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• Reliance Communications wins reprieve to freeze loan obligations

  02-06-2017 19:55
  Lenders agree stay on debt repayments until December for Indian telecom group
  
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• C Spire offers Wireless Emergency Alerts on its network

  02-06-2017 17:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  RIDGELAND, Miss. With the start of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season this week, C Spire is reminding consumers that they can receive free, location-based notifications on capable mobile phones under a national public safety warning system designed to alert consumers during emergencies. Click here for more.
  
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• Business leaders, artists, elected officials, and entrepreneurs bring star power to Immigrant Heritage Month

  02-06-2017 17:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  WASHINGTON, DC - Business leaders, artists and entertainers, elected officials representing 32 states, and more than 250 companies and nonprofit partners (to date) are teaming up with "I Am An Immigrant" to honor Immigrant Heritage Month, a nationwide effort to gather and share the inspirational stories of immigrants in America. The celebration kicks off today and runs throughout the month of June. Click here for more.
  
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• Box to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2017 Technology Conference

  02-06-2017 17:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Box, Inc. (NYSE:BOX), today announced that Dylan Smith, co-founder andCFO, and Jeetu Patel, SVP and Chief Strategy Officer, will participatein the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2017 Technology Conference in SanFrancisco on Tuesday, June 6, 2017.Click here for more.
  
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• ATandT to Acquire Vyatta Software Technology from Brocade

  02-06-2017 17:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;ATandamp;T* has agreed to buy the Vyatta® network operating system and associated assets of Brocade Communications Systems. This platform includes the vRouter product line.andnbsp; ATandamp;T also intends to hire certain Brocade employees associated with that business. The deal is expected to close in early summer, subject to closing conditions and prior to the closing of the previously announced proposed acquisition of Brocade by Broadcom Limited. Financial terms were not disclosed.
  
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• Telcos are a commodity and not innovative; so what?

  02-06-2017 14:21
  
  While the world is worried about the trend of commoditization, a former Ericsson and Smartone telecoms industry heavyweight is asking what the big deal is.
  Bengt Nordström, now CEO of consultancy Northstream, can boast of a more hands-off view on the telco landscape, and questions what the panic is all about. Yes, the telcos are being viewed as less innovative every day, and yes, business models are becoming more commoditized each week, but is that an issue?
  “It’s not,&rdqu
  
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• Vodafone would like to see more urgency from vendors on NFV

  02-06-2017 13:47
  
  We’re heading in the right direction on virtualized network functions, according to Vodafone, but vendors could do more to become ‘cloud-native’.
  This was the view of Atul Purohit, Principal Enterprise Architect, Group Technonlogy at Vodafone, in an interview with Telecoms.com at the recent TM Forum Live event. One of Purohit’s main areas is VNF onboarding, which addresses how virtual network functions are integrated into the cloud.
  “I think the VNF vendors have bee
  
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• Smart boosts Manila Masters for a gaming experience like never before

  02-06-2017 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Earlier this year, uberHOP rides for employees during morning and afternoon rush hours were launched, with designated convergence points in Quezon City and Paraandntilde;aque, which had been pre-identified through a survey. Each uberHOP ride can accommodate up to 6 passengers.[END] Click here for more.
  
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• Revcontent Launches andlsquo;Truth in Media Initiativeandrsquo; as an Industry-First for Content Recommendation Companies to Combat Fake News

  02-06-2017 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Revcontent,the world's largest content recommendation network, officially launchedits Truth in Media Initiative today as an industry-first for contentrecommendation companies to continue the fight against fake news withthe inclusion of a user driven-feedback mechanism. This mechanism allowsconsumers to report articles they believe may be fake news directly fromRevcontent widgets. This is in addition to the substantial enforcementRevcontent has always had on this front since inception.Click here
  
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• NCR to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

  02-06-2017 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a leader in omni-channel solutions, todayannounced that Bob Fishman, Chief Financial Officer, will present at twoupcoming investor conferences.Click here for more.
  
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• Macyandrsquo;s, Inc. Promotes Yasir Anwar to Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

  02-06-2017 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Macy's, Inc. (NYSE:M) today announced the appointment of Yasir Anwar tothe role of executive vice president and chief technology officereffective immediately. In this new role, Anwar will oversee alltechnology functions for Macy's, Inc. Anwar will drive the alignment ofMacy's, Inc.'s technology efforts with the company's strategy. He willbe responsible for the teams that build the end-to-end ecommerceexperience, enterprise-shared services, infrastructure, field servicesand functional IT support.
  
