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18 Sep
Mexico ranks second in pay-TV household penetration across Latin America
Pay-TV household penetration in Mexico will reach 56.9% by year-end 2019, the second-highest in Latin America with 17.7 percentage points above the Latin America average.
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18 Sep
Polish telecom regulator plans 5G spectrum auction with a planned rollout in 2020
The Polish telecom regulator, UKE, is planning to auction the 3.4-3.8GHz bandwidth frequencies, which are dedicated to the construction of the 5G networks in Poland.
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18 Sep
China’s OnePlus makes strides into US smartphone market
The Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus Technology is making inroads into the US market over other Chinese rivals who are struggling to gain entry. OnePlus benefits from a small product line that allows it to streamline its resources to offer better support.
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16 Sep
BBC poised to end Netflix and Amazon investment boom for UK producers
Between October and December 2019 the BBC and ITV will launch their new subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, BritBox, across the UK.
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16 Sep
Launch of iPhone and TV+ must overcome pricing, content and prestige hurdles
Apple unveiled its iPhone 11, Pro and Pro Max at a keynote event recently.
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6 Sep
IT vendors keen on marketing jargon need to be brought back down to earth
In its early days, when IT was overly fond of technical jargon, magazine features and advertisements were overflowing with terms such as “megabytes per second” and “POSIX compliance”, much to the delight IT practitioners.
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6 Sep
Cybersecurity professionals wants stronger privacy measures but don’t trust governments to get it right
As concerns over data privacy, IT and network security continue to grow, a recent survey of information security professionals shows a growing demand for tighter security regulations.
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5 Sep
Is Kubernetes eating VMware’s lunch?
Infrastructure giant VMware is feeling the pinch from application modernisation technology’s biggest threat, Kubernetes.
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4 Sep
YouTube walks away from the overcrowded TV streaming war
The video-sharing platform has effectively backed the ad-supported business model by putting its most successful original show, Cobra Kai, in front of the paywall. YouTube announced the move weeks ago, as new subscription services set to launch by Disney and Apple will make competition unbearable in an already saturated market.
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4 Sep
Achieving IT startup success in the West Bank
The West Bank technology startup ecosystem is in its early stage but maturing.
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4 Sep
Dubai-backed fintech company Numbrs reaches $1bn valuation
Numbrs Personal Finance AG, a Zurich-based financial technology (fintech) company, backed by the sovereign wealth fund Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), has reached $1bn in valuation making it Europe’s latest unicorn, news agency Bloomberg has reported.
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3 Sep
How can telcos lower the 5G smartphone-adoption barrier?
This year has already seen more than 14 telcos launch commercial 5G services globally, with launches concentrated in the US, Western Europe, developed Asia and the Persian Gulf.
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3 Sep
Kenya’s telecoms industry poised for shake-up, if regulator lifts Airtel-Telkom merger suspension
In February 2019, Telkom Kenya and Airtel Kenya announced plans to merge their Kenya telecom services into a joint venture to be called Airtel-Telkom.
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3 Sep
Producers of best video content in Europe will take the biggest slice of SVoD pie
The European Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) market is highly competitive, with an increasing number of global and local players competing for market share. Securing the right content is a key element for companies looking to succeed in the over-the-top (OTT) video space.
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3 Sep
Babbel looks to ‘language travel’ synergies to vanquish e-learning rivals
Lesson Nine GmbH, the company behind the Babbel language app, is expanding into travel bookings, diversifying its product offering to language learners.
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2 Sep
Will containerisation kill the cloud along with cloud incompatibility?
Software manufacturers are leaping on the idea of containerisation as a quick route to true cross-cloud compatibility; however, enterprise buyers need to be aware that there is a huge difference between compatibility and capability.
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2 Sep
Huawei’s releases underscore its ability to forge ahead with AI despite its US trade woes
In the realm of AI, Huawei is readying itself to go head to head with global leaders, including Google and Amazon.
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2 Sep
Chinese streaming platforms may unseat Netflix
Netflix has established itself as the global leader in online video streaming.
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2 Sep
Enterprises doing business in California are unprepared for looming consumer privacy deadline
A new privacy regulation similar to Europe’s Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is looming for companies doing business in California, as that state’s Consumer Privacy Act takes effect at the beginning of 2020.
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2 Sep
Is the subscription model flexible enough to survive economic hard times?
IT vendors are all addicted to the subscription model, but can it survive an economic downturn?
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2 Sep
Junior flagships address rising phone prices in US wireless market
With increased smartphone prices and reduced innovation between device generations, people are holding on to their phones longer.
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23 Aug
US carriers employ Shaken/Stir to combat the scourge of robocalling
US telcos are employing a cross-network number verification approach to fight phone scam and robocalling, but the solution is far from a silver bullet.
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23 Aug
Pay-TV household penetration in the Americas will decline to 49% in 2019
Pay-TV household penetration in the Americas reached 53.2% at the end of 2018, behind Central & Eastern Europe (71.2%), Asia-Pacific (67.4%), and Western Europe (62.5%), but above the global average, which stood at 55.3% for the same period.
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23 Aug
Forget the last mile, network performance is now most likely to fall short in the last few metres
Fixed and cable operators are increasingly delivering 1 Gbps services to residences thanks to new fibre buildouts as well as technologies that can squeeze more capacity out of legacy copper-based solutions.
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22 Aug
Fibre will become Europe’s leading fixed broadband technology by 2023
To meet ever-growing consumer data demands and offer new digital products and services, European telcos are strongly investing in high-speed fibre broadband.
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22 Aug
Spectrum auctions will promote 5G and 4G LTE network expansion in Argentina
Total mobile subscriptions in Argentina will reach 61.3 million by year-end 2019, and will account for 8.4% of the region’s total mobile subscriptions.
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22 Aug
Kenya aims to achieve 90% broadband coverage by 2023
Fixed broadband adoption in Kenya is relatively low, with a 0.54% penetration of the population, despite efforts under the 2013-2017 national broadband strategy.
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21 Aug
Early US tests show not all 5G is created equal
With early deployments of 5G now underway in the US, it is becoming clear that all 5G is not created equal and performance thus far varies wildly depending on operator, city and spectrum being used.
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21 Aug
Facebook’s private groups get the Big Brother treatment
Facebook recently unveiled “proactive” scrutiny measures and administrator tools for its closed-community private groups.
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20 Aug
Latin America’s fixed broadband revenue to grow 3.8% to 2024
In Latin America, fixed broadband revenue will increase from US$23.8 billion in 2019 to US$28.7 billion in 2024, which represents a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.8%.