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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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November 8, 2016 |
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Batelco wins fastest mobile internet in Bahrain award from OOKLA
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Speedtest by OOKLA is the global leader in broadband and mobile speed testing and web-based network diagnostic applications...
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Zain Group awarded 2016 finance team of the year accolade
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The team has also delivered specialist tax services in response to the changing dynamics of taxes in the region, and has undergone intensive upskilling to cope with the many new tax regime changes...
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Omantel wholesale connects Africa to Asia with the G2A and SRG-1 cable systems
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Omantel Wholesale has deployed these cable systems to create new ultra-low latency route options for customers and offer global connectivity in these rapidly developing regions...
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Lane Crawford selects Orange Business Services’ Cloud to improve digital shopping experience
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Through Orange Business Services’ cloud platform, Lane Crawford will have higher flexibility and scalability to accommodate changes in demand due to seasonal shopping, sales and promotional activities, and ad-hoc use...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Invitation to bid for third licence in Oman
The TRA will on the 15th November, 2016, announce on its website (www.tra.gov.om) details of the process to register interest in the opportunity, and the purchase of the Information Memorandum... Read More
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South Asia
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- Competition in market benefitting telecom users in Pakistan
Due to Mobile Number Portability (MNP), customers can easily switch from one operator to other according to their best suitable tariffs and packages. These developments in market have resulted into reasonable market shares of individual Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs)... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- French’s Orange to own Morocco’s Meditel by 2017
In 2010 Orange already acquired 40 percent of Meditel for 640 million Euros. Following the purchase, it estimated this 40 percent share to be valued at 320 million Euros in its financial statements... Read More
- Vodafone negotiates with TE to exchange services
The company is to provide landline services in cooperation with TE, making Vodafone an integrated operator for all telecommunications services including voice services, 4G internet services, ADSL, and landline services... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- LTE goes long range with ETELM breakthrough
The e-LBS is a major breakthrough for LTE technology in Mission Critical applications such as “blue light” services and will allow operators to boost their coverage areas from existing locations... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Facebook suspends WhatsApp data sharing after UK probe
ICO asked Facebook and WhatsApp to sign an undertaking committing to better explaining to customers how their data will be used, and to giving users ongoing control over that information... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- YouTube adds support for HDR
YouTube believes that with HDR it is unlocking the most spectacular image quality it has ever streamed. It sees HDR videos as enabling the service to offer higher contrast, revealing precise, detailed shadows and highlights with more clarity than ever... Read More
- Netflix unlikely winner of AT&T - TW merger
Early indications are that Netflix will support the AT&T-Time Warner merger. Investors should expect some form of benefits coming Netflix’s way soon... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Nearly half Dutch telecom providers using big data analysis
Large companies, with over 500 staff, were more likely to use big data analysis, at 42 percent of those surveyed, compared to only 15 percent of businesses with 10-20 employees... Read More
- Fiber at the heart of telecom M&A activity for next-gen telecoms
It is important to note that owning fiber isn’t a prerequisite for launching 5G. As 5G deployments progress, the third party fiber leasing business model should become increasingly more attractive as a means to efficiently and economically increase fiber’s reach and breadth... Read More
- Axiata to buy 12.5 percent more in edotco Myanmar
At present, edotco Investments- a wholly owned subsidiary of edotco Group Sdn Bhd, which in turn is Axiata’s telecommunications infrastructure service arm – owns a 75 per cent equity interest in edotco SG after completing an acquisition exercise in December last year... Read More
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