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SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
February 20, 2017 |
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| North Africa |
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China can help build African e-Commerce market
Africa has increasingly become an emerging market for global cross-border e-commerce given its growing Internet access which present China with an opportunity to help build this emerging market…
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Yangtze Optical Fiber& Cable plan Egyptian factory
In a bid to serve increasing domestic demand and establish technology parks, ICT Minister Yasser ElKady approached Chinese company Yangtze Optical Fiber and Cable (YOFC) and Huawei Egypt to establish a high-tech factory for...
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| Global Telecom Update |
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Huawei opens Narrow Broadband IoT based research laboratory
Huawei has opened a narrowband IoT lab at James Cook University in Queensland and provided funding for R&D, with the university to offer an IoT engineering degree…
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Google & Microsoft join hands to curb internet piracy
Google and Microsoft have agreed to a new code of conduct on which their search networks will demote websites that have repeatedly been served with copyright infringement notices in a bid to discourage internet piracy...
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China to build new supercomputer
According to a media report, China has started to build a new-generation supercomputer which is expected to be 10 times faster than the current fastest supercomputer...
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| Middle East |
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MTN Iran brings IPTV services
MTN-Irancell offered an online television application, named ‘Lenz’ for mobile devices, making the company the first mobile operator in the country to move into media distribution services…
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GCC plans integrating FinTech innovations
According to FinTech, GCC banking sector is open to integrating FinTech innovations to boost consumer experience and streamline their operations…
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ONEm to boost du’s voice and SMS services
ONEm Communications is approaching telecom operator du in an effort to transform the company’s voice and SMS services…
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| 3G and 4G Networks |
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China’s 4G subscriber base crosses 770 million
According to data made available, the 4G subscriber base of China doubled at the end of 2016 reached 770 million which is double from the end of 2015…
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Globe Telecom plans to triple LTE deployment in 2017
Globe Telecom plans to roll out 1,800 LTE700 sites in 2017, as a larger plan to fulfil its target to provide mobile coverage to 95 percent of cities and municipalities in the country within a three-year period...
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AT&T boosts LTE service capacity
AT&T has made plans to boost its mobile network within New Orleans ahead of the Mardi Gras festival by deploying 4 Cell on Wheels (COWs) to ensure reliability and data speeds throughout the event…
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| Disclaimer: Information contained herein has been obtained from sources, which we deem reliable. SAMENA Telecommunications Council is not liable for any misinformed decisions that the reader may reach by being solely reliant on information contained herein. Expert advice should be sought. |
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