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September 1, 2016 |
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Ooredoo recognised as one of Oman’s top 15 performing companies
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The last twelve months have seen Ooredoo’s numbers grow substantially, driven by an increase in both mobile and fixed data...
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Huawei obtains 100% license to invest in Saudi Arabia
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It is now the first Chinese company to obtain a 100 percent commercial license to invest in the kingdom and establish a center for innovation...
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Policy and Regulation
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- PTS seeks to delay allocation of 3.5GHz band in Sweden
The regulator states that international trends indicate a large potential value of a merger between the 3.5GHz and 3.7GHz bands for wireless broadband communications in terms of both high speed and high capacity... Read More
- FCC 600MHz auction: bidding reaches $23.1billion
The FCC must now reduce the amount of 600MHz spectrum it will free up for wireless purposes and resume its ‘Reverse Auction’ with the country’s TV broadcasters... Read More
- EC approves Three Italia/Wind merger
The 50-50 agreement would see the number of mobile operators in Italy fall from four to three (Hutchison/Wind, Vodafone Italia and Telecom Italia), but the EU have ordered the joint venture to divest some of its combined mobile spectrum to French operator Iliad, facilitate their launch into the Italian market... Read More
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South Asia
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- Things to change for customers with Reliance Jio's entry
The entry of Reliance Jio may have led to the biggest disruption in the Indian telecom landscape. But, consumers are all set to gain as telcos may be forced... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Banks threatened by mobile money service in the African market
56 percent of banks are of the view that mobile money presents threats to the traditional ways in which the industry operates, even if these threats do not measure up to the opportunity... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- XL Axiata to spend USD250m on 4G in 2016
The operator has already implemented 4T4R (4-transmit-4-receiver) technology, which is an advanced version of 4G technology, and has a target to make 4.5G services available commercially in 2017... Read More
- Telekom Malaysia to spend $390 million on mobile unit
Telekom Malaysia is planning to spend the equivalent of $390 million on its 4G mobile operation, which it launched in August under the name Webe... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- OTT: the biggest challenge for LATAM telcos
Telcos also have a fantastic opportunity to take advantage of their privileged position in the centre of the digital transformation, not only as connectivity developers or providers, but also as value-added service providers for over 500 million customers in Latin America... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Iflix wants to become a social media platform for TV
Emerging subscription-based streaming video service iflix intends to set itself apart from Netflix by becoming a social media platform for television... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Europe needs $800 billion investment in digital infrastructure
Europe needs to invest close to $800 billion in its digital infrastructure to catch up with the United States and China... Read More
- Verizon targets IoT competitors
Up until now, the cost to connect devices to a wide-area network has been a barrier to widespread IoT... Read More
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