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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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July 13, 2016 |
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Ooredoo launches first international calling app with unbeatable rates
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The launch of OoredooTalk, the first Omani Voice Over IP (VoIP) application, is an important milestone for the telecommunications industry in the Sultanate...
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Etisalat deploys its first live telecom cloud
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The telco cloud platform will help create a one-stop shop app/online portal with a fast, intuitive and pleasing user experiences and interfaces...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Bangladesh to charge US75.7 million additional fees for Robi-Airtel merger
Bharti Airtel of India and Malaysia’s Axiata signed a definitive agreement to merge their respective Bangladeshi mobile subsidiaries in January, to overtake Banglalink as the country’s second largest operator behind GrameenPhone, whilst reducing the number of market players to five... Read More
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South Asia
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- VimpelCom to make $1 billion investment in Pakistan over five years
Mobilink and Warid will benefit from VimpelCom's $1 billion investment in building one of the largest and most ambitious IT infrastructures in the industry... Read More
- NTT Com launches high-speed broadband in Myanmar
The operator said it is now providing internet connections to enterprises globally including in seven Southeast Asian countries - Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, as well as Myanmar... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- AfricaOnline deploys Radwin JET PtMP in Ghana
The first phase of deployment the Radwin JET-based network will cover the capital city of Accra and in the second phase, will extend to the outlying cities of Kumasi, Takoradi and Tamale... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Europe's 5G manifesto
Signatories of the manifesto include the chief executives of BT Group plc., Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Hutchison Whampoa Europe, Inmarsat, Nokia, Orange, Proximus, Royal KPN, SES, Tele2 AB, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telekom Austria, Telenor, Telia, and Vodafone Group... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Western European OTT revenues set to double over the next five years
The study found that by 2021 OTT TV and video revenues in Western Europe will reach $14.64 billion, up from $6.40 billion in 2015... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Video for education gains traction
More than half (52%) of higher education organisations state that their institutions now use a video solution integrated into a virtual learning environment, up 6% from 46% last year... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- SKT pushing for IoT global roaming
SK Telecom said it suggested its partners ― including Spanish telecom company Telefonica and France's leading system integration providers EGM and CEA ― jointly develop a LoRa-based roaming system... Read More
- SMBs urged to adopt 10Gbps broadband
10 Gigabit Ethernet fiber switching has been around since 2002, but it’s only been in the last three years that adoption has really started to take off with more affordable 10 Gigabit copper switching... Read More
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