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:.Daily News Briefing.:

November 23, 2015

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  1. Sudatel Group announces consolidated results for 3Q-2015; net income increases by 15%
    Sudatel Group has also recently won the Best African Project award at the Global Carrier Awards, held in Paris earlier this month... Read More
  2. Etisalat and Visa showcase the future of "Connected Commerce"
    Running till 28 November 2015 at the Etisalat Experience Center in Dubai Mall, the showcase includes live demonstrations of the Connected Car, which enables seamless digital payment experience in consumer vehicles... Read More
  3. DE-CIX New York achieves milestone of 100 customer networks
    In the past several years, DE-CIX has expanded rapidly into new markets around the globe, delivering service in markets with the need for neutral and open peering and interconnection... Read More
  4. Orange Business Services to deploy converged communications for Amcor
    Services supplied by OBS include Telecom Expense Management, Mobile Device Management, mobile connectivity, Business Together as a Service (B2GaaS) and Business Talk SIP Trunking... Read More

Policy and Regulation

  1. EU regulators approve $37 billion Broadcom buy
    The European Commission said it had some initial concerns, but these were dispelled after Avago agreed to let other switch chipmakers have continued access to essential intellectual property on reasonable terms... Read More
  2. German regulator approves billion-euro D.Telekom broadband upgrade
    The regulator said in a draft decision on Monday that Deutsche Telekom would have to give its competitors, which include Vodafone and Telefonica Deutschland, access to the new technology... Read More
  3. Cambodia to cancel inactive ISP, VoIP licenses
    The Telecom Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) has called on 34 providers to submit their reports to ensure they are in compliance with their license agreements... Read More

South Asia

  1. Telenor and Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan launch mobile payment services for corporate clients
    Using the mobile payment service "Straight2Bank Wallet", Standard Chartered’s corporate clients, such as NGOs & FMCGs, will be able to make secure payments directly into their beneficiaries’ Easypaisa Mobile Account... Read More

Middle East

  1. Companies join forces to connect GCC investors to investments in the digital economy
    A a $200 million fund is being raised that will invest in core ICT segments such as AdTech, FinTech, SAAS, Online Travel and Big Data... Read More

North Africa

  1. Ecobank launches E-commerce platform
    As part of effort to support small businesses, Ecobank Nigeria through its SME Club has launched an e-commerce platform known as 'Mymall'. The bank also provided capacity development to its customers... Read More

3G, 4G & Beyond

  1. Tunisie Telecom tests 4G
    The telco achieved downlink transmission speeds of up to 135.8Mbps, in association with vendor partner Alcatel-Lucent... Read More

OTT, Alternative Telecom

  1. 4.707 million OTT SVoD subscriptions expected in Australia
    The capacity problems that were caused by SVoD video traffic in 2015 were addressed fairly quickly as telecommunications operators moved to add broadband capacity to cope with the increased data traffic... Read More

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

  1. VOD market to be worth $263 billion by 2016
    Asia Pacific, which currently has a 13% share in the global VOD market, is expected to represent nearly a quarter of business by 2020... Read More
  2. Intelsat takes Next Step to deliver HDTV to Thailand
    Under its multi-year agreement, the multi-channel operator and distributor will be using Ku-band capacity on Horizons 2 to diversify its offerings, transitioning from content provider to platform operator... Read More
  3. YOD strikes exclusive pact with CNTV's IPTV operating entity
    China IPTV, created as a joint venture by CNTV and Shanghai Media Group, is the only integrated for-profit IPTV platform operating nationwide under CNTV's authorization... Read More

Global Telecom Update

  1. Neotel, Vodafone renegotiating USD 498 million acquisition deal in South Africa
    Tata Communications today said that shareholders of its majority-owned South African telecom firm Neotel and Vodafone South Africa are in discussion over a revised transaction structure of the deal... Read More
  2. Indonesian telco rebrands as Indosat Ooredoo
    Indonesian telco Indosat, 65% owned by Ooredoo, has officially launched its new brand name Indosat Ooredoo and set out its stall to focus more on the digital services segment... Read More
  3. ITU harmonises 700MHz for mobile broadband use
    The decision means operators across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia will be able to deploy mobile broadband services across the 694-790MHz band... Read More
  4. World's first PVNO debuts M2M proxy service
    With the new PVNO model, enterprises that have large amounts of SIM cards installed across the country can become operators in their own right and escape the lock-in of long term contracts with a mobile network operator... Read More

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