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• BT set to appoint Jan du Plessis as chairman

  08-03-2017 19:13
  Chairman of miner Rio Tinto will replace Mike Rake at a challenging time
  
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• Go on Son – SoftBank boss intensifies quest to dictate the future of tech

  08-03-2017 19:02
  
  The name Masayoshi Son is coming up ever more frequently in Telecoms.com stories as the Chairman of SoftBank steps up his technology investment activities.
  At MWC 2017 we reported on Son’s vision for ARM – the UK chip designer he bought for £24 million to ensure for himself a central role in the IoT era – to see it replicate the huge influence it had on the mobile device world. Now it looks like that’s just the start of his ambitions.
  The FT was the first to report
  
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• Altice returns to revenue growth in France

  08-03-2017 18:40
  Mobile subscriber base ‘starting to stabilise’ after SFR network improvements
  
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• Better than nothing – what the UK telecoms industry thinks of the budget

  08-03-2017 18:06
  
  With the UK’s latest budget announcement came a familiar story about creating a digitally oriented economy, ensuring the country remains at the forefront of the global rankings. So, how much was a PR pitch and how much was solid?
  Last Autumn, the government established the National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF), which will oversee £23 billion of investment between 2017 and 2022, in areas which the UK government believes critical to compete in the global economy. This budget sta
  
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• Satellite giants go to war over European Aviation Network

  08-03-2017 14:13
  
  ViaSat has hijacked rival Inmarsat’s Q4 earnings announcement with an attack on its use of the 2 GHz band for aeronautical, rather than terrestrial, coverage.
  This row has been smouldering for a while as Inmarsat was granted a 2 GHz license years ago but, according to ViaSat, just for things like rural and emergency services connectivity. Inmarsat is now using it to set up the European Aviation Network on partnership with DT and ViaSat reckons that’s anticompetitive as that use-case
  
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• Snap hype cools off as bubble bursts for now

  08-03-2017 14:01
  
  The Snap IPO caught a few people off guard as prices surged to $24 after the first day of trading, but as the price declines, late-comers to the party are looking a little bit screwed.
  Despite numerous industry commentators noting the limitations of Snap as a business, the industry reacting with enthusiasm in the first few days Snap operated as a publicly traded company. Snap was chasing $17 per share, which would have valued the company in the region of $25 billion, however a 40% boost to $24 b
  
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• WikiLeaks exposes Internet of Spooks

  08-03-2017 12:57
  
  Who is the CIA’s favourite author? You guessed it, George Orwell. At least that’s what its apparent fondness for TVs as surveillance devices leads us to conclude.
  WikiLeaks has released 8,761 documents, nicknamed Vault 7, which claim to detail the capabilities of the CIA to spy on individuals, as well as the technologies which it has at its disposal to hack into what seems like most devices. While this tidal wave of information will have privacy advocates shifting uncomfortably in th
  
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• Aricent Announces ConvergedOS, an Open Hardware Operating System that Supports Inventec’s OCP Compliant Data Center Switch

  08-03-2017 10:56
  
  The latest release of the Aricent Intelligent Switching Solution is now available on the Inventec D7032Q28B Open Compute Project compliant 32x100G Data Center Switch REDWOOD CITY, California, Open Compute Summit 2017, Santa Clara – March 8, 2017 – Aricent, a global design and engineering company, announces the introduction of its intelligent network operating system – Aricent ConvergedOS – for network equipment and technology system providers as a ready-to-deploy open har
  
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• NewVoiceMedia announces Spring ’17 release to optimise contact centre management and customer experience

  08-03-2017 10:00
  
  LONDON, March 8, 2017 – NewVoiceMedia, a leading global provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales technology that enables businesses to have more successful conversations, announced its Spring ’17 release today, unveiling major enhancements to its intelligent communications platform that will optimise its customers’ contact centre management and operations, enabling them to deliver a more efficient customer experience.While NewVoiceMedia updates its ContactWorld platfor
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER meets future optical needs with launch of next generation LISA side access and IANOS lite at Data Centre World London

  08-03-2017 10:00
  
  The company will also make its debut as part of the interactive Live Green Data CentreHUBER+SUHNER, leading international manufacturer of components and systems for optical and electrical connectivity, today announced it will launch its next generation LISA side access system and IANOS lite, the next step in making IANOS a complete system offering, at Data Centre World London, taking place March 15-16. HUBER+SUHNER will be launching the next generation of the enhanced ODF solution LISA...Source:
  
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• Console Connect strikes partnership with Omantel to provide interconnection services in the Middle East

  08-03-2017 10:00
  
  Partnership will enable Omantel to offer enterprise customers secure access to leading Cloud and SaaS providers via the Console Connect platformLondon, UK, March 8, 2017 – Console Connect, a leading provider of global direct connect solutions, today announced that Omantel, the leading Middle Eastern wholesale carrier, will be the company’s first network partner in the Middle East. The partnership will allow Omantel to offer Console’s interconnection solutions to its enterprise
  
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• US fine pushes ZTE into the red

  08-03-2017 01:00
  ZTE on Wednesday warned that it will swing to a full-year loss after the U.S. fined it $1.19 billion (€1.13 billion) for illegally shipping network equipment to Iran and North Korea.The company published preliminary full-year results showing a net loss attributable to shareholders of 2.36 billion yuan (€323.36 million), down from a year-earlier profit of CNY3…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Softbank to sell 25% of ARM to its own VC fund

  08-03-2017 01:00
  Softbank plans to sell 25% of its ARM unit to the Softbank Vision Fund, a venture capital fund it is in the process of building in partnership with several wealthy investors, it emerged on Wednesday.Sources cited by the Financial Times claimed that the stake…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• SK Broadband preps KRW5trn investment plan

  08-03-2017 01:00
  SK Broadband will invest 5 trillion won (€4.11 billion) over the next five years in order to attract more customers and drive sales growth.The Korea Times reported on Tuesday that the SK Telecom subsidiary plans to plough the cash into broadening its coverage and new technologies…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MTN South Africa chief steps down

  08-03-2017 01:00
  MTN this week announced that Mteto Nyati, CEO of its South African operation, will leave the company on 13 March.He is joining South Africa-based conglomerate Allied Electronics (Altron). His appointment becomes effective on 1 July…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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