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:.Daily News Briefing.:

June 7, 2016

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Members

  1. Turkcell opens Turkey’s largest data center
    Member Logo Turkcell’s new data center is spread over a total area of 33,000 m2. The active area – known as the "white space" - consists of 20 rooms of 500 m2 each. The building has 33 thousand meters of fiber connections. The infrastructure is supported by a 30-megawatt energy capacity and 25 generators of 2500 KVA each...  Read More

Policy and Regulation

  1. India, US to ink cyber framework accord
    Shared principles for the US-India cyber relationship include, a commitment to an open, interoperable, secure, and reliable cyberspace environment; a commitment to promote the Internet as an engine for innovation, economic growth, and trade and commerce; and a commitment to promote the free flow of information... Read More

South Asia

  1. Reliance Communications to shut down CDMA biz by July
    RCom will shut down its CDMA business and all its subscribers will be migrated to either its GSM business (2G or 3G) or on 4G services for which it has a sharing pact with Reliance Jio Infocomm... Read More
  2. Dialog to break into broadband fixed-line market with new cable
    Dialog and 5 foreign telecom operators jointly invested US$ 240 million on the cable, with Dialog’s investment being US$ 34.5 million Pic by Indraratne Balasuriya... Read More

Middle East

  1. IBM signs $300 million IT deal with Emirates Airline
    Under the managed services agreement, this will include assistance in encrypting the airline's data in near real-time and systems which allow different software components to communicate more effectively... Read More

North Africa

  1. Nokia and Vodacom bring true mobile broadband experience to subscribers
    Vodacom has an ambitious program that is centred on speed. High speed Internet must be available everywhere in country. The mobile operator is targeting 200 Mbs Mobile Broadband Access offered very soon in Tanzania... Read More

3G, 4G & Beyond

  1. LTE networks number reach 503 in 167 countries
    Telecom operators launched 500 commercially LTE networks in 77 months from first service launch, almost 5 years less than the time taken by 3G/WCDMA systems, and 6 months faster than HSPA systems... Read More

OTT, Alternative Telecom

  1. Facebook, Google drive to make machines see
    Integration of machine learning and computer vision in a unified development kit is an important step towards stimulating the creation of the new technologies and products in such strategic industries as robotics and artificial intelligence... Read More

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

  1. SVOD approaches mainstream status among Millennials
    Streaming video subscriptions are now firmly established as a key component of the pay-TV landscape and look set to be an even bigger part of its future... Read More

Global Telecom Update

  1. China Mobile rolls out commercial NFV IMS network
    This will guarantee system response speed and shorten service deployment and expansion periods, helping operators to reduce total cost of ownership and guarantee smooth system evolution... Read More
  2. Internet value chain trebles to almost $3.5 trillion in 2015
    Connectivity revenues generated for mobile network operators by increased internet use are not offsetting the decline in revenues from traditional communication services, and mobile data revenues are also forecast to grow at a lower rate than the growth of other segments. These trends pose challenges for investment in mobile networks that support the growth of the internet ecosystem... Read More

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