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:.Daily News Briefing.:

April 3, 2016

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Members

  1. STC inaugurates the landing of the Fifth Marine Cable (Sea Me We 5)
    Member Logo The 20,000-km long cable represents the most up-to-date technology in marine cable systems. Tethered from Singapore to France, 19 international operators invested in the cable, which makes 20 pit stops in 18 countries...  Read More
  2. Ooredoo offers first cloud based collaboration service in Oman
    Member Logo The new service provides users in Oman with an unmatched online meeting experience through high quality audio and HD video capabilities all on a safe and secure platform...  Read More
  3. Etisalat introduces new "Business Ultimate" mobile plan
    Member Logo Etisalat has announced the launch of its New Business Ultimate mobile plan, offering small and medium business customers (SMBs) wider data allowances and options to meet their connectivity needs...  Read More
  4. France Télévisions inks Eutelsat capacity deal
    Member Logo The French public broadcaster will be taking capacity on the EUTELSAT 5 West A satellite allowing it to upgrade all of France 3's regional channels to HD from 5 April...  Read More

Policy and Regulation

  1. Pakistan takes up cross-border frequency spillover issue with ITU
    Pakistan may take the initiative at the regional level through the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) to build a regional consensus on the matter before putting up for discussion at a global level. The ITU Field Mission is visiting Pakistan for the stakeholders’ consultation to prepare a Spectrum Management Plan for Pakistan... Read More

South Asia

  1. SLT completes the i-Sri Lanka program
    Through the i-Sri Lanka program, broadband connectivity is now available in almost all the cities of the country. Further, with the marking of this important milestone, SLT will be able to provide 1.3 million more broadband connections at data rates of up to 20 Mbps... Read More

Middle East

  1. Euromonitor expects e-commerce to see "explosive growth"
    Internet sales in the UAE account for 3.9 per cent of the total sales in 2015 and is forecast to reach 4.6 per cent in 2016, which is being driven by a larger variety of products... Read More

North Africa

  1. Telecom operators key to financial inclusion in Africa
    There needs to be regulatory interventions in place to foster the right conditions for increased collaboration stressing that the banks must see and work towards the greater need for client-centric and digital mind set to increase customer base and deposits while reducing cost to acquire and serve... Read More
  2. Growing Egypt's e-business
    Egypt is 12th in the world in investing in e-commerce, and by 2020 its e-commerce market will have almost doubled its 2014 figure to reach $2.7 billion... Read More

3G, 4G & Beyond

  1. SK Telecom completes field trial for its 5G system
    South Korea was first to roll out LTE, or 4G, telephony for mobile communications. And it is widely acknowledged that the country will be the first in 5G as well, aiming for February 2018 when it hosts the Pyeonchang Winter Olympics... Read More
  2. Telecoms move to deepen 4G internet penetration
    Rwanda is promoting universal access to affordable Internet as one of the enablers of business. The launch of high speed Internet (LTE) over a year ago was seen as a step towards achieving this goal, besides helping in transformation of Rwanda through digital inclusion... Read More

OTT, Alternative Telecom

  1. Al Jazeera English goes live on Opera TV OTT
    Opera TV Snap would address the challenges and provide a robust, future proof solution that can be deployed on millions of devices immediately... Read More

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

  1. Video consumption drives Saudi mobile broadband use
    Of the 2000 smartphone users sampled in the kingdom, 66% said they use the Internet constantly throughout the day – which is on a par with western Internet use... Read More

Global Telecom Update

  1. Verizon completes $10.5 billion transaction with Frontier
    The deal was first announced in February 2015. At the time, the companies said the transaction involved 3.7 million voice connections, 2.2 million broadband connections, and 1.2 million FiOS video connections... Read More
  2. Rogers claims it is first Canadian carrier to offer IoT "as a service"
    Some of Rogers’ first solutions being offered as a service include End-to-End Incident Management, Farm & Food Monitoring and Level Monitoring... Read More

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