SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
July 19, 2017 |
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Chinese government all set to prepare Nigerians on ICT |
The Chinese Government has commenced an overseas training course on telecommunications technologies for Nigerian public servants in Abuja, to equip them with skills to develop national ICT plan and improve the infrastructure in their various fields...
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New Bluetooth standard supports mesh networking for the IoT |
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has announced a new standard for the wireless technology that will allow Internet of Things devices to talk to each other in a mesh network. Mesh networking is a network of connected devices where each node, in this case a connected device, can cooperate in the distribution of data to other devices on the network. For IoT devices, that means that those devices can share cooperative data, for example, a security system could talk to a fire detector or camera directly using Bluetooth instead of needing to share data over a wired or Wi-Fi connection through a central router...
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2 Mobile operators launch new services in Iran |
According to the Communication Regulatory Authority (CRA), users should be charged 50% less for using the domestic network compared to fees for using the international web. The move is aimed at motivating Internet subscribers to use the National Information Network and the businesses operating through the local network more and pay less. To grab a bigger slice of the growing local online media market, two major local mobile operators, Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran (MCI) and RighTel, have launched new services…
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Infinix tops sales of smartphone market in H1 2017 in Egypt
Infinix managed to hold the first place in terms of sales of smartphones over the Internet. Infinix managed to do so through the promotion of its products across the various electronic trading platforms...
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Chinese government all set to prepare Nigerians on ICT
The Chinese Government has commenced an overseas training course on telecommunications technologies for Nigerian public servants in Abuja, to equip them with skills to develop national ICT plan and improve the infrastructure...
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VEON launches mobile messaging app
Global telecom operator VEON is introducing its messaging and mobile services app in four new markets, including its largest in Russia and Pakistan…
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SEACOM launches FTTH
SEACOM is launching its fiber to the home services to business and home users in the southern areas of Johannesburg, starting with the rollout of 8 kilometres of fiber…
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SK Telecom receives green signal for self-driving cars
According to SK Telecom, it has been granted permission by the government to test autonomous cars on public roads using Hyundai vehicles…
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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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