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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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February 25, 2016 |
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PTCL showcases Pakistan's first online gaming event
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PTCL is leading the charge in supporting the development of eSports in the country. The first of its kind, Pakistan Gaming Lounge – (PGL) (www.GamingLounge.pk) comprises dedicated multiplayer superfast game servers...
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Turk Telekom to introduce "5G-like" technology via KT Corp deal
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The agreement was inked at the World Mobile Congress, Barcelona, and will see TT combine 4.5G services – already offered by KT Corp in South Korea – with its Wi-Fi connection to enable the provision of data speeds of up to 1Gbps...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Spain approves new wholesale fibre market regulation
The most controversial aspect of the wide-ranging plan is that requiring Telefonica to provide wholesale access to its fibre-optic network in all of Spain apart from 66 cities... Read More
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South Asia
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- India’s cellcos install 65,000 new sites to combat call dropping
The government has continued to facilitate the availability of government land and buildings for further installations by the service providers and has been creating awareness to dispel fears of EMF radiation on human health... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- HomeSend and Vodafone to extend M-Pesa remittance agreement to five new markets in Africa
HomeSend continues to rapidly expand the reach of their network, with coverage expected to reach more than 70 markets in 2016. These will include 20 new Mobile Money markets... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Airtel, Vodafone, Softbank, China Mobile, KT push for TD-LTE development, convergence with FD-LTE
The plan aims to foster a cross-industry innovative and a synergistic 5G ecosystem. TDD LTE technology will get a major boost as carrier aggregation standards continue to come in to play, especially around TD-FD convergence... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Deutsche Telekom’s OTT "immmr" telephony service to be launched
The operator will launch a new operator-managed OTT mobile communications service in the second half of 2016 for voice, messaging and video telephony... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- 4K broadcast with ATSC 3.0 standard demonstrated
The world’s first end-to-end 4K broadcast using the next-generation ATSC 3.0 standard has been successfully undertaken by a broadcast technology consortium in South Korea... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- New GSMA initiative aims to reduce mobile gender gap
The first GSMA operator members to make commitments under the initiative in their respective markets include Dialog Axiata, Digi Telecommunications, Indosat Ooredoo, Ooredoo Maldives, Ooredoo Myanmar, Robi Axiata, Tigo Rwanda and Turkcell... Read More
- Mobile operators disagree on impact of embedded SIM
While the embedded SIM is currently being discussed in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT), it could easily migrate to the smartphone space... Read More
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