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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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August 17, 2016 |
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PTCL, Zong sign fiber leasing agreement
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This agreement will serve as a major milestone towards achieving PTCL’s vision of being the carrier of carriers and its pivotal role in promoting ICT services in Pakistan...
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GBI announces Abdel Bassit as new vice president of operations
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Amr Eid, Acting CEO and CCO of GBI, said that Mohamed’s appointment comes after GBI’s successful transition into a global service provider. His proven industry track record and operational leadership will build on our core business plans...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Egypt's telecom regulator approves revised terms for the new licenses
The government offered four 4G telecom licenses in June, to Telecom Egypt and to the country’s three mobile services providers—Orange Egypt , Vodafone Egypt, and Etisalat—but only Telecom Egypt accepted the terms. The regulator, keen to prioritize existing carriers, decided to revise them... Read More
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South Asia
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- Sri Lanka inks deal for ICT cooperation with Huawei
Sri Lanka’s mobile penetration rate now reaches 112 percent while household broadband penetration is 12 percent... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Africa: Rwanda stands to gain from African Telecom Union
Of late Rwanda has been ranking among the top global reformers in the World Bank Doing Business report in ICT, among other sectors... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- India becomes third largest telecom market for 4G phones
Global LTE handset shipments grew 33 percent in Q1 2016 to 280 million units. China surpassed 100 million LTE handset shipment threshold for three quarters in a row. The US kept no.2 position in the global 4G smartphone market... Read More
- BT and Nokia strike 5G research deal
Commercial 5G networks will offer speeds of at least 1Gbps, and have 1,000 times more capacity than 4G networks... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Slow uptake of data voice calls in SA
While Over-The-Top (OTT) messaging services or instant messaging apps continue to dominate South Africa as a communication tool, the uptake of Voice over IP (VoIP) is slower... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Cisco sees double-digit growth in service provider video
With Cisco’s divestiture of its CPE business to Technicolor, the SPV segment now includes cable access cloud-based video solutions, content security, content management and distribution products, digital headend, and virtualised video processing systems... Read More
- Massive growth forecast for mobile/social video
The role that smartphones play in total screen time continues to expand. The amount of time consumers spend each week using a screen - a television, personal computer, tablet or mobile phone - now tops 50 hours... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Network function virtualization a game changer for telecoms
With enterprises turning to Cloud-based real-time voice, video and UC solutions, it makes sense for service providers to improve the way they deliver such services by migrating their own networks to virtual formats... Read More
- Singtel to fork out $1.8 billion for higher stakes in India, Thailand telecom markets
The all-cash transactions would see the Singapore telco gain 21 percent of Intouch shares and 7.39 percent in Bharti... Read More
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