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• Verizon to webcast analyst meeting May 8

  08-05-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq:VZ) will webcast a sellside analyst meeting beginning at 4:30 p.m. ETon Monday, May 8 . Verizon Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam, CFO Matt Ellis and other senior executives will participate in the event. The meeting and accompanying presentation materials will be webcast live on Verizon's Investor Relations Web site, www.verizon.com/about/investors/. Click here for more.
  
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• TUNE IN: Yahoo Finance Hosts Live Stream of Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting

  08-05-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tune in as Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) hosts the live stream of BerkshireHathaway's annual shareholders meeting on Saturday, May 6. Yahoo FinanceEditor-in-Chief Andy Serwer will be on-the-ground at CenturyLink CenterOmaha, alongside Yahoo News andamp; Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga and YahooFinance Anchor Jennifer Rogers, with insight, analysis and news-makinginterviews. For the second year in a row, audiences will be able towatch live on Yahoo Finance - across desktop, tablet and mobile - asChai
  
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• Syniverse Schedules First Quarter Earnings Announcement

  08-05-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  SyniverseHoldings will report its first quarter 2017 results on May 10,and will host a conference call on May 11, at 11 a.m.ET to discuss the first quarter financial results.Click here for more.
  
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• Sierra Wireless to Participate in Jefferies 2017 Global Technology Conference

  08-05-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW), a leading provider of fullyintegrated device-to-cloud solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT),today announced its participation in the Jefferies 2017 GlobalTechnology Conference, which will be held May 9-10 at the MandarinOriental Brickell in Miami, FL.Click here for more.
  
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• Sierra Wireless Reports First Quarter 2017 Results

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  Sierra Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW) today reported resultsfor its first quarter ending March 31, 2017. All results are reported inU.S. dollars and are prepared in accordance with United States generallyaccepted accounting principles (GAAP), except as otherwise indicatedbelow.Click here for more.
  
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• NICE Optimizes Algar Techandrsquo;s Back Office Services with Real-Time Insights

  08-05-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  NICE (Nasdaq:NICE) today announced that Algar Tech, aBrazil-based business process outsourcer, has expanded its long-termpartnership with NICE to bring the deep performance visibility of NICEReal Time Activity Monitoring (RTAM) and the optimization of NICEWorkforce Management (WFM) into its back office operations. As aresult, the company has seen rapid and dramatic improvements in employeeproductivity and process efficiency, significantly increasingcost-effectiveness across its operations.Click
  
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• NETSCOUT Announces Participation in Upcoming Investor Conferences

  08-05-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  NETSCOUTSYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of businessassurance, a powerful combination of service assurance, cybersecurity,and business intelligence solutions, announced today that the Companyplans to participate in the following investor conferences in May:Click here for more.
  
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• NeoPhotonics Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial Results

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  NeoPhotonics Corporation (NYSE:NPTN), a leading designer andmanufacturer of optoelectronic solutions for the highest speedcommunications networks in telecom and datacenter applications, todayannounced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2017.Click here for more.
  
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• Motorola Solutions Reports First-Quarter 2017 Financial Results

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  MotorolaSolutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) today reported its earnings results forthe first quarter of 2017. Clickhere for a printable news release and financial tables.Click here for more.
  
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• Molex Vision Center Makes Way for Next-Generation Workspace Innovation

  08-05-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Molexhas announced completion of extensive renovations to an existingbuilding on the campus of its Lisle headquarters. The Molex VisionCenter highlights transformative workspace concepts, smart lighting andother network-connected solutions to boost productivity, encouragehealthy lifestyles, and serve a dynamic and dispersed workforce.Click here for more.
  
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• Molex Celebrates March for Babies with March of Dimes Sponsorship and Employee Participation

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  Molex,a global provider of integrated electronic solutions, today announcedits sponsorship and celebration of the DuPage County March of DimesMarch for Babies charity event, taking place on May 7, 2017.Click here for more.
  
