ITC inks broadband agreement with CITC Integrated Telecom Company inked a deal with the Communications and Information Technology Commission to implement the high-speed fiber optic broadband initiative…
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Bangladesh ICT division gets Global mobileGov Award To acknowledging the citizen services through mobile phones, the Information Communication Technology division of Bangladesh government has won ‘Global mobileGov Award’ this year…
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TRAI offers Mycall App to rate call quality Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is planning to introduce a new App Mycall that allows subscribers to rate the service quality of a telephone call…
MCB presents 2nd Digital Lounge To educate and inform customers on the Bank’s innovative products and services, MCB Bank inaugurated its second State-of-the-Art Digital Lounge in Pakistan…
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GSMA urges for lower spectrum prices in Bangladesh Global mobile operators’ organization GSMA directed Bangladesh to reconsider its plans to impose higher 4G licensing fees in the next round of spectrum auctions…
3G and 4G Networks
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O2 lunches 4G in Lincolnshire town In a move to allow its customers to experience a new level of high speed mobile internet, Mobile phone and internet provider O2 has launched its 4G service in Boston…
US Marines stream 4G Video from Ship to land forces in test To show the viability of a 4G tactical network capable of providing broadband communications over the ocean, a US engineering team streamed 4G video from a ship to land forces during a recent US Marine Corps...
Dubai’s Mashreq plans digital banking To adopt latest technologies in banking field, Dubai bank Mashreq will be launching a new digital bank this year…
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Etisalat, Virtuzone partnered to support start-ups To enable Firms to get telecoms services from Etisalat counter at Virtuzone’s Downtown Dubai business centre, Etisalat teamed up with Virtuzone to support start-ups…
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Lebanese Connect upgrades backbone network To meet the ‘zero-downtime, high-bandwidth’ demands of enterprise and the customers, Lebanese fixed-wireless broadband provider Connect has upgraded its backbone network…
North Africa
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CIPE, World Bank offer App for Egyptian entrepreneurs In a bid to boost opportunity for entrepreneurs in Egypt, the Center for International Private Enterprise and the World Bank MSME facility has created an Arabic-language mobile app called Tamweely…
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Ecobank hinges easy banking on digital channels According to Ecobank Nigeria, fast, accessible and better transaction incentives to the users can only come from evolving digital channels, which it is determined to champion…
Alticast presents turnkey OTT platform To facilitate customers, Alticast is taking the wraps off a turnkey content security platform that expedites the launch of over-the-top (OTT) video services by pay-TV and content providers…
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Airtel Nigeria, Ericsson offer Nuvu VoD service To provide subscribers access to more than 3,000 local and international TV and film titles, Airtel Nigeria and Ericsson have announced the launch of Nuvu, a subscription-based video-on-demand (VOD) service…
Alternative Telecom
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Docomo Pacific to launch high-speed Internet upon Atisa completion To enable the telecommunications company to offer various products and services to Saipan, Tinian and Rota, Docomo Pacific will soon launch triple-digit internet speed after laying the Atisa submarine cable system…
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Ultrafast Broadband 2.0 build starts in regions The Ultra-Fast Broadband 2.0 roll-out is under way, with Hikurangi in Northland and Hokitika on the West Coast the first to benefit from a $300 million extension of the original UFB programme…
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BT Sport gains 11,000 new TV customers According to the latest set of result, BT notes that it is rolling out a new User Interface for its TV customers…
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