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• Inmarsat shares take flight on positive results

  03-11-2016 18:49
  British satellite broadband provider enjoys 10% bounce
  
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• Consolidation is coming in the European telco space – Orange

  03-11-2016 17:06
  
  While consolidation has been king in the world of the internet and the communications networking vendor market, the same trends have not been seen to date in the telecom operator space. Not for long according to Orange’s Deputy CEO Gervais Pellissier.
  For one reason or another, including competition concerns from the European Commission, consolidation in the telecoms service provider sector has been kept to a minimum. There have been a couple of examples, such as BT burning though a few no
  
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• Telefónica and Nokia embark on a virtual route to the cloud

  03-11-2016 16:07
  
  Finnish kit vendor Nokia must be virtually delighted, after Telefónica went ahead with a deployment of its virtualized router technology.
  Nokia will obviously be singing the praises of what its new virtualized Provider Edge (vPE) routers can do, and why Telefónica is all over it. Supposedly, Telefónica will be looking to increase its network reach, accelerate deployment of its enterprise VPN services and extend its service offerings to new points of presence within Spai
  
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• Huawei OTF 2016 day 2 wrap – the future of video

  03-11-2016 15:54
  
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• Daily Mood Tracking Made Easy with the Happy by Medelinked App

  03-11-2016 14:02
  
  Smartphone users can now record their mental and physical health, locate healthcare specialists and store securely, safely access and share medical history from their mobile deviceOxfordshire, November 3, 2016 - The Happy by Medelinked app is a new free way for people to look after their mental wellbeing by recording how they are feeling throughout the day and to see their happiness progress over time. Using simple graphics and tick boxes people can record if...Source: RealWire
  
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• Mobile worth a friggin’ fortune for Facebook – revenue up 56%

  03-11-2016 12:54
  
  Facebook really has got its skates on at the moment after announcing more seriously impressive growth numbers, powered by the rocket fuel that is mobile advertising.
  It’s going to be high-fives, pay rises and pumpkin soy lattes all round for the clever dudes over at Menlo Park, as Facebook posted total revenue growth of $7 billion – up a ridiculous 56% year on year for Q3.
  That’s a crazy level of growth, and even net income was up from $900 million to $2.4 billion. The reason f
  
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• Apple woes continue into second week

  03-11-2016 12:33
  
  Bad news generally comes in three’s so Apple execs should not be surprised to learn iOS lost ground yet again on Android through the last quarter.
  Last week, CEO Tim Cook gave an overview of the quarters activities which was less than enthusiastic and the team also decided to put the launch of its AirPods on hold. Telecoms.com was waiting for the third instalment of bad news on Friday, but alas it didn’t come. Never mind, Strategy Analytics came to the rescue this week with the estim
  
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• Broadcom’s Brocade buy silences Ruckus

  03-11-2016 11:49
  
  Following Broadcom’s acquisition of Brocade, many have been left scratching their heads over what that means for the future of Ruckus Wireless.
  The paltry sums of cash being banded around as the rumoured price of Brocade have been well and truly smashed out the water, as Broadcom moved swiftly to wholly acquire the networking vendor.
  The meagre value of $3.5 billion was spouted as Brocade’s market valuation. Well Broadcom well and truly knocked that out the park by agreeing a deal to
  
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• Colt To Deliver Network Of The Future

  03-11-2016 10:24
  
  London, UK: November 3rd 2016: High bandwidth network services provider Colt Technology Services has committed to a major system-wide network upgrade that will give its enterprise, carrier and web-centric customers access to bandwidth levels of up to 100Gbps and enable businesses of all sizes to future proof their connectivity. As the largest independent fibre network operator in Europe and the largest alternative, high-bandwidth carrier across Europe and Asia, Colt is investing significantly in
  
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• Ford France chooses Interoute hosting, security, connectivity and services for its business and consumer application growth

  03-11-2016 10:00
  
  Ford France renews and extends its contract with InterouteParis, November 3 2016 - Interoute, owner operator of a global cloud services platform and one of Europe’s largest networks, has today announced that Ford France, an Interoute customer since 2009, has renewed and extended its commitment for a further 3 years. Interoute has continually delivered connectivity, security and services as well as hosting for the Ford France dealerships’ internal applications. However, as Ford’
  
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• VimpelCom Q3 organic revenue, earnings inch up

  03-11-2016 01:00
  
  Positive performances in Pakistan, Ukraine offset partially by ongoing Algeria weakness.
  
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• StarHub hits 4.3 Gbps in 5G cmWave test

  03-11-2016 01:00
  
  Singaporean operator trials Nokia's new AirScale platform; reports 28% fall in Q3 profit.
  
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• Nokia completes Alcatel-Lucent acquisition

  03-11-2016 01:00
  
  Finnish kit maker completes squeeze-out, now owns 100% of AlcaLu.
  
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• Colt to upgrade network to support 100-Gbps services

  03-11-2016 01:00
  
  Network operator building out multi-terabit backbone, next-gen packet networks to provide future-proof connectivity to businesses.
  
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