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• Orange to sell down stake in BT

  19-06-2017 20:07 via ft.com
  French company trims exposure even though UK group’s shares are at lowest since 2013
  
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• Polish Play plugs public push

  19-06-2017 18:24
  
  Polish operator Play has announced its intention to to float on the Warsaw stock exchange, in what could be one of the largest telco IPOs in recent years.
  The telco itself is seemingly used to grabbing headlines. After just 10 years in existence, the telco has grown to become the second largest player in the Polish market, accounting for just over 27% of market share, while also competing with some of Europe’s big boys including Orange and T-Mobile. Growth has been solid over the last few
  
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• CenturyLink accused of some very dodgy false-billing

  19-06-2017 17:25
  
  CenturyLink has found itself in a bit of potential bother, with a former employee accusing the company of knowingly adding services and products onto customer bills without consent.
  Heidi Heiser, who previously worked for the telco as a customer service agent, has filed a lawsuit in Arizona State Superior Court claiming the telco knowingly made millions of dollars by billing customers for services which weren’t requested. According to DSL Reports, Heiser says she was fired from the co
  
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• Poland’s Play to float in Europe’s largest telecoms IPO for 5 years

  19-06-2017 15:59 via ft.com
  Valuation of offering by country’s second-largest operator set to exceed €3.5bn, say analysts
  
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• Colibrex expands into Asia with first drone based Broadcast Measurement for Malaysian Digital TV Operator MYTV

  19-06-2017 15:30
  
  Malaysian Digital TV broadcaster MYTV verifies transmission installation via drone based measurements Rheinmuenster, Germany – Colibrex, the pioneer and worldwide market leader in drone based radio frequency measurements, today announced that it has recently completed countrywide antenna measurements for the Malaysian DVB-T2 broadcast operator MYTV Broadcasting Sdn Bhd. It is the first time that these drone measurements are performed in Asia.The new Malaysian DVB-T2 broadcast operator MYTV
  
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• Europe might have actually done something right on telecoms

  19-06-2017 13:45
  
  More often than not, we are giving some stick to our European overseers, but in fairness to the bureaucrats they are heading the right direction regarding the worrying trend of encryption back-doors.
  The conversation on how to ensure public safety has taken a slightly worrying turn for privacy rights in recent months, as government around the world put forward ideas on how to create back-doors in encryption software. It’s a controversial area, as technology companies should be held ac
  
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• French regulator says SFR and Bouygues can use 2.1 GHz band for 4G

  19-06-2017 13:33
  
  The two French operators want to repurpose spectrum currently being used for 3G and the regulator Arcep has got no problem with that.
  SFR and Bouygues specifically asked permission to use the 2.1 GHz band for 4G, saying it will help improve their 4G speeds. There is apparently an underlying principle of technological neutrality applied to the 2.1 GHz band in France, so this ruling seems like a bit of a formality.
  At the very least the need to get such a move rubber-stamped by Arcep offers transp
  
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• Ofcom gives thumbs up to mobile in the UK, not everyone agrees

  19-06-2017 12:54
  
  Ofcom has released a report which summarises the initial results from the its latest mobile research, and it paints a fairly healthy picture of UK wireless connectivity.
  In terms of data service availability, more than nine in ten mobile data downloads are successful for both 4G and 3G-only users, at 95.6% and 92.4% respectively. Unsurprisingly, performance was higher on 4G than it was for 3G, though wifi is still the boss.
  When using apps, 4G consumers are connected to wifi 69% of the
  
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• Smart, Twitter bring 'Lite' experience to more Filipinos

  19-06-2017 12:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  Stay updated with tropa-perfect promos and exciting events by following TNTandrsquo;s official accounts on Twitter (@TalkNText) Facebook (www.facebook.com/TNTph) and Instagram (@TNTph). Click here for more.
  
