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• AT&T nears deal to take over Time Warner

  21-10-2016 18:40 via ft.com
  Agreement for the $73bn media group might come as soon as this weekend
  
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• AT&T in advanced talks to take over Time Warner

  21-10-2016 18:40 via ft.com
  Deal for the $74bn media group could come as soon as this weekend
  
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• China is in the middle of an app frenzy

  21-10-2016 18:08
  
  New data from App Annie shows China has overtaken the US as the world’s biggest source of iOS app store revenue.
  Most of that revenue came from games – specifically collaborative mobile MMOs, which are apparently all the rage over there – but China’s exponential rise on iOS revenue will be as much a product of the rapidly increasing iOS installed base caused by Apple’s recent success over there.
  MMO stands for massively multiplayer online, for those oblivious to the
  
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• Microsoft and IBM find joy in the cloud

  21-10-2016 14:44
  
  Cloud computing has hit the headlines for Microsoft as the technology giant reported a year-on-year rise of 116% for Azure, while IBM continued to move in a cloudy direction.
  Office commercial revenue was up 5% for Microsoft, while Office consumer revenue was up 8%. The ‘intelligent cloud’ business unit contributed a boost of 8% over the course of the latest quarter. Phone revenue was down 72% though the fact the company is actually generating revenue from that car-crash is a su
  
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• Ericsson warns not to get your hopes up for Q4, stock stakes another hit

  21-10-2016 14:24
  
  Ericsson’s Q3 numbers were pretty much as advertised in last week’s profit warning and the company was unable to offer much cause for optimism in the next quarter.
  Acting President and CEO Jan Frykhammar, who must be counting the days until they find a permanent replacement for Hans Vestberg, confirmed that the commercial situation regarding both mobile coverage and capacity is weak. This is especially true, perhaps unsurprisingly, in weaker economies, which now seems to include Euro
  
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• European IT & Software Excellence Awards 2017 announced

  21-10-2016 13:23
  
  Pan-European Awards for ISVs, Solution Providers, Systems Integrators, Software Vendors, Service Providers and DistributorsRecognising Excellence in IT and Telecoms Channels, Software and Solutions[London, 21 October 2016] IT Europa announced today that it will stage the European IT & Software Excellence Awards 2017 in London on 30 March 2017. Now in their ninth year, the European IT & Software Excellence Awards have been designed to recognise and reward excellence in European software d
  
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• AT&T mirrors Verizon’s interest in palaeontology

  21-10-2016 12:14
  
  Nostalgia-driven M&A appears to be the name of the game among the big US operators, with AT&T reportedly considering acquiring Time Warner.
  Big rival Verizon, of course, has made content central to its multiplay strategy, having acquired internet dinosaur AOL last year and making a move for one of the few internet companies even older in the form of Yahoo. The latter move, however, may be on the rocks as the Yahoo fossil-dig has revealed a few nasty surprises.
  AT&T seems to be feelin
  
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• Telia and Ericsson demonstrate record-breaking speed and latency in live 5G trial

  21-10-2016 08:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Telia and Ericsson has brought 5G technology one step closer to deployment, after conducting outdoor tests on the first 5G trial system in Europe.Click here for more.
  
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• Qualcomm Files Actions Against Meizu in the United States, Germany and France

  21-10-2016 08:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Qualcomm has taken actions to address what it claims are Meizu's infringement of its patents in the United States, Germany and France. Click here for more.
  
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• AT&T/Time Warner: Not another sequel

  21-10-2016 02:02 via ft.com
  A full-blown acquisition looks hard to pull off
  
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• Telia swings to Q3 loss on Uzbekistan settlement provision

  21-10-2016 02:00
  
  Sweden-based telco reports flat revenue, slight decline in EBITDA.
  
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• Telefonica launches big data business

  21-10-2016 02:00
  
  Luca to offer big data as a service, consultancy services, and sell anonymous, aggregated data generated by its networks.
  
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• Google's 'pixellated iPhone' goes on sale

  21-10-2016 02:00
  
  Android maker's first in-house smartphone carries a decidedly Apple-y whiff.
  
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• Ericsson sees more gloom following dismal Q3

  21-10-2016 02:00
  
  Vendor expects weaker than normal sales growth in Q4, says revenue will take a hit from a scaled-down services contract in North America.
  
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