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Industry News Briefing
April 5, 2018


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Policy and Regulation

•	Ofcom releases spectrum auction winners update for UK British telecom regulator Ofcom announced the result of the principal stage of its spectrum auction to release airwaves for 4G mobile and 5G services in UK...

•	China Mobile handed FDD-LTElicence Chinese telecoms watchdog the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has issued China Mobile with a licence to offer mobile services based on FDD-LTE technology...

Middle East

•	Turkcell to improve children’s digital literacy Turkcell, DQ Institute and Turkish Ministry of Education announced that they are joining forces to improve children’s digital literacy in Turkey...

•	Western Union launches digital money transfers in Bahrain Mobile App and the WU.com transactional website enables customers to send money round the clock to almost anywhere in the world...

South Asia

•	Pakistan to expand scope of mobile broadband services Pakistan is expanding the scope of 3G/4G services to rural and semi-urban areas, to enhance broadband penetration and increase the size of the e-commerce market...

•	Dialog and Orange Electric launch first IoT Wi-Fi socket manufactured in Sri Lanka Dialog Axiata has partnered with Orange Electric to launch the first IoT Wi-Fi socket manufactured in Sri Lanka, the 'Orange Electric Smart Socket'...

Alternative Telecom

•	MTS Belarus introduces new fixed broadband line Mobile operator MTS Belarus has introduced a new fixed broadband X tariff line...

•	Marlink adds new satellite to the Sealink VSAT network Marlink has added a new satellite to its global multi-band Sealink network, expanding its footprint in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and introducing more Ku-band VSAT capacity to enable high-speed broadband connectivity...

North Africa

•	Belarus, Egypt to step up cooperation in cybersecurity Ways to boost cooperation in cybersecurity were discussed between representatives of Egypt and Belarus...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Satellite remains leading TV reception infrastructure in Germany DTH satellite reception remains the most used TV reception method in Germany: Its reach rose by around 130,000 households to 17.72 million in 2017...

•	NTV+ sees strong growth for OTT TV service Russian pay TV provider NTV+ saw the number of paying subscribers to its recently-launched OTT TV service grow 3.5 times in the first quarter of 2018 to reach 41,000...

3G and 4G Networks

•	Vodafone expands 3G network to 25 new locations Vodafone Ghana, the country’s second largest mobile network operator (MNO) by subscribers, has expanded its 3G UMTS900 network to a further 25 locations, with particular emphasis on rural areas...

•	Verizon tests 4G CBRS Leading companies and vendors from across the wireless industry have come together at Verizon’s facility in Irving, Texas to accelerate using 4G LTE technology over the CBRS (Citizen Band Radio Spectrum) spectrum...

Global Telecom Update

•	Beeline relinquishes spectrum in 900MHz, 1800MHz bands Uzbekistani mobile operator Beeline has reportedly transferred a portion of its frequency allocations to rivals Ucell (Coscom), Universal Mobile Systems (UMS) and Uzbektelecom (Uzmobile)...

•	MegaFon to acquire 5G spectrum-holder Neosprint The Board of Directors of Russian mobile operator MegaFon has approved the acquisition of 100% of Neosprint, which owns spectrum in the 3.4GHz-3.6GHz band for Moscow...

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