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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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September 26, 2016 |
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STC Solutions Ranks 1st in IT Services provision market
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At the end of 2015, the IT service provision market was worth over SAR 11 billion of which STC Solutions commanded close to 13%...
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du encouraging the youth to be a part of the cyber security agenda
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Securing ICT infrastructure in the UAE’s Smart City environment is imperative and du has identified ethical hackers as an essential component to the development of solid cyber defenses...
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SLA Digital Partners with ICFLIX to enable Direct Operator Billing across the Middle East
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Direct Operator Billing will allow both prepaid and post-paid users the ability to subscribe and access ICFLIX’s library of content for a monthly, weekly or daily fee...
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GBI reveals strategic executive appointment
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GBI, a global cloud and managed services provider that owns and operates a multilayer carrier neutral network connecting the world to the Middle East, announced the appointment of its new CFO...
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Türk Telekom appoints Boulos Doany CEO
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In the preceding 12 years, Doany was with the Saudi Oger Group, having served as founding CEO of Oger Telecom and CEO of Türk Telekom for five years. The group’s former chief, Rami Aslan, resigned from his position after three years of service in late August...
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Cisco and Salesforce partner on service integration
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Strategic alliance with Cisco will simplify the customer experience across sales, service, and IoT, and empower mutual customers of Salesforce and Cisco products to be more productive...
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Kuwait's Zain Group selected as a preferred partner to the Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Program
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Through its latest partnership with Microsoft, Zain will now be able to offer connections from its corporate users to one of the world's industry-leading cloud platforms - Microsoft Azure...
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Policy and Regulation
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- Telecom Business Continuity Forum recommends updating emergency plans and urges government departments’ participation
The forum highlighted the importance of keeping pace with contemporary innovations and solutions in telecommunications to address the unpredictable nature of disasters amidst unprecedented technological developments... Read More
- Thailand considering tougher IT tax rules
The Finance Ministry is studying plans to toughen tax collection rules for internet and technology firms like Alphabet Inc's Google. The plans would also cover the mobile transfers and internet payment sector... Read More
- PTA issues SOPs for cross-border communication links
Pakistan has the potential to become a connectivity hub for Central Asian states, for which this new policy is going to play a landmark role. Through Afghanistan, now Pakistani (and regional) players can offer connectivity to land-locked Central Asian states... Read More
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South Asia
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- NTA to soon approve 4G service for NT, Ncell in Nepal
All the policy hurdles to allow the telecom companies to operate 4G service have been addressed. NT and Ncell will soon get the ‘go-ahead’ from NTA board... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- African country completes deal for Airtel stake in TTCL
The deal, first announced in May 2015, sees the state take full control of Tanzania's oldest operator and largest fixed line player, in a move intended to revitalise it with new funds... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- Telecom Egypt considers acquiring additional 4G spectrum
Telecom Egypt was previously only a landline service provider, but the LE7.08 billion license introduces the company into the market of mobile operations, where it will provide 4G services using new frequency bands... Read More
- 3GPP completes “vehicle to everything” standard for LTE Rel-14
As part of the expansion of the LTE platform to new services, and to keep track with the increasing needs of the automotive industry, 3GPP is developing functionality to provide enhancements specifically for vehicular communications... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- Snapchat introduces video-catching sunglasses
Snap estimates it has more than 100 million users globally of the service for sending videos, images and text messages which vanish after being viewed. Some reports say it generates 10 billion video views per day... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- Orange to trial premium Virtual Reality content
The Paris, France headquartered telco is teaming up with Californian startup Wevr to offer premium video content in "an immersive VR environment customised to look like a private theatre" from Oct 12, 2016... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Argentina claims telecoms reforms to draw in $20bn of investments
Telecom Argentina pledged in July that it would invest $2.6 billion between now and 2018, while Telefónica has reportedly invested $330 million already this year. Earlier this year, Fintech bought Telecom Italia’s stake in Telecom Argentina for $960 million... Read More
- China Mobile faces state reorganisation
China last reorganised its telecoms market in 2008 when it created three state-controlled companies – China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom – out of six, by merging China Netcom, China Railcom and China Satellite Communications into them... Read More
- Google gets OK to continue tests in 27, 31 GHz bands
Google noted that its continued testing would not interfere with satellite receivers operating in the 27 GHz band. Google conducted analyses evaluating the potential for interference to geostationary (GSO) satellites, medium-earth orbit (MEO) satellites and low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites... Read More
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