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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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December 11, 2015 |
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www.samenacouncil.org
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Members
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- PCCW's exciting nowTV program lineup for the first quarter of 2016
now TV, Hong Kong’s largest pay-TV and leading OTT provider, today unveils its strong content lineup for the first quarter of 2016 with more exclusive, express and live content... Read More
- Ciena revenues rise to $692 million in Q4 of FY2015
Gary Smith, President and CEO of Ciena, said that Ciena's proven ability to drive operating leverage from the business, when combined with strong market drivers from the next phase of network transformation, positions us well to deliver continued growth and profitability in fiscal 2016 and beyond... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- Dominican Republic to reform Telecoms Act
The aim is to update the 1998 law to address several weaknesses and reflect changes in ICT development over the years... Read More
- GSMA urges APAC to assign 700-MHz for broadband
The recent move by the ITU to harmonize the band by allocating it for mobile broadband in Region 1, which includes Central Asia, reinforces a study's findings that allocating 700-MHz to mobile broadband can create 2.1 million new jobs in the region by 2020... Read More
- Spain to auction 2.6GHz/3.5GHz spectrum in January 2016
Frequencies offered in the 2.6GHz band will also include those which went unsold in previous auctions. With the starting price for the spectrum having been set at $5.5 million... Read More
- NBTC refarming 1500MHz band for mobile in four years
Thailand and ten other countries had supported the standardisation of the 1500MHz band or telecoms services during the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, last month... Read More
- Brazil moving ahead with multi-band spectrum auction
The regulator confirmed that it has received a total of nine applications ahead of its long-awaited multi-band spectrum auction, which is scheduled to take place on 17 December... Read More
- US Congress to permanently ban Broadband Tax
According to the Multicultural Media Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC), internet access taxes impose additional barriers to broadband adoption and use, which ultimately impacts the nation’s ability to connect every citizen... Read More
- Trai clarification on consultation paper on differential pricing
The consultation paper issued by the regulator on differential pricing for data services being offered by telecom companies must not be construed for net neutrality... Read More
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South Asia
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- China Mobile's 3G spectrum issues in Pakistan to be resolved soon free-of-cost
The operator's subsidiary, Zong, has been facing signal iterference issues with its 3G services as a result of the use of DECT 6.0 phones creating noise and interference on its 3G bands in the 1920-MHz to 1930-MHz and the 2100-MHz to 2120-MHz blocks... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Glo, Vodafone partnership will boost access to telecoms services
Globacom and Vodafone will work together under the Partner Market Agreement (PMA), which covers Nigeria and Benin Republic, to significantly enhance the experience of individual and corporate customers in terms of access to more robust bouquet of telecom products and services... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Nokia scores Wind Canada, Indosat Ooredoo 4G LTE deals
The Finland-based vendor will deploy new radio LTE, LTE virtualised core and OSS solutions, as well as a cloud-based core based on OpenStack, featuring IMS, HSS, VoLTE, VoWi-Fi and EPC... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Rogers launches telecom customer care on Facebook Messenger
Rogers Communications is trying to tap more than 16 million Canadians who are on the Facebook media platform every day. Wireless customers can chat with customer care agents and get enough response... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- South African TV homes to reach 13.3MN by 2018
During the next three years the percentage of TV households relying on terrestrial free-to-air (FTA) TV services will fall from 48.2% to 34.5% as pay-TV services delivered by satellite, digital terrestrial television (DTT) and Internet protocol television (IPTV) gather momentum... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Google Fiber versus AT&T GigaPower
AT&T is out-building Google Fiber. That’s a sign of a broader shift in the industry. Google’s early lead in the fiber race is now being eaten away by AT&T’s traditional advantage in building networks... Read More
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