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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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August 29, 2016 |
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Etisalat launches mobile wallet service in the UAE
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The service is available in 17 of its global operations. The scope of services introduced in each market varies based on consumer demands, market maturity as well as regulatory requirements...
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League of Legends esports world qualifier with connectivity provided by PCCW Global
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PCCW Global’s vast experience enabled the team to deliver a bespoke, critical, jitter free and low latency connection at 22ms between Hong Kong and Taiwan...
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du continues to empower young students to earn while they learn with its Agent 055 Network
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In line with the UAE Vision 2021 – which aims to foster local entrepreneurial talent – du is steadfast in its mission to contribute to the creation of a robust knowledge economy...
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GBI appoints two VPs of sales
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A global cloud and managed services provider that owns and operates a multilayer carrier neutral network connecting the world to the Middle East, GBI has brought in Whitney Myrus, to be based in GBI’s commercial office in Dubai, and Joris te Lintelo, to be based in the Netherlands...
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Policy and Regulation
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- TRA-UAEcommences second phase of ‘Taghtia’ initiative
Focused heavily on the country's developing areas, the second phase of ‘Taghtia’ will include a wider range of internal and external field surveys designed to assess the services of communications networks in areas like shopping malls, service centres, government offices, convention centres, stadiums... Read More
- FCC seeks comments on additional bands for 5G, security regulations
With global mobile data traffic poised to grow nearly tenfold between 2014 and 2019, the commission figures it’s appropriate to seek comment now on most of the bands identified at the 2015 World Radio Conference... Read More
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South Asia
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- Airtel ups bar in tariff tussle
In a move to counter Reliance Jio, telecom major Bharti Airtel has slashed 4G and 3G mobile internet charges by up to 80 percent... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- Africa has high mobile connectivity, says MTN
The Group says Africa has a higher mobile connectivity penetration with regard to internet compared to the computer penetration... Read More
- Saudi Telecom, Lebara KSA in talks over Egypt telecom concession
Egypt is giving companies that already operate in the country of 90 million priority in obtaining 4G licences but has said it would launch an international tender should any of the operators decline the offer... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Afrimax-Vodafone deploys TD-LTE network in Cameroon
Afrimax Group, which claims to hold time division duplex (TD)-LTE spectrum in 17 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, is reportedly finalising the deployment of a 4G network in Cameroon... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Social media giants and OTTPs must do more to police sites
Teams of only a few hundred employees at the internet firms are monitoring billions of accounts... Read More
- Google expands free mobile calling to Nexus users
The service, called Wifi Assistant, will be available to all owners of Google Nexus phones in the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK and Nordic countries... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Global mobile TV market revenue expected to reach US$ 17.02 billion by 2024
TMR finds that telecom companies investing in mobile TV infrastructure to provide high-speed broadband networks will not only help them deliver efficient mobile TV services and increase their subscriber base but also contribute to the growth of the global market... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- AT&T sets the benchmark for virtualised network services
AT&T is the first service provider to offer a cloud-based virtualized global platform and is on the forefront of this movement by leveraging software-defined virtual workloads in the cloud and network fabric, to dramatically improve service delivery and flexibility... Read More
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