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• Tribune Media Company Announces Successful Consent Solicitation With Respect To Its 5.875% Senior Notes Due 2022

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;Tribune Media Company (NYSE:TRCO) ("Tribune") today announced the expiration, on June 21, 2017 , and results of its consent solicitation with respect to its 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 (CUSIP No. 896047 AH0) (the "Notes").Click here for more.
  
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• Synchronoss Technologies Confirms Receipt of Indication of Interest from Siris Capital Group

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR) (the "Company"), theleader in mobile cloud innovation for mobile carriers, enterprises,retailers and OEMs around the world, today confirmed that it hasreceived a non-binding indication of interest from Siris Capital Group,LLC ("Siris") to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the Company'scommon stock for $18.00 per share in cash, subject to certain conditions.Click here for more.
  
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• Spectralink Brings Award-winning Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Research to Cisco Live! Las Vegas

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  BOULDER, Colo. Spectralink Corporation, the global leader in enterprise mobility solutions, is bringing its PIVOT: SC™ (8744) enterprise-grade smartphone and portfolio of flexible, scalable DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) solutions to Cisco Live! Las Vegas2017. At the show, the company is also distributing a 2017 research report on the PIVOT: SC's advanced camera/barcode scanner capabilities and celebrating the award-winning status of this solution.Click here for more.
  
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• ShoreTel to Offer SMS APIs Through Google Cloud Platform

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  SUNNYVALE, Calif.andnbsp;ShoreTel®andnbsp;(NASDAQ: SHOR), a leading provider of communication solutions that make interactions simple,andnbsp;today announced it has become a Google Cloud Platform™Technology Partner. As part of this partnership, ShoreTel is offering an SMS API solution through the Google Cloud Launcher. Click here for more.
  
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• Rockbridge Growth Equity Acquires Kings III Emergency Communications

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rockbridge Growth Equity, a Detroit -based private equity firm, today announced the acquisition of Kings III Emergency Communications (Kings III), an industry-leading emergency monitoring solutions provider. Click here for more.
  
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• Quantzigandrsquo;s Newest Study Identifies How Telecom Companies are Engaging with Customers Through Social Media

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Global analytics and advisory firm Quantzigrecently completed a social media listening assessment for a leadingEuropean telecommunications company. The goal of the study was to helpthe client leveragesentiment analysis around the topics of interest for theircustomers as the social media monitoring tools they were using could notbe customized.Click here for more.
  
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• Peak 10 Continues to be Recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) Amidst a Rapidly Changing Market

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C.andnbsp;Peak 10, Inc., a hybrid IT infrastructure provider offering colocation, interconnection, cloud and managed IT services, today announced it is proud to be recognized in the Gartner, Inc. 2017 "Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service."iThis marks the third consecutive year that Peak 10 has been recognized in the annual publication. Click here for more.
  
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• Norsat Securityholders Approve Plan of Arrangement with Hytera Communications Co., Ltd.

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  VANCOUVER , June 23, 2017/PRNewswire/ -andnbsp;Norsat International Inc. ("Norsat" or "the Company") (TSX: NII and NYSE MKT: NSAT), a provider of unique and customized communication solutions for remote and challenging applications, today announced that at the adjourned 2017 annual general and special meeting of securityholders of Norsat held on June 22, 2017(the "Meeting"), securityholders of Norsat voted in favour of a special resolution to approve the plan of arrangement, pursuant to which Hy
  
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• Nielsen Launches Mobile Measurement For YouTube Ads

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;Nielsen announced it has introduced advertising measurement on YouTube's mobile app with Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings. The service, which expands Nielsen's current measurement coverage of YouTube ads on desktop and mobile web browsers, will now provide marketers independent and comprehensive cross-device measurement of advertising audiences on YouTube across computer and mobile devices.Click here for more.
  
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• New IDC MarketScape Evaluates Worldwide Digital Transformation Consulting and Systems Integration Service Providers

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  International Data Corporation (IDC) today announced the release of anew study, IDCMarketScape: Worldwide Digital Transformation Consulting and SystemsIntegration Services 2017 Vendor Assessment (US41523517), whichevaluates consulting and systems integration providers catering to theworldwide Digital Transformation (DX) space.Click here for more.
  
