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:.Daily News Briefing.:

March 14, 2016

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Members

  1. Batelco celebrates the occasion of International Women’s Day
    Member Logo Batelco marked the occasion of International Women’s Day with a special celebration arranged by the Company’s HR Department...  Read More
  2. Amr Eid named Acting CEO of Gulf Bridge International (GBI)
    Member Logo Gulf Bridge International “GBI" announced that its Board of Directors has nominated and appointed Amr Eid as the Acting Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, in addition to his role and responsibilities as the Chief Commercial Officer...  Read More
  3. The Government of Fujairah HR Department selects du as the telecommunications provider for all its entities
    Member Logo Employees of all Fujairah’s government departments and their families will be provided with world class voice and data services from du...  Read More

Policy and Regulation

  1. Ofcom could clear 700 MHz band for mobile data use by Q2 2020
    This would also bring the UK in line with proposals made by the European Commission that more spectrum should be made available for mobile services in this frequency band across the European Union by 2020... Read More
  2. Thai mobile giant to shut down 2G service; 900 MHz license expired
    Some 400,000 subscribers of Thailand's largest mobile carrier, Advanced Info Service, face a service shutdown at midnight on Tuesday, after the telecom major hands over the 900 MHz license to smaller rival True Corp... Read More

South Asia

  1. Facebook's AI team to launch the world's most detailed population maps
    The 20 countries mapped include India and Sri Lanka. Facebook believes this data has many more impactful applications such as socio-economic research and risk assessment for natural disasters... Read More

Middle East

  1. Ooredoo Kuwait has 30 percent share of the local market
    Ooredoo Kuwait introduced major developments in 2015 in terms of the services and products offered to its customers. This includes a 4G LTE network which now covers 92 percent of the state... Read More

North Africa

  1. African telecom towers firm IHS to buy Nigeria’s Helios Towers
    The sale will help reduce MTN’s costs in Nigeria and improve the quality of the network for the operator. IHS, which is the largest African towers group, has committed to invest more than $500 million over four years... Read More

3G, 4G & Beyond

  1. Taiwan to have difficulty starting 5G commercial operations by 2020
    The difficulty is because Taiwan, although having advantages in production of some components, has actually lagged behind 5G leading countries by more than a half year in development of core equipment and technologies as well as essential intellectual property rights... Read More

OTT, Alternative Telecom

  1. OTT drives telecoms growth in Mexico
    Better broadband networks and the changing consumption habits of Mexican viewers have driven over-the-top (OTT) platforms to lead growth in the country's telecom sector... Read More

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

  1. Locally made shows help boost $3.37 billion MENA TV market
    The region currently has 50 million TV households, dominated by free-to-air (FTA) satellite television. Other broadcast platforms, including cable and digital terrestrial television (DTT) remain relatively small in the region, although Internet protocol TV (IPTV) is growing faster than the global average in high-bandwidth Gulf markets such as UAE and Qatar... Read More

Global Telecom Update

  1. Deutsche Telekom launches Open Telekom Cloud
    Deutsche Telekom launched the Open Telekom Cloud on 14 March, a public cloud combining flexible IT resources with service and German data protection regulations... Read More
  2. DoCoMo launches multi-vendor NFV
    Japan's NTT DoCoMo and Ericsson have completed what they assert is the first commercial launch of a multi-vendor NFV system... Read More

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