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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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December 16, 2016 |
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Policy and Regulation
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- Potraz data shows the growth of mobile data in Zimbabwe
Mobile data utilisation increased by 16,1% to record 2,157,903,415 megabytes from 1,857,944,258 MB recorded in the previous quarter, according to the Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz)’s 2016 3rd quarter report. Read More
- NCC mulls new guidelines for Sim swaps
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to come up with a new guideline that will harmonise the processes and procedures for Sim swaps across all networks. Read More
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South Asia
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- USAID to launch IT Skills for Youth Project in Pakistan
USAID is all set to launch a training program for the youth of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) in the field of information and communication technology (ICT) in Pakistan. Read More
- Maersk enables cargo tracking on the mobile phone
Sri Lanka: Maersk Line launched a mobile app to manage and track cargo on the move. This app will allow users access to comprehensive information on shipments, track cargo in real time, check schedules, changes in destination and documentation. Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Africa’s mobile subscriptions revenue to hit US$ 70 billion by 2021
According to a latest research, the current number of mobile subscriptions in Africa at end of second quarter of 2016 is 962.29 million, based on an increase of 9.91 percent over the year to end-2014 and by 7.63 percent over the year to end-2015. Read More
- Arabsat and ERTU launch Egyptian bouquet
Arab Satellite Communications Organization, Arabsat, celebrated the official launch of the Egyptian bouquet on Arabsat 5-C that covers the entire African continent. Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- 4G with boosted covered rolled out in Christchurch
Sunday drivers and summertime ice-cream hunters will find their daytrips around Banks Peninsula better mapped with mobile services through a series of newly enabled cell sites, completing the rollout of Spark 4G services to the city and nearby areas. Read More
- Tele2 Netherlands switches customers to VoLTE
Tele2 Netherlands announced that it's opened up VoLTE to all its customers. The company first activated the 4G voice service in March and already around 170,000 customers actively use the service. Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Enhanced broadband access coming to rural and remote communities across Canada
Access to broadband is essential for living, working and competing in a digital world and investments in broadband have a vital role to play, both in moving the global economy back onto a higher growth trajectory, and in generating sustainable social and economic growth. Read More
- Network engineers test 10 gigabyte GPON standard
Network engineers from more than 30 companies gathered at LAN’s Digital Applications Laboratory in Tauxigny, France to test the performance and interoperability of ITU-T’s new 10-gigabit symmetrical passive optical networking XGS-PON standard. Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- La Nación targets Argentina’s mobile audience with VOD
La Nación’s pay-TV network LN+ is to launch a mobile platform portfolio with live and video-on-demand (VOD) content. Read More
- Twitch to launch mobile live streaming support in 2017
Twitch has announced a new channel devoted to streamers talking about nearly anything they want, and it plans to offer support for live streaming via its mobile apps sometime in 2017. Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Augmented reality program under development
A new strategy could have law enforcement personnel in the Netherlands wearing high tech devices as law enforcement in the Netherlands are looking to a new high tech police augmented reality system to help them. Read More
- Australia's Thinxtra to launch IoT network in HK
Australia-based pure-play IoT infrastructure provider Thinxtra has expanded into Hong Kong, with plans to launch Sigfox low-power wide area (LPWA) network in the market early next year. Read More
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