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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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January 6, 2016 |
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- Apple sets new App Store record with $1.1 billion in sales during the holidays
Apple has paid out close to $40 billion to developers since the App Store launched in 2008, and also created numerous jobs. The company says that it is "responsible for creating and supporting 1.9 million jobs in the US alone, 75 percent of which are a direct result of the iOS ecosystem... Read More
- Qualcomm announces innovations for automotive segment
Snapdragon 820 Automotive processors, one of the recent launches, offer a scalable next-generation infotainment, graphics and multimedia platform with machine intelligence and a version with integrated LTE-Advanced connectivity. Automotive samples of the 820A family are expected to be available in the current quarter... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- MCIT pushes back deadline for fourth mobile licence application
Myanmar’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has pushed back the deadline for Expressions of Interest (EoI) in the country’s fourth mobile licence to 8 January 2016... Read More
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South Asia
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- Vodafone India to launch 4G services in metros before March
The country’s second largest wireless telecom company is offering customers the option to upgrade to 4G SIMs at 56 stores here ahead of the rollout... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Somcable partners Alepo, Airspan for Somaliland LTE launch
Somcable has deployed an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) platform alongside a fibre-optic Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) to enable the firm to offer high speed fixed and mobile broadband services to commercial and residential customers... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- C Spire to boost 4G speeds with 700MHz, 850MHz spectrum
The United States’ sixth largest mobile network operator by subscribers, has announced that it has started deploying additional low-band spectrum across its 4G network in order to improve data transmission speeds... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Kaltura partners with 24i Media for TV apps
This would allow companies to launch a uniform over-the-top (OTT) user experience across multiple devices... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Nigeria’s NBC plans 80% digital switchover by June 2017
More than 80% of Nigerians depend on free-to-air television services need to be given adequate coverage before the final switchover... Read More
- Vodafone exceeds one million pay-TV subs in Spain
One of Vodafone TV's key draws has been content. The telco was the first to ink a deal with Netflix, offering six months free subscription to the subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platform... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Ericsson joins AT&T Smart Cities Alliance
The alliance will support AT&T’s new smart cities framework, which is aimed at helping cities better serve their citizens... Read More
- Verizon seeks suitors for data center operations
Verizon is looking to sell its data centre assets and hopes to raise US$2.5 billion from the process. It had acquired the assets from Terremark in 2011 as part of a deal worth $1.4 billion, as it sought to expand its cloud computing presence.... Read More
- Wi-Fi Alliance announces new 802.11ah HaLow standard
The new standard, 802.11ah, combines lower power requirements with a lower frequency, which means that those signals propagate better. That offers a much larger effective range than current Wi-Fi standards, which operate on 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies, and lets the newer technology penetrate walls and doors more easily... Read More
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