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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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December 21, 2015 |
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- Alfa CEO and Chairman receives Al Riyadi Club President
Alfa CEO and Chairman, Marwan Hayek received at the company's headquarters in Furn El Chebbak Al Riyadi Club President Hisham Jaroudi heading... Read More
- PTCL launches Pakistan’s first online gaming lounge
Hosted at PTCL’s state-of-the-art data centers, Pakistan Gaming Lounge's servers are geared for providing a lag free gaming experience for highly popular computer games... Read More
- du and MediaTek cooperate on the deployment of advanced LTE technologies and terminals
The cooperation is agreed under a general Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) where both companies will also exchange information and ideas towards the advanced technologies in 5G and Internet of things (IoT)... Read More
- Mobily offers “Connect roaming” packages for the holiday season
This will help eliminate the need to try looking for viable internet solutions in a foreign land through available connectivity from Mobily connection, even while traveling abroad... Read More
- Ooredoo offers unmatched value with new Shahry Plans
The new plans offer customers more data, more voice and more SMS, with greater savings than ever before; all in a single convenient plan... Read More
- Alfa CEO and Chairman receives Al Riyadi Club President heading a delegation of the Club’s women’s basketball team
“We thank Alfa for its support of sports in general and Al Riyadi Club’s women's team in particular. This reflects its wish to support the youth in various sports"... Read More
- Bahrain's Batelco partners with Turk Telekom International
The new cooperation with Turk Telecom fits neatly with Batelco 's major plans to expand its global presence and solidify its global data offerings... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- Indian regulator to come up with spectrum price recommendation by mid-January
TRAI has floated a consultation paper on reference made by the government to suggest the base or floor price for all available airwaves for mobile services... Read More
- Philippines’ industry regulator proposes fund for universal broadband access
The regulator’s initiative would call on all telecoms operators to contribute 0.25% of gross revenue automatically into the UAF under the draft bill titled "An Act Institutionalizing A Universal Access Fund"... Read More
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South Asia
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- Fourth-generation smartphones take over third-generation devices in India
Online shipments of smartphones grew 12.1 percent in October over the previous month. Online share increased from 33.5 percent in September 2015 to 41.2 percent in October 2015... Read More
- Axiata to acquire 80% stake in Nepal's Ncell
Malaysia-based Axiata Group has agreed to buy Nepalese mobile operator Ncell from TeliaSonera. Axiata thus expands its regional footprint, entering the Nepalese market... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Vodafone launches M-Pesa in Ghana
Worldwide M-Pesa usage has increased 27% year-on-year to reach 23.4 million active customers across Vodafone Group by 30 September 2015. This is the 11th Vodafone market across Africa, Asia and Europe to benefit from the world’s leading mobile money transfer service... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- MTS plans 5G technology trial during 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
MTS will pilot the demonstration of new radio interfaces for M2M communications: EC-GSM (Extended Coverage GSM), LTE-M (LTE Machine), NB-IoT (Narrow band IoT LTE based). It will deploy 5G pilot solutions using high-speed data transmission in the 15 GHz band in 2017... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- OTT, multiscreen usage drive new bundling revenues
A quarter of US OTT subscribers plan to upgrade their broadband service in the next 12 months, driving a new norm for the industry, says a study from Parks Associates... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Global 4KTV-readniess accelerates
In the third quarter of 2015, global average connection speeds increased slightly (0.2%) to 5.1Mbps from the second quarter, accounting for a 14% increase year-over-year... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Operators must look at TPS and NPS to gauge customer satisfaction
Good customer experience is as much about minimising dropped calls and maximising uptime as it is about friendly call centre staff... Read More
- VoLTE revenues on track to reach $120 billion by 2020
The global VoLTE subscriber base is on track to grow at an impressive 100% CAGR over the period from 2014 to 2019, driven by factors such as an increase in the deployment of LTE networks... Read More
- Jasmine targets 10% market share after winning 900MHz licences in a US$4.2 billion auction
The company will target 2 million subscribers in Thailand in its first year rising to 5 million subscribers and 10% of the $8.3 billion mobile and IoT market in three years... Read More
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