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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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October 6, 2015 |
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- Zain Group and Community Jameel partner ninth edition of MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition
This year’s competition includes three different tracks: Ideas, Startups, and Social Entrepreneurship, with total prize money on offer in excess of US$150,000... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- Bhutan seeks truly redundant international connectivity
The government has been attempting to establish a third link to the internet via Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh. Efforts have been ongoing for some years now... Read More
- Uruguay to tax OTT platforms
The Uruguay Government ordered its revenue entity to study the way to start charging taxes to OTT platforms... Read More
- UK government: Telecoms rules must support investment in digital infrastructure and not burden businesses
The UK government wants to see EU a regulatory framework for electronic communications that supports investment and innovation, and accommodates changes in technology and market structure... Read More
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South Asia
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- Intelligent Energy to introduce hydrogen fuel-powered towers
Hydrogen fuel cells are expected to be more efficient and cleaner and can be more economical on a total cost of ownership basis than diesel generators... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Alcatel-Lucent to deliver fiber-optic submarine broadband connectivity to oil and gas production facilities
Spanning 1,900 km, the SOOC undersea network will connect to landing points at four locations along the Angolan coast... Read More
- Liquid Telecom IPO to take a lifeline through Africa
Liquid Telecom, the fast-growing pan-African telecommunications company, is getting ready to file for an initial public offering next year... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- MTN Ghana rolls out HSPA in six regions
MTN has earmarked USD 103 million to invest in network infrastructure in 2015 after spending over USD 2.4 billion from 2006-2014... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Yupp TV adds Colors, Rishtey for Middle East viewers
US-based Yupp TV delivers live TV, catch-up TV and films over-the-top (OTT) in a range of South Asian language... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Orange invests in African VoD service to boost TV proposition
Orange is investing in subscription video on demand (SVoD) startup Afrostream in an attempt to boost its TV offer in Africa and Europe... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- AT&T, IBM team up for mobile cloud security
The companies say they can deliver a scalable mobile cloud solution to help protect corporate data and apps... Read More
- Microsoft unveils its latest bid for mobile relevance
While Windows 10 has been billed as the first truly unified Microsoft OS for all devices, the focus to date has been very much on its PC manifestation... Read More
- Ericsson boosts Preemptive Services with big data
Its Predictive Operations platform was launched at last year's Mobile World Congress. It takes information from sources including weather forecasts and social media to predict how a network will perform... Read More
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