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• DENTCO's Verified Mobile 2.0 App Ready For Download

  02-06-2017 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  DEWITT, Mich. DENTCO recently updated the DENTCO Verified mobile app used by their nationwide network of contractor partners (CPs). The changes include more features and a quicker upload time with other key upgrades. Click here for more.
  
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• B2B Niche Segments of the Brazilian Telecommunications Service Providers Market, 2017

  02-06-2017 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Download the full report: https://www.reportbuyer.com/product/4842313/Frost andamp; Sullivan predicts that niche participants will assume an important role in the data communications and broadband markets in the upcoming years, whether providing services and connectivity with their own network or by unbundling incumbents' networks. A noteworthy increase in the number of market participants-licenses grew 16% in 2016 in a mature market-has intensified competition, forcing participants to assume u
  
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• ATandT Prepared To Keep Louisiana Customers Connected During Hurricane Season

  02-06-2017 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  BATON ROUGE, La. ATandamp;T* is committed to keeping its customers connected during the upcoming hurricane season - before, during and after storms. We have one of the industry's largest and most advanced business continuity and disaster response programs to make sure our networks stay up and running. Click here for more.
  
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• Arrow Electronics Prices $500 Million Notes Offering

  02-06-2017 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) announced today the pricing of oneseries of the company's senior unsecured notes in an aggregate principalamount of $500 million maturing on January 12, 2028 and bearing interestat an annual rate of 3.875% (the "Notes"). The offering is expected toclose on June 12, 2017. Net proceeds from this offering are expected tobe used to: (i) repurchase a portion of the company's outstanding 3.00%notes due 2018, 6.00% notes due 2020, 5.125% notes due 2021 and 7.50%senior
  
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• The UK has fastest mobile connectivity in the world! Who knew?

  02-06-2017 13:31
  
  We couldn’t quite believe it either, but according to new research from Akamai the UK has the best networks worldwide for mobile connectivity.
  The ‘First Quarter, 2017 State of the Internet Report’ had a look at various difference performance metrics including connection speeds, broadband adoption metrics, notable Internet disruptions, and there were a couple of curve balls thrown in there.
  As mentioned above, the UK had the fastest mobile connectivity, recording an average spe
  
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• Softbank satellite ambitions hit by collapse of Intelsat merger

  02-06-2017 11:46
  
  The proposed merger of Intelsat with Softbank-backed OneWeb has fallen through following an inability to come to an agreement with Intelsat bondholders.
  When the deal was announced earlier this year it was contingent on a renegotiation of much of Intelsat’s $15 billion in debt, with a bond-holder haircut of around $2 billion apparently hoped for. It looks like said bond-holders weren’t too keen on the deal and an agreement had yet to be reached by yesterday’s deadline so they c
  
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• Frontier Communications Extends Broadband Network in Ohio

  02-06-2017 09:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Frontier Communications (NASDAQ:FTR) is making enhanced broadbandservice available to previously unserved residents in 25 countiesthroughout Ohio, Elena Kilpatrick, Frontier Senior Vice President ofOperations, announced today. This deployment reflects a combination ofFrontier capital investment and the FCC's Connect America Fund (CAF)over the past 18 months and brings new broadband opportunities toapproximately 12,600 CAF-eligible households while improving speeds toan additional 33,600 househol
  
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• Comcast NBCUniversal Awards $53,000 In Scholarships To Connecticut High School Seniors

  02-06-2017 09:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  HARTFORD, Conn.andnbsp;Comcast NBCUniversal today announced that it has awarded $53,000in scholarships for the 2017-18 school year to Connecticutstudents as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, recognizes the best and brightest high school seniors for their community service, academic performance and leadership skills.andnbsp;Click here for more.
  
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• Alaska Communications Withdraws Proposal to Amend Its Incentive Award Plan

  02-06-2017 09:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALSK), the leadingprovider of advanced broadband and managed IT services for businessesand consumers in Alaska, today announced that its Board of Directorswill no longer seek shareholder approval to amend the company's 2011Incentive Award Plan. The proposal has been withdrawn from the agendafor the annual meeting. The annual meeting remains scheduled for 8:30a.m., Alaska daylight time, on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at the AlaskaCommunications Busine
  
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• ConvergeOne Earns Third Consecutive Partner of the Year Honor from NICE

  02-06-2017 09:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  EAGAN, Minn.andnbsp;For 2016 and the third consecutive year, ConvergeOne, a leading global IT services provider of collaboration and technology solutions for large and medium enterprises, has been named Partner of the Year by NICE. The award was presented during the recent NICE Interactions 2017 customer conference in Las Vegas. Click here for more.
  