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• Natural Language Voice Assistants and Contextually Aware Systems Crucial for Improving In-vehicle Infotainment Experience, finds Strategy Analytics

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;Regularly conducting user experience benchmarks of infotainment systems to test the usability of a variety of in-vehicle tasks, the In-vehicle UX (IVX) group at Strategy Analytics has added five new systems to their ratings table over the last year. These include: Chevrolet 2017 Volt, Baidu CarLife, Honda 2017 Civic, Mercedes Benz 2017 E-Class and Volkswagon 2016 Golf.Click here for more.
  
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• Multi-room Music Now Available on DISHandrsquo;s Hopper DVR

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  DISH today launched DISH Music, a mobile app powered by DTS Play-Fitechnology that gives customers the ability to sync music throughouttheir home using one central control. This new feature uses TV audiosystems connected to Hopper 2 or Hopper 3 DVRs, as well as DTSPlay-Fi-enabled speakers, to play music from personal libraries onmobile devices and popular streaming services, like Amazon Music,iHeartRadio, Pandora and TIDAL.Click here for more.
  
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• Molex Introduces Woodhead ArcArrest 30A Switch-Rated Connector System

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Molexannounces today its WoodheadArcArrest 30A Switch-Rated Connector System, designed to safely de-energize machinery, lighting and powerdistribution systems. The ArcArrest system simplifies lockout/tagoutprocedures and helps protect against injury due to hazardous energyreleased in industrial and commercial operations.Click here for more.
  
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• Meditation Expert Lynne Goldberg To Launch New Meditation Lifestyle App, andquot;Breetheandquot;

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Certified meditation coach and founder of the popular meditation app, OMG. I Can Meditate!, Lynne Goldberg, is announcing the official launch of the next generation of the app which will be re-named Breethe.andnbsp;Click here for more.
  
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• LiveAction Applies Machine Learning for Autonomous Network Operations

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  LiveAction,a global leader in IT network management, visualization and analyticssoftware, today announced LiveNX Insight. LiveNX Insight extendsLiveAction's patented LiveNX network performance and analytics platformby applying deep learning to help prevent network problems before theyoccur while enhancing enterprise security. LiveNX Insight uses machinelearning and predictive models to improve network performance managementin three ways.Click here for more.
  
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• L-com Expands Portfolio of Outdoor Cables for Industrial Ethernet Applications

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. L-com Global Connectivity, a preferred manufacturer of wired and wireless connectivity products, announced today that it has added several new families of outdoor cables for use in Industrial Ethernet, manufacturing, process industry, outdoor and direct burial applications. Click here for more.
  
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• IntriCon Completes Introduction of Advanced Digital Hearing Devices into Hearing Help Express' Product Line

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  IntriCon Corporation (NASDAQ: IIN), a designer, developer,manufacturer and distributor of miniature and micro-miniature body-worndevices, today announced that it has completed phase one, asanticipated, of the introduction of its advanced digital hearing devicesinto Hearing Help Express' (HHE) product line. IntriCon introduced itsfirst digital hearing device, the EarMate 4220, into the HHE portfolioin March 2017, and just recently completed phase one of the digitaloffering by adding the Apol
  
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• InfoVista Named an Evolutionary Disruptor in Gartner 2017 WAN Edge Competitive Landscape Report

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  PARIS andInfoVista,the leading provider of network performance orchestration solutions fora better connected and collaborative world, today announced that Ipanema,InfoVista's Application-Aware SD-WAN solution, has been included inGartner's 2017 WANEdge Competitive Landscape Report (Gartner, Inc. Gartner WAN EdgeCompetitive Landscape Report, Joe Skorupa, Bjarne Munch, 17 May 2017).Click here for more.
  
