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• Pokémon Go launches and crashes in Japan, surprise surprise

  22-07-2016 17:37
  
  After a barnstorming performance around the world, Pokémon Go has finally launched in the lucrative Japanese market, with servers crashing hours later, presumably not surprising many.
  The Japanese market is one which has drawn attention from many around the world, mainly due to the financial potential in the country. Japanese consumers are widely recognised by organizations worldwide as one of the biggest in-game spenders for apps and on-line gaming on the whole. A successful launch in Ja
  
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• Mobile banking uptake rising sharply – British Bankers Association

  22-07-2016 16:31
  
  British Bankers Association (BBA) says digital banking is in a “consumer-led revolution”. Its latest report – Way We Bank Now – shows a drastic increase in consumers using digital channels to manage their money – reports Banking Technology.
  Changing customer habits and major technological advances in banking have resulted in the following:
  Customers are using mobile banking apps more than 7,610 times a minute;
  Payments using mobile apps in 2015 were 347 million
  
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• Facebook demos portable internet-delivery drone Aquila

  22-07-2016 12:54
  
  Facebook has provided an update on its aviation-based internet connectivity project Aquila, revealing results of recent early phase trials.
  The project is similar to that of Google’s Project Titan, which is the concept of deploying a fleet of low-energy, solar powered, unmanned airplanes capable of emitting wireless signal for internet connectivity in rural areas. The fleet is intended to be portable, and can move en masse to areas in need of connectivity as and when required.
  Aquila, whic
  
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• Salesforce buys Coolan to help keep its data centres running

  22-07-2016 12:50
  
  Salesforce has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire data analysis specialist Coolan, following numerous data centre outages in recent months.
  Coolan has developed software for analysing data about data centre hardware, which helps organizations monitor performance to predict server failure, reduce downtime, and lower the cost of infrastructure. The announcement was made by Coolan Co-founder Amir Michael on the company’s blog and marks a productive couple of weeks for the CRM gian
  
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• Q&A with Massimo Fatato, VP Telco Vertical EMEA at Red Hat

  22-07-2016 12:25
  Red Hat is an enterprise open-source software company that you wouldn’t necessarily associate explicitly with telecoms. But as telecoms moves into the cloud these two worlds are increasingly colliding, so Red Hat has created a business unit specifically to address that vertical and recently appointed tech and networking industry veteran Massimo Fatato to head it up for the EMEA region. Telecoms.com caught up with him to find out more about Red Hat’s telecoms plans.
  Q: Why did you joi
  
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• AT&T posts 23% revenue growth but TV subscribers drop by 49k

  22-07-2016 12:16
  
  AT&T has reported a year-on-year revenue hike of 23% to $40.5 billion, largely due to the integration of DirecTV, however there was a net-loss of 49,000 TV subscribers across the quarter.
  The revenue boost, which was largely attributed to the successful integration of DirecTV into the AT&T business, compliments the second-ever lowest US wireless postpaid churn of 0.97% across the period. While 342,000 customers joined DirecTV, the U-verse was less successful, losing 391,000. AT&T has
  
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• Vodafone Q2 beats expectations despite ongoing UK issues

  22-07-2016 11:53
  
  UK operator group Vodafone served up solid Q2 2016 numbers that exceeded analyst expectations in spite of ongoing domestic problems caused by its new billing system.
  Vodafone chose to describe its Q2 numbers with a somewhat muted ‘continued progress’ label. Service revenues in Europe were flat, but AMAP (Africa, Middle East and APAC) service revenues grew 7.7% to give the whole group 2.2% growth. Analysts were expecting 1.8% growth, according to Bloomberg, and Vodafone shares were up
  
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• Vodafone fiscal Q1 service revenue rises 2.2%

  22-07-2016 02:00
  
  Operator reports stable European performance, ongoing growth in Africa, Middle East, Asia Pacific.
  
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• Smartwatch market stumbles in Q2

  22-07-2016 02:00
  
  IDC says quarterly shipments plunged 32% due to lack of Apple Watch buzz.
  
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• Samsung hits Huawei with patent suit

  22-07-2016 02:00
  
  Korean electronics maker steps up patent dispute with Chinese rival, demands €21.8 million.
  
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• Nearly 500,000 respond to BEREC net neutrality consultation

  22-07-2016 02:00
  
  European regulator group to share final net neutrality guidelines by end of August.
  
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• It's virtually the weekend

  22-07-2016 02:00
  
  The clouds are rolling in, as the virtualisation trend starts to take hold and the U.K. gets to grips with summer.
  
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• Cellcom wins injunction against Golan Telecom/Hot Mobile deal

  22-07-2016 02:00
  
  Judge rules in market leader's favour, despite Golan Telecom's claims it felt 'exploited' by takeover deal.
  
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• AT&T is still losing video customers

  22-07-2016 02:00
  
  U.S. telco posts strong revenues in Q2, but a year after DirecTV buy its satellite customer growth is failing to offset U-verse losses.
  
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