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• AT&T defends $85bn deal against consumer fears

  07-12-2016 19:07
  Randall Stephenson argues $85bn takeover will spark competition in pay-TV industry
  
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• AT&T and Time Warner defend $86bn deal in Senate

  07-12-2016 19:07
  Takeover criticised by Trump also faces stiff opposition on Capitol Hill
  
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• AT&T tells hearing Time Warner deal will not harm consumers

  07-12-2016 18:39
  Randall Stephenson argues $85bn takeover will disrupt competition in pay-TV industry
  
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• How long can the CSP/OTT love-hate relationship continue?

  07-12-2016 16:43
  
  While the OTT business model has forever changed the way in which the telco industry operates, what this means for the relationship between OTTs and CSPs remains to be seen.
  Most in the industry would forgive the CSPs if they were to hold a bit of a grudge against the OTTs, after all, the likes of Google, Facebook and YouTube have all but destroyed the way in which these communications giants make money.
  If you were too look back to the 90s and 00s, telcos were essentially printing cash through
  
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• HAUD Deploys A2P Firewall in Cambodia

  07-12-2016 14:47
  
  Following their recent success in deploying an A2P monetisation solution for Vinaphone, HAUD has increased its South-East Asia presence with an additional solution for an operator in neighbouring Cambodia which went live in October. This is testament to the effectiveness of HAUD’s filtering and monetisation solution and to their technical expertise in a highly competitive market.HAUD currently protects networks globally representing 284 million subscribers and it is filtering in the region
  
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• Half of Middle Eastern Subscribers Would Switch Operators for Unlimited Video

  07-12-2016 13:34
  
  Exclusive survey reveals discerning video habits, low tolerance for poor QoE – and dollars left on the table for operatorsREDWOOD CITY, CA and ZAIN TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, Amman 7 December 2016 –Independent research conducted in the Middle East by Openwave Mobility, a software innovator enabling operators to manage and monetize encrypted mobile data, has revealed that over 50% of subscribers would switch carriers to one offering an uncapped streaming video service. The research which
  
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• Three gets its own back on EE with a minor advertising standards win

  07-12-2016 13:21
  
  The way in which small print was used in some ads by EE has been criticized but apart from that it didn’t seem to do much wrong.
  The Advertising Standards Authority has become a central battleground for UK operators to score points from each other, with EE getting a claim upheld against Three earlier this year. Three clearly wasn’t going to take this lying down and grassed EE up over some ads earlier this year claiming its 4G network is 50% faster than the rest.
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• Microsoft links up with LinkedIn, but with strings attached

  07-12-2016 12:28
  
  After showing LinkedIn off to its mates, Microsoft has been told it’s a keeper, and that it can officially get its merge on.
  Back in June, Microsoft took LinkedIn on a $26 billion date, in an attempt to woo it and its shareholders. Unsurprisingly, the professional social media site was pretty impressed, and wanted to take the relationship further.
  While both parties were keen, the biggest step in allowing the relationship to truly blossom was for Microsoft to get approval from its mates. T
  
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• Microsoft finally links up with LinkedIn, but with strings attached

  07-12-2016 12:28
  
  After showing LinkedIn off to its mates, Microsoft has been told it’s a keeper, and that it can officially get its merge on.
  Back in June, Microsoft took LinkedIn on a $26 billion date, in an attempt to woo it and its shareholders. Unsurprisingly, the professional social media site was pretty impressed, and wanted to take the relationship further.
  While both parties were keen, the biggest step in allowing the relationship to truly blossom was for Microsoft to get approval from its mates. T
  
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• Trump touts SoftBank pledge to invest $50bn in US

  07-12-2016 06:16
  Japanese group expected to use new fund for investments in tech groups and start-ups
  
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• Telstra hires Juniper's Denholm as COO

  07-12-2016 01:00
  Telstra this week appointed Juniper Networks' former finance and operating chief Robyn Denholm as its new COO.She served in her previous role from 2007 until the middle of this year; Telstra credited her with leading the network equipment maker's 2014 turnaround…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telefonica in Madrid massive MIMO trial

  07-12-2016 01:00
  Telefonica has conducted its first live test of massive multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) in Madrid, as part of the development work on 5G it is carrying out in partnership with ZTE…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Fastweb in €45m swoop for Tiscali Business

  07-12-2016 01:00
  Fastweb this week agreed to acquire rival Tiscali's enterprise arm, Tiscali Business, in a deal worth €45 million.Under the terms of the deal, Fastweb will take over Tiscali Business' biggest enterprise and public sector contracts…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• EU gives conditional OK to Microsoft's LinkedIn buy

  07-12-2016 01:00
  The European Commission has approved Microsoft's $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, albeit subject to conditions.Following an investigation, the Commission concluded that the deal does not have the potential to damage competition in the customer relationship management (CRM) and online advertising markets, but could allow Microsoft to harm rival professional social networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• AT&T conducts 5G trial with business customer

  07-12-2016 01:00
  AT&T this week claimed a world first with the launch of a 5G trial with a business customer.The U.S. telco and hardware supplier Ericsson created a 5G network experience at one of chip giant Intel's offices in Austin…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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