SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
August 13, 2019 |
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AT&T's FirstNet passes 750,000 connections |
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Public safety personnel across the country continue to turn to FirstNet to advance their routine and emergency responses. Nearly 9,000 public safety agencies and organizations have subscribed to FirstNet, accounting for over 750,000 connections in service...
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Global Telecom Update |
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SKT designs system to cut down 5G latency
The carrier said it developed its own mobile edge computing (MEC) environment to offer the ultra-low latency 5G services necessary for autonomous driving, immersive media services and remote surgery...
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CenturyLink reveals edge network initiative
The initiative initially will see the creation of more than 100 edge compute locations across the U.S., which CenturyLink will use to deliver hybrid cloud and managed services...
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Middle East |
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ADDA and Trend Micro launch new initiative for cybersecurity
The Abu Dhabi Digital Authority held the Cyber Defense Challenge, in partnership with Trend Micro, aimed at strengthening the protection of Abu Dhabi organizations’ servers and hybrid cloud data centers...
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Nahid-1 satellite ready to be launched
Nahid-1, which means “Venus” in Persian, is a Low-Earth orbit communications micro-class satellite, designed and developed by ISA in cooperation with the Iranian Space Research Center...
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3G, 4G and 5G Networks |
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Brazil rolling out 4G at breakneck speed
According to telecom industry association Telebrasil, 4G reached 4,573 municipalities (82% of the country’s total) at the end of June, with 144 new localities added in the first half...
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Vodafone switches on 5G in Ireland
Vodafone has switched on its first commercial 5G sites in Ireland, activating its next-generation mobile network service in 5 cities using standardised Ericsson-based hardware...
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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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