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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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January 19, 2016 |
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www.samenacouncil.org
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Members
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- Microsoft joins SAMENA Council as a member
As one of the planet's foremost enablers of digital development for both businesses and citizens of the digital society, in a mobile first, cloud first world, Microsoft empowers people and organizations to achieve more through its cloud, productivity technologies, and innovation in personal computing... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- State Bank of Pakistan points out heavy taxation as cause of low broadband internet adoption
According to State Bank of Pakistan quarterly report, Pakistan presents a huge market of about 130 million people that need broadband services. Currently, there are 24.7 million, including 21.65 mobile broadband users. Mobile sector is heavily taxed in Pakistan, impacting devices, usage and sim cards... Read More
- European Parliament votes in favour of Digital Single Market reforms
The lawmakers approved the 16 commitments – which include more harmonised management of spectrum, incentives to invest in high-speed broadband, and the creation of a more level playing field between telcos and online players... Read More
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South Asia
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- India mobile phone to grow 4% to 250 million units in 2016
CMR expects 4G shipments in India to cross 50 million units in 2016. Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Idea Cellular and Vodafone will fuel the 4G smartphone demand. Reliance Jio is aiming for 100 million 4G subscriber base in 2016-17... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Viber introduces Public Chats in Africa
Brands, organizations, celebrities, public figures and social influencers can now join Viber’s global platform to reach a local and regional audience... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Vietnamese telecoms operator VNPT-Vinaphone tests LTE-A
The tests are being carried out on 50 base transceiver stations (BTS) on the island of Phu Quoc and 100 BTS in several districts of HCM City... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Twitter resolves technical problems
The issue was related to an internal code change. The issue was the longest-lasting in Twitter’s near 10-year history. Its apps, including Tweetdeck, were also hit by interruptions in service on Tuesday... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- BT TV taps NetApp to support live streaming, VOD
BT TV replaced its existing storage technology and has deployed the NetApp network-attached storage platform. This not only supports BT TV’s live streaming, but is also equipped with the NetApp Data ONTAP operating system and data management and data protection tools... Read More
- Global STB shipments reached 251 million in 2015
The research shows that worldwide STB shipments were marginally up from 248.6 million in 2014, buoyed by demand in emerging market such as China and India. In all, the global multichannel market swelled to an estimated 959 million subscribers last year... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- ITU-IT meets to plan global IoT standards
Currently, there is no universal set of IoT standards to govern the increasing proliferation of interconnected and interoperable devices. Most countries are working on developing their own IoT standards to meet their requirements... Read More
- MegaFon Russia, China Unicom extend fiber-optic deal
MegaFon has put two new 10GBps data transfer channels into service for the Chinese operator via its 8,700km DREAM fiber-optic network. DREAM, which MegaFon launched in 2013, connects Frankfurt with Hong Kong... Read More
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