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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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March 2, 2016 |
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PTCL announces the appointment of new President & CEO
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Under the leadership of the outgoing President & CEO of the PTCL Group, Mr. Walid Irshaid, PTCL started Broadband Internet services in fixed and fixed wireless domain along with multimedia service. Dr. Daniel Ritz will be leading PTCL through the next phase of its growth and development...
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DE-CIX announces Zain,'s increased capacity at two key global internet exchanges
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Zain Group joined DE-CIX in March 2013 and since then has substantially upgraded its capacity. DE-CIX is the world’s leading internet exchange operator...
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Digital transformation to generate $100 trillion by 2025
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Khaled H. Biyari, CEO of Saudi Telecom Company (STC), stressed on developing a diversified economy and explained the role of telecom operators...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Hutchison to meet EU regulators on March 7 over UK deal
Hutchison's potential takeover of O2 would create Britain's biggest mobile operator and cut the number of networks to three... Read More
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South Asia
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- Sri Lanka Telecom reports 19% increase in operating profit; 38% reduction in post-tax profit
The company accelerated the implementation of its i-Sri-Lanka, program, which aims to ensure island-wide coverage of high-speed broadband. The absense of a refund from the regulator's Telecommunication Development Charge (TDC) - a levy for international operators designed to fund network development in unprofitable areas - contributed to the net profit decline... Read More
- Market consolidation inevitable in Afghanistan
There is strong demand in Afghanistan for new applications and services and the lack of a robust fibre-optic network is holding back such development. The government needs to create an enabling environment to promote foreign direct investment... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Africa Mobile Networks seeks EUR 30 million EIB loan
This is for the purchase and installation of mobile telecom networks to extend the reach of telecommunication services to rural communities of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Cameroon currently not served by any operator... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Digi to spend $217.6 million on the rollout of VoLTE and VoWiFi
Digi is currently testing voice over LTE and Wi-Fi technologies and anticipates a commercial launch this year. The operator's LTE network currently covers around 72% of Malaysia's populated areas and 150 major cities and towns... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Adorama hits 400K subs for YouTube channel
Adorama has hit a milestone with more than 400,000 subscribers to its AdoramaTV YouTube channel... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Net Insight wins DTT network order in Central Asia
The service provider is said to be using the Net Insight technology to provide a ‘reliable and efficient’ distribution of TV content from the head-end to transmitter sites... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- TI Sparkle implements NFV managing live VoIP/IPX traffic
The implemented Virtual Network Function is able to manage the entire call handling process and is fully operational on live traffic exchanged with more than 80 VoIP Carrier/Service Providers... Read More
- Deutsche Telekom puts T-Mobile sale plans on hold
The operator also appears to be waiting for a Presidential election that could result in either of the current front-runners creating a more favorable political environment toward telecoms mergers... Read More
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