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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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October 12, 2016 |
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Strategic alliance between STC and GE in industrial internet technologies
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STC is at the forefront of the Digital Transformation of the Saudi economy. The combination of STC’s strength in connectivity, cloud and managed services and IoT solutions along with GE’s digital industrial technologies will provide...
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Ooredoo to hold launch of the iPhone 7 in Oman
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As part of the festivities, the customer who placed the first iPhone 7 pre-order with Ooredoo will be presented with an elite Ooredoo Diamond number...
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du strengthens its commitment to youth empowerment with participation in the inaugural Kafa’at Internship Fair
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du’s participation in the Kafa’at Internship Fair, is in line with its commitment to collaborate with all governmental efforts aiming at increasing Emiratisation levels and empowering the youth across various economic sectors...
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Orange Business Services to showcase “digital transformation in action”
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Orange Business Services is working as a digital partner and consultant on a series of flagship smart city projects in the region and delivering ICT solutions to government bodies and a large number of enterprises to support their strategic business vision...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Dutch net neutrality law puts Digital Single Market at risk – GSMA
T-Mobile said it is prepared to challenge the legislation in court, insisting that Music Freedom conforms with BEREC's guidelines, and that the policy in the Netherlands is in conflict with European law... Read More
- TRA UAE to introduce rating system for hotels in ICT services
The government aims to push digital innovation and smart services in the tourism sector in time for visitors at the Expo 2020, as well as ensure that sights and attractions across the country are technologically-equipped in their service offerings... Read More
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South Asia
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- Sri Lanka to leapfrog to socio-economic reform via digital transformation
Over 960 state institutions are to be provided with100 mbps internet connections via fibre optics next year as a step towards improving connectivity, among other 380 projects... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Tunisie Telecom completes field trials of G.fast technology with ADTRAN
Trials show how a technology such as G.fast can be used to increase the value of existing infrastructure while satisfying greater bandwidth demand, allowing more agility and reducing time-to-deploy... Read More
- Kiva and the MasterCard Foundation to expand financial access among african rural communities
Support from The MasterCard Foundation underscores its commitment to enable financial inclusion strategies with high-impact potential... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Orange Spain, ARCA Telecom select Anite for LTE benchmarking
Arca will be using the Nemo Xynergy Drive Test module for automated processing and centralized online management of collected data from Orange Spain’s LTE network... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Google's Project Fi now offers wireless group plans
Under Project Fi, for $20 a month users get unlimited talk, text, tethering and international roaming in 120+ countries. The service leans primarily on WiFi, but when out of range customers use the Sprint, T-Mobile and US Cellular networks as backup... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- YouTube monetisation to be boosted with FameBit acquisition
FameBit began life nearly three years ago with the mission to simplify influencer marketing and make it easy for brands of any size and budget to find and work with what the company identified as influential content creators... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Operators look for clarity in relationships with virtualisation vendors
Dizzying array of solutions on the market almost call for a standardisation of standards. There are so many open initiatives and standards that it's difficult to move forward... Read More
- Operators set to ramp up machine learning spend to avoid “irrelevance”
Legacy, rule-based analytics solutions are no longer able to keep pace with a number of areas, meaning the appetite for predictive analytics based on machine learning is expected to grow at nearly 50 percent CAGR to reach $12 billion in 2021... Read More
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