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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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November 18, 2016 |
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Zain organizes PR, Advertising workshop for students
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The workshop was organized in line with Zain’s strategy towards the support of the youth and education sectors. Such programs are targeted at students in collaboration with public and private educational institutions in Kuwait...
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Mauritania’s Mattel signs VSAT backhaul deal with Eutelsat
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Mattel has signed a multi-year contract with GLOBAL Technologies and Eutelsat Communications for C-band capacity on the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Govt notifies uniform rules for faster telecom network rollout
Telecom operators have often blamed local authorities in states for creating unnecessary hurdles in rollout of infrastructure, specially in granting RoW permission... Read More
- CRTC Canada calls for last-mile fibre sharing
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says that Bell, Rogers and Telus should share fibre access or face enforcement... Read More
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South Asia
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- PEMRA Pakistan issues companies shortlisted for DTH licences
The shortlisted companies will be called to the next stage of the bidding process for direct-to-home satellite broadcast licences, which will be held on 23 November 2016... Read More
- Sri Lanka Telecom details LGN 2.0 project
The ultimate goal is to bring all government agencies together under a single network to improve the efficiency of government processes and improve the lives of the general public... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Huawei defines digitization and broadband as new power for new Africa
Mobile data traffic in Africa is expected to increase by at least 15 times in high traffic areas by 2020. To carry this traffic with the needed service experience requires new broadband in terms of coverage, speed, latency, operation and security... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- IoT and 5G won’t work without unlicensed technologies
The IoT will not work without the convergence and coexistence of licensed and unlicensed technologies, according to the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA)... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Ways telecoms carriers can compete against the OTT newcomers
The most progressive and commercially successful Service Providers should now be working to effectively compete against the OTT newcomers. They should be providing their customers greater relevance and enhanced customer experiences, while leveraging network assets... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- du View now available on Apple TV
The subscription video service will provide du Home customers with more than 200 live TV channels, in addition to a wide variety of TV shows, children’s content and movies from du... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Sigfox raises EUR 150 million to expand LPWA networks
Sigfox has been partnering with operators around the world to launch the low-power, wide-area networks designed to support M2M applications at low cost, with minimal energy. Its partners use unlicensed spectrum for the IoT networks and Sigfox's commissioning platform... Read More
- Telefónica to provide IoT connectivity for Nestlé coffee machines
Telefónica said the deal, which covers 50 countries, would enable Nestlé to monitor a range of parameters associated with the machines, including remote configuration and predictive maintenance... Read More
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