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SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
January 23, 2017 |
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| NTT to demo new subsea cable fibre-optic system at 1.44 petabit |
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even though research into and development of improved subsea cables continues apace it seldom gets the sort of industry or media attention that is routinely lavished on 5G or network transformation based on SDN and NFV. However, today comes the news that the Japanese telco, NTT, is about to demonstrate a new fibre-optic system that, by placing 12 separate cores (or light paths) within a single 125 micron glass fibre, will be able to handle traffic at 1.44 petabit per second (a petabit is one quadrillion binary digits or one thousand...
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| Tata buys 35% in IoT specialist Teleena |
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Tata Communications has boosted its interest in mobile virtual networks and machine-to-machine communications by becoming the largest shareholder in Teleena, taking a 35% holding.
Teleena is a mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) and internet of things (IoT) specialist based in Nieuwegein, near Utrecht in the Netherlands. It is an unquoted company, so no price has been disclosed for the purchase.
Tata Communications disclosed the information in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange on Friday. The company said the...
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| Virgin Mobile Saudi Arabia, Genesys partner to enhance digital services |
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Virgin Mobile Saudi Arabia has announced Genesys will provide a digital services centres to help its customers and also facilitate their communication with operations with minimal effort.
The partnership will see Virgin Mobile Saudi Arabia strengthen the trust between themselves and its customers, through the unification of the company's points and communication channels, including their accounts on social networks.
Previously, operators depended on the call centre as a tool to respond to customer requests whereby...
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| Policy and Regulation |
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SIMs sale rises in Bangladesh: BTRC
According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, Mobile operators sold more than 1.6 million SIMs after the government launched mandatory biometric re-registration of SIMs...
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TRAI sets recommendations on in-building infrastructure
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India issued recommendations on ‘In-Building Access to reduces competition and eliminates consumers’ rights to select a service provider that suits their needs...
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ARCT calls on ISPs to sign up to IXP
In order to help internet access in the East African country, DG Burundi’s Agency for Regulation and Control of Telecommunications called on domestic ISPs to sign up to the country’s national Internet Exchange...
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Orange Egypt set to launch new services
According to Orange Egypt, it will launch the new 4G internet services after it completes experimental networking, and obtains final approval from the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority...
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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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