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:.Daily News Briefing.:

December 27, 2016

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Members

  1. du instrumental in award winning collaboration to construct SEA-ME-WE 5
    Member Logo The SEA-ME-WE 5 Consortium recently announced the completion of the 20,000-kilometer subsea cable infrastructure developed by a 16-nation consortium on schedule. The subsea cable system, which was implemented with over $500 million from consortium members, was designed to enable the latest upgradable 100Gbps technology...  Read More

Policy and Regulation

  1. Myanmar set for 4G launch
    The Directorate of Telecommunications has disclosed that Myanmar is planning to introduce an 1,800-MHz mobile internet network that can provide 4G technology as soon as March… Read More
  2. Lagos to commence audit of utility infrastructures
    The Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency is going to launch an audit of underground and over the ground utility infrastructures including but not limited to telecom utilities within the geographical boundaries of the State in January 2017… Read More

South Asia

  1. Mobile Expo to be held in Kathmandu
    Mobile brands will be introducing attractive discount offers and schemes for their customers during the Mobile Expo being organized by Nepal Mobile Traders Association from December 28 to January 3… Read More
  2. MFS provider collaborates with HomeSend for international remittances
    JazzCash, Mobilink’s Mobile Financial Services arm has teamed up with HomeSend to facilitate its users to get international remittances directly in their Mobile Accounts… Read More

Middle East

  1. Results of smart cities implementation shared by Dubai
    Dubai is successfully emerging as the world's first city to implement International Telecommunications Union’s Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities for valuable assistance in measuring progress towards the achievement of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals... Read More
  2. IoT revolutionizing GCC healthcare industry
    IDC Health Insights reports that a positive boost has been seen in IoT initiatives over recent years, and IoT services are rapidly moving towards mainstream deployment in the healthcare industry within GCC… Read More
  3. Dubai Hackathon to be organized by Canon & in5
    Canon Middle East and Dubai-based in5 co-organized an event to bring together technology developers and designers from several countries to present ground-breaking ideas for promotion of the ICT sector… Read More

North Africa

  1. Nigeria aiming to expand broadband penetration
    The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo said that the government is encouraging all GSM and ICT companies to invest in the communication sector to expand the broadband penetration… Read More

3G, 4G & Beyond

  1. Qualcomm signs patent license agreement
    According to the deal between Qualcomm and, Qualcomm has given Gionee a royalty-bearing patent license to develop, manufacture and sell 3G WCDMA and CDMA2000 and 4G LTE (including "3-mode" GSM, TD-SCDMA and LTE-TDD) complete devices for use in China... Read More

OTT, Alternative Telecom

  1. Next generation fiber network unveiled
    Sagemcom will showcase its PON media gateway, delivering symmetrical 10Gbps routed performance and integrating 11ac 8x8 wireless solutions for faster fiber broadband connectivity… Read More
  2. Dubai to launch satellite to monitor climate change
    The satellite, DM SAT1, is a project of the Dubai Future Accelerators program and is designed to collect and analyse environmental data using space technology. Read More

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

  1. Localized content being offered by streaming apps
    Disney-owned ABC has launched a suite of streaming apps for its Fire TV which will will provide local news, weather, top stories for the night, as well as a selection of upbeat local stories for a "Feel Good" section... Read More
  2. Shoppers relying on mobile friendly content
    Mobile is now the super shopper’s go-to-source for inspiration because many online shoppers find products or discover brands on mobile devices, and use mobile search or mobile apps for social media... Read More

Global Telecom Update

  1. Smart transportation whitepaper launched by Huawei X Labs
    Huawei X Labs published an insight whitepaper of Smart Transportation, which aims to explore opportunities for mobile network operators (MNOs) to extend their business field... Read More
  2. Ericsson ambitious on 5G deployment in China
    The new generation of the internet will allow users to download massive digital content in seconds and execute tasks that are thrilling but remain difficult in the 4G era... Read More

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