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SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
March 10, 2017 |
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| SAMENA Council’s Beyond Connectivity to be held on March 16 in Muscat, Oman |
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To be held under the theme, "building corridors in digital development", the day-long conference will provide a strategic knowledge-sharing platform for SAMENA Council’s members to discuss the evolving telecom landscape and industry challenges, with specific emphasis on the Omani market. Beyond Connectivity is being exclusively Diamond-sponsored by OMANTEL and Platinum-sponsored by ETISALAT...
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| Policy and Regulation |
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Saudi ministry inks MoU with IBM
Saudi ICT ministry has signed a memorandum of understanding with IBM to promote cooperative programmes at an advanced level...
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British government publishes 5G policy paper
The UK goverment has released a policy paper entitled ‘Next Generation Mobile Technologies: A 5G strategy for the UK’, following the publication of the UK’s spring budget...
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Taiwan to release more 4G spectrum
Taiwan’s telecoms regulator announced plans to release 150MHz of 4G spectrum in four frequency bands, with open-bids expected to be completed by the end of the year...
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WhatsApp to introduce business chat tools
WhatsApp is going to introduce a system that would let business talk directly to Whatsapp users for the first time…
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Jio Giga fiber broadband expands beta testing
Reliance Jio is making inroads in the broadband market with a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network dubbed as Giga Fiber broadband started offering free services until March 31, with a 100 Mbps data speed in select residential...
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| Global Telecom Update |
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Telecom operators push for united front on 5G
With standardisation work under way now, 25 telecom operators such as Deutsche Telekom, AT&T, Verizon, KT, NTT Docomo, China Mobile, Vodafone, Orange, Telefonica, TeliaSonera and more have already announced that they are lab...
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Global average internet speed reaches 7Mbps
The global average internet connection speed increased 12% sequentially to 7Mbps in the fourth quarter, a 26% increase year over year...
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Taiwan forms alliance to promote IoT
Taiwan's National Development Council has organized Asia Silicon Valley Development Agency alliance specifically to promote IoT, according to NDC deputy minister and ASVDA CEO Kung Ming-hsin...
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| Middle East |
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Ooredoo’s Supernet to connect Qatar Rail Red Line
Ooredoo and Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail) have signed an agreement that will see Ooredoo implement its next-generation In-Building Solution (IBS) across the Qatar Rail Red Line Metro network...
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Vipera to design mobile banking app for UAE bank
AIM-listed financial service provider Vipera is to design and implement a mobile banking and bill payment app for the Arab Bank for Investment & Foreign Trade (Al Masraf)...
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Tiger Cable System signs up strategic deal with Rapid Telecom
Tiger Cable System, which provides an international terrestrial cable system has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Rapid Telecom, a licensed Bahraini telecommunications and information services company...
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Google teams up with Emirates
Emirates and Google are engaging visitors at this year’s Emirates Airline Festival of Literature with innovative on-ground experiences ranging from virtual reality 3D painting tools to an e-book reading lounge...
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| Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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Verizon presents data-free mobile streaming
Verizon is offering zero-rated data for FiOS Internet and TV subscribers who use the FiOS Mobile App to watch live and recorded shows when they also have Verizon for their mobile phone service…
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Airport app launched for Apple TV
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has added to its digital portfolio by becoming the first airport in the world to launch an app for Apple TV...
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Video app for police accountability
The Texas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union will launch their 'ACLU Blue' mobile app which is designed to take the guesswork out of police interactions and offers immediate access to users' legal...
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| 3G and 4G Networks |
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Sprint offers gigabit class speeds on 4G LTE
US mobile operator Sprint has debuted what it claims is the first US deployment of Gigabit Class LTE live on a commercial network...
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Vodafone Polynesia to launch LTE
Pacific Mobile Telecom has announced plans to launch 4G LTE services by the end of the year, with a view to achieving full coverage of all of Tahiti by the end of 2018...
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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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