SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
July 11, 2017 |
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Arabsat’s DVB-S2 free-to-air platform open for business |
Middle East satellite operator Arabsat has launched its free-to-air (FTA) DVB-S2 platform for both broadcasters and viewers, and offering a range of HD international TV channels. The channels will reach homes with a minimum receive dish size across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe via the Arabsat BADR-4 satellite at 26° East.
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LTE set to become the dominant mobile access technology |
MOBILE subscriptions in the Asia Pacific (APAC) have been steadily growing. From the end of 2016 to 2022, it is forecast that mobile subscriptions in the region will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of almost 3%, reaching around 1.3 billion subscriptions, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. At the end of 2016, around 3.2 billion subscribers out of the world’s total population of 7.4 billion had access to the internet via mobile broadband technology. It is forecast that an additional 2.6 billion subscribers will have mobile broadband internet access by 2022.
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Huawei joins WorldRemit in mobile money transfer deal for Africa |
Digital money transfer service WorldRemit has partnered with Chinese smartphone maker Huawei [HWT.UL] to enable the international transfer of money across Huawei's mobile services in Africa, the companies said on Tuesday...
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