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• Syniverse invests $45 million in mobile marketing firm Vibes

  01-06-2016 16:57
  
  US mobility solutions company Syniverse has entered into a strategic partnership with mobile marketing outfit Vibes, which includes paying $45 million for a minority stake.
  Vibes offers mobile marketing tools and services to retailers and brands via its Catapult cloud-based mobile marketing platform. Syniverse wants to augment its enterprise mobility solutions by adding what it claims is the leading ‘mobile-first’ CRM platform in the industry.
  “Vibes has helped some of the most
  
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• BT refreshes MVNO offering despite EE acquisition

  01-06-2016 16:52
  
  BT has launched a pay monthly mobile service as it looks to bolster its MVNO offering, in spite of closing its acquisition of EE earlier this year.
  With incentives in place for existing customers and separate welcome offers for new, BT is offering pay-monthly tariffs with SIM card in tow for as little as £20 a month with a ceiling of £51 per month on its premium offerings.
  At first glance it appears odd for BT to be persisting with its MVNO while simultaneously owning EE; but moving
  
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• Microsoft sells mobile patents to Xiaomi, signs software bundling deal

  01-06-2016 16:15
  
  Microsoft’s orderly retreat from mobile devices is turning into a rout with the news that it has sold nearly 1,500 technology patents to Chinese devices company Xiaomi.
  While the patent deal has had no formal announcement, widespread reports feature confirmations from Xiaomi. Microsoft could well have acquired most of those patents along with Nokia’s devices unit and, as that now seems surplus to requirements, so too are the patents.
  For Xiaomi, while the patents could contribute to
  
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• SMS catch-22, and the path to virtualised messaging

  01-06-2016 12:38
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Alex Duncan, CEO of Openmind, looks at the choices operators have in the face of declining messaging revenue.
  By the end of this year, global mobile subscriptions are set to reach 7.6 billion, including 1.6 billion LTE subscriptions – more than the number of people on the planet.
  Yet with this enormous growth in global subscriptions, mobile operators are f
  
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• IoT devices will overtake mobile by 2018 with Europe leading the way – Ericsson

  01-06-2016 12:31
  
  The latest Ericsson Mobility Report forecasts such rapid growth in the number of global IoT devices that they will overtake mobile phones as the largest category of connected device by 2018.
  Ericsson reckons Western Europe will be the biggest growth driver for IoT devices, forecasting a 5x increase by 2021. This won’t necessarily be the result of a greater appetite for IoT by European consumers, however, with Ericsson saying directives such as eCall for cars and smart meters compelling the
  
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• Sigfox recruits Atari for IoT devices push

  01-06-2016 11:19
  
  Retro gaming giant Atari will soon be entering the IoT arena following a partnership with Sigfox, the low power WAN provider.
  Famed for its trailblazing old-school computers and gaming consoles in the 1980s and 1990s, an announcement from Atari said it will soon be developing and launching consumer IoT devices. While tangible details weren’t forthcoming, and won’t be for the time being, Atari did indicate a move back to hardware having been primarily, if not solely, focussed on
  
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• Atari bringing back devices with Sigfox IoT agreement

  01-06-2016 11:19
  
  Retro gaming giant Atari will soon be entering the IoT arena following a partnership with Sigfox, the low power WAN provider.
  Famed for its trailblazing old-school computers and gaming consoles in the 1980s and 1990s, an announcement from Atari said it will soon be developing and launching consumer IoT services. While tangible details weren’t particularly forthcoming, and won’t be for the time being, Atari did hint at a move back to hardware having been primarily, if not solely, focu
  
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• Hogmore Media scores by distributing European football coverage using Eutelsat Broadband’s NewsSpotter service

  01-06-2016 10:30
  
  NewsSpotter’s flexible satellite broadband service allows Hogmore Media to distribute coverage of 1,000 football matches a year across Europe and potential for more sports coverageJune 1st, 2016 – Hogmore Media, a European sports media rights company, is using Eutelsat Broadband’s NewsSpotter satellite newsgathering service to distribute coverage of the continent’s top football matches across Europe. In the past year, the company has used NewsSpotter to live stream and di
  
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• Telenor likely to be only bidder in Pakistan auction

  01-06-2016 02:00
  
  Mobilink, Ufone and Zong will not participate in this month's 850-MHz sale.
  
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• Tele2 launches LTE-450 in Russia

  01-06-2016 02:00
  
  Mobile operator launches services in two regions, plans to extend to St Petersburg, Leningrad and Moscow in next two months.
  
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• Softbank aims to raise $7.9bn via Alibaba stake sale

  01-06-2016 02:00
  
  Japanese operator to reduce stake to 28% in order to improve liquidity, cut debt.
  
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• Ooredoo launches 1-Gbps fibre broadband in Qatar

  01-06-2016 02:00
  
  Telco charges €469 per month for 1-Gbps Internet service; also launches home WiFi offer for VIP customers with large villas.
  
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• Mexico grants 4G licences to AT&T, America Movil

  01-06-2016 02:00
  
  Operators paid combined 4 billion pesos for 80 MHz of AWS spectrum.
  
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• IoT connections to overtake handsets in 2018

  01-06-2016 02:00
  
  Swedish kit maker predicts non-cellular IoT connections to reach 14.2 billion in five years.
  
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• European telco CEOs confront EU officials about regulation

  01-06-2016 02:00
  
  Heads of BT, Deutsche Telekom, KPN, Telekom Austria, discuss framework review with commissioners.
  
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• Ericsson expects IoT connections to overtake handsets in 2018

  01-06-2016 02:00
  
  Swedish kit maker predicts non-cellular IoT connections to reach 14.2 billion in five years.
  
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• BT extends mobile service to pay monthly

  01-06-2016 02:00
  
  U.K. incumbent offers smartphones from Apple, Samsung, others; plans marketing campaign.
  
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