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• Smartphone Volumes Relatively Flat Marking the Second Straight Quarter Without Growth

  02-08-2016 14:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  The market did show greater sequential growth as shipments were up 3.1% from 333.1 million in the first quarter of 2016. Click here for more.
  
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• Number of Unique Mobile Subscribers in Africa Surpasses Half a Billion

  02-08-2016 14:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  More than half a billion people across Africa are now subscribed to mobile services as the continent continues to migrate rapidly to mobile broadband networks, Click here for more.
  
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• America Movil Reducing Stake in Telekom Austria

  02-08-2016 14:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mexico based America Movil has announced that it is reducing its stake in Telekom Austria, but will retain control of the company. Click here for more.
  
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• AWS, Microsoft, Google and IBM tighten grip on cloud market dominance

  02-08-2016 14:41
  
  New research from Synergy states while the cloud market is growing at a healthy rate quarter-by-quarter, the four dominate cloud brands are continuing to pull away from the pack, controlled more market share month-by-month.
  Data from Synergy Research claims the four companies now collectively control more than 50% of worldwide cloud market share (IaaS, PaaS and Hosted Private Cloud), with AWS maintaining its lead at the top of the leader board controlling almost a third of worldwide share. Over
  
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• NBC and Microsoft to deliver Olympics streaming using Azure

  02-08-2016 12:58
  
  Microsoft has announced it has partnered with broadcaster NBC for its Azure cloud platform to help deliver cross-platform multi-streaming coverage of the 2016 Olympic Games.
  The Azure cloud platform will help NBC deliver more than 4,500 hours of coverage from the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games throughout August. According to Microsoft, it will be providing cloud encoding and hosting with video workflows for the NBC Olympics’ production of the Games, and will assist with live and on-demand mu
  
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• Strong Asia performance continues as Indonesia Telkom and KT report double-digit growth

  02-08-2016 12:33
  
  Indonesia Telkom and KT have continued positive performances for operators in the Asia markets, both reporting healthy growth.
  KT has continued to diversify its business, reducing its reliance on its telephony business, as it posted healthy growth in its media business, wireless and broadband. Total revenues for the quarter were roughly $5.1 billion, an increase of 4.5%, with profits of $220 million. This number was down year-on-year, though this was partly due to the sale of a subsidiary during
  
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• Nokia and SK complete portable RAN for public safety LTE

  02-08-2016 11:52
  
  Nokia and SK Telecom have announced the completion of a portable public safety LTE system designed for first responders in the field.
  The PS-LTE network system is based on Nokia’s portable mobile basestation solution it announced at Critical Communications World in May. The Ultra Compact Network is intended to be utilised by first responders and emergence services to establish a fully functioning LTE network in remote or disaster-stricken areas.
  SK and Nokia’s PS-LTE system builds on
  
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• Comcast faces $100m lawsuit for 1.8m violations of Consumer Protection Act

  02-08-2016 11:12
  
  The Attorney General for the State of Washington has filed a $100 million lawsuit against Comcast for 1.8 million violations of the state’s Consumer Protection Act.
  The lawsuit covers a number of violations including misrepresenting the scope of its Service Protection Plan, charging customers improper service call fees and improper credit screening practices, though the scale of the challenge could be seen as more of a worry. While the lawsuit being faced in Washington is an immediate conc
  
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• Why VoLTE can lead to smartphone enabled fraud

  02-08-2016 10:57
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Sandra Costa, Product Marketing Specialist for Telecom at WeDo Technologies discusses some of the challenges with fraud prevention once VoLTE becomes mainstream.
  With Cisco predicting a massive, unprecedented growth in mobile internet traffic in its Visual Networking Index 2016 Report, for the ‘Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update 2010-2015&rsqu
  
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• ASC Introduces Expanded Recording Capabilities for Chat, Video and Skype for Business

  02-08-2016 10:07
  
  The latest release of ASC’s Workforce Optimization and Compliance Solution neo 5.0 delivers new integrations for omni-channel support and offers process analytics to boost agent efficiencyHoesbach/Germany, August 2, 2016 – ASC Technologies today announced the release of its latest workforce optimization solution, neo 5.0, with expanded chat and video recording and advanced analytics capabilities for voice and screen information.Chat and video recording is fully integrated in the soft
  
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• Turkcell ownership battle draws to a close...possibly

  02-08-2016 02:00
  
  LetterOne claims victory in arbitration court ruling, which should force Cukurova Holding to either sell its shares in Turkcell or buy back those held by the Russian company.
  
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• Telenor hires new permanent CFO

  02-08-2016 02:00
  
  Jørgen Rostrup to join Norwegian incumbent in November from fertilizer maker Yara.
  
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• Tablet shipments fall despite demand for detachables

  02-08-2016 02:00
  
  Strongest growth in second quarter comes from Amazon and Huawei, according to IDC figures.
  
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• Ronan Dunne named Verizon Wireless president

  02-08-2016 02:00
  
  Outgoing O2 UK chief to take on new job at U.S. operator in September.
  
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• Nokia extends Telefonica Germany managed services deal

  02-08-2016 02:00
  
  Finnish vendor to provide range of network management and support services covering telco's fixed and mobile infrastructure.
  
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• Mobily, Saudi Telecom start tower JV talks

  02-08-2016 02:00
  
  Operators open to involving other players in negotiations as they look to drive down costs.
  
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• Hutchison Telecom HK revenues slump as smartphones unavailable

  02-08-2016 02:00
  
  Hong Kong-based telco posts 52% decline in turnover in first half of 2016 as hardware revenue in mobile segment plummets.
  
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• Go minority holders reject Tunisie Telecom offer

  02-08-2016 02:00
  
  Tunisian operator remains upbeat about Maltese quad-play acquisition, despite lack of support from smaller shareholders.
  
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