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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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September 16, 2016 |
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www.samenacouncil.org
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Orange tests AT&T’s ECOMP SDN platform
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Orange is the first telecom company to join AT&T’s ECOMP effort. This helps to validate the software-centric vision AT&T adopted several years ago as a response to skyrocketing demand for network capacity...
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PCCW launches OTT music app in Vietnam
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PCCW has entered a partnership with Vietnamobile to provide 3G subscribers with unmetered access to the platform...
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Policy and Regulation
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- EU sets out plans for free public Wi-Fi and 5G minimum by 2020
The EU is looking for a complete overhaul of the union’s telecoms rules. With a realistic expectation that there will still be an investment shortfall of €155bn, the EU has also proposed a new European Communications Code that would increase competition among telecom operators, offer stronger consumer protection and ensure a better use of radio-frequencies... Read More
- Unstable forex, over-regulation, multiple taxes cost telecoms billions in Nigeria
The telecom operators have seen their base stations, Right of Way (RoW) infrastructure work delayed or outrightly stopped unless fees are paid. Apart from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which is authorised to regulator the telecom industry, other agencies of government at federal and state levels have come up to regulate certain aspects of the industry such as mast siting and deployment... Read More
- India names 7 bidders for mammoth auction
Set to be India’s biggest auction ever, the contest could raise as much as $83 billion in line with the reserve price set, but the government has since moved to dampen forecasts... Read More
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South Asia
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- More consolidation likely in telecom sector in India
Events such as the merger of Reliance Communications (R-Com) and Aircel, entry of Reliance Industries via the launch of its telecom venture - Reliance Jio (RJio) - with its aggressive tariff structure, upcoming spectrum auction, issues related to call drops and points of interconnect have kept the sector buzzing over the past few months... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Etisalat raises the bar on financial inclusion in the African market
Etisalat Nigeria in line with government’s objectives on financial inclusion has developed some innovative products such as Easy wallet and GTEasySavers Account, in partnership with Guaranty Trust Bank... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Lack of competition in the backhaul market threatens to delay the buildout of 5G networks
To seize the opportunities to increase the deployment of mobile networks and to move towards 5G connectivity, there is a need for more backhaul to handle the massive increase in data traffic... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- OTT bypass is the new threat to telecommunications operators’ revenues
OTT bypass takes place when OTT players terminate calls that began life as a standard PSTN call. Callers dial a regular number on their phone but the call arrives within an OTT app on the recipient’s phone. This diversion of the call costs network operators termination revenues... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Growth in Spanish FTTH subs indicates bright future for IPTV
The strategies of the country’s telcos seem to point towards a future in which fibre connections become the norm... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Broadband might break the promise of UHD and Virtual Reality
Until now, operators have had doubts about investing in ultra-broadband due to a lack of applications and the rate of investment required but now, as consumer demand rises for technologies which rely on it, that is looking set to change... Read More
- City of Chicago launches pilot programme with Mastercard
The project will evaluate a selection of city-led projects in Chicago that required interaction between the city and the technology sector... Read More
- Singtel launches triple mobile data add-on
Singtel has announced a new mobile data add-on allowing customers to triple their mobile data allocations for a flat fee... Read More
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