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Industry News Briefing
January 20, 2017 |
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| Service providers switching to OTT |
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According to ABI Research in its Service Provider OTT Services & OTT Set-Top Boxes report, significantly increasing competition in the over-the-top (OTT) space in mature pay-TV markets will drive global live linear OTT video services to be worth approximately $7 billion by 2021 - almost seven times that gained in 2016.
“These services meet the consumer demand for anytime, anywhere programming and mobile-centric viewing while targeting a larger national audience,”...
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China supports Bangladesh's e-village project
China has extended support to Bangladesh by funding the launch of a project which intends to augment agricultural production by using cutting edge technologies
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Pakistan ripe for cryptocurrency adoption
Pakistan is currently the seventh most populous country in the world with approximately 202 million residents and is exhibiting technological traits ripe for accelerated bitcoin adoption
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Bebuzzd launches latest version of digital loyalty based app
Dubai-based Bebuzzd has announced the release of its latest version digital loyalty based app which will will provide local SMEs the advantage of enhancing their customer experiences and reinforcing consumer-business ties...
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Usage of smart devices on a rise in MEA
Smartphones and tablets make up more than 80 per cent of connected devices in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region as compared the global usage of 60%
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STC acquires 100% of SaleCo
STC announced that it has completed the necessary procedures for the purchase and transfer the ownership of the remaining stakes in Sale Advanced company to be (100%) owned by Saudi Telecom Company in the amount and of (400) million Saudi Riyals
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China Mobile taps Brocade software for SDN cloud rollout
China Mobile will deploy NFV software from Brocade at several of its key data centers as part of its first SDN-based commercial public cloud rollout
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M1, Huawei complete 5G demo
M1 and Huawei have completed a 5G demonstration over 73-GHz E-band spectrum, achieving Singapore's highest 5G transmission speeds of 35Gbps
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Low-power IoT networks more than doubled in 2016
During 2015, two thirds of initiatives took place in the US and Western Europe whereas in 2016 the figure was down to less than a third. Simultaneously APAC showed growth from 4 per cent in 2015 to 30 per cent in 2016
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Orange Spain to expands FTTH network
Orange Spain has announced an agreement to extend its fiber optic services to the town of Montijo in Extremadura which is it's latest in a bid to reach 14 million Spanish households
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Service providers switching to OTT
According to ABI, significantly increasing competition in the over-the-top (OTT) space in mature pay-TV markets will drive global live linear OTT video services to be worth approximately US$ 7 billion by 2021
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