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• IMT Vislink Receives Order Valued at Approximately $100,000 for Airborne Video Downlink System (AVDS) From Prominent Mid-Atlantic State Police Agency

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  SARASOTA,andnbsp;Fla.andnbsp;xG® Technology, Inc. ("xG") (Nasdaq: XGTI, XGTIW), a leading provider of wireless video solutions to broadcast, law enforcement and defense markets, and private mobile broadband networks for critical communications, announced that its IMT Vislink business has received an order with an approximate value of $100,000order from a prominent state police organization located in the Mid-Atlantic region ("the Agency") for an Airborne Video Downlink System ("AVDS"). The o
  
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• Igor's 2.0 Software Release Broadens Abilities of Power-over-Ethernet Smart Lighting

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;Igor Inc., a leader of Power over Ethernet (PoE) smart building solutions, announced the release of its latest platform enhancements. These industry-leading updates include the ability to control human-centric tunable white lighting, support emergency lighting requirements, manage easy integration of 3rd party applications via API events, and establishes even stronger API Security standards. Igor's rich set of new features clearly raises the bar and creates a new performance benchmark in
  
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• IDT Corporation to Sell Gibraltar Based Banking Unit

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  NEWARK, N.J.andnbsp;IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT), a global provider of communications and payment services, today said that it has agreed to sell its IDT Financial Services Holdings Limited subsidiary (IDT Finance) to JAR Fintech Limited (JAR), a Gibraltarentity controlled by JAR Capital Limited, a UK based wealth and asset manager authorized and regulated by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority. Click here for more.
  
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• Hypori Unveils vPhone, The First Smartphone That Canandrsquo;t Be Lost, Stolen or Broken

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Today, Hyporiintroduced the vPhone, a virtual smartphone that affords every businessuser the benefits of separate work and personal phones, convenientlydelivered on a single device. vPhone users gain the freedom to accessthe work apps they need on the device they love without compromisingproductivity, privacy or security.Click here for more.
  
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• hoopla digital inks expanded content agreement with HarperCollins Publishers

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  hoopla digital (hoopladigital.com), the category-creating digital service for public libraries, today announced a new, expanded agreement with HarperCollins Publishers to add more than 15,000 award-winning eBooks to hoopla's dynamic collection, available early July. With this content agreement, patrons of participating libraries will have access to the HarperCollins global English Language catalog of acclaimed authors - which includes titles from HarperCollins Christian Publishing, HarperCollin
  
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• HawkEye 360 Names the Honorable Arthur L. Money to Its Board of Directors

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  HawkEye 360, Inc., a technology company that is developing new solutionsin space-based radio frequency survey, today announced that theHonorable Arthur L. Money, the former Assistant Secretary of Defense forCommand, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (ASD (C3I)), has beenappointed to the Board of Directors.Click here for more.
  
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• Global Webscale Company Selects Zayo for Wavelength Solution

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  A global webscale company has selected Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZAYO) to implement a network to connect its data centers in Dublin andAmsterdam. The wavelength solution will be deployed on a direct routeunique to Zayo, which bypasses the traffic clusters of London.Click here for more.
  
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• Expereo honoured by Telecoms Carrier Community with 'Best Global Network' 2017 Award

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;Expereo was recently honored by the GCCM Telecoms Carrier Community with 2017's 'Best Global Network' Award. Additionally, Expereo was short listed as a finalist for the 'Best Clouds' Innovative Operator' award. Click here for more.
  
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• Etisalat Introduces BlazeOn, Based on Comptelandrsquo;s FWD Solution, to Nigerian Mobile Subscribers

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  ComptelCorporation (NASDAQ OMX Helsinki: CTL1V) today announced thatEtisalat Nigeria is launching its time-based mobile data solutionBlazeOn, powered by Comptel's FWDsolution, in the Nigerian market.Click here for more.
  
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• EchoStar Mobile y Thales se asocian para ofrecer conectividad móvil por satélite para protección pública y emergencias

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  - EchoStar Mobile y Thales logran una asociación de conectividad móvil por satélite para la protección pública y operaciones de emergenciaClick here for more.
  
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• EchoStar Mobile et Thales s'associent autour de la connectivité mobile par satellite destinée à la protection civile et au secours en cas de catastrophe

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  La collaboration sera axée sur les services mobiles satellitaires et terrestres destinés aux forces de sécurité et premiers intervenants en Franceet dans d'autres pays européensClick here for more.
  
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• Comcast Increases Internet Speeds for Washington State Customers at No Additional Cost

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Comcast is more than doubling the speed of its "Performance 25" Xfinity®Internet tier for existing customers throughout Washington at noadditional cost. Customers can now enjoy download speeds of up to 55Mbps on the rebranded "Performance Plus" tier. These new speeds areeffective immediately.Click here for more.
  