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• $37.4 Billion Federal Contract Awarded to Intrepid Solutions and Services

  02-06-2017 09:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  FORT MONMOUTH, N.J. , June 1, 2017/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --andnbsp;Intrepid Solutions andamp; Services Inc., Sterling, Virginia , was awarded a share of a $37.4 billion10-year federal contract by the U.S. Army Materiel Command. This contract provides knowledge-based professional services for programs with command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance related requirements (C4ISR). Click here for more.
  
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• Zawda Marketing Nabs Sales Trophy for Q1 Performance

  02-06-2017 05:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;Leading Canadian marketing and sales company Zawda Marketing announced that their recent performance on behalf of a premier telecommunications client during the first quarter of 2017 earned the firm national sales recognition. Zawda Marketing, headquartered in Toronto , outperformed other eligible companies to win the quarterly Campaign Cup trophy. Click here for more.
  
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• Spoločnosť Airborne Wireless Network úspešne realizuje testovacie lety na potvrdenie koncepcie

  02-06-2017 05:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  SIMI VALLEY , Kalifornia, 1. jú Spoločnosť Airborne Wireless Network (OTC QB: ABWN) sandnbsp;radosťou oznamuje, že 31. mája 2017 úspešne realizovala svoj prvý testovací let na potvrdenie konceptu v Roswelli, Novom Mexiku. Click here for more.
  
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• Microsoft announces 2017 Partner of the Year winners and finalists

  02-06-2017 05:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  REDMOND, Wash.andnbsp;Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced the winners and finalists of the Microsoft 2017 Partner of the Year Awards. The annual awards recognize top Microsoft partners demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. Award winners and finalists from around the world will be recognized at Microsoft Inspire taking place July 9-13, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Click here for more.
  
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• Intel Predicts Autonomous Driving Will Spur New andlsquo;Passenger Economyandrsquo; Worth US$7 Trillion

  02-06-2017 05:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Today, Intel Corporation revealed the findings from a newstudy that explores the yet-to-be-realized economic potential whentoday's drivers become idle passengers. Coined the "Passenger Economy"by Intel and prepared by analyst firm Strategy Analytics, the studypredicts an explosive economic trajectory growing from US$800 billion in2035 to US$7 trillion by 2050.Click here for more.
  
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• Airborne Wireless Network realiza com sucesso seu teste em voo para validação do conceito

  02-06-2017 05:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  SIMI VALLEY , Califó A Airborne Wireless Network (QB OTC: ABWN) tem o prazer de anunciar que, em 31 de maio de 2017, completou seus testes em voo para validação do conceito em Roswell, Novo México.Click here for more.
  
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• Airborne Wireless Network realizó exitosamente sus pruebas de vuelos de demostración conceptual

  02-06-2017 05:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Airborne Wireless Network (OTC QB: ABWN) tiene el placer de anunciar que el 31 de mayo de 2017 completó sus pruebas de vuelos de demostración conceptual en Roswell, Nuevo México. Click here for more.
  
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• adsquare Taps Unacast to Provide Brands with the Most Accurate Proximity Data Available

  02-06-2017 05:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Unacast, the world's largest network of proximity data and the creatorsof the Real World Graph™, today announced its partnership with adsquare,the neutral mobile data exchange for advertisers and media buyers. Thisis the first time location segments will utilize proximity data to solvefor the fragmentation of the location eco-system. Through thispartnership brands are now able to add a more precise level ofpersonalization, timeliness and effectiveness to their mobile marketingcampaigns.Cli
  
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• 6/1/17: Verizon Board declares quarterly dividend

  02-06-2017 05:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Board of Directors of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq:VZ) today declared a quarterly dividend of 57.75 centsper outstanding share, unchanged from the previous quarter. The dividend is payable on August 1, 2017 , to Verizon shareowners of record at the close of business on July 10, 2017 . Click here for more.
  