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• Hum by Verizon Honored with a Stevie Award for Excellence in Consumer Electronics at the 2017 American Business Awards

  08-05-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;Hum by Verizon earned a Stevie Award in the consumer electronics product and services category at the 2017 American Business Awards. More than 190 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year's Stevie Award winners. Click here for more.
  
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• Fuze Honored as Gold Stevieandreg; Award Winner in 2017 American Business AwardsSM

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  Fuze,the leading cloud-based communications solution provider for the modernglobal enterprise, today announced it was named the winner of a GoldStevie® Award for Fuze Desktop and Mobile, in the 15thAnnual American Business Awards. Fuze was named in the New Product orService of the Year, Software, Collaboration/Social Networking Solutioncategory.Click here for more.
  
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• DocuSign realiza Momentum 2017 para ajudar clientes a acelerar a transformação digital

  08-05-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  SÃandnbsp;A DocuSign, líder na categoria Digital Transaction Management (DTM) que atua no fornecimento de soluções voltadas à transformação digial das organizações, com ênfase em transações eletrônicas e digitais, anunciou andnbsp;durante a conferência Momentum 2017, realizada nos Estados Unidos na última quinta-feira (4/5), um crescimento de 135% no número de usuários. Agora, a co
  
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• CommScope Stockholders Approve Proxy Proposals

  08-05-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  The stockholders of CommScope Holding Company, Inc., a global leader ininfrastructure solutions for communications networks, approved threeproxy proposals today at the company's annual meeting of stockholders.Click here for more.
  
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• ATandT Invests More Than $350 Million Over 3-Year Period to Enhance Local Networks in Greater Orlando Area

  08-05-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  ORLANDO, Fla.andnbsp;At ATandamp;T1, we've invested more than $350millionandnbsp;in our Greater Orlandoarea wireless and wired networks during 2014-2016. These investments enhance reliability, coverage, speed and overall performance for residents and businesses. They also improve critical services that support public safety and first responders. Click here for more.
  
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• ATandT Climbs to No. 3 on DiversityInc's Top 50 Companies for Diversity List

  08-05-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  ATandamp;T* now ranks No. 3 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list. The publication announced the rankings May 2during an awards dinner in New York City . Click here for more.
  
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• Airborne Wireless Network riceve l'approvazione della Federal Communications Commission (Commissione Federale per le Comunicazioni) per sottoporre a test il sistema dimostrativo

  08-05-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;Airborne Wireless Network (OTCQB: ABWN), è lieta di annunciare di avere ricevuto un certificato sperimentale operativo dalla Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" - Commissione Federale per le Comunicazioni), numero fascicolo 0378-EX-ST-2017X.andnbsp;L'approvazione della FCC consentirà ad ABWN di testare a terra e in volo il proprio sistema dimostrativo durante lo sviluppo di Infinitus Super Highway™ , il sistema di comunicazioni aria-aria brevettato dalla Societ&a
  
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• Airborne Wireless Network recibe la aprobación de la FCC para poner a prueba su sistema de demostración

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  andnbsp;Airborne Wireless Network (OTCQB: ABWN) se complace en anunciar la obtención de un certificado de operación experimental emitido por la Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones (FCC), con el número de expediente 0378-EX-ST-2017X.andnbsp;La aprobación de la FCC permitirá a ABWN poner a prueba en tierra y en vuelo su sistema de demostración, como parte del desarrollo del Infinitus Super HighwayTM, el sistema de comunicaciones aire-aire patentado d
  
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• Airborne Wireless Network obtient de la Federal Communications Commission l'autorisation de tester son système de démonstration

  08-05-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;Airborne Wireless Network (OTCQBandnbsp;: ABWN) est heureuse d'annoncer qu'elle a obtenu un certificat d'exploitation expérimentale de la Federal Communications Commission (FCC), numéro de dossier 0378-EX-ST-2017X.andnbsp;L'autorisation de la FCC permettra à ABWN de tester au sol et en vol son système de démonstration, en vue de la mise au point d'Infinitus Super HighwayTM, son système breveté de communication air-air. Elle permettra &eacu
  
