an integrated digital lifestyle operator... Read More
- Etisalat revamps eLife Value Packs; doubles broadband speeds for home customers for free
The rebranded ‘Family’, ‘Sports’, ‘Entertainment’ and ‘Premium’ eLife Packs now combine higher broadband speeds with a selection of high-quality and premium television content, all new devices, unlimited superfast broadband and unlimited national voice calls, with no change in price... Read More
- Cisco unveils software solutions for cloud-scale networking
Developed in collaboration with some of the world's leading Web companies, and based on their operational best practices, Cisco IOS XR innovations will make faster and simple cloud-scale networking available to all service providers... Read More
- Huawei reveals super-quick charging batteries
The new lithium-ion batteries that can be charged within minutes and charge 10 times faster than normal ones... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- Minister directs telecom regulator to deal with Facebook on regulating content
In the past two and a half years, Bangladesh government sought information of 37 persons from Facebook, but it was not provided as the country currently does not have an agreement... Read More
- European Council approves PSD2 directive
The original PSD Directive dated from 2007. It was revised due to the evolution of payment methods. It now takes into account the involvement of service provider handling online payments and new rules for telecom operators... Read More
- Regulator seeks views on new BOOT broadband model
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has suggested a build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) model as an alternate, in addition to three proposed models by a DoT committee earlier this year... Read More
- PTA holds Pakistan’s first-ever conference on digital economy and sustainable development
Dr. Syed Ismail Shah, Chairman PTA, highlighted the importance of discussing challenges, opportunities, and required developments towards building a progressive ICT industry to drive economic activities... Read More
- ARTP launches mobile tender in Senegal
The initial notice for applications covers the licensing and frequency allocation process for the use of 4G mobile technologies in Senegal as it continues efforts to liberalise and develop the domestic market... Read More
- ANRT Morocco launches auction for GMPCS licences
The regulator has invited all interested parties to submit their applications by 3 December 2015... Read More
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South Asia
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- UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development recognizes Bangladesh’s digital financing system for inclusion of all poor and rural people
Currently, Bangladesh is working for ensuring financial inclusion of all through digital mobile finance with a nascent energy... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- ZTE to build network for Vodafone partner Afrimax
In 2014, Vodafone-Afrimax entered into a Partner Markets Agreement with Vodafone. Based in Amsterdam, Vodafone-Afrimax has the largest portfolio of 4G LTE spectrum across 17 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa... Read More
- The CMO of Sudan operations of Sudatel Group appointed as member of the advisory board of CMO Council
The selection has its positive impact of enhancing Sudatel brand and positioning it in the global marketplace... Read More
- Free Internet to rural areas of Africa
Airtel becomes the first telco to announce a deal with Facebook after a call mid this year urging industry players to take advantage of Internet.org... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Premium 4G launched in Indonesia
XL Axiata says the upgraded service offers internet speeds of up to 150 megabits per second, the fastest in Indonesia. The Super HotRod 4G LTE is a prepaid package providing 4.5 gigabits of data per month for $7... Read More
- Korean cellcos to implement cross-carrier VoLTE
This is the first time all the major operators in a telecom market have agreed to jointly implement cross-network VoLTE services... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Olympusat Telecom launches Harmonic OTT solution
Harmonic's ProMedia Package is a software-based, carrier-grade adaptive stream preparation system for optimizing OTT multiscreen delivery... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Video to drive tenfold rise in mobile data by 2021
In 2021, South Korea, Japan, China and the U.S. are expected to have the fastest uptake of 5G subscriptions," Ericsson said, predicting 150 million 5G mobile subscriptions by 2021... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Telecom Italia Sparkle rolls out Georgia PoP
TI Sparkle, the International Services arm of Telecom Italia Group, announces the expansion of its Global IP Backbone with a new IP PoP in Tbilisi, Georgia... Read More
- Liberty Global to acquire Cable & Wireless Communications
The acquisition marks the end of one of the oldest British telecommunications companies. The original Cable and Wireless can trace its history back to the 1860s when it laid down transatlantic submarine telegraph systems connecting the UK with the British colonies in India and the Caribbean... Read More
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