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SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
September 4, 2017 |
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The Middle East is prioritizing investment in Smart Cities to boost government efficiency and citizen services, tied to digital transformation initiatives such as Dubai Smart City and UAE Vision 2021, Saudi Vision 2030, and New Kuwait Vision 2035…
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Middle East prioritizes investment in Smart Cities
The Middle East is prioritizing investment in Smart Cities to boost government efficiency and citizen services, tied to digital transformation initiatives such as Dubai Smart City and UAE Vision 2021, Saudi Vision 2030, and...
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UK names 6 full-fibre trial areas
High speed broadband is to be piloted in six different regions of the UK…
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PLDT boosts broadband services in Cavite
Digital-services provider PLDT Inc. has deployed high-speed broadband services to the key residential areas of Cavite province, expanding the reach of its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) facilities…
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Telekom launches Gigabit speeds over FTTH network
Telekom Deutschland, the domestic fixed and mobile unit of Germany’s Deutsche Telekom (DT), has announced the launch of maximum downstream speeds of 1Gbps for customers in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) coverage areas…
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| Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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New Bendigo Hospital gets healthy IPTV services
As part of the technology solutions company’s focus of new digital services for the health care sector, an innovative movie-on-demand service is part of the $630 million New Bendigo Hospital development project…
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Rocket Fiber to offer TV service as Comcast feels competition
According to Rocket Fiber, the company is months away from rolling out a "fully featured cable TV product" that will compete directly with Comcast and other media carriers for television service over its gigabit-per-second...
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Sky counts down to Spanish OTT launch
A Sky over-the-top (OTT) launch in the increasingly competitive Spanish market is now imminent...
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ANZ adds voice biometrics to mobile app
ANZ has added a Voice ID function to its Grow by ANZ app, allowing customers to authorise fund transfers of more than $1000 and BPAY payments of more than $10,000 without a PIN or password…
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SK Telecom, Nokia demo 2 ms latency on LTE network
South Korean operator SK Telecom, in partnership with Nokia, has announced that it has reduced latency between the handset and base station to 2 milliseconds(ms) over its LTE network…
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Smart boosts LTE in Cebu
Smart Communications, Inc. has completed its network improvement efforts in Metro Cebu, paving the way for greater coverage and speeds on its LTE and 3G networks in the country’s second largest urban hub…
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UMS launches LTE in Samarkand
Uzbekistan-based mobile operator Universal Mobile Systems (UMS) has announced that it has deployed LTE technology in a second city, namely Samarkand…
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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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