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• Vivendi becomes Telecom Italia parent as De Puyfontaine is confirmed as chairman

  02-06-2017 02:00
  Telecom Italia late on Thursday confirmed Vivendi CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine as its new chairman, and acknowledged that the French media conglomerate is, for all intents and purposes, its new parent company.De Puyfontaine replaces Giuseppe Recchi, who will become deputy chairman; Flavio Cattaneo retains his role as chief executive.In a statement…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Facebook working on chat app for kids

  02-06-2017 02:00
  Facebook is working on a new chat application designed specifically for children, it emerged this week.According to a report by The Information late on Thursday, clues to the new app…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• An aversion to logos could be Essential's undoing

  02-06-2017 02:00
  You could design a better phone than Samsung, Apple, Huawei, or Sir Jony Ive himself, but if not enough people hear about it, you don't stand a snowflake in Hell's chance.This, in Total Telecom's considered opinion, is the biggest single challenge facing Android co-creator Andy Rubin and his new company Essential, which, as well as having a new smartphone to show off this week, also has a professed aversion to logos – which doesn't help much when it comes to brand awareness. Essential doe
  
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• Wedgewood Pharmacy Expands Facility with Opening of New 14,000-Square-Foot Customer Service Center

  02-06-2017 00:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Wedgewood Pharmacy, the largest animal-health compounding pharmacy inthe U.S., opened a new 14,000-square-foot customer service center at aceremony attended by local dignitaries Tuesday. The state-of-the-artcenter expands the company's pharmacy, warehouse and office facilitysize to 54,000 square feet.Click here for more.
  
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• Verizon announces partnership with the City of Sacramento for a smarter, safer, more connected city

  02-06-2017 00:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Verizon, alongside Mayor Darrell Steinberg and the City of Sacramento today announced a tentative agreement to create a public-private partnership designed to bring smart city infrastructure and services to people who live, work or visit the Capitol City. Verizon expects to invest more than $100 million to further the Mayor's vision to foster innovation and attract new companies in a tech-forward environment. The agreement goes before City Council for approval on Tuesday, June 6. Click here for
  
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• Study Reveals Blueprint for Marketers: Elevate Your Email Marketing with a Customized and Contextually Relevant Approach

  02-06-2017 00:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;SendGrid, a leading delivery platform for customer communication that drives engagement and growth, today released a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of SendGrid called Elevate Your Email Marketing With A Customized Approach. The study examines the adoption of integrated email marketing platforms and highlights opportunities that exist for businesses looking to create personalized, digital conversations with their customers. Click here for more.
  
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• Perficient Named Microsoftandrsquo;s 2017 andlsquo;Messaging Partner of the Yearandrsquo;

  02-06-2017 00:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Perficient,Inc. (NASDAQ: PRFT) ("Perficient"), the leading digitaltransformation consulting firm serving Global 2000® and other largeenterprise customers throughout North America, today announced it hasbeen honored with the 2017Microsoft Messaging Partner of the Year Award for innovation andimplementation excellence using Microsoft technology to help businessesimprove their anytime communications access.Click here for more.
  
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• Keysight Technologies, University of California San Diego Demonstrate the Worldandrsquo;s Fastest 28 GHz 5G Band, Bidirectional Phased-Array

  02-06-2017 00:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) and the University of CaliforniaSan Diego (www.ece.ucsd.edu)today announced the world's fastest bidirectional phased-array link inthe 28 GHz 5G band. The achievement is an important milestone fordelivering future applications in 5G, aerospace and defense.Click here for more.
  
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• harmon.ie Recognized as Finalist for 2017 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards

  02-06-2017 00:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  harmon.ie,provider of the first user experience tools built to deliver informationthe way the human brain works, today announced it has been named afinalist in the 2017 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards for harmon.iewith Collage™. The company was honored among a global field of topMicrosoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation andimplementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.Click here for more.
  
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• GAO Rules in Favor of Systematic Inc. for Multi-Million Dollar Army IT Contract Award

  02-06-2017 00:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  CENTREVILLE, Va.andnbsp;Systematic Inc. is pleased with the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) decision to reject the protest of its original award of a U.S. Army Mission Command multi-million dollar IT contract to provide an architecture framework for the Common Operating Environment. Click here for more.
  
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• 10th Magnitude Recognized as Winner for 2017 Microsoft Hybrid Cloud and Infrastructure Platform Partner of the Year

  02-06-2017 00:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;10th Magnitude, the leading Microsoft Azure services firm in the U.S., today announced it has won the 2017 Microsoft Hybrid Cloud and Infrastructure Platform Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. Click here for more.
  
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