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• Smartphone shipments to grow 5% in 2016 despite Apple posting first annual decline

  26-08-2016 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Despite the new iPhone, Canalys expects Apple's worldwide shipments will decline in 2016, as it continues to struggle in China. Click here for more.
  
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• Slovak Telekom demonstrates Gigabit-class LTE solution using Ericsson technology

  26-08-2016 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ericsson and Slovak Telekom have successfully demonstrated an over-the-air LTE Advanced solution with data speeds up to 900Mbps. Click here for more.
  
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• Five of Top 10 Worldwide Mobile Phone Vendors Increased Sales

  26-08-2016 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Overall sales of mobile phones contracted by 0.5 percent with only five vendors from the top 10 showing growth. Among them were four Chinese manufacturers (Huawei, Oppo, Xiaomi and BBK Communication Equipment) and South Korea's Samsung. Click here for more.
  
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• Extending battery life for mobile devices

  26-08-2016 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  A team of researchers have introduced a new radio technology that allows small mobile devices to take advantage of battery power in larger devices nearby for communication.Click here for more.
  
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• Australian Smartphone Market Holds it Breath in Anticipation of Multiple Vendor Releases

  26-08-2016 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Australian mobile phone slide continued in 2016Q2 as only 1.8 million mobile phones were shipped as opposed to 2.2 million units one year ago.Click here for more.
  
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• After Successive Declines, Indian Smartphone Market Recovers

  26-08-2016 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Both global and Indian vendor's shipments declined year-on-year, while China based vendor's shipments grew at healthy 75 percent in CY Q2 2016. Click here for more.
  
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• Apollo takes Rackspace private in $4.3bn deal

  26-08-2016 17:53
  
  Rackspace has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by a collection of funds to be managed by Apollo Global Management for $4.3 billion.
  The deal has been in the rumour-mill for a few weeks, as the business has struggled at times to transition into the era of cloud computing. While Rackspace was previously one of the more well-known businesses during the pre-cloud era, it has seemingly struggled to keep up with AWS and Microsoft Azure transitioning into the managed service arena. Mo
  
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• WhatsApp stretches definition of improved customer experience

  26-08-2016 13:37
  
  WhatsApp has announced it will be changing its terms and conditions which will see it share user data with Facebook, allowing the parent company to hone its advertising.
  Updating the terms and conditions should not come as a surprise, the move reflects the fact a lot has changed for the brand in the last few years, though it does open the door to more commercially driven services on the app. WhatsApp will now be able to share user data with Facebook in an effort to improve the accuracy and relev
  
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• EMC gives hybrid cloud offerings an upgrade

  26-08-2016 12:45
  
  EMC has announced two updates to its Enterprise Hybrid Cloud and Native Hybrid Cloud solutions playing on the digital transformation buzz currently transfixing the technology community.
  Focusing on the idea of digital transformation, the new offerings are focused on those organizations implementing cloud-native applications and a DevOps strategy. Both the offerings will enter into general availability from September, with the team planning further updates later in the year.
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• Sigfox expands proprietary IoT network to Colombia

  26-08-2016 12:36
  
  French IoT networking company Sigfox has continued its Latin American expansion by making Colombia the third country in the region to receive its proprietary network.
  Following the precedent established in Brazil and Mexico Sigfox has apparently created a dedicated operator from scratch, in this case Phaxsi Solutions, and named it the exclusive Sigfox operator for the country. Phaxsi has apparently been working with Sigfox since 2014 and has had a pilot going since last year. WND, another compan
  
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• Apple partnership is music to our EEars

  26-08-2016 12:05
  
  EE has unveiled its latest initiative to captivate the UK market, offering a free six month subscription new and upgrading EE customers from September 1.
  The scheme will be available for pay monthly iOS and Android customers in the UK, as well as those who are on SIM only deals. Apple music already has 15 million paying subscribers globally and this is the first tie up between Apple and a UK telco for its music offering. Although iTunes generally accepted as the more prominent music shop, Apple
  
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• ZTE increases profit, revenues during H1 2016

  26-08-2016 02:00
  
  Chinese vendor claims leading position in 4G equipment sales; reports solid growth in its consumer device and smart cities businesses.
  
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• U.S. 600 MHz auction bids exceed US$18.5bn

  26-08-2016 02:00
  
  FCC completes 18th bidding round in the forward phase of the incentive auction.
  
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• Sigfox extends IoT network to Colombia

  26-08-2016 02:00
  
  Partnership with WND and Phaxsi Solutions sees French IoT company enter its third country in Latin America, and 24th globally.
  
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• Optical transport market revenue neared US$4bn in Q2 2016: Dell’Oro

  26-08-2016 02:00
  
  Huawei surpassed the US$1-billion quarterly revenue run rate for the first time.
  
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• Mobile operators lining up to offer free Apple Music

  26-08-2016 02:00
  
  EE is to offer the music streaming service free for six months, with Telekom Deutschland rumoured to be next in line.
  
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• Huawei opens biggest global service centre in India

  26-08-2016 02:00
  
  The new GSC will support 350 million subscribers.
  
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