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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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January 20, 2016 |
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- Omantel sukuk attracts strong response from local, regional investors
The proposed RO50 million issuance is the country’s first multi-denominated sukuk, offered in both Omani rials and US dollars... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- Facebook responds to telecom regulator on Free Basics
The regulator said Facebook’s Free Basics service should remain on hold till the ruling on differential pricing comes up... Read More
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South Asia
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- Reliance Jio to raise an extra $2.2 billion for network rollout
Reliance Jio previously announced plans to launch services in December, but scaled back these ambitions and only launched free trial services for employees, delaying the commercial debut... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- MTN's acquisition of Visafone healthy for ICT growth
MTN is now expected to massively and aggressively leverage the CDMA pedigree of Visafone to roll out premium products that portends very good business opportunity for the carrier... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Half of new business processes will use IoT by 2020
The nature of IoT solutions, how they are deployed, and the types of data they generate and consume are giving rise to new security and privacy implications that organizations must begin to address... Read More
- LTE use jumps in Zimbabwe
The country has seen a surge in interest in 4G LTE technology thanks to the continuing network rollouts by mobile operators NetOne and Econet... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Facebook adds Android app support for anonymity service
Users of Facebook Inc's Android app can now privately browse the world's largest social network through the anonymity service Tor... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Two-thirds of broadcasters confident of making transition to IP
2016 looks likely to be the year when adoption of IP-based broadcast technologies accelerates... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Philippines set to launch first micro-satellite
The project's main benefits will be in the area of improving agricultural productivity and food security in the country... Read More
- Indonesia experiencing deployment of satellite internet
There is significant opportunity for internet providers to target Indonesia's remote areas, where existing telecom infrastructure is lacking... Read More
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