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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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April 6, 2016 |
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Ooredoo introduces Unified Roaming rates
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"One Region One Tariff" is a great boost for travellers to Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates...
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Omantel ties up with Microsoft on IoT development
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The MoU on developing the Internet of Things aligns with the operator's new 3.0 transformation strategy...
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du continues to make a positive contribution to sustainability in the UAE
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du, a leader in reporting sustainability initiatives and measuring efforts against international standards, has released its fifth Annual Sustainability Report in line with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 directives...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Unauctioned spectrum okayed at Trai price
The government approved the modifications in the policy for liberalisation of administratively allotted spectrum where market determined prices were not available. This may facilitate optimal utilisation of spectrum by introducing new technologies, and sharing and trading of spectrum... Read More
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South Asia
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- Nepal Telecom introduces NTPro service
Issuing a statement, the state-owned telecommunication company said that its postpaid mobile phone users can now make and receive phone calls all over the world even if there is no GSM network... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- MTN launches package for users to solar-charge mobile devices
SunStream products can charge most feature phones at or near the same speed as a wall plug and can perform even while submerged in water... Read More
- Meditel to invest in network upgrades in 2016
Moroccan telecoms provider Meditel borrowed $332 million in December 2015, with plans to invest the sum in its fibre-optic network in order to provide services to the corporate segment... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Jio 4G services to roll out in December, soft launch expected this month
Jio was expected to initially roll-out bundled 4G offering in India on a limited basis with LYF-branded devices only in the second half of 2016, even as all the market leaders have already launched theirs... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Traditional media companies successfully innovate on snapchat
Older media brands are succeeding in attracting Snapchat’s millennial users to view their content, made specifically for the social network... Read More
- WhatsApp strengthens encryption settings
The update arrives amid a heightened international debate over how much access law enforcement should have to digital communications. With the new encryption, all messages will now be accessible only to the sender and recipient... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- FremantleMedia sells content to Asian SVOD platforms
The consumer viewing habits have completely changed in Asia and this ever evolving TV landscape has presented a lot of interesting and advantageous opportunities... Read More
- Verizon buys 24.5% stake in AwesomenessTV
In addition to its equity investment, Verizon will enter into an agreement with AwesomenessTV to create a premium short-form mobile video service. The service will operate as a new and independent brand... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Fiber infrastructure investment to touch $144 billion between 2014-19
Investment in broadband infrastructure is also coming from more unlikely institutions such as hedge funds or corporates that do not traditionally invest in telecoms infrastructure... Read More
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