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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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November 29, 2016 |
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Zain to host sixth Zain Technology Conference in Amman Dec 5-7, under theme ‘Moving Forward’
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Digital innovation and its implementation to enhance its customer’s digital lifestyle experience lies at the heart of Zain’s vision...
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Huawei unveils shared spectrum breakthrough
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One of the main challenges for introducing spectrum-sharing capabilities is that it goes against the industry trend of deploying multi-vendor networks that don't tie an operator to a single supplier...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Ofcom to order legal separation of Openreach
British telecoms regulator Ofcom has announced that it is proceeding with a formal notification to require the legal separation of Openreach from BT... Read More
- Arcep consults on overhaul of fixed service QoS indicators
French regulator Arcep announced plans to change the way the quality of service (QoS) indicators for fixed internet and telephone services are measured, proposing a methodology based on crowdsourcing tools to reflect users' experience. Read More
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South Asia
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- Digital services to act as a game changer to Nepalese economy
The focus on financial inclusion has deepened in recent years following the G20’s adoption of financial inclusion as one of its primary policy goals. Read More
- First Cyber harassment hotline being launched in Pakistan
Pakistan’s first cyber harassment helpline is set to be launched on December 1, announced the Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) Monday, at their ‘Hamara Internet- Ending Online Violence Against Women’ conference in Islamabad. Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Moroccan telecom operator to be rebranded
Stephane Richard, CEO of French telecoms provider Orange, has reportedly revealed that Moroccan telecoms operator Medi Telecom (Meditel) will be rebranded as Orange ‘on 8 or 9 December’. Read More
- Uber Egypt envisions launch of UberPOOL carpooling service
Uber-Egypt began increasing its investment in the Egyptian market, earmarking investments of EGP 500m for the next two years since September. Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Mobile operator to offer 4G services to transport company
Mobile operator Zong has partnered with Pakistan’s largest transport company, Daewoo Pakistan Express Bus Service to provide Zong 4G internet connectivity to Daewoo Buses, Cabs and Corporate Offices. Read More
- Nokia and Elisa deliver first cloud-based Voice over LTE and Voice over Wi-Fi service in Finland
Nokia has deployed its Voice over LTE and Voice over Wi-Fi® technology in Finland to enable operator Elisa to dramatically enhance the quality of its mobile voice services in homes, offices and remote locations across the country. Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Dutch NPO, RTL and SBS go linear OTT on NLZiet
NLZiet, the Dutch on-demand platform with programmes from all three major broadcasting groups (NPO, RTL and SBS), will introduce live OTT streams of their main channels. Read More
- AT&T launches OTT video streaming services
AT&T will begin offering three video streaming services, namely DirecTV Now, FreeView and Fullscreen at the end of this month. Customers who sign up online for DirecTV Now or Fullscreen will be able to stream content over a US internet connection on a variety of devices. Read More
- Beeline Kazakhstan trials 300Mbps FTTH
Kazakhstan operator Beeline has begun trials of 300Mbps fibre-to-the-home technology as it looks at improving both its fixed and mobile networks. Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- IPTV, digital signage platform launched
Vitec has launched EZ TV, a broadcast-grade integrated IPTV and digital signage platform. The platform utilizes powerful hardware-based IPTV and signage end-points that provide low latency 1080p 60Hz playback and the reliability required for large-scale deployments. Read More
- Singapore’s operators team on Mobile Connect
Singapore’s three mobile operators – M1, Singtel and StarHub – are jointly developing a platform aimed at enabling easy integration with online service providers through a common Mobile Connect API, to drive rollout and adoption of a universal, secure mobile-based authentication standard, Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- 3GPP adopts 5G network standards
A proposal made by the “5G global group” including SK Telecom on core 5G network standards has been adopted by 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), an international mobile telecommunication standard organization. Read More
- Globe, PLDT agree to slash fixed and mobile interconnect rates
Filipino telecoms giants PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom have inked an agreement to reduce their interconnection rates for fixed and mobile voice telephony calls by... Read More
- Digital payments fueling FinTech investments in APAC
The APAC FinTech landscape is witnessing unprecedented growth, with FinTech solutions and services expected to gross more than $70 billion in revenue by 2020... Read More
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