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• Comcast Increases Internet Speeds for Oregon/SW Washington Customers at No Additional Cost

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Comcast is more than doubling the speed of its "Performance 25" Xfinity®Internet tier for existing customers throughout Oregon/SW Washington atno additional cost. Customers can now enjoy download speeds of up to 55Mbps on the rebranded "Performance Plus" tier. These new speeds areeffective immediately.Click here for more.
  
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• Cleo Continues Its Innovation Excellence with Real-Time B2B Integration, Expanded Visibility in Latest Release

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cleo,the global leader in managed file transfer and multi-enterpriseintegration solutions, announces its latest release of the CleoIntegration Suite (CIS), which further delivers the real-timeintegration and enhanced visibility businesses require for critical B2Bprocesses across cloud and on-premise deployments.Click here for more.
  
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• Charge Anywhere powers Mobile Payment Platform for AZUL in the Dominican Republic

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. Charge Anywhere, a financial technology solutions leader, and AZUL, a payment brand of Servicios Digitales Popular, a subsidiary of Grupo Popular, have announced that AZUL recently launched AZUL GO!, a mobile payment acceptance application utilizing Charge Anywhere's mPOS platform to merchants in the Dominican Republic.andnbsp;Click here for more.
  
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• Charge Anywhere potencia la Plataforma de Pagos Móviles de AZUL en la República Dominicana

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  SOUTH PLAINFIELD , Nueva Jersey y SANTO DOMINGO , República Dominicana, 23 de junio deandnbsp; Charge Anywhere, líder en soluciones tecnológicas y financieras, y AZUL, una marca de medios de pago de Servicios Digitales Popular, filial del Grupo Popular, han anunciado el reciente lanzamiento de AZUL GO!, una aplicación de aceptación de pagos móviles que utiliza la plataforma mPOS de Charge Anywhere para comercios en la República Dominicana.Click he
  
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• CenturyLink announces additional executive leadership appointments

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  MONROE, La. CenturyLink, Inc.(NYSE:CTL) today is announcing the organizational structure and executive leaders who will report toJeff Storey , recentlynamed president and chief operating officer (COO) of CenturyLink upon the completion of theLevel 3 Communications, Inc.(NYSE:LVLT) acquisition. These executive leaders will report to Storey effective at the time of the close of the acquisition, which CenturyLink continues to anticipate will occur by the end of third quarter 2017.Click here for mor
  
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• ATandT Announces New Initiative to Combat Cyberbullying and Unveils ATandT-produced Film, 'There's A Soul Behind That Screen'

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;ATandamp;T1 is launching a new education effort to help students, parents and educators tackle the cyberbullying crisis. The effort shares valuable tools and resources and encourages parents to stay involved in their children's online lives.Click here for more.
  
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• ATandamp;T to Release Second-Quarter 2017 Earnings July 25

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  ATandamp;TInc.* (NYSE:T) announced today that the company's second-quarter 2017 resultswill be released after the New York Stock Exchange closes on Tuesday,July 25, 2017. At 4:30 p.m. ET the same day, ATandamp;T will host a conferencecall to discuss the results. The company's earnings release, InvestorBriefing and related materials will be available at ATandamp;TInvestor Relations.Click here for more.
  
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• Ascendis Pharma Adopts New Global Communications Model With Fuze

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Fuze,the leading cloud-based communications solution provider for the modernglobal enterprise, has been selected by Ascendis Pharma to create amodern communications infrastructure that will support the rapidlygrowing biotech firm in its collaboration with multiple researchpartners, manufacturers, and clinical trial specialists worldwide.Click here for more.
  
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• AnaVation Named a 2017 Washington Business Journal Best Place to Work

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  RESTON, Va.andnbsp;AnaVation, a leading provider of intelligence collection and processing, analytical systems and big data infrastructure solutions to Federal Law Enforcement, Intelligence Community (IC), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Research and Development (Randamp;D) organizations in the United StatesFederal Government, is pleased to announce it has been named one of the Washington Business Journal's Best Places to Work for the second straight year. AnaVation also recently
  
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• Aero Glass Wins Auggie Award for andlsquo;Best Appandrsquo; at Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2017

  23-06-2017 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aero Glass, a leading developer of augmented reality (AR) smartglasses solutions for aviation and automotive applications, was namedthe Auggie Award 2017 winner for "Best App" at the 8th annual AugmentedWorld Expo (AWE) 2017.Click here for more.
  
