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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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August 26, 2016 |
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STC launches the new prepaid Quicknet Bundles (50 – 100 – 200 – 400 – 1000)
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These bundles allow customers to use the data all up at once before the expiry date. For example, customers who are subscribing for the Quicknet 400 bundle may use all the data on the first day, on the last day or during the duration of the bundle...
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PCCW Global and Alibaba Cloud expand strategic cooperation to collaboratively protect businesses against cyber attacks
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Alibaba Cloud’s anti-DDoS products sold and distributed through PCCW Global will offer businesses comprehensive protection against all types of DDoS threats, including complex layer 7 application-level attacks. The automatic cloud-based service monitors compliance violations and security breaches to provide real-time threat visibility...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Facebook warns EU on extending telecoms rules to online firms
Regulation should not unduly interfere with or stymie entities’ freedom to choose and develop innovative business models where there is a clear consumer demand for these business models... Read More
- U.S. 600 MHz auction bids exceed US$18.5 billion
The amount raised to date is still far shy of the target amount of US$86.4 billion, and raises the possibility that the auction could take some time to complete... Read More
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South Asia
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- Nepal's Ncell focusing on mobile data
Ncell shares Nepal’s wireless market roughly 50:50 with state-backed rival Nepal Telecom (NT), with both firms claiming over 13 million subscribers at the end of March 2016... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- AFRINIC, NiRA, ATCON harp on importance of IPV6 adoption
The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) in partnership with the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) and the University of Ibadan, have urged the Internet Service Providers (USPs) and content producers in Nigeria to migrate from the Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPV4) to IPV6... Read More
- Airtel launces agriculture support service
Be it pre-planting, harvesting, selling or about produce market trends, farmers will get the tips they need to make informed decisions... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- FCC proposes rules for 4 different spectrum bands above 24 GHz for 5G networks
Industry engineers have now turned weaknesses into strengths by finding ways to use short wavelengths to build dynamic beam-forming antennas to support high capacity networks that are small enough to fit into handsets... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- iSnapchat? Apple said to be developing its own video sharing app
The iPhone maker, which has front-row seats to the rise of Facebook and Snapchat thanks to the App Store, has a new focus on better integrating social networking capabilities into its mobile products... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Competition for content further changing market dynamics
App-based pay-TV and smart home solutions, followed by standalone over-the-top (OTT) services, new types of content offerings, advertising and data will be key areas for innovation and growth over the next five years... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Public cloud spending to double by 2020, report
Aspects such as very fast rollouts, continuous upgrades, and ease of post-implementation reconfiguration are now top criteria for new application purchases. Telcos, notably Deutsche Telekom, are looking to get a share of the market, which is led by the likes of Amazon and Google... Read More
- Wind and 3 Italia merger could be approved next week
The consolidation of Wind and 3 – and the consequent reduction in the number of active players from four to three – was seen as being the main concern for competition authorities. A similar proposed deal in the UK between 3 and O2 was knocked back by the EC earlier this year on competition grounds... Read More
- China Unicom, China Telecom target US$900 million capex cuts
Both companies confirmed in their interim reports they are partnering to jointly build 60,000 4G base stations and roll out 14,500km of optical fibre... Read More
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