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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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November 18, 2015 |
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- EUTELSAT recognized in Broadcast Pro Middle East Awards as Satellite Operator of the Year
The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) has recognised global satellite operator Eutelsat as a driving force behind the massive expansion in the number of television channels available to homes throughout the Middle East and North Africa region... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- India telecoms may face another spectrum auction early next year
The ongoing call drop issue and the compensation guidelines by TRAI have significantly impacted the investment mood of telecom operators... Read More
- EC to issue Digital Single Market legislation within 2015
The DSM policy was first presented in May and public consultations on a range of issues, from e-commerce to telecoms regulation... Read More
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South Asia
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- Intel launches initiative to boost rural digitization
Connecting rural India needs a 360 degree approach with hardware, broadband connectivity, digital learning skills and locally relevant solutions... Read More
- Ollo’s commercial LTE launch set for December after spectrum interference delays
The Bangladeshi-Russian ISP venture claims that its LTE network will reach connection speeds of 150Mbps. Ollo’s existing WiMAX-type wireless broadband network covers major districts... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Vodafone Egypt invests $1.3 billion within 2014-17
Vodafone Egypt has attained revenues worth 7.14 billion pounds (£589 million) within the first half of fiscal year 2015-16, registering 8.2 percent growth rate... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- CommProve supports Dhiraagu’s 4G upgrade
Dhiraagu has the largest 3G and 4G LTE network in Maldives, and is the only mobile operator that provides 3G services to all inhabited islands within the Maldives... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Huawei captures more share in service provider VoIP and IMS market
The service provider voice over IP (VoIP) and IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) equipment market rose 34 percent to $1.4 billion in the third quarter of 2015... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- eir adds OTT to IPTV offering
Ireland's largest telco, eir, has expanded its flagship IPTV offering to include over-the-top (OTT) live TV for its customers on iOS and Android devices... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Orascom de-consolidates North Korea's Koryolink
Orascom will class Koryolink as an associate instead of a subsidiary from the third quarter... Read More
- Speedcast to buy Singapore’s ST Teleport
ST Teleport’s hybrid satellite-fiber infrastructure supports access to more than 22 satellites and direct connections to fiber switches in Asia and in the US... Read More
- ACE submarine cable starts phase II expansion
When Phase II is completed, ACE will cover a distance of 17,000 km and will allow up to 25 countries to access high speed internet. At present, it covers 18 countries with nearly 12,000 km of fiber optic cable... Read More
- Smartphone market improves to 15.5% annual growth in Q3-2015
Among smartphone operating systems, Apple’s iOS continued to see a strong performance and grew 21 percent, above the market average... Read More
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