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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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September 12, 2016 |
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Huawei, Intel chiefs talk the future of ICT
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A report from the World Economic Forum revealed that in 10 years, the opportunities brought upon by the digital transformation of industries will reach $100 trillion. Managing cooperation should take precedence over managing competition...
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Policy and Regulation
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- TRAI weighs in on Jio interconnect fight
RJIL, the newest operator in India, has complained that its entrenched rivals are breaking the terms of their licence by failing to provide sufficient points of interconnection (PoIs), whilst the incumbents have been reluctant to open their networks. TRAI is expected to reject calls from incumbent operators to increase the interconnection usage charge (IUC) for calls originating from the newcomer... Read More
- EC withdraws roaming fair-use proposal
The Commission’s initial proposal had been to allow mobile users to ‘roam like home’, at the same price as domestic services, for a minimum 90 days a year. Operators could impose a fair-use amount on customers with unlimited plans, based on their average usage in their home market... Read More
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South Asia
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- Telecom services to reach more far-flung areas in Pakistan
Broadband for Sustainable Development projects will take state of the art 3G Mobile Broadband service to far-flung areas at a rapid pace... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Algerian cellcos to receive final telecom concessions in two weeks
Deployment of LTE networks in the country have been signed by the Prime Minister, with the final concessions to be awarded to the three mobile operators in the forthcoming two weeks... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- AT&T: 5G wireless to go faster if there's an actual standard
Last June the 3GPP announced that it had agreed on a “detailed workplan for Release-15, the first release of 5G specifications," though they also pegged 2018 as a possible release data for the actual standard... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Yahoo Japan sought merger with Yahoo before Verizon buyout deal
Verizon announced July 25 that it would acquire Yahoo’s Internet assets for more than $4.8 billion, bringing the web portal together with longtime rival AOL... Read More
- EU proposing to move in a direction telecom executives have been pushing for years on OTT
Skype, for example, may have to offer emergency-calling services for European customers who use its online-voice service to dial traditional phone numbers. WhatsApp, meanwhile, could be subject to new oversight from national telecom regulators on topics like network security... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- SVOD more prevalent than linear pay-TV in Australia
Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services including Netflix, Stan, Presto, Quickflix, YouTube Red and Foxtel Play, can now be found in the homes of 28% of Australian homes (some 5,595,000), with Netflix dominating the market... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Wi-Fi Alliance assures coexistence test plan on track for Sept. 21 delivery
The coexistence Wi-Fi/LTE-U testing plan the Alliance has been developing is expected to be delivered as planned on September 21... Read More
- SK Telecom and Nokia take the RAN to the cloud in world first
South Korea's SK Telecom and Nokia say they’ve implement world's first cloud-based, software-defined RAN - also known as Cloud RAN - in a commercial network. The idea is to take advantage of virtualized functions to deliver all sorts of operational advantages... Read More
- Telenor kicks off VimpelCom stake sale
When Telenor first announced plans to divest its VimpelCom shares in October 2015, the company valued its 33% stake at around €2.1 billion. Based on that valuation, the 8.1% that Telenor put on the block on Monday could be worth approximately €170 million... Read More
- Verizon targets smart city growth with acquisition of Sensity Systems
As the smart city industry grows—projected to become a $400 billion market by 2020, with 600 cities around the globe expected to generate 60% of the world's GDP by 2025... Read More
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