Mobile phone operators in Bangladesh have requested the National Board of Revenue to withdraw value-added tax on mobile internet services in the national budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year…
SMEs are the driving force behind economic growth and currently represent 90% of all companies in Oman...
Policy and Regulation
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Zambia revises telecoms licensing framework Zambia Government sources revealed that, working in partnership with the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA), the country has formulated a new licensing framework…
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Azerbaijan issues licenses to 14 companies The National Television and Radio Council issued licenses to 14 companies delivering television programming over the Internet…
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NTRA reports marks improvement in voice call quality According to the National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, the quality of voice calls provided by the three mobile operators improved compared to December 2016…
Alibaba’s Alipay to launch in Singapore Alipay, the online and mobile payment system owned by Alibaba’s financial affiliate Ant Financial, is set to launch in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Phillipines…
Ixia announces collaboration with the CORD Project Ixia announced a collaboration with the CORD Project for software defined networks (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), and elastic cloud-based service delivery…
Middle East
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Three new ride hailing apps allowed in Iran As the market for calling taxis through smartphones continues to develop at a breakneck pace, Tehran's Taxi Union allowed three more ride-hailing apps…
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Bahrain based ABC Bank modernizes digital channels To ensure global digitalization expansion, Bahrain-based Bank ABC is modernizing its digital channels for retail and wholesale banking customers with Backbase’s tech…
South Asia
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E-commerce may pass US$1 billion mark in Pakistan E-Commerce despite being in infancy in Pakistan is rising very fast as this sector is doubling in size with every passing year and may surpass $1 billion in 2020 due to exponential growth in mobile broadband access…
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Telecom operators request VAT withdrawal on internet usage Mobile phone operators in Bangladesh have requested the National Board of Revenue to withdraw value-added tax on mobile internet services in the national budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year…
Singapore's ST Electronics gets Sri Lankan cyber security contract To provide consultancy services for the implementation of the National Cyber Security Operations Centre, Singapore Technologies Electronics signed a contract with Sri Lanka's Information and Communication Technology...
Tratos, Prysmian sign optical fiber contract To develop an ultra-broadband network, Prysmian Group signed an agreement for the annual supply of Prysmian’s standard and special optical fibre to Tratos…
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Spark NZ all set to switch from PSTN to IP-based network Spark New Zealand revealed plans to upgrade its fixed line infrastructure, and will switch from its ageing PSTN to a next generation IP-based network over the course of the next five years…
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Vimeo updates VHX over-the-top platform Vimeo has updated its OTT platform VHX, offering ad-supported video for partner channels and introducing new video SDKs…
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