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• AT&T looks to break Google-Facebook ad ‘duopoly’

  25-10-2016 22:40 via ft.com
  Bewkes says $85.4bn deal can boost competition as rivals call for regulatory scrutiny
  
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• BT set to roll out free WiFi kiosks in London

  25-10-2016 20:28 via ft.com
  Towers 3m high criticised for encouraging loitering and homeless ‘camps’ in New York
  
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• Comcast offers model for AT&T deal scrutiny

  25-10-2016 19:18 via ft.com
  Antitrust enforcers could look to lessons from cable group’s 2011 NBCUniversal deal
  
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• AT&T-Time Warner deal set for regulatory scrutiny

  25-10-2016 19:18 via ft.com
  Antitrust enforcers could look to lessons from Comcast-NBCUniversal deal in 2011
  
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• Jeff Bewkes urges rivals to back AT&T-Time Warner

  25-10-2016 19:07 via ft.com
  Disney and Fox are among the competitors calling for close regulatory scrutiny
  
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• Look out Google’s about

  25-10-2016 14:39
  
  There are only a handful of companies who can dominate markets with the flick of a wrist and Google just so happens to be one of them. Virtual reality could be the next domino to fall in the Google onslaught.
  Spotted originally by Mattermark, Eyefluence has been brought into the Google family to bolster capabilities ahead of the launch of the Daydream View virtual reality headset in November. Google has made its intentions clear of its desire to play in the VR world so this acquisition should no
  
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• Operators and EU still arguing the toss over wholesale roaming

  25-10-2016 13:05
  
  When it was first announced, we thought operators wouldn’t be happy that customers won’t have to pay roaming fees soon. Turns out that was pretty much spot on.
  It has become one of the great puzzles for the market, trying to figure out how to minimise the hit of zero data fees for roamers. Well, a report from Reuters suggests that, with operators still having to fork out for wholesale roaming charges, Spanish operators want to request a higher-than-wholesale charge when EU roamers st
  
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• China's Business IoT Market to Shift to Agglomeration as Growth Accelerates

  25-10-2016 12:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  China's business Internet of Things (IoT) market is expected to reach US$361 billion (around RMB2.4 trillion) by 2020, implying a CAGR of 13.3% over the next five years. Click here for more.
  
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• 365squared Successfully Launch and Deploy 365detect and 365detect+

  25-10-2016 12:00
  
  Malta, 25 October, 2016: 365squared, a premier managed services provider to the mobile network operator (MNO) community, has today revealed that its two recently launched products, 365detect and 365detect+, have already received positive feedback from the MNO community, with successful results. A number of MNOs around the globe are now effectively monitoring SMS traffic terminating on their network without the need for additional resources. Both services have been launched with the aim of creati
  
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• Apple Watch rots as entire smartwatch market goes mouldy

  25-10-2016 11:21
  
  Let’s hope they’re waterproof because smartwatches are going down the toilet, according to numbers released by the smart dudes over at IDC.
  Everyone was slightly dubious over whether demand for smartwatches would excel beyond the early-adopting few. Rightly so, it would seem, because practically nobody wants one.
  By looking at the numbers from IDC, it would be easier to pick out who’s had a shocking quarter than a vaguely positive one. The industry as a whole has shrunk a massi
  
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• Mirantis & Openwave Mobility Collaborate on Subscriber Data Management for NFV

  25-10-2016 11:00
  
  The industry’s first NFV-enabled UDR now validated on Mirantis OpenStack REDWOOD CITY, Calif – October 25 2016 – Openwave Mobility, a software innovator enabling operators to manage and monetize encrypted mobile data, today announced a collaboration with Mirantis, the pure play OpenStack company. Openwave Mobility’s Subscriber Data Management (SDM) solution, vUDR, has been validated within the Mirantis OpenStack environment.Openwave Mobility vUDR is the industry’s f
  
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• The Code – time for another EU referendum?

  25-10-2016 10:43
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Conor Carroll, SVP, Tata Communications’ Service Provider Business looks at the European Electronic Communications Code and asks if it’s the start of a regulatory slippery slope.Last month, the European Commission (EC) introduced a proposal for establishing the European Electronic Communications Code. Known within telecoms industry realms as &ls
  
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• ITU standardises universal charger for laptops

  25-10-2016 10:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  The ITU has approved a new environmentally friendly standard for a universal charger for laptops and other portable devices. Click here for more.
  
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• Openstack gets desperate and pulls out the dad jokes

  25-10-2016 10:21
  
  This week saw the launch of Openstack Summit with a series of cringe-worthy jokes and a needy cry for attention and validation in the industry.
  Mark Collier, the OpenStack Foundation’s COO did his best to bring an element of humour to the opening presentation, and to be fair, occasionally got a giggle from the audience, but it all seemed very cosmetic. Openstack has been a technology which has struggled to find its place in the industry and compete with the fast growing tech giants, now it
  
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• Moody's: Spectrum wins stretch India operators' balance sheets, a credit negative

  25-10-2016 09:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Moody's says that the resulting high costs for spectrum -- following an auction on October 7 -- is credit negative for India's telecom operators, as the debt levels of their already stretched balance sheets will rise further. Click here for more.
  
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• Game of Telecoms - ATandT Makes $85 Billion Pitch to Buy Time Warner

  25-10-2016 09:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  USA based ATandT has announced a $85.4 billion takeover bid for the media company, Time Warner. Click here for more.
  
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• DragonWave Equipment Selected for Sprint's Network Densification and Optimization Strategy

  25-10-2016 09:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  DragonWave says that Sprint has selected its microwave backhaul equipment for network deployment as part of the company's densification and optimization strategy. Click here for more.
  
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• Sprint returns to quarterly revenue growth for first time in two years

  25-10-2016 02:00
  
  U.S. operator raises full-year outlook as fiscal Q2 net loss narrows.
  
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• Smartwatch shipments fell off a cliff in Q3

  25-10-2016 02:00
  
  Volumes down as industry's big guns tweak their strategies, IDC says.
  
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• Orange Q3 revenue edges higher on Spain, Africa growth

  25-10-2016 02:00
  
  Sales at French incumbent's domestic operation dip slightly due to lower roaming rates, SIM-only take-up.
  
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• Italy approves 3 Italia/Wind tie-up

  25-10-2016 02:00
  
  But report claims government's budget plan could jeopardise the merger altogether.
  
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