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:.Daily News Briefing.:

April 19, 2016

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  1. Orange Business Services, Konetik team up for M2M-based fleet management tool
    Member Logo According to research, the number of fleet management systems in Europe is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 15.1 percent from 4.4 million units at the end of 2014 to 8.9 million by 2019...  Read More

Policy and Regulation

  1. TRA-Oman passes legislation on Access and Interconnection Regulation
    The regulation establishes a set of binding principles and procedures aimed at regulating all A&I services in the sultanate. The law is to increase competition and remove unnecessary market entry barriers, as well as boost coverage and broadband services... Read More
  2. EC plans European cloud platform for research data
    The European Commission has presented its first plans for digitising industry, as part of the Digital Single Market project. The first initiative to start this year is the creation of a European cloud platform for the scientific community... Read More

South Asia

  1. Why telecoms need to invest more in test and measurement solutions
    The test and measurement market will grow at a CAGR of more than 5 percent. The growth of the communication sector in Asia, including in APAC and South Asia, will be one of the key factors driving the growth of the test and measurement market... Read More
  2. Mobile money service launched in Bangladesh
    With 70% of the population living in rural Bangladesh many of whom have no access to formal financial services, it is also the eight largest receiver of international remittances in the world. Under 15% of Bangladeshis are connected to the prescribed banking system whereas over 68% have mobile phones... Read More

Middle East

  1. Customers in Qatar to anticipate Smart Data Rate
    Vodafone will introduce the Smart Data Rate from today. It is a “smarter” way to pay for data usage consumed outside customers’ pre-paid and post-paid data allowance... Read More

North Africa

  1. MTN new cloud platform offers SMEs greater convenience
    In a bid to create greater efficiencies, as well as enable the growth of this sector, MTN Business is driving the development of ICT solutions, specifically for SMEs. The roll out of the platform, which is set to go live in all MTN markets by the end of 2016, is aligned to the company’s strategy for the SME segment... Read More

3G, 4G & Beyond

  1. Cellcom Liberia starts "4G+LTE" services in and around Monrovia
    Cellcom Liberia, the mobile operator recently acquired by Orange Group via its Orange Cote d’Ivoire subsidiary, has launched the ultra-high speed mobile service... Read More

OTT, Alternative Telecom

  1. Asia Pacific to realise OTT video revenues of $35 billion by 2021
    Online video advertising will account for 22% of Asia Pacific digital ad spend by 2021, up from 15% in 2015, while online video ad sales will register 19% CAGR to reach about $22 billion by 2021... Read More

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

  1. Nokia broadens OZO virtual reality solution for content creators
    With this new feature, Nokia Technologies claims to have removed the complexity from 3D 360° footage, making it simpler than ever for creators to produce seamless, immersive content... Read More

Global Telecom Update

  1. FTTH rollout speeds matter as much as access speeds
    FTTH deployment speed will typically impact two key factors. First, there is the time to the market for new FTTH services, which of course are revenue sources for operators. And second, there is deployment cost per customer... Read More
  2. Latvia turns down Scandinavian company's offer to merge telecom companies
    The Scandinavian telecommunications group had proposed three possible scenarios: TeliaSonera purchases the government-held shares in LMT and Lattelecom; LMT and Lattelecom are merged and TeliaSonera acquires a 54 percent stake in the company, while Latvia is left with a 46 percent stake; or Latvia buys out the stake in Lattelecom and LMT currently owned by TeliaSonera... Read More

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