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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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September 13, 2016 |
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Saudi Telecom Company partners with Intelsat
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The telecom operator uses multiple satellites in Intelsat’s Globalized Network to provide high-quality broadband networking for corporate customers in the banking, government and oil & gas sectors operating throughout the Middle East and Asia...
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Policy and Regulation
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- EU reform plans to boost telcos
The proposals are part of the Commission's efforts to reform the bloc's telecoms and copyright industries and help the 28-nation European Union catch up with Asia and the United States... Read More
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South Asia
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- Mobitel to buy Sri Lanka medical dotcom amid competition from rival
Mobitel, a unit of publicly traded Sri Lanka Telecom, is offering to buy Echannelling.com, a firm that pioneered online channelling of doctors... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- MTN Group offers roughly 4% of shares to new investors
The offer, which is valued at $682 million, is for the sale of ordinary shares in the company which says it aims to ‘enable individuals and historically disadvantaged groups of people to participate in the economic life’ of the carrier... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- LTE speed reaches 1.2Gbps in Berlin trial
Transmitter and receivers all supported 4×4 MIMO (multiple input – multiple output) technology... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Skype required to behave more like BT
Where a user purchases a SkypeIn number to allow receipt of calls from traditional phone lines, the user would be allowed to migrate that number to another provider should they wish to do so at some point in the future... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Operators must diversify mobile video strategies
European operators lag behind operators in North America and advanced Asia Pacific countries when it comes to facilitating the growth of mobile video consumption and innovative monetisation models... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Axiata said to seek buyers for $700 million of overseas holdings
Axiata, which has interests in 10 countries across Asia, will use part of the proceeds from the divestments to cut borrowings... Read More
- IoT services market worth 17.67 billion dollar by 2021
M2M billing management services play a vital role in IoT telecom services, as they track the usage of services subscribed by users of M2M connected devices and manages the billing and rating of network-as-a service subscription offered by various telcos in the IoT space... Read More
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