IBM to train 25m Africans to strengthen the workforce International Business Machines (IBM) is ramping up its digital-skills training program to accommodate as many as 25 million Africans in the next five years...
Slovak Telekom spreads its OTT service Slovak Telekom has started selling the portable Magio GO TV Box, which allows viewers to watch the Magio GO service on TV screens...
Asian production set to enter new cycle of growth More varied formats, economic development, evolving distribution ecosystems, competition and demand for better shows are stoking a new cycle of growth in Asian TV…
Middle East
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Iran moves forward with online ID system Iran's ICT ministry has launched the second phase of the National Information Network to ensure the safety of children online and set up an online identification system...
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Tawasul teams up with BT to improve cyber security Tawasul Telecom, the leading provider of MPLS networking services in the Middle East and the Gulf region, announced a new agreement with BT to resell BT Security Threat Monitoring in Kuwait...
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Batelco warns over fraudulent calls promising prizes Batelco Bahrain, has issued a warning against hoax calls to its customers on fraudulent calls which informs them that they have won a large sum of money...
MBRSC to present nanosatellite UAE's Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre and the American University of Sharjah announced that the launch of the nanosatellite Nayif-1 will occur between February 14 and 25...
3G and 4G Networks
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SK Telecom Completes Deployment of LTE-R for Busan Subway SK Telecom and Busan Transportation Corporation deployed the world’s first LTE-R, a standard for the next-generation railway communication system, on Busan Subway Line 1...
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Digicel launches LTE in British Virgin Islands Digicel has launched LTE network services in the British Virgin Islands, offering speeds up to 10 times faster than those currently available...
Myanmar to adopt UnionPay chip card standard The Myanmar Payment Union (MPU) and UnionPay International (UPI) have teamed up to implement a common UnionPay chip card standard in the country...
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