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• Telus and Huawei tout successful 3GPP-compliant 5G trials

  23-06-2017 17:36
  
  Canadian telco Telus has been trumpeting another incremental step towards 5G alongside Huawei with the completion of a 5G wireless connection using the global 3GPP technology standards platform.
  The pair claim the successful completion of the pilot is one of most advanced connections yet made using technologies that will form the standard for global 5G. The speeds which are being discussed are all well and good, but perhaps not anything we haven’t heard before, but what is more interesting
  
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• YouTube enthusiasm brings home the challenges for telcos

  23-06-2017 17:24
  
  If you thought video was big already, just wait. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has shared her vision with the world, and it’s starting to look very real now.
  It’s an aspect of the industry all the telcos have been trying to capitalise on, but must also be secretly dreading at the same time. There is a mountain of cash to be made off the back of the growing video trends, just look at the astronomical growth of Netflix, but the strain on the network is getting bigger and bigger every mont
  
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• France reckons it could start launching 5G services next year

  23-06-2017 14:00
  
  The French telecoms regulator Arcep has concluded a 5G consultation with a timetable that suggests 5G services could start launching in 2018.
  The consultation, which commenced at the start of this year, was themed ‘New frequencies for superfast access in the regions, for businesses, 5G and innovation.’ The 5G part of the consultation focused on the 3.4-3.8 GHz band and noted that stakeholders had already identified that band for 5G services starting in 2020. The first stated aim was
  
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• Yahoo is killing News Digest app and we can’t figure out why

  23-06-2017 13:20
  
  The dust hasn’t even settled after the end of the Verizon/Yahoo saga, and one of the brands popular services, News Digest, is being axed.
  The News Digest app, which has a strong following of 9.5 million users, has been consigned to the rubbish heap in favour of the more traditional Newsroom offering, according to the BBC. Users have been informed that support to the app will shut down before the app will be completely closed down at the end of the month.
  We’ve been having a think abo
  
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• Exclusive – the facts and figures behind EE’s Glastonbury temporary network

  23-06-2017 12:33
  
  If a reveller goes to Glastonbury and doesn’t document the entire experience exhaustively on social media, were they really there?
  The answer, of course, is no, which creates a special challenge for the normally semi-dormant mobile networks serving darkest Somerset. For the past few years EE has made a point of trying to confront that challenge by creating a special temporary mobile network for the occasion, from which it in no way seeks to gain any marketing capital whatsoever, honest.
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• 800,000 Virgin Media customers exposed to threat of hack

  23-06-2017 12:10
  
  Virgin Media has been hit with a heavy body blow after an investigation by Which has revealed 800,000 of its Smart Hub 2 customers are at risk of being hacked.
  The company has contacted all relevant customers advising them to change the default password supplied with the hub, which seems to be the root of the issue. Using publicly available hacking tools, the Which team targeted a real home which uses the Virgin Media Smart Hub 2 router, and it didn’t take long to crack with this simplisti
  
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• Wind Tre gets a new CEO

  23-06-2017 02:00
  Wind Tre, the joint venture between CK Hutchison's 3 Italia unit and Veon's Wind, on Friday appointed a new chief executive in former Mobilink CEO Jeffrey Hedberg.Hedberg has been brought in to lead the joint venture through the next phase of its integration and to drive its strategy of becoming a converged services provider…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Virgin Media warns 800K customers about hackable hub

  23-06-2017 02:00
  Virgin Media has advised more than 800,000 customers using its Super Hub 2 to immediately update their passwords, after a Which? investigation uncovered a security vulnerability in the router…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• UK without Gigabit broadband is like David taking on three Goliaths without a sling

  23-06-2017 02:00
  On the first anniversary of the Brexit referendum, and with divorce proceedings between the U.K. and the European Union getting underway this week, Total Telecom thought now would be a good time to consider whether the U.K. has the broadband infrastructure it needs to take on the best in the world.If you're pressed for time, here's the situation as it stands today: no, it does not.It is also important to consider whether the U.K. has the right plan to address its shortcomings, so that when Brex
  
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