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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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November 24, 2015 |
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www.samenacouncil.org
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Members
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- Orange Business Services joins SAMENA Council as a member
Orange Business Services is a global telecom operator, and an IT solutions integrator and applications developer. Its 20,000 global employees support companies in all areas of their digital transformation... Read More
- du’s #UAEisHome gathers all community segments to celebrate the National Day
du released its #UAEisHome video addressing the various UAE community segments comprising over 200 nationalities living in the country to showcase why the UAE is a home for all its residents... Read More
- Ooredoo named the 2015 Middle East Mobile Operator
The accolade is the crowning of a very successful year for Ooredoo in Oman which saw its customer-base increase by 10% during the first nine months of 2015 and revenues growing by 12.4% for the same period... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- India seeks spectrum auction this fiscal
The regulator could soon be requested to suggest a reserve price for various bands in as short a time as possible... Read More
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South Asia
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- Smartphone penetration in Pakistan to reach 51% by 2020
Under $100 smartphones currently account for over 40% of total smartphones in India and since under $100 smartphones have now started to surface in Pakistan, the smartphone adoption rate will grow incrementally to around 80 million by year 2020... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Access to global cloud providers available at Teraco through Internet Solutions' CloudConnect
Connectivity is a prerequisite for ICT services and solutions to work effectively... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- China Telecom taps Alca-Lu for 4G expansion
In major cities this will include the deployment of LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation capability, marking the first commercial introduction of FDD LTE carrier aggregation in China. The deployment is expected to be complete this month... Read More
- Deutsche Telekom shows world’s first 3.5GHz LTE FDD-TDD 3 CA
Deutsche Telekom demonstrated LTE-Advanced 3 carrier aggregation combining LTE-FDD in band 3 (1.8 GHz) with LTE-TDD in band 42 (3.5 GHz) on Nokia Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station confirms the ability of 3.5 GHz LTE-TDD technology to increase mobile broadband capacity... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Amazon, Hulu, Netflix maintain grip on US OTT market
Over 25% of OTT video services in the US came out in 2015, including high-profile services HBO Now (No. 6) and Sling TV (No. 10). A full 40% of services were launched within the last two years... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Yahoo: mobile ads grow, but cross-platform approach most effective
When it comes to second-screen video, smartphone video views are up 55% and tablet views up 48%, according to research from Yahoo... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- LTE-Advanced networks reached 100 in 49 countries
In October, the global standardization group, 3GPP, announced a new technology advancement moniker for the evolution beyond LTE-Advanced called LTE-Advanced Pro. This will be a stepping stone for future network needs as well as the 5G ecosystem... Read More
- Aerial wireless Internet initiative Project Loon faces critical challenges
ABI Research said the challenge lies in gaining enough subscribers per balloon for economic viability without overloading the system... Read More
- In-flight Wi-Fi boom to ensure 3-fold growth for connected aircrafts
Juniper Research said service providers are positioning themselves as end-to-end providers to offer connectivity, content and hardware offerings to their airline customers... Read More
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