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• T-Mobile is set to cause a whole new headache – report

  28-04-2017 17:29
  T-Mobile is being is mischievous self once again as rumours kick-off about the self-proclaimed ‘Uncarrier’ taking a stab at disrupting the subsidized handset model.
  According to Android Authority, T-Mobile will launch a service that reduces the price of top-tier phones, addressing one of the biggest bug-bears of the cash-conscious consumer. Details are a bit light at the moment, but it won’t be a contract deal, but will offer a lifetime warranty and insurance. The launch will c
  
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• Apple and Qualcomm row starts to cause collateral damage

  28-04-2017 16:46
  
  The rather public spat between Qualcomm and Apple has been stepped up another level today, as the iLeader choked the ability of its own suppliers to pay Qualcomm.
  Apple has informed Qualcomm it will be withholding payments from contract manufacturers such as Foxconn as the royalty row hits new heights. Up to this point, the two tech giants had traded blows with each other, but now the violence is expanding as innocent suppliers get caught up in the mess.
  Over the course of the last few months, t
  
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• Tata’s feud with DoCoMo set to be resolved

  28-04-2017 15:00 via ft.com
  Court approves plan that will allow Indian group buy out Japanese telecoms investment
  
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• Tata feud with DoCoMo set to be resolved

  28-04-2017 15:00 via ft.com
  Court approves plan that will allow Indian group buy out Japanese telecoms investment
  
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• What is at stake in the Apple-Qualcomm dispute?

  28-04-2017 14:40 via ft.com
  The costly battle between the two smartphone giants explained
  
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• Qualcomm warns of big shortfall as Apple chokes supplier royalties

  28-04-2017 13:35 via ft.com
  Proxy war between iPhone maker and leading chipmaker intensifies as payments withheld
  
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• Qualcomm profit warning as Apple chokes supplier royalties

  28-04-2017 13:35 via ft.com
  Proxy war between iPhone maker and leading chipmaker intensifies as payments withheld
  
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• Cash Cloud – AWS, Google and Azure are smashing it

  28-04-2017 12:53
  
  AWS, Google and Microsoft Azure has all reported healthy growth figures, with artificial intelligence forming the central role in the future of the platforms.
  Current market leader Amazon Web Services has demonstrated another quarter of exceptional growth, though it is slowing ever so slightly.
  Let’s be clear, 42% year-on-year growth is still pretty special, but compared to the leaps and bounds we experienced a couple of years ago it is not as satisfying. Growth figures AWS have now droppe
  
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• Vodafone, Sky NZ merger might be back on after all

  28-04-2017 12:42
  
  Like a 1980s rom com, the will-they-won’t-they saga surrounding New Zealand’s possible telecoms mega-merger has taken another twist.
  Vodafone seems to have decided that mergers are the way forward for many of its international interests and almost a year ago it announced plan to merge its NZ operations with those of Sky to create a multiplay giant in that country. But after the months of customary procrastination, the New Zealand Commerce Commission vetoed the move earlier this year,
  
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• Global Telecoms Awards 2017 – the countdown begins

  28-04-2017 11:56
  
  Save the date! The 5th Annual Global Telecoms Awards will take place on 2 November 2017 in Central London.
  The Global Telecoms Awards recognise innovation from any company involved in advancing and transforming today’s telecoms industry. This includes service providers, vendors, solutions providers, consultancies and anything in between.
  Now in its 5th year, the awards have become a highlight of the telecoms calendar, with real value attached to winning an award that is judged on
  
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• Orange Q1 sales inch up on Spain performance

  28-04-2017 02:00
  Orange this week reported modest first quarter revenue growth driven by its Spanish unit, and said its convergence strategy is beginning to pay off.The French incumbent said 9.5 million customers had signed up to a convergent offer by the end of March, up 11.2% year-on-year. Net additions in the first quarter came in at 259,000."The strategy Orange has pursued over a number of quarters…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Nokia narrows Q1 net loss

  28-04-2017 02:00
  Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri this week talked up his company's improving business momentum, after reporting a narrower first quarter net loss."We slowed the rate of topline decline and generated healthy orders in what is typically a seasonally weak quarter for us…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Here we go again: opening salvos fired in new U.S. net neutrality battle

  28-04-2017 02:00
  Anyone feeling nostalgia for 2014's fierce and seemingly never-ending debate about how the U.S. should protect net neutrality was overtaken by a warm, fuzzy feeling inside this week.Come on, you know who you are. As for the rest of us, there was a sense of old playbooks being dusted off, and the sound of a thousand acerbic statements being typed by spokespeople on both sides of the argument.U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai no doubt felt a great sense of anticipatio
  
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