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• Airborne Wireless Network krijgt goedkeuring van Federal Communications Commission voor testen van demonstratiesysteem

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  SIMI VALLEY , Californiëandnbsp;Airborne Wireless Network (OTCQB: ABWN) kondigt met gepaste trots aan dat de Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") de onderneming een vergunning heeft verleend voor het uitvoeren van experimenten, het vergunningscertificaat in kwestie heeft dossiernummer 0378-EX-ST-2017X.andnbsp; Dankzij de goedkeuring van de FCC kan ABWN diens demonstratiesysteem, onderdeel van het in ontwikkeling zijnde Infinitus Super Highway™ , het gepatenteerde communicatiesyst
  
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• Ever wondered how those directory enquiry services can afford to advertise so much?

  08-05-2017 19:09
  
  UK directory enquiry services recently raised their prices such that the most popular one now costs a minimum of £9.
  A bunch of UK media have jumped on these high prices and now the telecoms regulator Ofcom, which has thus far resisted calls to cap the prices these services charge, seems ready to seriously think about looking into it. While it could be argued that nobody is forcing anyone to use those services, the concern is that non tech-savvy people are being exploited.
  The current
  
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• Red Hat includes NFV special sauce in latest OpenStack offering

  08-05-2017 19:00
  
  Red Hat has announced its OpenStack Platform 11, its latest cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service offering, which will be available for customers in the next couple of weeks.
  The new offering is based on the OpenStack ‘Ocata’ release, which the team claims delivers enhanced support for upgrades with composable roles, new networking capabilities, and improved integration with Red Hat CloudForms for cloud management. Ocata is in fact the 15th version of the open source infrastructure softw
  
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• Mystery bidder mysteriously outbids itself for Straight Path

  08-05-2017 18:04
  
  Straight Path Communications has found itself in the middle of a bidding war, but no-one’s 100% sure who is on either side.
  The fun started back in April, when AT&T confirmed its intention to buy Straight Path for $1.6 billion, seemingly to access its portfolio of millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum. This bid was then superseded by a superior bid from a ‘multinational telecommunications company’ of $1.8 billion, before last week the ante was upped again to $2.3 billion, once
  
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• Comcast and Charter announce wireless bromance

  08-05-2017 14:45
  
  The two biggest US cable operators have publicly vowed to hold each other’s hands when exploring future business opportunities in the wireless space.
  Both of them have dipped their toe in the wireless water via Verizon MVNO activity but this seems to have whetted their collective appetite for something more substantial. However given the presence of so many established mobile players in the US market, they seem to have concluded that their only hope of making a go of it is if they help eac
  
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• The sky’s the limit for AT&T’s drone ambitions

  08-05-2017 14:27
  
  AT&T has announced it has almost completed its first phase of research and development in the big, wide world of drones.
  The technology itself promises to add another dimension to our world, with robots hovering above our heads carrying a host of new business opportunities. Whether it is surveillance, temporary connectivity, filming sporting events or delivering pizza, the possibilities has had entrepreneurs looking upwards in an effort to make a bit of extra cash. It’s an industry whi
  
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• Biometric convenience could become consumers’ worst nightmare

  08-05-2017 14:23
  
  New findings from Juniper Research claims the number of mobile payments authenticated by biometrics will rise to nearly two billion this year, but questions whether the convenience is a safe bet.
  Biometric authentication has been on the rise in recent months, as consumers increasing seek less time consuming ways to spend their hard-earned cash, and vendors search for ways to help them. Juniper Research estimates 60% of smartphone models are expected to ship with fingerprint sensors this year, th
  
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• UK Government has another crack at removing data encryption

