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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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March 13, 2016 |
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www.samenacouncil.org
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New Board declares SAMENA Council's role for telecom operators indispensable; sets future vision
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The first announcement of the new changes in SAMENA Council's Board Leadership was made during Mobile World Congress 2016, following the election of four new members to the Board and, subsequently, the election of the Chairman and Vice Chairman through a unanimous vote...
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Alfa signs technology deal to launch 4.5G service in Lebanon
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The contracts with Ericsson and Nokia are part of Telecom Minister Boutros Harb's 2020 plan to overhaul and modernize telecom and internet services across the country. Another memo of understanding was signed between the same parties to build a 5G network in the future...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Operators in India seek rollback of plan to levy service tax on spectrum allocation
In his budget speech on February 29, the finance minister proposed to declare the assignment by the government of the right to use radio-frequency spectrum and its subsequent transfers as a service — and not a sale of intangible goods — on which service tax can be levied... Read More
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South Asia
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- Low data pricing stunts telecom growth in Pakistan
Cellular subscriber base has reached 125 million. A major trouble for the industry is pricing, which has been brought down by fierce competition amongst the five operators and has likely reached the edge of sustainability... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Telecom Egypt to sell stake in Nokia Egypt for $1.5 million
Nokia may buy Telecom Egypt 's stake in Nokia Egypt, as part of the Finnish telecom technology provider's plan to complete its acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent worldwide... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- VoLTE set to eliminate telecoms roaming services
Smile Communications, which became the first operator to launch VoLTE in Nigeria in October last year, made the disclosure in Lagos, when it introduced two new 4G LTE innovations, the Smile Voice and Smile Unlimited... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Netflix drives LATAM to exceed ten million OTT subs
Six out of ten VOD subscriptions in Latin America are for Netflix, which leads the market far ahead of the second player, América Móvil's Clarovideo, with 25 percent... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Global VOD market worth almost $50 billion
The global video-on-demand (VOD) services market was worth $48.93 billion in 2015, with the market poised to increase at 8.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) during 2016-2026. The smartphone phone in developing nations of such as India, China, Vietnam, Singapore and Philippines is contributing to the popularity of VOD services... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- O3b Networks Brings Broadband to Kiribati
O3b’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites orbit at 8,062km above the Earth and have a latency of less than 150 msec—25% that of the geostationary (GEO) satellite systems connecting Kiribati... Read More
- SEA-ME-WE 5 cable lands in Singapore
The 20,000km Southeast Asia – Middle East – Western Europe 5 cable is expected to be complete by the end of the year. It has a design capacity of 24Tbps over three fiber pairs... Read More
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