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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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January 14, 2016 |
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www.samenacouncil.org
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- Ooredoo signs new financing agreement of US$ 177 million
The Company has spent in excess of OMR 124 million solely in network modernisation over the last three years and this has resulted in population coverage growing to approximately 99%... Read More
- Ooredoo expands mobile money footprint to Iraq
Ooredoo is deploying a full range of innovative solutions to extend the range of mobile financial services across its footprint... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- Kenyan Government intervenes in Netflix regulation row
Discussions that will lead to the drafting of regulations for over-the-top (OTT) service providers, which will encourage their presence, have begun... Read More
- Thailand to classify orbital slots as national assets
Companies making use of the slots would need to use it under a concession which would include paying a fee to the government... Read More
- World Bank report on the state of the Internet: "Not bad, but could do better"
To get the most out of the digital revolution, countries also need to work on the “analog complements” — by strengthening regulations that ensure competition among businesses, by adapting workers’ skills to the demands of the new economy, and by ensuring that institutions are accountable... Read More
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South Asia
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- RCOM, RJIL to sign 850MHz pact in India
Following the sale, the pair will sign an agreement to share 850MHz spectrum in all 22 circles, enabling both cellcos to offer pan-India LTE services in the 850MHz band... Read More
- Mobilink service to assist labor force
This programme ensures applicants are provided step-by-step information about the application process and what each job opportunity offers... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Egypt’s net invested capital rises to 11.4% in FY2014/2015
Egypt’s net invested capital increased to 924.7 billion Egyptian pounds in fiscal year 2014/2015 from 830.3 billion EGP in FY 2013/2014, with an increase of 11.4 percent... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- China Telecom, Unicom forge broad partnership
The operators have agreed to share some 4G base stations in addition to the tower-sharing agreement between China's three state-owned operators. In times of disaster China Unicom and China Telecom also plan to assist each other's business recovery with a view to enhancing the availability of emergency communications capabilities... Read More
- VoLTE, VoWiFi services to leap 100% in 2016
By the end of 2016, the number of operators offering the packet-based service will increase six-fold from the beginning of last year. Around 300 million customers will be using either VoWiFi or VoLTE, five times the among who were using it in January 2015... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Comcast wholesale upgrades VoIP services
This service is the latest in Comcast Wholesale’s expanding solution set for MVPDs and voice providers... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- HDTV, emerging markets drive SES TV channel growth to outpace industry
The total number of HDTV channels served by SES's fleet of over 50 satellites grew by 18% to 2,230 channels, representing 31% of the total TV channels on SES satellites. In contrast, the number of HDTV channels carried over satellite for the rest of industry grew by 13% to about 6,400 channels... Read More
- IPTV boost as fibre continues to dominate as the main broadband access
The findings show that globally fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and cable subscriber figures are very close to converging as FTTH is catching up with cable by showing consistently higher growth rates. The latter could provide a huge spike to the growth of IPTV services... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Mobile app usage climbed 58% in 2015
The conclusions were arrived at by looking at data drawn from over 2.1 billion smart devices tracked by Flurry on a monthly basis. While growth rate has declined compared to 76% in 2014 and 103% in 2013... Read More
- Southern Cross upgrades cable system to 5.8Tbps
Southern Cross Cable Network, the operator of a cable system linking Australia and New Zealand with the west coast of the US, has completed a capacity upgrade adding 900Gbps to all segments of the network. It has also upgraded its Ciena nodes to 15Tbps OTN switching capacity... Read More
- Orange acquires two Bharti Airtel assets in Africa
The operator is chasing revenue and EBITDA growth in excess of 20 percent in Africa by 2018. The new deals bring the number of opcos it has in the continent to 20... Read More
- Ericsson, Huawei extend mobile cross-licensing deal
This new agreement reflects the two leading companies' joint view that innovation and intellectual property rights shall be protected, and reasonable compensation for the implementation of intellectual property rights is vital to promoting technology innovation... Read More
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