  08-05-2017 13:04
  
  The UK government has had another go at removing encryption security features in the telco and OTT communications space, but this time in secret.
  According to a document leaked by the Open Rights Group, new surveillance proposals would effectively force MNOs and ISPs to provide real-time communications data of customers within one working day of a warrant being served. The rules would force providers to create and maintain backdoors to encryption features to access the data, effectively negated
  
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• Liberty Global doubts the pound, but Virgin Media is doing alright

  08-05-2017 12:48
  
  Liberty Global has softened its outlook due to the performance of the pound in global financial markets, but despite the pessimism, Virgin Media doesn’t seem to be doing that bad.
  While Virgin Media’s mobile business was hit by relatively by attrition of low-ARPU prepaid subscribers, this was one of the few low points of the quarter which saw 82,000 broadband internet net additions, postpaid gains of 37,000 and a 92% y-o-y boost in the number of B2B customers. Total revenues for the
  
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• A guide to leasing in the telecoms industry

  08-05-2017 12:12
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Jean-Michel Boyer, CEO of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions UK, outlines the potential business advantages of leasing telecoms equipment.
  Leasing assets, rather than owning them, is transforming how people engage with the technology they need. Nowadays, nearly all traditional assets such as trucks, and industrial or commercial equipment like forklifts or harvesters,
  
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• The State of Digital Transformation in Telecommunications

  08-05-2017 11:31
  
  What holds the telecom sector back from taking greater advantage of digital transformation? Three key things: 1) the strict regulatory framework in which telecom operates; 2) the multitude of technology stacks that have accumulated due to the rapid pace of innovation in the industry over the last 20 years; and 3) a multiplicity of IT systems inherited after years of consolidation across the sector.
  We conducted a survey of telecom operators to better understand which aspects of digital transform
  
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• SpatialBuzz launches mobile measurements tool for mobile network operators

  08-05-2017 11:00
  
  Innovative and unique CEM solution to proactively improve customer satisfaction levels and will be deployed for 2.5 million customers by Q2 2017Guildford, UK: 8 May 2017 – A new handset measurements capability has today been launched by cloud-based customer experience analytics and service monitoring specialist, SpatialBuzz. The solution helps mobile network operators (MNOs) to identify customers receiving poor service levels by collecting radio related measurement data in real-time. By Q2
  
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• Prysmian Awarded A $300 Million Optical Cable Supply Agreement From Verizon Communications

  08-05-2017 10:19
  
  The Group will make significant investments in North America optical cable organization to support the development of 5G and new broadband networks Milan, 8 May, 2017 - Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a significant supply agreement from the US telecom company Verizon Communications (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) to support the company’s US network expansion around a next-generation fiber platform that will speed the deployment of 5G...Sou
  
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• Huawei mixes Silicon Valley drive with Chinese socialism

  08-05-2017 05:00 via ft.com
  Group is part go-getting behemoth, part paternalistic enterprise mandating nap time
  
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• Rival Straight Path suitor ups ante with $3.1bn bid

  08-05-2017 02:00
  An all-out bidding war for Straight Path broke out on Monday, after the unnamed suitor vying with AT&T to land the 5G spectrum holder upped its offer to $3.1 billion (€2.84 billion).It is the second time in less than a week that the anonymous multinational telco has upped the ante…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Liberty Global cuts outlook after 'soft' Q1 in Europe

  08-05-2017 02:00
  Liberty Global has lowered its full-year outlook after its European business got off to a poor start to 2017.Revenue in Europe for the three months to 31 March fell 17.9% year-on-year to $3.52 billion (€3.21 billion), driven by foreign exchange losses…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT TV chief quits

  08-05-2017 02:00
  The head of BT Sport and BT TV, Delia Bushell resigned on Monday after three years at the telco.Bushell joined in 2014 from Sky Italia – where she served as chief commercial officer – to drive the development of BT's portfolio of sports and entertainment content…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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