Brazil opens consultation on fixed telephony concessions Brazil's National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) has published the public consultation to update the General Plan of Concessions for the Telecommunications Service...
Maire Tecnimont Group launches new company in UAE Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont Civil Construction has established a new UAE based company named Value Technology Engineering LLC, in association with SBK Holding...
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Guardtime's KSI blockchain in UAE healthcare pilot NMC Health, the UAE's largest private sector healthcare provider, has announced a partnership with UAE-based telecom service provider Du to test Guardtime's KSI Blockchain technology in the country...
North Africa
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5G technology set to prevail over Africa Ericsson has concluded annual Consumer Electronics Show, while saying that 5G technology will hold a considerable share of mobile subscriptions on the African continent closer to 2022...
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Telecommunications sector Tunisia sees positive turnover According to the INT report, the overall turnover of the telecommunications sector in 2015 recorded +33 million Tunisian dinars in the year 2015, a leap forward of 1.3%...
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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Discover Punggol with new visitors' center and mobile app Residents and visitors to Punggol can now learn about the Housing Board town at a new visitors' centre, as well as on a location-based mobile app that displays facts about local landmarks...
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The Google maps update makes it way easier to book an Uber Users of Google Maps will be able to book and pay for their Uber rides within the app itself.The latest update allows you to sign into or create an Uber account through Google Maps, even if you do not have the Uber app...
Apple now allows bigger apps on Apple TV Apple has announced a change in App Store policy increasing the tvOS apps size limit from 200MB to 4GB. "With the increased data size, developers can include more media in their submission and provide a complete, rich user...
Free Wi-Fi to be launched in villages of Pakistan Corporate Social Responsibility, the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company and Wateen Telecom announced to provide first ever Free WiFi to the villages of Tharparkar, Sindh...
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NTC to provide modern ICT services in partnership with Microsoft National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) and Microsoft Thursday agreed to cooperate on developing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) businesses and solutions for government and corporate subscribers...
T-Mobile enhances 4G LTE Capacity in DC According to T-Mobile, all of the resulting upgrades have permanently increased the Un-carrier’s 4G LTE capacity in the areas surrounding the National Mall by nearly 1,000% since last year...
Fourth telecom operator in Myanmar soon to start telecom services According to the chairman of Myanmar National Tele & Communications Ltd (MNTC, the company will try as much as it can to provide the best telecommunications services for citizens within one year...
1-Net, Burst plan Singapore-Myanmar DC corridor 1-Net and Burst Networks are collaborating to develop network connectivity between 1-Net’s data center in Singapore and Burst’s data center in Myanmar...
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Colt to expand Colt IQ network in HK, Singapore High-speed network provider Colt will expand and enhance its Colt IQ Network in Hong Kong and Singapore this year as part of a wider Asian expansion drive...
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