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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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April 30, 2016 |
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PTCL holds Annual General Meeting
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PTCL Board of Directors have announced a final cash dividend of 10% amounting to Re.1.00 per share, which is a reflection of the company’s robust performance during the year ended 31st December 2015...
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Turkcell reports record high first quarter revenue, EBITDA
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In the first quarter of 2016, the operator's key agenda item was the launch of 4.5G services on 1 April, which will underpin Turkey’s digital transformation...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Govt of Pakistan ready for spectrum auction by end of June
Government has set a reserve price of $395 million for 2x10MHz of 850MHz spectrum to be auctioned by the end of June... Read More
- Guyana’s new Telecommunications Bill to be presented in May
The Telecommunications Bill has been in development since 2011 but has been derailed by several legal challenges. The country is one of the fewer than ten nations that still do not have access to 3G or 4G technologies... Read More
- TRAs of Oman, Jordan sign agreement
The agreement will open up new areas of cooperation between the two in the field of regulating the sector in accordance with laws and regulations, in addition to cooperation in the field of spectrum management and allocation... Read More
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South Asia
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- Telenor confirms it may pull out of India
The operator's long-term presence in India is dependent on the ability to secure additional spectrum at a price that can be justified... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Firm introduces Kairosweb online television in Nigeria
KairoswebTV, a premier online television, owned and managed by Cihan Group, has been launched in Nigeria to compete with the likes of DSTv, with a focus to motivate and inspire viewers to success... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Reliance Jio’s 4G network commercial launch delays frustrating investors
The company now plans to fully integrate Reliance Communication’s 800 MHz spectrum before the Jio launch, making it the only player with sub-1GHz pan-India LTE spectrum... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Netflix looks at lessons learnt to gain popularity in Asia
Netflix is building partnerships, network infrastructure and “in particular the content” to aid its growth in Asia. It supports 21 languages; YouTube over 50... Read More
- Yahoo's bidder shortlist points to deal
A sale of Yahoo's Internet assets for cash, followed by a divestment of its 35.5 percent stake in Yahoo Japan, would leave the company owning just its 15 percent stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- América Móvil to stream the Olympics free in LATAM
Following a 2013 agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Carlos Slim’s company is airing the Rio games this summer through Clarovideo... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Report links customer dissatisfaction to lack of digital investment
Capgemini Consulting surveyed over 5,700 customers of 48 mobile operators in nine countries and found a positive correlation between the use of digital channels – notably websites, mobile apps and social media - and net promoter score (NPS)... Read More
- BT integrates Zscaler APs into global network
The Zscaler access points act as a series of traffic checkposts between organisations and the public internet to identify and block potential threats and to protect intellectual property... Read More
- China Telecom partners Kazakhtelecom to deliver high-capacity low latency link via EU-Asia link
While China Telecom has been a network service provider between Asia and Europe through transit China-Kazakhstan since 2012, this partnership represents its first direct cooperation with Kazakhtelecom... Read More
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