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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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March 9, 2016 |
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New base stations in Muscat and Al Batinah boost Ooredoo’s high speed network
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The additional LTE (4G) 800 MHz spectrum, acquired at a cost of OMR 9.6 million, is an enhancement to Ooredoo’s 4G network capabilities, building on their award-winning customer experience...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Govt. requires AIS to offer 2G 900MHz continuity via True roaming service
Up until now AIS has utilised the 900MHz frequencies under permission to extend 2G service continuity beyond its 2G concession expiry (last September), but True won a technology-neutral spectrum licence for the 900MHz band in December... Read More
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South Asia
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- RCom shareholders approve merger with SSTL in India
RCom announced in November that it had arranged to take over SSTL in exchange for a 10% stake in the combined company, in a deal expected to be valued at around $690 million... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Egyptian mobile operator Mobinil officially rebranded to Orange
The name change is part of a slow transition to Orange, which started last year when the global telecom giant acquired Mobinil. Egypt contributes 4 percent of Orange's worldwide revenues, which reached €40 billion... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- 5G empowering vertical industries
It is not too early to begin pondering what 5G could mean for verticals such as health care, manufacturing, smart cities and automotive. One reason is because some of these industries make technological decisions several years out... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- OTT devices, smartphones, STBs gain digital steam
The Web browser continues to cede valuable ground to other digital platforms amid growing usage of OTT devices, smartphones, and even cable-supplied set-top boxes... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- PTCL, ZTE Corp to explore 4K, smart TV development
The Pakistan telco currently uses ZTE’s platform to deliver OTT video for both live TV and on-demand content... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Lenovo, Juniper Networks to partner in data centre market
The cooperation will be build on Lenovo's x86-based servers and switches and Juniper's portfolio of routers, switches, network management software, network security products and software-defined networking technology... Read More
- Telefonica to lay new US-Brazil undersea cable
The 11,000 km-long cable is expected to be operational by early 2018 and will become part of the company’s recently-created global infrastructure unit Telxius... Read More
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