SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
June 9, 2019 |
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BT named major USO provider for the UK |
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BT has been named the UK’s major Universal Service Obligation (USO) provider by Ofcom. This will increase BT’s already pivotal role in connecting the UK more quickly and more cost-effectively than ever before and help transform some of the most remote communities in the UK...
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Vision 2030 enables Saudi Arabia's public sector to drive digital transformation |
Digital transformation (DX) will remain a prime objective for the public sector with the entrants of new technologies steering away legacy systems providing value potentials, ease, convenience and improved methods...
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Policy and Regulation |
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China issues 5G licences
The country’s three state-owned wireless carriers and China Broadcasting Network Corp were granted licences for full commercial deployment, according to state broadcaster CCTV...
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FNA raises minimum bid size in 5G spectrum auction
Germany’s Federal Network Agency has increased the minimum bid size with a view to bringing the ongoing 5G mobile spectrum auction to an end...
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Ofcom set March 2020 launch for 10Mbps UK Broadband USO
Ofcom has confirmed the final details for how the new 10Mbps+ Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband, to be supplied by ISPs BT and KCOM will be delivered and work once it’s introduced...
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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New HbbTV service for Lithuania
The Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre (Telecentras), together with national TV and radio companies and TV producer representative offices in the country, have launched a new HbbTV service...
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Channel 4 unveils Project Agora for targeted VOD advertising
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has unveiled new targeted advertising capability that will be launched commercially this autumn...
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Global Telecom Update |
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SK Telecom, Samsung, and Cisco to collaborate in 5G smart offices
SK Telecom, Samsung Electronics, and Cisco will collaborate to develop and launch 5G-based smart office services, the companies announced...
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Akraino Edge stack emerges from LF Edge to provide framework for 5G, IoT
LF Edge, an umbrella organization within the Linux Foundation, announced the availability of Akraino Edge Stack Release 1, setting a framework to address 5G, IoT and a range of edge use cases...
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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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