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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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November 22, 2016 |
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Etisalat Digital collaborates with Telefonica to monitor threats on mobile apps and devices
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Telefónica and Etisalat Digital will work with Tacyt, a cyber intelligence mobile threat tool developed by ElevenPaths, -Telefónica Cyber Security Unit-. Tacyt uses a big data approach for mobile app environment research and an enterprise-grade service to conduct full investigations...
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HKT to build a fiber super highway linking up Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate and Chai Wan
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Ultra Express Link is a 3km submarine cable system with a target ready for service date in 2017. Providing robust, reliable, lower latency and diversity connectivity...
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Policy and Regulation
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- TRA-Bahrain's Adel Darwish appointed as vice-chairman of Study Group 3 for 2017-2020
The appointment took place during the ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-16), held in Vasmeen al Hammamat – Tunisia later in October. Study Group 3 discusses economic and regulatory issues relating to global ICT growth... Read More
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South Asia
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- Uber launches service in Bangladesh with Grameenphone
Taxi-hailing app Uber has made its services available in Bangladesh to offer Dhaka commuters “safe, reliable and affordable rides”.
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- Australia’s MDF, Telenor Pakistan partner to benefit small farmers
The Australian Government-funded Market Development Facility (MDF) and Telenor Pakistan signed a partnership to design innovative communications products for small holder... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Telecoms investments hit US$ 68 billion in Nigeria
Investments in Nigeria’s telecommunications sector have hit N2.074 trillion (about $68 billion) as at July 2016 with N1.068 trillion ($35 billion) coming from... Read More
- Morocco Tourism meeting the challenges of digital tourism
The Ministry of Tourism, Moroccan National Tourist Office (MNTO), and Tourist Engineering Moroccan Society (Societe Marocaine de l'Ingeniere Touristique... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Vodafone Qatar to introduce 4.5G
Vodafone Qatar in partnership with Huawei has announced that it achieved data speeds of 1Gbps in a test environment thanks to the introduction of 4.5G technology. Read More
- University of Surrey’s 5GIC in first full demo of virtualised 5G architecture
5GIC has for the first time worldwide produced a full demonstration of its Flat Distributed Cloud (FDC) 5G core network architecture, which points to a significant reduction in deployment, optimisation and upgrade costs for network operators... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Paratus Telecoms turns on first FTTH in Namibia
Paratus Telecoms is the first 100% privately owned Pan-African operator to turn on Fibre to the Home (FTTH) in Namibia. Connected residents in Finkenstein estate... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Mobile Video Builds Audience
Instagram is adding live video to its popular service. Taking a page from Snapchat, meanwhile, the live videos will "disappear" after they've been streamed. Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Smartwatch trend will contribute to growth in mobile e-commerce purchases suggests research
Smartwatches are rapidly growing in popularity, moving from technology advancement to mainstream merchandise, according to research from mobile agency Ansible. Read More
- IBM is on a push to offer IoT from development to production
The internet of things is so complex that some enterprises would rather turn to one vendor to determine the business case for an IoT deployment, design the system... Read More
- By the end of 2016, almost half of the world's population will be using the Internet
Globally, 47 percent of the world's population is online, still far short of a UN target of 60 percent by 2020. Some 3.9 billion people, more than half the world's population, are not. ITU expects 3.5 billion people to have access by the end of this year... Read More
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