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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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March 20, 2016 |
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Etisalat protects organisations against security risks
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Etisalat highlighted the significance of organisations sharing their digital risk with trusted service partners as the company presented its unparalleled portfolio of digital security solutions at International Exhibition for Security and National Resilience...
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du demonstrates state-of-the-art LiFi technology
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LiFi is a wireless optical networking technology that uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for data transmission instead of radio waves, reportedly giving it the data transmitting potential of up to 224GB per second...
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Policy and Regulation
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- DoT may not auction all 700 MHz spectrum in one go
The DoT is soon going to write back to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for clarifications on a host of issues regarding the upcoming spectrum auction... Read More
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South Asia
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- Airtel to buy Videocon's 1800 MHz spectrum
Bharti Airtel will pay $666.5 million to acquire 1800 MHz spectrum from Videocon in six circles under India's new spectrum trading rules... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Tigo Tanzania launches innovative nano lending scheme to its customers
Tigo will launch an easy to access nano lending product to its stable of mobile financial services. This new product will not require collateral and offers immediate access to small loans to Tigo Pesa users... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Tri Indonesia to launch LTE in six cities by end-March
Hutchison 3 Indonesia (Tri), the mobile subsidiary of Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison, has reaffirmed its intention to launch 4G LTE services. By September 2015, the cellco had extended its national footprint to 86% of the Indonesian population... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- BBM service strong despite Facebook and Tencent dominating the mobile messaging market
The top mobile messaging apps covered by IHS reached a combined active user base of approximately 4.2 billion monthly users by the end of 2015. This is up 38 per cent from the 3.1 billion achieved in 2014... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- VOD viewed by the majority, offering ad opportunities
The global 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... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- YouTube and Google Play join T-Mobile’s Binge On program
T-Mobile first launched the program last November. It allows users to stream videos from participating services without it counting toward their data plan... Read More
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