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:.Daily News Briefing.:
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December 17, 2015 |
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Members
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- Zain announces group-wide gaming partnership with Cut the Rope global games developer, Zeptolab
Mobile games revenue globally is forecast to grow from US$29 billion in 2015 to US$45 billion by 2018 at 15% annual growth, making Zain’s partnership with Zeptolab very timely and potentially lucrative... Read More
- Cisco, Intersec team up to boost big data analytics capabilities
The two companies have signed a commercial partnership to enrich cellular data with Wi-Fi by connecting their platforms and a reselling agreement for Cisco to distribute and integrate Intersec’s solutions with its own... Read More
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Policy and Regulation
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- FCC no longer requires telecom operators to share new broadband infrastruture
The regulator requires that existing "brownfield" conduit be made available to special access broadband business service competitors, including cable operators, but does not require similar access to new "greenfield" buildouts... Read More
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South Asia
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- India's 3G penetration low at 9%
High-ARPU subscribers are likely to be early adopters of 4G, and Bharti Airtel and Vodafone could be impacted once newcomer Reliance Jio's launches its awaited 4G services... Read More
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Middle East
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North Africa
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- I&M Bank Customers to access free banking on Airtel Money
Airtel Kenya offers Airtel Money services to individuals and corporate entities as an alternative payment channel and is increasingly accepted and used by more and people as a convenient and affordable means of transferring money and paying for goods... Read More
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3G, 4G & Beyond
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- China Mobile builds world’s largest 4G network
The application and development of 4G technology in China has effectively promoted the internationalisation of fourth generation mobile communication technology TD-LTE, which is led by China... Read More
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OTT, Alternative Telecom
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- WeChat is competing with WhatsApp
The app has become core to the Chinese social fabric, with 650 million monthly users, the majority of them in China, and 93% penetration in its major cities. Now it aims to replicate success in Africa... Read More
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
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- More than four-fifths of online video users take VOD services
Millennials’ patience with video buffering may be waning. As compared with its April 2015 survey, Limelight found a 35% increase in the number of respondents who would abandon a video after only one buffering event, indicating an erosion of patience for video interruptions... Read More
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Global Telecom Update
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- Wearable market to grow 44% to 111 million units in 2016
The size of the wearable market will be 214.6 million units by 2019 – at a CAGR of 28 percent, IT market research agency IDC said... Read More
- Telenor surpasses 200 million mobile subscribers
Telenor is present in 13 markets across Asia and Europe. The company entered Hungary 21 years ago and established its first Asian operation in 1996. As of the third quarter, Telenor Group's six Asian operations generated more than 50 percent of the group's total revenues... Read More
- M1 launches unlimited in-flight data roaming
Ther service will be available on 18 airlines as both a subscription and pay-per-use service. The service will offer connections to M1's preferred in-flight network OnAir with consumption costs capped at US$17.71 per day for subscription customers... Read More
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