SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
July 2, 2017 |
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Telecoms urged over additional charges |
Cambodia's telecom regulator has urged mobile phone network operators to be more transparent on the fees they charge subscribers on opt-in services and to ensure that users are not charged for services they have not requested…
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Africa's domain name market worth USD 52 million |
Africa's top-level domain name system address space consists of 54 top-level country code top-level domains, with the market having a total annual value of USD 52 million...
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China Mobile, SAIC, Huawei demo 5G remote driving |
China Mobile, SAIC Motor and Huawei have jointly demonstrated the first 5G-based remote driving technology with a consumer car…
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ICT spend to reach US$ 5.5 trillion by 2020 globally |
The growth of new technologies including the Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics, and Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) will drive the next wave of growth in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry.
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Middle East |
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HS3-IS satellite successfully launched
Hellas Sat announced the successful launch of the HS3-IS Satellite that will maintain and expand DTH and telecom services for the Hellas Sat business reach in Middle East, Africa and Europe from the orbital position of 39...
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Microsoft to continue investments in Turkey
Microsoft will continue to invest in its retail sales operations in Turkey to establish direct contact with more Turkish consumers…
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Turner, MeMob sign deal for mobile app ads
Turner Mena and Turkey (Menat) along with ATL Media, have partnered with MeMob to represent all ad sales across the portfolio of Cartoon Network apps in the Mena region...
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TV5Monde channels come to Arabsat
Arabsat continues to be the supporting pillar of the HD movement in the Middle East and North Africa by launching the TV5 Monde Maghreb Orient HD and TV5 Monde Style HD on the newly launched free-to-air DVB-S2 platform...
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North Africa |
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Airtel Nigeria backs digital journalism training
All is set for another digital journalism training sponsored by Airtel Nigeria under the aegis of The Journalism Clinic and facilitated by the widely-travelled digital journalism trainer, Dan Mason…
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Africa's domain name market worth USD 52 million
Africa's top-level domain name system address space consists of 54 top-level country code top-level domains, with the market having a total annual value of USD 52 million...
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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Hulu joins Alliance for Open Media
US OTT and video-on-demand platform Hulu has teamed up with the Alliance for Open Media to work with industry peers to help generate open, royalty-free media formats optimized for and Internet delivery…
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AMC launches TV streaming service
AMC launched a new streaming service called AMC Premiere, which allows subscribers to pay $5 per month for access to commercial-free versions of its current TV shows, along with uncut movies…
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Google launches new app to manage mobile data
Google launched a new app called The Triangle, which aims to better manage mobile data usage and block unwanted background data. As of now, this app is only available in the Philippines…
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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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