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February 14, 2017

Bangladesh govt should formulate a policy on corporate social responsibility spending

Companies spend huge sums on CSR, but they need to be careful about the misuse of the funds. A policy needs to clearly mention that no conflict of interest should arise...

Hong Kong telecoms regulator draws up new hybrid approach for city’s mobile spectrum reassignment

The announcement by industry regulator the Communications Authority (CA) has come amid calls for the government’s release of fresh spectrum to support the city’s 5G preparations and the adoption of spectrum trading between telecommunications network operators...

Member News

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Etisalat Group’s revenues rise

Revenues rose by 2.01 per cent to Dh52.36 billion compared to Dh51.32 billion a year ago due to the strong performance from UAE and Maroc Telecom operations...

Policy and Regulation

•	Romanian regulator awards licenses ANCOM has awarded two new DTT multiplex licenses as part of an auction being held at the beginning of this year…

•	TRAI extends submission deadline Stakeholders can submit suggestions on 'Approach towards sustainable telecommunications' to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India until March 14, as the regulator extended the deadline…

•	Bangladesh govt should formulate a policy on corporate social responsibility spending Companies spend huge sums on CSR, but they need to be careful about the misuse of the funds. A policy needs to clearly mention that no conflict of interest should arise...

•	Hong Kong telecoms regulator draws up new hybrid approach for city’s mobile spectrum reassignment The announcement by industry regulator the Communications Authority (CA) has come amid calls for the government’s release of fresh spectrum to support the city’s 5G preparations and the adoption of spectrum...

Middle East

•	Virgin Mobile begins registrations Virgin Mobile is offering several thousand UAE residents to register online to get the latest news, and for a chance to be one of the lucky members to join the exclusive BETA team...

•	Ferrostaal sets up cyber-security division in Dubai Ferrostaal Group has opened its cyber-security focused systems integration division for the Middle East with headquarters in Dubai Silicon Oasis...

•	MTN close to buying 49 percent stake in Iranian Net The South African carrier already owns another 49 percent stake in Tehran-based mobile carrier Irancell Telecommunication Services Co...

3G and 4G Networks

•	Telstra's taps into 4G connectivity The Gateway Frontier will keep your home internet connected my using Telstra's mobile network if your regular internet connection drops out...

•	Altitude to roll out LTE network Altitude Infrastructure has been chosen to upgrade the fixed wireless network in several municipalities of Southern France...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	eSports league to be launched Mobile games publisher Nazara Technologies announces the launch of eSports league, a series of organized multi-player video game tournaments…

South Asia

•	Social Media users cross 44 million in Pakistan The total number of Social Media users in Pakistan has crossed 44 million in 2016-2017 which indicates that one of the reason behind increased stats is the growing 3G/4G penetration level in Pakistan...

•	Lanka Sathosa introduces modern technology to expansion plan Lanka Sathosa, which caters to low-income families, will be introducing modern technology to its previously announced expansion according to the Minister of Industry and Commerce...

•	Huawei’s Butterfly to assist Bangladesh rural deployments Huawei’s ‘Butterfly’ mobile network site solution has seen its first commercial deployment in Bangladesh...

North Africa

•	Transpay adds global payouts to Morocco Transpay, a digital payments platform announced that its service offering had expanded to include direct-to-bank deposits in Morocco…

Alternative Telecom

•	AT&T expands fiber network AT&T has announced plans to bring Gigabit broadband connectivity to a further five new major metro areas by the end of the current month…

•	OSN reworks pricing and content package Middle East based pay-TV provider OSN has unveiled a major overhaul of its pricing and packaging as it casts the net wider to reach more cost-conscious audiences…

•	Kvartal TV goes OTT Kvartal TV, a comedy channel co-produced by the Ukrainian companies Kvartal 95 studio and 1+1 media, has been added to Megogo TV’s international subscription…

Global Telecom Update

•	China Mobile Hong Kong migrates to cloud network China Mobile Hong Kong says it has successfully migrated its legacy networks to a cloud core network based on network functions virtualisation (NFV). ..

•	Huawei & DHL join hands for IoT Huawei and DHL are joining hands to work together to create Internet of Things powered supply chain systems...

•	New satellites to be launched Arianespace Arianespace is in the final pre-launch countdown ahead of its planned launch of Sky Brazil and Telekom into the orbit...

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