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Industry News Briefing
May 2, 2018


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Policy and Regulation

•	Polish government approves law on national cybersecurity system Polish government has adopted a draft law on the national cybersecurity system, submitted by the Minister of Digitisation...

•	Ofcom urges end to segregated spectrum approach Philip Marnick, UK regulator Ofcom’s group director of spectrum, urged mobile operators to rethink a protectionist mentality to spectrum and find new approaches to enable a more open environment...

South Asia

•	Mobitel hosts ‘Google I/O Extended Sri Lanka 2018’ Mobitel is organizing tthe Google I/O Extended on the 8th of May 2018 at Stein Studio complex Ratamalana for the 5th time in Sri Lanka...

•	Bhutan to import 10Gbps bandwidth from Bangladesh Bhutan will be importing 10 Gbps (Gigabits per second) of internet bandwidth from Bangladesh...

3G and 4G Networks

•	Keysight, Qualcomm to simplify Gigabit LTE innovation Qualcomm Technologies has achieved 2 Gbps LTE download data speeds using Keysight´s 5G Protocol R&D Toolset and Qualcomm Technologies´ mobile test device...

•	Airtel to offer fast data speeds, double data on new 4G network Airtel Kenya has launched its 4G service in the country and aims to offer faster internet speeds for its customers...

Global Telecom Update

•	Tele2 Netherlands launches VoWiFi Tele2 Netherlands has launched VoWiFi and the solution solves the problem of poor signal in deep indoor locations and/or blocking by thick concrete walls in offices or homes...

•	Alibaba Cloud enters partnership with ASL Alibaba Cloud and Hong Kong IT service provider Automated Systems Limited (ASL) have entered a strategic partnership aimed at facilitating the development of the cloud market in Hong Kong and Macau...

Middle East

•	Saudi Arabia's ICT spend to reach US$ 40 billion this year Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation continues to burgeon with reports showing that the Kingdom’s ICT spend grew 6% in 2017...

•	Gulf Cooperation Council smart city initiatives garner momentum The Middle East is a hotbed for smart city developments, with activities in the region maturing and adapting to what citizens want...

•	Dubai Police launches website to tackle cybercrime Dubai Police has launched the eCRIME platform on the Internet to receive e-crimes reports from members of the public in a smooth and convenient method through the website: www.ecrime.ae...

North Africa

•	African officials commit to unleash skills revolution for youth African high-level officials and other stakeholders met in Tunisia, to discuss ways of equipping young Africans with the necessary skills to make use of new and emerging technologies...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Swisscom grows with IPTV Swiss telco Swisscom has increased the number of customers of its IPTV platform Swisscom TV by 54,000 to 1.49 million within the past 12 months...

•	Google, NBCUniversal partner on original VR content NBCUniversal and Google partnered to create original virtual reality (VR) content to accompany popular shows from networks like NBC, Bravo, E! and Telemundo, according to a press release...

Alternative Telecom

•	We Are IT Philippines inks broadband capacity deal with Thaicom Asian satellite operator and provider of integrated satellite communications services Thaicom has sigend an agreement with satellite broadband service provider We Are IT Philippines...

•	Safaricom pilots messaging App linked to M-Pesa Safaricom is piloting a social messaging app that will link to M-Pesa in an attempt to move the company into the application business, the company has said...

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