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:.Daily News Briefing.:

May 17, 2016

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  1. New digital mobile experience for KSA millennials is a global first by STC
    Member Logo Considered a global first, the new digital mobile experience utilizes a completely online, digital service model, featuring its own SIM, app and freshly designed digital channels for sales and customer care...  Read More
  2. Zain announces group-wide partnership with leading hotel site Booking.com to reward customers
    Member Logo Zain customers who book a hotel stay through booking.zain.com will gain exclusive benefits based on the value of their booking. The service is now available to Zain customers in Kuwait and Iraq. It will be rolled out to other Zain country operations in due course...  Read More
  3. Microsoft offers Netflix to UAE consumers
    Member Logo Microsoft is offering a three-month complimentary subscription to Netflix as a bonus to customers who purchase select Microsoft products in the UAE till June 18...  Read More

Policy and Regulation

  1. Indian operators pressing TRAI to lift a ban on differential pricing of data services
    Operators argue that the regulator allows discriminatory pricing of data services when content is delivered via closed electronic communication networks (CECNs), also known as the intranet. TRAI argues the rules on data pricing are clear... Read More
  2. Pakistan launches m-banking regulations
    Under the new regulations, all telecom operators that have a valid licence can provide technical services to financial institutions for provision of m-banking services, without obtaining a separate licence for this purpose from PTA... Read More

South Asia

  1. Dialog to invest US$125 million in expansion in 2016
    Dialog’s investment will benefit its mobile and pay-TV networks, and its Dialog TV unit, while the operator has revealed it aims to reach one million Sri Lankan households with its pay-TV service in 2016... Read More

Middle East

  1. Iran to move ahead with new telecoms plans
    Several foreign firms have announced readiness for investing in Iran's fiber optics projects and new agreements will be finalized in the coming months... Read More

North Africa

  1. Tunisie Telecom to ramp up fibre rollout
    State-backed operator Tunisie Telecom (TT) is set to accelerate its rollout of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure, and the system had already been deployed in areas of Greater Tunis... Read More
  2. Djezzy marks World Telecom and Information Society Day
    The ITU’s annual WTISD aims to reduce the digital divide and to raise awareness about the prospects that the internet and other ICT technologies can deliver in the social and economic areas... Read More
  3. Users embrace MTN Mobile Money when sending home with WorldRemit
    WorldRemit is the global leader in international transfers to Mobile Money, with connections to 32 services in 24 countries across Europe, Africa and Asia... Read More

3G, 4G & Beyond

  1. Vodacom claims commercial LTE-U launch
    Despite the commercial launch of the technology, compatible handsets and routers are only expected to be available later this year... Read More

OTT, Alternative Telecom

  1. AT&T to raise OTT credentials with the acquisition of Quickplay Media
    Quickplay already supports AT&T’s existing U-verse offering, and the companies believe that expanding on their existing relationship should prove relatively straight forward... Read More

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

  1. MyRepublic tops first Netflix APAC ISP content speed index
    The other top operators in their respective markets for Netflix streaming speeds are Optus (Australia), HKBN (Hong Kong), Airtel (India), eo Hikari (Japan), Time (Malaysia), HiNet (Taiwan) and AIS (Thailand)... Read More

Global Telecom Update

  1. Thai operators face slowing data growth
    Increases in ARPU will be limited by competitive pressure and the continued offerings of unlimited data or large data packages. Operators may need to offer more incentives, such as deep tariff cuts and handset subsidies, to accelerate data service adoption... Read More
  2. Liberty Global completes CWC acquisition
    CWC, which is headquartered in London, has regional operations in the Caribbean, Panama, Monaco and Seychelles, where it offers bundled pay-tv, internet, mobile and fixed services. It has more than 6.3 million customers, of which 4.1 million are mobile... Read More
  3. China's three major operators pledge less fees, better service
    China Mobile says it would increase all of its household internet speeds to more than 20 megabits per second. That's while China Telecom says it will launch 4G plus service in 330 cities this year. China Unicom aims to let half of its broadband customers use rates of 20 megs per second while 15 percent would enjoy speeds of 50 megs per second... Read More

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