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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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December 8, 2015 |
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www.samenacouncil.org
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- Ooredoo, Es'hailSat ink collaboration agreement
The two companies will collaborate on designs and specifications for developing world-class VSAT projects for leading enterprises in Qatar... Read More
- Mobily and Saudi Electronic University Dammam launch trainings for Android app developers
The course consists of 40 hours of study and focuses on building complete App for android operating system... Read More
- Umniah signs the UN Global Women's Economic Empowerment Principles
Umniah signed the United Nations Global Women’s Empowerment Principles during its participation in the G7 Summit “Economic Empowerment of Women... Read More
- Eutelsat powers StarTV DTH launch across Mexico
The development of DTH services in the Americas is a strategic objective for Eutelsat... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- Taiwan’s 2500MHz-2600MHz spectrum auction raises US$851 million
As per the National Communications Commission’s (NCC’s) auction design, blocks D1 to D4 are reserved for the development of a frequency division duplex (FDD) system, while the D5 and D6 blocks are to be used for time division duplex (TD) technology... Read More
- Regulator to reorganize 1800MHz spectrum into contiguous blocks for 4G use
The 1800MHz band in some circles is expected to be harmonized before the next spectrum auction in 2016, whilst the same process is expected to be gradually rolled across other circles... Read More
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South Asia
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- Bhutan’s ICT global ranking improves
Bhutan has been ranked 119 in Measuring the Information Society Report 2015 compiled by the International Telecommunications Union. In comparison, India is ranked 131, Nepal follows at 136, and Bangladesh is at 144... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Vodafone extends M-Pesa to Ghana
The country marks the 11th market in which Vodafone has launched the service. Usage has increased 27 percent year-on-year to reach 23.4 million active customers, the operator said... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Telenor launches ‘4G+’ network in five cities
Danish operator Telenor has embarked on a ‘4G+’ network deployment using carrier aggregation (CA) technology in the 1800MHz and 2600MHz frequency bands... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- 2015 a strong year for OTT
In addition to active OTT video services from the likes of Netflix, Hulu Plus, HBO and Amazon Prime, Parks identified a number of leading players across major markets stating their intentions to introduce OTT services such as SingTel, Sony, Warner Bros, Overstock.com and Samsung... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Korea’s IPTV market to register 5% growth to 2020
The growth of interactive services is predicted to spur market growth during the forecast period, with IP-based platforms providing an interactive, personalised TV viewing experience... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Gartner says smart cities will use 1.6 billion connected things in 2016
Smart commercial buildings will be the highest user of Internet of Things (IoT) until 2017, after which smart homes will take the lead with just over 1 billion connected things in 2018... Read More
- AT&T brings GigaPower broadband to 38 additional metros
AT&T recently announced the deployment of the AT&T GigaPower network in more than 1 million locations. AT&T aims to more than double the availability by the end of 2016... Read More
- DeTe launches public cloud based on Cisco platform
Through this offering, Telekom said it creates the foundation for a secure European Internet of Things that offers the highest availability and scalability for real-time analytics... Read More
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