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• GSMA Innovation City Returns to Mobile World Congress Shanghai

  19-06-2017 12:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  TheGSMA Innovation City will return to Mobile World Congress Shanghaifor the fifth year, the GSMA announced today. The popular exhibitionspace invites visitors to experience how mobile-connected products andservices are improving the lives of citizens, enterprises andgovernments in Asia, as well as around the world. This year's showcaseexplores a range of immersive, cutting-edge demonstrations from leadingbrands as well as start-ups, covering different sectors such as retail,transport, automotiv
  
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• TIM locks horns with Italian state over rural broadband

  19-06-2017 12:00
  
  The artist formerly known as Telecom Italia has been warned not to mess with the government’s infrastructure plans but it says it will do what it wants.
  According to La Repubblica, the Italian government wants to roll out publicly-funded fibre to areas of claimed ‘market failure’ – i.e. rural areas that currently have little or no good broadband access. However it looks like TIM also wants to have a go at addressing this issue, which has displeased the government.
  The pri
  
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• Apple hires industry heavyweights to make content less rubbish

  19-06-2017 11:58
  
  Apple has announced the hire of Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, who join from Sony Pictures Television where they have served as presidents since 2005.
  The pair will report into Eddy Cue, Apple’s SVP of Internet Software and Services, in newly created positions overseeing all aspects of video programming. Erlicht and Van Amburg certainly have a good track record to date, taking responsibility for such shows as ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Better Call Saul’, ‘The Crown&
  
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• oneM2M’s Interop 4 sees IoT standardisation gain momentum

  19-06-2017 11:44
  
  Taipei, Taiwan. 19 June 2017: IoT interoperability and standardisation has advanced significantly in Taiwan after oneM2M, the global standards initiative for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT), held its fourth interoperability testing event in Taipei.Interop 4 gave organisations implementing oneM2M standards the opportunity to check end-to-end functionality via oneM2M interfaces and validate interoperability, with a total of 13 companies taking part. A conference held the
  
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• Fujikura Europe to showcase advanced long lifetime products at LASER World of PHOTONICS 2017

  19-06-2017 11:00
  
  Worldwide leader of fusion splicer technology will exhibit new CW Fibre Laser and advanced LZM seriesChessington, UK. June 19, 2017. Fujikura Europe – the worldwide leader of fusion splicer technology – will exhibit its latest laser technology at LASER World of PHOTONICS, 26 to 29 June 2017, in Munich. Among the products on show will be the new Single Mode CW fibre Laser, which comes with a significant high powered air-cooled system of 500W, high...Source: RealWire
  
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• WOW! Announces Commitments for $2.28 Billion of New Term Loans

  19-06-2017 10:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  WideOpenWest, Inc. ("WOW!" or the "Company") (NYSE: WOW)announced today that WideOpenWest Finance, LLC ("WOW! Finance"), asubsidiary of the Company, has received commitments of $2.28 billion fornew term B loans. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Morgan Stanley SeniorFunding, Inc. are expected to act as lead arrangers and leadbookrunners. The Company expects the new term B loan transaction toclose in mid-July 2017, subject to the satisfaction of customaryconditions. The new term B loans are expected
  
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• Vology Ranks No. 25 on 2017 MSPmentor 501 Managed Service Providers List

  19-06-2017 10:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Vology, Florida's leading Managed IT Service Provider, is honored toannounce today that MSPmentor,a digital property of PentonTechnology, has placed Vology in the No. 25 spot on its MSPmentor501 2017 edition of the top 501 managed service providers worldwide.This is the third consecutive year Vology has been ranked on the list.Click here for more.
  
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• SES Transfers Capacity from AMC-9 Satellite Following Significant Anomaly

  19-06-2017 10:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  SES (Euronext Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced that, following asignificant anomaly, the company is in the process of transferringcapacity from its AMC-9 satellite.Click here for more.
  
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• Quantzig Releases Three New Marketing Mix Modeling Studies to Help Companies Improve Marketing ROI

  19-06-2017 10:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Identifying high-value customers and allocating marketing spend ischallenging, and involves many variables. Marketingmix modeling uses analytics to determine an optimal marketingbudget and quantify the contribution of marketing activities to sales.Global analytics and advisory firm Quantzigrecently completed several marketing mix projects for companiesacross multiple industries, helping them improve ROI and incrementalsales.Click here for more.
  
