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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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February 1, 2016 |
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- Batelco completes global network expansion
Batelco’s global foothold has also been solidified with the company establishing its presence in all major areas of the world. The company’s active Points-of-Presence (PoPs), strategic partnerships, and joint ventures (JVs) have enabled it to secure a multitude of projects connecting multi-national organisations in disparate locations across the globe... Read More
- PTCL Smart TV App nominated for GSMA 2016 Glomo Awards
The PTCL Smart TV App is the first of its kind and has been recognized for integrating live TV with such handheld devices as mobile phones, laptops and tablets. Nomination of the Smart TV App at this level is an indication of the progress achieved by PTCL in internet and multimedia... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- BTRC Bangladesh to hold public hearing on Robi and Airtel merger issue
On January 29, Robi and Airtel signed a merger agreement to venturing into a joint business operation in Bangladesh. The joint venture will be recognised as Robi. The Malaysia-based Axiata Group Berhad and India-based Bharti Airtel Limited inked the deal at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia... Read More
- Multiple taxation leading to disruption of services
Telcos are calling for a cross-sector/multi-stakeholder approach to reduce the growing burden of taxation on our industry... Read More
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South Asia
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- Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, RCOM may not bid for 700 MHz spectrum
Apart from the high price, the top four telecoms will not be willing to make investment in 700MHz due to their stretched balance sheets and need to preserve cash to challenge the entry of Reliance Jio, a part of Reliance Industries (RIL) in March-April 2016... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Glo collaborates with 15 banks to launch new recharge code
The new recharge code is sequel to the recent successful launch of Glo Xchange (Super-Agent Network) designed to support the Central Bank of Nigeria’s financial inclusion initiative and cashless policy... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Deutsche Telekom tests Nokia's XG-Fast
This demonstrates how XG-FAST, a new fixed broadband access technology, can be used by service providers to meet growing demand for high-quality internet services delivered over their existing copper networks... Read More
- LTE costs will transform the cell tower biz in 2016
The need to reduce network costs is driving operators to out-source their towers or their whole RANs, and to seek new mechanisms to acquire and manage sites – a trend now extending from macrocells to small cells amid the move towards densification... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- One billion active users each month use WhatsApp
Across Europe and South America as well as in developing economies in Africa and India, it has proven to be a popular way of sending and receiving messages, images, and video without paying steep texting fees to local wireless carriers... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Huawei launches Gigabit home platform
Driven by video streaming, 4KTV, virtual reality, holographic imaging and other new bandwidth-hungry services, broadband networks are moving from the 100Mbps-level to gigabit speeds in the home. Huawei’s platform is design to allow operators to use disparate access types to support gigabit speeds with a unified architecture, software and management. Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Google says its broadband balloons pose no EMF concerns
Project Loon will use balloons 49 feet wide stationed 12 miles above the planet, well above the range of commercial aircraft and, it is claimed, high enough that any RF energy received by humans would be well within limits for airborne and terrestrial transmitters in the 71-76 and 81-86 GHz bands (the E-band)... Read More
- Seven telcos sign up to new UK code for business broadband speeds
The signatories agree to give businesses clearer information before a contract is signed, to manage any problems that businesses have with broadband speeds effectively, and to allow customers to exit the contract at any point if speeds fall below a minimum guaranteed level... Read More
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