SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
September 27, 2017 |
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TRA UAE set for mobile network audit for 2017 |
UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) held a workshop for mobile phone operators to highlight the methodologies that TRA will undertake in their upcoming mobile network audit, the results of which will be included in the TRA’s annual mobile quality of service report which is expected to be published before the end of the year...
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Telecoms union to complete 5G standardization by 2019 |
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is planning to complete all standardization around the Fifth-Generation (5G) networks by 2019. 5G has higher capacity than current 4G, allowing a higher density of mobile broadband users, and supporting device-to-device, ultra reliable, and massive machine communications.Its research and development also aims at lower latency than 4G equipment and lower battery consumption, for better implementation of the Internet of things..
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European Commission reports LTE coverage of households |
The European Commission (EC) has published its report into the state of broadband coverage in Europe for 2016 and concluded that at the end of June 2016, 75.9 per cent of EU homes had access to high-speed (at least 30Mbit/s downlink) broadband services and 96 per cent of EU households were covered by LTE networks...
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Policy and Regulation |
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Iceland regulator to reduce wholesale termination tariffs
Iceland’s Post and Telecom Administration has sent a draft decision on wholesale tariffs for mobile and fixed call termination for approval to the EFTA Surveillance Authority...
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TRA UAE set for mobile network audit for 2017
UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) held a workshop for mobile phone operators to highlight the methodologies that TRA will undertake in their upcoming mobile network audit, the results of which will be...
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NCC: telecoms sector investments hit $70b
According to the Nigerian Communications Commission, total investments attracted by the telecoms sector to the country have reached $70billion…
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Global Telecom Update |
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Big Data, IoT and AI to drive nextgen applications
Advancements in artificial intelligence are enabling developers to uncover the hidden relationship between data, thereby facilitating data analytics processes using minimal data input and resolving big data performance...
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MTN rolling out dedicated IoT network
MTN Business is rolling out technologies such as LoRaWAN Low Power Wide Area Network and Narrow-Band IoT to support its M2M and IoT platforms, said the company…
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Telecoms union to complete 5G standardization by 2019
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is planning to complete all standardization around the Fifth-Generation (5G) networks by 2019. 5G has higher capacity than current 4G, allowing a higher density of mobile...
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3G and 4G Networks |
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Beeline offers LTE services in Norilsk
Russian mobile operator Beeline has launched its LTE services in the city of Norilsk in the Northern part of the Krasnoyarsk region…
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European Commission reports LTE coverage of households
The European Commission (EC) has published its report into the state of broadband coverage in Europe for 2016 and concluded that at the end of June 2016, 75.9 per cent of EU homes had access to high-speed (at least 30Mbit/s...
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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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