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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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June 26, 2016 |
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VIVA family celebrates Ramadan Ghabga
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CEO Eng. Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Badran reviewed the distinguished results achieved by VIVA in 2016, and the accolades reaped recently, fostering the position of VIVA as leader in the telecom market...
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Batelco first in Bahrain to receive Business Continuity ISO 22301:2012 Certification
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The Certification was received for Batelco’s Access Network Line Plant Assurance and Protection, and proves Batelco’s due diligence in continuity of services to its customers at all times and supporting the Company’s efforts for meeting customers availability and recoverability requirements...
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PCCW launches D-Infinitum Global Data Center Alliance to provide one-stop-shop data center services across worldwide locations
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The D-Infinitum network combines more than 80 data center facilities across over 40 cities globally. PCCW Solutions together with the D-Infinitum partners intend to offer multi-site co-location and value added services to the clients...
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Policy and Regulation
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- FCC wants systematc reports on submarine cable outages
The FCC said that while submarine cables are vital to American economic and national security, licensees have in the past only reported outages to the FCC on a voluntary and inconsistent basis. Also, information given has often been too limited to be of use... Read More
- India to start digital literacy mission in rural areas
CSC e-Governance Service India has been promoted by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology to also implement the National Digital Literacy Mission that is tasked with IT training for 52.5 million people — or one person in every family... Read More
- Full telecom coverage in Bangladesh by 2021
The government aims to achieve 100% telecom density by 2021 and connect 1,200, or about a quarter of the union parishads through optical fibre cable by 2018 under a new proposed telecom policy. Around 60% of Bangladeshi population will be brought under broadband coverage by the year 2025 under the policy’s long-term goals... Read More
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South Asia
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- Vodafone said to plan $2.5 billion India IPO in Q4
With a potential value of up to $2.5 billion, the IPO would be India's largest public listing since 2010. Previous reports indicate that the value of the offer could be much larger, to the extent that the IPO has the potential to be India's largest ever float... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Jumia becomes the one-stop online destination in Africa
After 4 years of successfully establishing and growing its online services as leaders in their markets, Africa Internet Group, now Jumia, has become the N°1 E-commerce platform in Africa... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- MTN launches first nationwide on-the-go 4G service in Ghana
Soon after acquiring its 800 MHz spectrum in December 2015 at a cost of $67.5 million, the company announced it was focused on working hard to expedite implementation, given the importance of higher-speed broadband to national development... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Facebook may be the next addition to Binge On
If Facebook joins Binge On, then millions of Facebook users could potentially steam video without the barrier of using any of their monthly data... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Content engagement varies widely for digital video
For AVOD, smartphone and PC viewers prefer short-form content the most, at 66% and 55% respectively. Tablet viewers spend little time with short-form video; instead viewing is evenly split between long-form (43%) and short-form content (44%). Connected TV viewers watch long-form content 92% of the time with AVOD services... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- M&A in telecoms stabilises, execs turn attention to deals in new sectors
Digital disruption and changing consumer preferences are driving telecoms executives to consider M&A deals outside of the sector, according to new research... Read More
- Deutsche Telekom to build out public cloud on a massive scale to support IoT
As IoT gives rise to more and more data, or so-called big data, this can only be processed effectively with computing power from the cloud... Read More
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