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• Week in Review, February 4

  03-02-2017 23:02
  iPhone sales boost Apple; Shell, Deutsche Bank, VW and Vodafone in the news
  
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• Indian telecoms regulator gives Jio tactics the green light

  03-02-2017 15:41
  
  Disruptive Indian MNO Jio keeps buying subscribers with give-aways and the telecom regulatory authority of India (TRAI) has no problem with that.
  Rival operators see things somewhat differently and are understandably worried about the effect of Jio giving voice away for free is having on their subscribers, ARPUs and margins. It seems they were hoping TRAI would draw the line at Jio extending a special seasonal offer three months into the new year but they couldn’t even win that battle.
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• AWS, IBM, Google and Azure dominate cloud revenues

  03-02-2017 14:53
  
  Synergy Research has released its latest findings for the global cloud computing market, painting a worrying picture for any challengers looking to cash in on the craze.
  AWS has unsurprisingly maintained its position as the number one player, as well as Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and IBM controlling the next three positions, but the chasing back are falling further behind for another quarter. Together, all four now account for 63% of worldwide public IaaS and PaaS revenues, with a huge number
  
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• What’s the point of Snapchat?

  03-02-2017 12:58
  
  Some of the biggest IPOs of recent years have been social media companies and Snapchat will be no exception, but it may be one dotcom gamble too many.
  Snapchat is hard to define. It’s essentially an instant messaging app that deletes messages soon after they’ve been sent, hence reducing inhibitions and encouraging frivolity. A signature feature of the app is the ability to easily manipulate images prior to sending, especially by cleverly superimposing cartoon characteristics on top o
  
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• Amazon Q4 2016 – AWS solid while Echo roars

  03-02-2017 12:16
  
  Back in April, Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky predicted the AWS business would breach $10 billion revenues in 2016, and it did it at a canter.
  Growth in the data centre business may be slowing year-on-year, but I wouldn’t feel too sorry for the team as it did pocket just over $12.2 billion over the course of 2016, with Q4 accounting for 47% year-on-year growth. While these figures will be the envy of everyone else in the cloud world, the team is already laying the foundation of its next blockbu
  
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• Tomorrow’s world – what is the future of telecoms?

  03-02-2017 12:08
  
  In November 2016 Telecoms.com hosted a discussion as part of the AfricaCom trade show in Cape Town, South Africa.
  Hosted with Mahindra Comviva and Light Reading, the discussion featured involved two of the continent’s leading operators, Vodacom and Safaricom, who explored the latest major trends facing the industry. With relevance to the African market, but a broader theme applicable to the entire telecoms landscape, the discussion took the form of discussing digital transformation and the
  
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• Nokia CEO 'disappointed' with 2016 sales

  03-02-2017 01:00
  Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri said this week he was disappointed by Nokia's topline performance iin 2016, but said improving market conditions point to a brighter 2017.The Finnish kit maker on Thursday reported full-year revenues of €23.95 billion, down 10% on 2015. Networks revenue fell 12% to &euro…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• America Movil turns in hefty Q4 loss

  03-02-2017 01:00
  America Movil posted a net loss equivalent to hundreds of millions of euros in the last three months of 2016, its balance sheet hit by financing costs and the impact of a weak Mexican peso.The Mexico-based telecoms group said its net loss in the fourth quarter reached MXN5.97 billion (&euro…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• A potted history of Vodafone's Indian adventures

  03-02-2017 01:00
  This week started off with a bang when Vodafone confirmed what many already suspected: it is looking to consolidate the Indian mobile market in a bid to ease the pressure wrought by disruptive newcomer Reliance Jio Infocomm, which has been offering free voice and data since September 2016, and will continue to do so until at least the end of March.In a brief statement on Monday, Vodafone said it has entered talks with Aditya Birla Group, the Mumbai-based conglomerate that owns Vodafone India ri
  
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