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SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
July 6, 2017 |
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| Mobile phone use gains momentum in Asian countries |
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The increasing utility of mobile phones has made them the most preferred device in the market and Asian countries have seen an exponential increase in their usage with Nepal registering the highest average annual growth in the region. The number of mobile phone users is growing rapidly in Nepal. Although the mobile penetration in Nepal was slow compared to other countries, it has now crossed the 100 percent mark. Bangladesh has witnessed the second-highest average annual growth of 49 percent in mobile phones in Asia. A growth of 46 percent in smartphones was observed in Pakistan making it the third highest Asian country, as per the data from World Bank. India, with huge number of cell phones, has emerged as the potential growth market for...
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| Smart Dubai inks deal with Rochester Institute of Technology |
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As part of its efforts to promote scientific research and strengthen cooperation frameworks with leading scientific and academic centres in the world, the Dubai Data Establishment has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Rochester Institute of Technology in Dubai, RIT Dubai, with the goal of developing a specialised academic programme to award a Master's Degree in Data Science.
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| New FTTH milestone in Spain |
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According to the latest data published by the regulator CNMC, the number of FTTH connections in Spain exceeded 5.5 million in May. This represented an increase of 137,523 on a month earllier.
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| Policy and Regulation |
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PTA introduces a system to block stolen phones
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority launched Devices Identification, Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS) across Pakistan to stop the use of unauthorized and stolen mobile handsets…
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NCC set to offer more bandwidth for 4G communications
According to Taiwan's National Communications Commission, it will begin accepting bids from July 19 to September 1 for the release of 2100MHz and 1800MHz frequency band units for 4G operations…
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New FTTH milestone in Spain
According to the latest data published by the regulator CNMC, the number of FTTH connections in Spain exceeded 5.5 million in May. This represented an increase of 137,523 on a month earllier.
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| Global Telecom Update |
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Euphoria Telecom boosts rapidly through channel partners
In order to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of innovative products and services, Euphoria Telecom is expanding rapidly and fast becoming the preferred Cloud PBX solution for channel partners…
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Ericsson offers open IoT platform with China Telecom
China Telecom teamed up with Ericsson to present a new open IoT platform powered by Ericsson's Device Connection Platform for enterprises to deploy and manage global IoT connections…
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Iliad offers free-branded services in Reunion
Fre Iliad Group has launched commercial services in the French overseas territory of Reunion under its ‘Free’ brand, maintaining its reputation as a disruptive player with an aggressively-priced tariff plan and...
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| North Africa |
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Sotetel expands to Algeria
SocieteTunisienned’Entreprises de Telecommunications” (Sotetel) has expanded to Algeria for the creation of a public limited company Algerian, “Sotetel Algeria”…
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| Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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Deutsche Telekom teams up with Zenterio for IPTV
Deutsche Telekom has teamed up with Zenterioto modernize the TV subscriber experience in Germany with one of the market’s largest deployments of IPTV set-top-boxes…
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ZTE signs IPTV reseller deal with Conax
To provide ZTE’s operator offering with comprehensive content protection for IPTV and OTT services, Conax has inked a reseller agreement with ZTE…
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Wizzair launches new mobile app
In order to track the important milestones of a journey from the moment of booking to the arrival of the flight, Wizzair has launched a new mobile app available for Apple and Android users…
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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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