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• Verizon misplaces 289k customers

  20-04-2017 20:16
  
  Sometimes when you go against industry trends it works out for you and sometimes it flops. Verizon’s move to avoid the raise to bottom has now been confirmed as a flop.
  In the first six weeks of 2017, as the telco giant attempted to resist industry movements towards unlimited data plans, its wireless business lost a total of 398,000 retail postpaid. It doesn’t matter how big you are, those numbers have got to hurt. That said, credit has to be given to the team, following the launch o
  
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• LPWA World to help operators transform global IoT networks

  20-04-2017 18:02
  
  London, UK. 20 April 2017 - The most comprehensive, technology-agnostic Internet of Things (IoT) networks event, LPWA World, is set to take place in the UK next month with the main aim to help public and private operators make sense of the many different technology and deployment choices for IoT networks. With support from partners Wi-SUN Alliance, Weightless SIG, LoRA Alliance and GSMA, LPWA World will help operators capitalise on the opportunity IoT signifies through...Source: RealWire
  
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• Orange unchained with Djingo smart home launch

  20-04-2017 17:03
  
  Orange is seemingly making a move towards the smart home arena with the launch of Djingo, its artificial intelligence virtual assistant.
  Speaking at Show Hello, Orange’s annual technology showcase, CEO Stephane Ricard introduced Djingo, as well as the hardware kit it will come in. Just by uttering the phrase ‘Okay Djingo’, you can instruct the machine to do a number of different things from selecting a track from your library, through to finding a movie to watch.
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• Verizon bleeds lucrative customers despite new data plan

  20-04-2017 16:48 via ft.com
  First-quarter profits at largest US mobile carrier tumble by a fifth to $3.45bn
  
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• Verizon bleeds customers despite new data plan

  20-04-2017 16:48 via ft.com
  First-quarter profits at largest US mobile carrier tumble by a fifth to $3.45bn
  
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• The DSA welcomes South Africa's ICASA publishing draft TV White Space regulations as both prepare to jointly host the 2017 Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Global Summit in Cape Town in May

  20-04-2017 16:00
  
  Federal Communications Commission (FCC), ICASA, OPIC, IFC, Microsoft Corporation, HP Enterprise, International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and more set to speak at leading spectrum sharing conferenceCape Town, South Africa, 20 April 2017: With three weeks to go until the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance’s Fifth Annual Global Summit, which is this year returning to Africa, co-host ICASA, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, has published draft regulations on the use of TV W
  
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• Ofcom tells BT to get the duct out

  20-04-2017 14:35
  
  Over a year after first demanding BT make its ducts and poles available to third parties Ofcom has announced it really means it.
  “Ofcom has today set out detailed plans for improving access to Openreach’s infrastructure, making it cheaper and easier for competing providers to connect their own fibre broadband directly to homes and offices,” said the announcement. Those plans are apparently the culmination of a consultation commenced at the end of last year.
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• Patent pugilism weighs on Qualcomm quarterlies

  20-04-2017 14:17
  
  There’s nothing Qualcomm likes more than a good old patent scrap, but the cost of them is starting to take its toll on the bottom line.
  Qualcomm’s recent quarterly numbers made awkward reading, if you looked at the GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) table, rather than the non-GAAP one (see below). Revenues were down 10% year-on-year and net income was down 36%. The reasons for this were the following one-off items included in the GAPP numbers but not the non-GAAP on
  
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• Orange Bank finally unveiled but initially only for France

  20-04-2017 13:33
  
  It’s been a secret which was never really a secret, but Orange has finally taken the plunge, meandering into the world of mobile finance at an event attended by Telecoms.com.
  Following a successful venture into the world of banking in Poland, the Orange team has finally taken the bold step in its domestic market. Orange Bank will officially be available to employees from the beginning of May, and open to everyone else from July. In an industry which is driven by the holy grail of diversifi
  
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• Major UK broadband suppliers all suck at customer service – Which

  20-04-2017 12:27
  
  UK consumer advocate Which has published its latest broadband customer satisfaction survey and all the biggest ISPs scored poorly on customer service.
  Which surveyed 1,800 people in November and December 2016 and summarised its findings in the table below. The final score represents the proportion of customers so satisfied with their provider that they would recommend it to others, and their opinions of specific features of the service are shown in the star ratings. A dash means there were less
  
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• Prysmian to add offshore cable capabilities to UK factory in Wrexham

  20-04-2017 12:20
  
  Move comes to support increased demand for UK and European offshore wind farmsSouthampton, 20 April 2017 - Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces the capability of its UK production facility in Wrexham to manufacture both 33 kV and 66 kV submarine cable cores used for the inter-array cable connections in offshore wind farms. The new product line will enable the linking and collecting of power produced by offshore...Source: RealWire
  
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• Delivering Superior Customer Experience at Teléfonica Deutschland

  20-04-2017 12:20
  
  A key element in Teléfonica Deutschland Digital Transformation Journey
  Executive Summary
  Teléfonica has made customer experience a brand differentiator, with an ambition to grow the Teléfonica and O2 brands by delivering superior customer experiences that subscribers will not find elsewhere. However, despite spending millions on probing systems, the advent of encrypted Over-The-Top (OTT) aps has greatly reduced Teléfonica’s ability to see the type of data that c
  
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• New WatchGuard Access Point Brings Secure, High-Performance Wi-Fi Outdoors

  20-04-2017 11:11
  WatchGuard’s AP322 delivers fast, secure and reliable Wi-Fi coverage in harsh environments20 April, 2017 – WatchGuard® Technologies has announced the AP322, a new high-performance, cloud-ready outdoor access point (AP). With a ruggedised IP67 enclosure, 3x3 MIMO and 802.11ac support, the AP322 extends the benefits of WatchGuard's Wi-Fi Cloud outdoors for applications such as stadiums, schools, open-air cafes, retail centres and hotel pool areas. In any environment, organisations
  
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• SoftBank seeks change of tack after Snapdeal woes

  20-04-2017 08:08 via ft.com
  Knockdown sale a reflection of Japanese group’s soured investment in India online marketplace
  
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• Verizon lost 307K high-value users in Q1

  20-04-2017 02:00
  Verizon lost 307,000 retail postpaid connections during the first quarter of 2017, as fierce competition from the likes of T-Mobile US took its toll.That figure includes 289,000 phone losses, the telco revealed on Thursday. The situation would have been even worse had Verizon not reintroduced an unlimited price plan…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Qualcomm, Facebook take aim at mobile machine learning

  20-04-2017 02:00
  Qualcomm was confirmed this week as working with Facebook to equip devices with machine learning capabilities.The world's biggest social network announced at its F8 conference on Wednesday that it is open sourcing Caffe2, its deep learning toolkit…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Proxy firms urge Telecom Italia shareholders to not vote for Vivendi board nominees

  20-04-2017 02:00
  Two proxy advisors this week recommended that Telecom Italia investors should not vote for a list of board candidates nominated by top shareholder Vivendi.The French media conglomerate, which is Telecom Italia's biggest single shareholder with a stake of 23…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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