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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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January 18, 2016 |
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www.samenacouncil.org
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Members
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- Zain Group has a new chief risk officer
The newly created executive role will see Setareh reporting to the Board Risk Committee, being responsible for delivering the global risk framework and strategy across all operations within Zain Group... Read More
- Qualcomm announces chipset joint venture in China
Qualcomm will hold 45 percent stake, while Guizhou provincial government will have the balance 55 percent stake in Guizhou Huaxintong Semi-Conductor Technology which will have a registered capital of $280 million... Read More
- PCCW Global partners with Aqua Comms
PCCW Global will deliver transatlantic capacity on Aqua Comms’ America Europe Connect (AEConnect) subsea fiber optic cable system, which will enable PCCW Global to obtain additional route diversity... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- Thai national broadband network to roll out soon
Thailand's government and regulator will soon be ready to launch their national broadband project, and have set a goal of providing connections to all 70,000 villages in the nation this year... Read More
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South Asia
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- Reliance Jio and Reliance Communications sign spectrum sharing deal
Agreements are for changing in spectrum allotment in 800 MHz band across 9 circles from Reliance Communications to Reliance Jio and for sharing of spectrum in 800 MHz band across 17 telecom circles in India. There will be intra circle roaming arrangements between the two... Read More
- Fitch rates Lanka's telcom sector's outlook to stable
Fitch Ratings has revised the outlook on Sri Lanka's telco sector to stable from negative as the new budget, introduced in December 2015, has scrapped the recurring taxes which could have diluted the industry's EBITDA margin by an average of 6% to 7%... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- FCMB unveils e-invoicing solution for SMEs
The solution is a unique payment offering, designed to help SMEs keep track of their cashflow, especially as it affects payments, receivables, reconciliation and other financial transactions, through internet banking... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Swisscom to test DSL+LTE bonding broadband service
The availability of DSL+LTE bonding and the actual bandwidth are determined by the length of the copper fixed line and the 3G or 4G mobile coverage at the customer’s home... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- WhatsApp drops US$1 subscription; to adopt a new revenue model
It is testing making restaurants, airlines and credit card companies pay to contact consumers... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Ericsson to acquire media content supplier FYI Television
FYI Television accumulates and distributes TV entertainment content and linear scheduling data from over 9,000 TV networks daily. Ericsson provides content discovery services in Europe, delivering metadata, images, search and recommendations on more than 3,000 TV channels in over 30 languages... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Ford enters the mobile payments market with FordPay
Ford car owners will soon be able to make transactions from their vehicle for services such as car parking using FordPay, a virtual wallet that stores payment details on their mobile phone... Read More
- Gemalto’s cloud-based mobile payments system gets MasterCard approval
The newly certified system components perform roles MasterCard defines as the account enablement system (AES), the credentials management system (CMS), the transaction management system (TMS) and the mobile payment application (MPA)... Read More
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