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• Ericsson scores quick win with Chelsea FC wifi partnership

  17-07-2017 18:23
  
  Ericsson has announced the continuation of its partnership with Chelsea FC, focusing more on an area which it has dubbed ‘Small Cell-as-a-Service’.
  Acting as the connectivity partner for Stamford Bridge, Ericsson will design, build and operate the network on the customer’s behalf, providing free wifi via the Small Cell-as-a-Service connected venue business. As a result, fans will be able to update their Facebook page, find a local pub and even keep track of where the nearest po
  
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• Sandvine and Procera announce network intelligence merger

  17-07-2017 18:13
  
  Canada’s Sandvine Corporation will be merged with US Procera Networks to create a $700 million network intelligence player.
  Procera was acquired by private equity firm Francisco Partners for $240 million back in 2015, but a couple of months ago Sandvine announced it was going to be acquired by Vector Capital for CA$483 million (US$383 million). This announcement seems to amount to a gazumping by Francisco as the Vector move was only terminated today, with a termination payment of CA$17 mil
  
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• Connecting the Tour de France – more complicated than it sounds

  17-07-2017 17:33
  
  With the Tour de France in full flow, Orange gave Telecoms.com a behind-the-scenes tour to show how complicated it is to deliver connectivity for such an event.
  As one of the technical partners for the tour, Orange has been tasked with ensuring connectivity, for both consumers and broadcasters, meets the high demands which we hold in the digital economy. And if it looks simple when you’re watching it on TV, its anything but when you get buried beneath the cables and frenzied activity,
  
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• Telenor shares boosted by buyback and earnings rise

  17-07-2017 17:32
  Nordic telco recovers from difficult period as cost-cutting lifts profitability
  
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• Réseau Alliance-com and Spectralink join forces to serve burgeoning French Unified Communications market

  17-07-2017 16:00
  
  LONDON, UK. 17 July, 2017 – Spectralink Corporation (www.spectralink.com), the global leader in enterprise mobility solutions, is delighted to announce a strategic partnership with leading French distributor Réseau Alliance-com to deliver end-to-end enterprise-grade DECT and superior Voice over Wi-Fi mobility solutions to the VoIP & UC Technology channel in France through its market leading network.Serving the French market for over 20 years, Réseau Alliance-com is today&
  
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• Caribbean's Logic to Radically Transform Marketing and Customer Support Efficiency and Effectiveness with Calix Cloud

  17-07-2017 15:22
  
  Subscriber experience focused service provider turns to Calix Marketing Cloud and Calix Support Cloud to delight its subscribers and streamline internal operationsPUNTA CANA, DR – July 17, 2017 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX), the world leader in Subscriber Driven Intelligent Access, today announced that Logic, one of the Caribbean’s premier service providers, has selected Calix Marketing Cloud (CMC) and Calix Support Cloud (CSC) to enhance existing GigaCenter deployments and delive
  
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• ETL Systems to help General Dynamics and the Canadian Armed Forces to anchor WGS satellite constellation

  17-07-2017 15:00
  
  Madley, UK. 17 July 2017. ETL Systems, a global designer and manufacturer of RF signal distribution equipment for satellite communications, has announced that its RF equipment is being used in General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada’s Implementation and In-Service Support of the Mercury Global Anchor Segment (MGAS). The MGAS anchor stations – seven anchor stations at three sites across Canada – will communicate with the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite constellation
  
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• Play IPO values the Polish operator at €2 billion

  17-07-2017 13:39
  
  Play Communications, owner of polish mobile brand P4, is on the IPO trail, with a value of roughly €2 billion.
  The company sold the maximum number of shares available, just over 121 million (roughly half of all available), including 11 million over-allotment shares, making it the largest IPO in the telco space since June 2015. It is in fact the fifth largest IPO of a Polish company, and the largest ever non-privatisation IPO of a Polish company.
  “Poland proves to be a great country to
  
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• DevOps to answer the call for rapid innovation

  17-07-2017 13:29
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Janne Ohtonen, Sacha Labourey, CEO and Founder of CloudBees examines how DevOps is helping CSPs keep up with the times.
  The digital revolution has been a double-edged sword for telcos. Despite enabling positive and transformational innovation, it has introduced additional strain on network resources, and ever-increasing competition from over-the-top (OTT) player
  
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• San Marino set to be first 5G country as Telecom Italia soap opera continues

  17-07-2017 12:30
  
  Italian mini-state San Marino is set to become the first ‘country’ to go 5G, with Telecom Italia using it as a testing ground for the next generation of wireless tech.
  According to a report in the FT Telecom Italia signed a good old MoU with San Marino to use it as a 5G guinea pig. The self-contained nature of the state is expected to provide the good environment for a 5G dress rehearsal as early as next year. Apparently San Marino also has fewer restrictions on the use of radio freq
  
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• European operators have a collective moan about spectrum

  17-07-2017 12:28
  
  Nine of Europeans largest operators have clubbed together and written a letter to the European Commission to complain about the state of affairs when it comes to spectrum regulation.
  With the Gaggle of Red-tapers set to meet for an Informal Ministerial Meeting on 18th of July, the telco bosses have decided to give the repugnant regulator a poke in the ribs; they aren’t happy with the route the industry is heading. Reform to the management of spectrum is a necessity, but the bosses harbour
  
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• San Marino set to become first country upgraded to 5G nationwide

  17-07-2017 06:00
  Telecom Italia will use the micro-state as a test bed for the new technology
  
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• Telia issues Q2 profit warning on Uzbekistan writedown

  17-07-2017 02:00
  Telia has warned that second quarter earnings will take a hit mostly due to a writedown in Uzbekistan.The Sweden-based telco has slashed the risk-adjusted, debt-free value of its Ucell unit to SEK1…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telenor ups guidance after strong Q2

  17-07-2017 02:00
  Telenor on Monday raised its full-year guidance after reporting strong earnings growth during the second quarter.The Norwegian incumbent attributed the performance to a reduction in costs resulting from its simplification programme and revenue growth driven by its Bangladeshi unit…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Play IPO raises €1 billion

  17-07-2017 02:00
  Poland's Play last week revealed that its initial public offering (IPO) will raise €1.04 billion.The operator sold 121.57 million shares – which includes a 11…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• EU telcos ramp up spectrum lobbying

  17-07-2017 02:00
  Europe's biggest telcos on Monday continued to pressure the European Union to implement investment-friendly spectrum policies.Telecoms is on the agenda of an informal meeting of EU ministers taking place in Tallinn, Estonia today and tomorrow.Never one to miss an opportunity for some lobbying, the GSMA issued an open letter signed by the CEOs of several big players…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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