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:.Daily News Briefing.:

March 7, 2016

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Members

  1. Batelco Group CEO elected as Vice-Chairman of SAMENA Council Board of Directors
    Member Logo Mr. Hinnawi has over 25 years of experience in the region’s telecommunications industry, having held the role of CEO of Umniah and CEO of Batelco Jordan prior to his current position at the helm of the Batelco Group of Companies...  Read More
  2. Sudatel Group signs a partnership agreement with Al Jazeera Media Network
    Member Logo The agreement allows the group to sponsor some of the programs consistent with the main policy and directions adopted by Sudatel in terms of encouraging the entrepreneurship programs among young people...  Read More
  3. Turkcell CEO Terzioglu sets the target of serving 100 million customers in the region
    Member Logo CEO explained the three pillars of the company’s growth strategy: Growing as an integrated operator, taking its experience in Turkey to the countries where Turkcell Group operates and to the rest of the region, and increasing its global relevance through OTT products and services...  Read More
  4. PTCL and ZTE announce strategic alliance for setting up Joint Innovation Centre in Pakistan
    Member Logo The Joint Innovation Center, first of its kind in big video services in Pakistan, will allow both PTCL and ZTE to share resources, exchange knowledge and tap into the potential of the latest available technologies...  Read More

Policy and Regulation

  1. Nigeria minister, regulator push for lower call tariff
    Active involvement and participation of all the stakeholders to dialogue on the modalities for harmonising the tariff charges in the telecommunications industry was imperative at this time... Read More

South Asia

  1. Maldives introduces MNP
    MNP was originally slated for launch on 31 July 2015, but this deadline was missed due to delays in importing the portability equipment... Read More

Middle East

  1. Public Cloud services in the Middle East and North Africa region forecast to reach $864.2 million
    Business process as a service (BPaaS), the largest segment of the cloud services market by revenue in MENA, is expected to grow 6.4 percent in 2016 to reach $262.4 million... Read More

North Africa

  1. Mobinil and Ericsson launch world's first E-band MINI-LINK with 5Gbps capacity
    The strategic decision to implement a microwave link with 5Gbps capacity and E-band technology on Mobinil's network has been timed to address growing demands and the future of broadband... Read More
  2. MTN Group puts investments in Nigeria at $16 billion in 15 years
    The South Africa-based MTN Group said it had invested over $16 billion in Nigeria over the past 15 years of MTN Nigeria’s operations in the country... Read More

3G, 4G & Beyond

  1. Global LTE subscriptions pass 1 billion for the first time
    In the past year, LTE subscriptions rose 552.2 million, accounting for a 107% annual growth. Asia, as expected, continues to be the largest single regional market globally with 54.3% of total LTE subscribers... Read More

OTT, Alternative Telecom

  1. PCCW Media's Viu OTT video service expands to India and Malaysia
    Viu has been very well-received in Hong Kong and Singapore and it consistently tops the charts in free app downloads... Read More

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

  1. IPTV passes satellite TV as Asia’s top pay-TV platform
    In 2015, 69.4 million people subscribed to IPTV services in the 22 Asia Pacific countries surveyed, compared to the 68.4 million taking satellite TV services. The IPTV subscriber base in the region is forecast to hit 123.5 million by 2021... Read More

Global Telecom Update

  1. Google's Project Fi wireless service no longer needs invites
    Project Fi was announced a little more than a year ago, and since last summer has existed as largely an invite-only beta. The company has yet to specify just how many users have signed up for the service... Read More

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