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SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
February 27, 2017 |
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| Lebanon to focus on landline expansion |
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Telecom Minister of Lebanon is focusing on a revamp to the landline communications network by upgrading fiber optic networks, improved internet services and offering new data bundles, particularly to students…
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| Enghien-les-Bains to host the 11th annual meeting of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network |
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UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network was established in 2004 to foster cooperation and creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development. This coming June, the city has the great honour of hosting the 11th Annual Meeting of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. For over 15 years, the city has consciously pursued a digital policy motivated by its confidence in the economic potential of a sector with excellent employment opportunities.
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| Policy and Regulation |
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Lebanon to focus on landline expansion
Telecom Minister of Lebanon is focusing on a revamp to the landline communications network by upgrading fiber optic networks, improved internet services and offering new data bundles, particularly to students…
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Nigerian Ministers calls for more collaboration
The Minister of Communications Technology has said that telecoms and ICT are the biggest influence on human lives and called for more collaboration between his ministry with CPC for the benefit of Nigerians…
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Philippines plans more broadband network
The government will likely adopt the second option in building a national broadband backbone, which entails the construction of infrastructure in the countryside…
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OIFC to facilitate mobile banking
The Oman Investment and Finance Company, has launched mobile app Khedmah, as part of the company’s efforts to develop and enhance the quality of its customer services using modern technology…
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Visa extends QR based service to Egypt among other countries
Visa is widening its QR-based payment serviceto provide simple, secure point-of-sale (POS) and e-commerce transactions to 7 new countries including Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Vietnam…
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International operations drive Maroc Telecom’s results
Maroc Telecom has published its financial results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2016, reporting a 3.3% increase in revenues that was driven by the group’s international operations, which grew by 9.4%...
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Electronic transactions to be expanded in Africa
Unity Bank has launched Unity1 Account to enhance customer experience by putting them in charge of their banking experience and offers superior convenience besides interactivity for online account opening…
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| Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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SmartTones plans to help TV Broadcasters connect with Mobile audience
SmartTones allows broadcasters and advertisers to connect with audiences by providing them with relevant content and measuring their responses via mobile phone…
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Zattoo expands IPTV service
Swiss internet TV provider Zattoo has expanded its white label IPTV product and will showcase all key features such as live TV, live pause, catch-up TV, network-PVR and video-on-demand on Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV live at...
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Accountability Mobile app launched to protect citizens
Lifecycle Performance has launched a first ever live streaming police accountability app designed to protect citizens and keep the communities safe from unfair treatment…
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| 3G and 4G Networks |
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SK Telecom tests LTE-A
To enable users to download data at higher rates, SK Telecom has successfully tested LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) five-band carrier aggregation (CA) on its commercial network…
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Smart’s LTE rollout gains momentum
PLDT mobile unit Smart Communications’ ongoing network rollout in and around Metro Manila is beginning to pay off, as the LTE service coverage and quality in a large portion of Rizal has improved…
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T-Mobile launching gigabit LTE with Ericsson
T-Mobile and Ericsson have announced that they will be launching gigabit-speed LTE across the US throughout the course of 2017…
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| Alternative Telecom |
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High-speed broadband promised for Kilkee
To provide high speed fiber to cabinet service, a major investment has been confirmed by broadband provider Eir that will involve the delivery of FTTH in the Kilkee area by the end of next year…
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DEN Networks offers DEN TV+, OTT services
DEN Networkshas launched its user-friendly online / live streaming platform DEN TV+ which will allow users access /and watch content on the go…
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| Disclaimer: Information contained herein has been obtained from sources, which we deem reliable. SAMENA Telecommunications Council is not liable for any misinformed decisions that the reader may reach by being solely reliant on information contained herein. Expert advice should be sought. |
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