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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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March 29, 2016 |
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www.samenacouncil.org
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Biyari: STC strives for technological empowerment through its investments over the years in business incubators
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Dr. Biyari called for an environment that supports the telco sector business activities as well as investments in infrastructure. He also stressed the importance of differentiating between consumer protection and market protection in order to stimulate and support investments in the sector...
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Policy and Regulation
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- TRAI to look into interconnection charges for IP networks
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday said it will look into interconnection charges for Internet-based networks such as 4G, furthering its regulatory framework for developing new-age communication systems... Read More
- FCC 600 MHz incentive auction begins
The process began with television broadcasters making their initial bid commitments by end of day on March 29, which the FCC will then use to begin the reverse auction aspect of the proceedings. The reverse auction will determine the price at which broadcasters will voluntarily relinquish their spectrum usage rights in the 600 MHz band... Read More
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South Asia
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- wi-tribe Pakistan stake sold to NB Offshore Investment
There were 207,000 WiMAX users in Pakistan at the end of December 2015, down from 487,000 18 months ago... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Daily digital transactions hit billions in Nigeria
The regulator needs to intervene to foster the right conditions for collaboration in the digital financial services ecosystem, just as telcos would have to continue to provide the right tools, such as smartphones and mobile broadband... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Touch Lebanon signs "4.5G" contracts, 5G agreements with Huawei, Nokia
Touch Lebanon emphasises that its newly upgraded ‘4.5G’ LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) carrier aggregation services will be available all across Lebanon by September this year... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Yahoo to accept bids for assets until 11 April
Yahoo will be accepting preliminary bids for its core web business and Asian assets, including Alibaba and Yahoo Japan. By asking for preliminary bids in early April, Yahoo could potentially close a deal by June or July... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Video surveillance market on pace to $71 billion by 2022
The video surveillance market in APAC is expected to grow at the highest CAGR among its peers between 2016 and 2022... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Wearables shipments to hit 237.1 million in 2020
The market will also be driven forward by the proliferation of new and different wearable products. Watch and wristband shipments will reach a combined total of 100 million shipments in 2016, up from 72.2 million in 2015... Read More
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