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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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January 15, 2016 |
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www.samenacouncil.org
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- Ooredoo signs agreement with Oman Munitions Production Company
Ooredoo has been steadfast on inspiring its business customers with market-leading services and technology to enhance their efficiency and performance... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- RATEL of Serbia hands 800MHz spectrum to incumbent trio
The ten-year concessions comprise frequencies in the 791MHz-821MHz/832MHz-862MHz spectrum range and can be extended by a further five years at a later date... Read More
- Net neutrality: Regulator received only 21 counter comments to its consultation
Internet Service Providers Association of India changed its stance slightly in countercomments, saying a blanket ban on non-discriminatory data differential tariff would have an adverse impact on the proliferation of Internet service and may affect tariff innovation... Read More
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South Asia
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- BSNL reduces mobile rates by up to 80% for existing customers
The call rates have been reduced for both per minute and per second billing plans... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Africa witnesses smart terminals to develop Financial Inclusion across populations
Building a secure financial ecosystem for the un(der)banked population is an enormous challenge... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Vodafone Australia plans to launch 5G after four years
Vodafone Australia plans to launch 5G services in time for the technology's commercialization in 2020, and plans to make laying the groundwork for the launch a key priority for the year ahead... Read More
- Intel aims to help lay the foundation for 5G
Its nine new processors offer high performance, low power and twice the maximum memory of previous generations in an integrated System-on-a-Chip, making them well suited for various networking, cloud storage, enterprise storage and IoT applications... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Netflix to block proxy access to content not available locally
The announcement comes just a week after Netflix went live in more than 130 countries, covering almost the entire globe except China... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Innovation, local inspiration key to content growth on TV, SVOD, online
Research has found that the share of original creations increased in 2015 with India, China, Nigeria, Russia, Egypt and Turkey in the vanguard of such production... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Telcos unite to piece together "fragmented" NFV information modelling
The adoption of NFV is being stymied by a range of different data models being used by standards organisations and open source developers... Read More
- BT wins final clearance to acquire EE
BT said it expects to close the acquisition by 29 January. In return for their 50 percent stakes in EE, Deutsche Telekom will receive a 12 percent stake in BT and a seat on the company's board, and Orange will receive shares worth a 4 percent stake in BT and GBP 3.4 billion in cash... Read More
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