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:.Daily News Briefing.:

July 12, 2016

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  1. PCCW and Singtel launch premium Viu
    Member Logo Initially launched as a freemium OTT service last October, Viu has seen tremendous growth in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, India and Indonesia...  Read More
  2. Microsoft to offer GE industrial internet capabilities
    Member Logo The agreement, which marks the first step in a broad strategic collaboration between the two companies, will allow customers to capture intelligence from their industrial assets and take advantage of Microsoft’s enterprise cloud applications...  Read More
  3. Eutelsat looking to sell stake in Spain's Hispasat
    Member Logo Eutelsat announced that it has initiated the process of divesting its 33.69 percent stake in Spanish satellite operator Hispasat by exercising the put option granted in 2008 by Hispasat’s majority shareholder, the Abertis Group...  Read More

Policy and Regulation

  1. Managing the regulatory environment and consumer protection - reports from ITU Focus Group on Digital Financial Services
    The Focus Group Paper ‘Regulation in the Digital Financial Services Ecosystem’ identifies categories of regulation and addresses a number of issues relating to managing the regulatory environment... Read More
  2. Spectrum usage charge: Trai wants flat rate; analysts call it ‘complex’
    Trai recommended a flat rate of spectrum usage charge is the best way forward. However, as a second option, considering that there are legal obstacles to levying a flat SUC on spectrum acquired in the past, especially in the 2300 Mhz band in 2010 auctions, it has suggested its own formula to calculate the weighted average... Read More
  3. EU-U.S. commercial data transfer pact enters into force
    The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield will give businesses moving personal data across the Atlantic. The previous such framework, Safe Harbour, was struck down by the EU's top court in October on the grounds that it allowed U.S. agents too much access to Europeans' data... Read More
  4. GSMA launches global index to track mobile market performance
    GSMA Intelligence said there were 3.2 billion people using mobile internet at the end of 2015, around 44 percent of the population. A third was using 2G and the remainder accessing either 3G or 4G networks... Read More

South Asia

  1. Nepal’s Ncell requests new spectrum
    Ncell is looking to boost its frequencies so that its holdings match those of rival operator Nepal Telecom (NT)... Read More

Middle East

  1. Free app for roaming calls at local rates in the UAE
    The app works for calls made within the country of visit, the home country, and even other countries. Once downloaded, the app will display the contact list from the user’s native phonebook, and the app will guide the customer step-by-step to making such ‘call back’ calls... Read More

North Africa

  1. Partnership births improved mobile insurance service
    the new service is an improvement from Tigo Bima which the mobile phone company introduced five years and which boasts of 500,000 subscribers... Read More

3G, 4G & Beyond

  1. Verizon reveals radio specifications for 5G deployment
    Verizon intends to move ahead on 5G with this move, having taken a similar step before for its 4G LTE deployment. The specifications were announced with reports from the 5G Technology Forum group of the carrier... Read More

OTT, Alternative Telecom

  1. OTT uptake drives digital media adaptor growth
    Google currently claims a 19% share of the market, followed by the strongly performing Amazon Fire, which grew its shipments by over 200% year-on-year... Read More

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

  1. New online video service Molotov explodes into life in France
    The free service is available on smartphone, tablet, Apple TV, connected TVs and computers. It is said to offer an intuitive discovery experience with exclusive functionality, while respecting the traditional ecosystem and conventions of television... Read More

Global Telecom Update

  1. Fujitsu, Oracle form cloud alliance in Japan
    Fujitsu will install the Oracle Cloud services in its data centers in Japan and connect them to its K5 cloud service in order to deliver enterprise-grade cloud services... Read More

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