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• NoviFlow Inc. Named a 2017 Red Herring Top 100 North America Winner

  19-06-2017 10:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Red Herring today announced that NoviFlowInc., a leading provider of high-performance programmable networkingsolutions, is among the winners of its Top 100 North America 2017 event,which recognizes the continent's most exciting and innovative privatetechnology companies.Click here for more.
  
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• NASA Ames Research Center Selects Mellanox InfiniBand New Scalable Supercomputer

  19-06-2017 10:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  SUNNYVALE, Calif. andMellanox® Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX), a leadingsupplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for datacenter servers and storage systems, announced today that NASA AmesResearch Center has selected the Mellanox EDR InfiniBand solutions andthe new HPE SGI 8600 liquid cooled platform to expand their "Electra"supercomputing cluster with next generation interconnect and processortechnology. This system expansion will leverage Mellanox In-NetworkComputi
  
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• Kyushu Universityandrsquo;s New Supercomputer Accelerated by Mellanox EDR InfiniBand Solutions

  19-06-2017 10:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  SUNNYVALE, Calif. andMellanox® Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX), a leadingsupplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for datacenter servers and storage systems, today announced that RIIT (ResearchInstitute for Information Technology) at the Kyushu University, Japan,will introduce Mellanox EDR InfiniBand smart interconnect solutions fortheir new supercomputer, a Fujitsu-built system comprised of a PRIMERGYserver solution. The InfiniBand technology provides the university
  
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• CareView Communications Hires Jon Freeman as Chief Financial Officer

  19-06-2017 10:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  CareView Communications, Inc. ("CareView" or the "Company") (OTCQB:CRVW), an information technology provider to the healthcare industry,announced today that Jon Freeman joined the Company on June 12, 2017 asChief Financial Officer.Click here for more.
  
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• InfiNet Wireless helps AOT improve connectivity in Thai Airports

  19-06-2017 10:00
  
  Interference-free wireless links were utilised by Easy Network’s solutionsValletta, Malta. 19 June 2017: InfiNet Wireless, the global leader in fixed broadband wireless connectivity, has provided seamless data transfer solutions to improve connectivity and enhanced safety in four of Thailand’s major airports.Airports of Thailand plc (AOT), the governing body of Thailand’s six international airports, needed a cost-effective, reliable solution after four of its busiest airports &
  
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• Verizon takes $500m charge on Yahoo deal

  19-06-2017 02:00
  Verizon late last week revealed it will record a $500 million charge on its $4.48 billion acquisition of Yahoo.In an SEC filing on Thursday, the U.S. telco said the pre-tax charge will be recorded in the second quarter…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telecom Italia heads for rural fibre showdown with govt

  19-06-2017 02:00
  Telecom Italia is pushing ahead with plans to deploy ultrafast broadband in rural areas, setting it on course for a potential showdown with the government.Italy's undersecretary of state for development, Antonello Giacomelli, said in a La Repubblica report on Saturday that the incumbent's rollout plan risks damaging the government's own rural broadband plan…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Sunrise preps 2G switch-off

  19-06-2017 02:00
  Switzerland's Sunrise on Monday announced plans to switch off its 2G network by the end of 2018 to focus more on 4G and 4G+.The telco said it will inform 2G consumer and business customers this month…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• SK Telecom makes quantum leap in security

  19-06-2017 02:00
  SK Telecom on Monday successfully tested a new fibre optic repeater that enables network traffic encrypted using quantum key distribution (QKD) to be carried over longer distances, paving the way for highly-secure communications…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Global IoT spending to top $1.4trn in 2021

  19-06-2017 02:00
  Global IoT spending is forecast to reach $1.4 trillion by 2021, predicts IDC, up from $800 billion in 2017.According to the research firm, the big spenders on IoT this year will be manufacturing, which will splash $183 billion…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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