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:.Daily News Briefing.:

December 22, 2015

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SAMENA Council Position Statements
Cullen International

Members

  1. Expresso Telecom Group joins SAMENA Council as a member
    Expresso Telecom, a part of Sudatel Telecom Group, is one of Africa's leading telecommunications and information services brands, and commercially operates in Senegal, Mauritania, Ghana, and Guinea... Read More
  2. Get connected in the UAE upon arrival with minutes and data with du's new Tourist Plan
    du has simplified communications for UAE tourists with the introduction of the brand new Tourist Plan for the country visitors... Read More
  3. Mobily honors participants of High Potential Employees Program
    The program is a part of a group of educational programs provided by Mobily for development of competencies and talent management... Read More
  4. Turkcell demos 1200 Mbps mobile broadband speeds on 4.5G
    Turkcell will launch 4.5G in Turkey on April 1 with speeds of up to 375 Mbps aggregating 3 carriers. It plans to support speeds of more than 1000 Mbps towards the end of 2016 on its network using the technology employed in the demo... Read More

Policy and Regulation

  1. Government selects Telekom Malaysia for a PPP deal on national high-speed broadband project
    The successful rollout of the first HSBB project has elevated the nation to emerge as the highest in terms of number of high speed broadband subscribers in South East Asia and one of the most acknowledged fast track project rollouts globally... Read More

South Asia

  1. Axiata selects Nepal for telecom investment
    The investment will enable Axiata to have contiguous presence and reach in five key countries across South Asia. Axiata’s footprint in South East Asia and South Asia will cover 1.77 billion population... Read More

Middle East

  1. Saudi ICT spending to top $35 billion in 2016
    Cloud services are also playing a vital role in Saudi Arabia's digital transformation journey, with IDC explaining that more than a third of Saudi organizations have already invested in cloud services... Read More

North Africa

  1. 2,870 subscribers have taken advantage of MNP in Senegal, with Tigo seeing biggest gain
    Tigo Senegal – a subsidiary of Millicom International Cellular (MIC) – has been the biggest beneficiary of MNP to date since it was launched on September 1, 2015... Read More
  2. IT investments in Nigeria to top $5.3 billion in 2016
    IoT applications in the government, retail, transportation, manufacturing, and utilities verticals would offer the greatest growth opportunity for vendors operating in Nigeria... Read More

3G, 4G & Beyond

  1. AeroMobile brings 3G mobile coverage to skies
    While 3G has been established for some time on the ground, deploying 3G over a satellite network is a challenge, both technically and commercially... Read More

OTT, Alternative Telecom

  1. Low-cost calling apps raising concerns for operators in India
    Mobile operators are already facing challenges in voice business as consumers are switching to messaging apps like Whatsapp that offer free voice calls... Read More

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

  1. MEGOGO offers virtual reality service
    The new MEGOGO VR will be available in all major areas of presence in the CIS region and Baltic countries and will make 3D films in virtual reality mode and 2D films with cinema effect available to owners of mobile devices... Read More

Global Telecom Update

  1. TIM to make investment in IP core routing and SDN in Italy
    TIM will use Alcatel-Lucent’s Carrier SDN-based Network Services Platform to define new services and activate them in real-time. This reduces TIM’s costs and improves network operations while offering... Read More
  2. Mobile internet userbase to pass 2 billion in 2016
    The combination of lower-cost devices and inexpensive wireless networks are making accessibility easier in countries with populations that could not previously afford them. China, India, and Indonesia are leading the way and will account for almost half of the gains in access globally over the course of the next five years... Read More
  3. IBM to take over AT&T managed application, hosting services
    As a result, the two companies together plan to help businesses more easily integrate networks and cloud workloads with their IT environments... Read More

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