SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
July 24, 2021 |
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Featured Member News |
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New FirstNet cell site turned on in Dorchester County |
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Dorchester County’s first responders are getting another major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet® network expansion currently underway by AT&T. The new site was announced during a special event that featured national, state, and local officials, including representatives from the federal First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority), local first responders, and officials from AT&T...
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Policy and Regulation |
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Chile's Subtel announces tender for fiber optic project
Chilean telecommunications regulator has announced the launch of a public tender for the deployment of a fiber optic project in the country’s Tarapacá region...
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MoH announces an update for ‘Immune’ app
Kuwait’s Ministry of Health announced that a new update is available for ‘Immune’ application that allows users to add their vaccine information, COVID-19 test results for one or six companions...
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Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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CNN to launch streaming service
Commenting on the new service, Jeff Zucker, chairman of WarnerMedia News and Sports and president of CNN Worldwide, said it would be the evolution of video news and the start of a new era for the company...
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Redbox turns to Wurl for Free Live TV expansion
Redbox has built up the Free Live TV streaming service to 100 channels of programming available online and on a number of devices including Apple TV, Android TV, Xbox games consoles, and smartphones...
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Global Telecom Update |
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Vodafone Fiji selects Aryaka for enterprise SD-WAN
Vodafone Fiji has tapped Aryaka Networks to provide it with SD-WAN solutions so that it can provide fast and secure connectivity to enterprise customers in the Pacific region...
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IBM’s H1 revenue edges up 2% to US$36.5 billion
IBM said that its revenues for the six-month period (H1) ended June 30, 2021, totaled US$36.5 billion, an increase of 2 percent year to year compared with US$35.7 billion for the first six months of 2020...
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3G, 4G and 5G Networks |
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Telkom Kenya scaling up its 4G network
The company’s primary focus is to improve telecommunications and infrastructure in the country as they hope to bridge the digital divide between first and third-world countries...
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T-Mobile wants 3,000 5G base stations by end-September
T-Mobile Poland is expecting to have 3,000 5G base stations in service by the end of September, with the operator saying it is adding around 120 new 5G sites each week...
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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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