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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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May 1, 2016 |
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www.samenacouncil.org
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VIVA becomes a member of ITU
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VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing and most developed telecom operator, announced its accession to membership of International Telecommunication Union...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Nigeria invites applications for regional 3.5GHz licences
Frequency licences will be auctioned off on a state-by-state basis. Interested parties have been given a deadline of 13 May 2016 to submit their applications... Read More
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South Asia
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- Vodafone selects banks for $2.5 billion IPO in India
Vodafone, which has 194 million customers including over 100 million in rural areas in India, is likely to launch the IPO early next year... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Lagos City Mall Onikan partners Airtel on free Wi-Fi services to customers
The Airtel Wi-Fi services was rolled out last year and is meant to serve public places like malls, airports, universities, hotels and event places... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- MTN trials LTE-U in 1800MHz, 5GHz bands
The trial was performed by aggregating 10MHz of spectrum in the 1800MHz band and 20MHz of unlicensed 5GHz frequencies, achieving a throughput of more than 200Mbps... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- YouTube gives boost to creators in content dispute
In the wake of ongoing controversy regarding the DRM system, YouTube has announced what it says is a solution that will allow videos to earn revenue while a Content ID claim is being disputed... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- It'sMe mobile app launches for video broadcast
The app allows users to communicate with others using Wi-Fi or 4G, so any number of users can watch the videos at the same time and engage with each other simultaneously... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Sigfox, WND deploy IoT network across Brazil
The new deployment marks the addition of the 18th country where Sigfox is present on all continents. The deployment with WND also marks Sigfox's launch in Latin America... Read More
- Telefónica records €1 billion digital sales as Q1 figures show improvement
Two-thirds of digital sales come from video, as the Spain-based operator saw its Pay TV subscriber base grow by 53 percent to 8.4 million in the last 12 months... Read More
- BT to let rival use its ducts and poles in bid to boost competition
The success of the proposed 50km project could prove crucial to BT’s discussions with regulators over the future shape of the company... Read More
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