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• Xiaomi usurps Fitbit as king of the wearables

  03-08-2017 17:50
  Global wearables shipments reached 21.6 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a steady 8% increase from the same period in 2016.
  Research from Strategy Analytics estimates there was a little bit of a shake-up in the market share rankings as well. Strong demand for low-cost fitness bands in China and premium smartwatches across the United States say the uplift across the segment, but with Xiaomi claiming top spot with a 17% market share.
  “Xiaomi shipped 3.7 million wearables worldwid
  
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• Deutsche Telekom takes further €1.1bn hit from BT stake

  03-08-2017 17:34
  Writedown in value of holding acquired with EE sale comes after €2.2bn Q4 charge
  
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• Amazon tennis tie up asks questions of telco content ambitions

  03-08-2017 16:54
  With Amazon taking further strides into the content business, the question of whether there is a viable business model for the telcos is becoming louder; can the telcos compete with the OTTs?
  By securing the rights for the ATP World Tour, rumoured to be in the region of $10 million, Amazon has beat off competition from Sky and a host of other suitors. The deal includes all the games from the Masters 1000 and Masters 500 events for five years, which will be available to viewers through its Prime
  
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• Deutsche Telekom shows you have to spend money to make money

  03-08-2017 13:43
  Deutsche Telekom is swimming in cash, as big-time investments over the first six months of 2017 start to pay back in the millions.
  Core profit across the quarter grew almost 9% year-on-year to €5.9 billion, while total revenues were upped by 6% to €18.9 billion. The momentum is clearly bolstering some confidence in the ranks as the full-year core profit target has been raised to €22.3 billion.
  “Our record investments are paying off: Growing numbers of customers are choo
  
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• Three CEO gets his excuses in early as lawyers circle Ofcom

  03-08-2017 12:43
  In what would appear to be preparation for industry backlash, Three CEO Dave Dyson has laid out what he believes to be justification for taking Ofcom to court.
  We shouldn’t be surprised about any developments here, as Three having a moan that bigger boys are picking on it has just become a natural fixture on the UK mobile landscape. Reforms to the next spectrum from Ofcom haven’t done enough to help Three, and instead of speaking through investments, it has chosen to try and bully Of
  
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• Gothenburg set for keynotes from Microsoft, Ericsson and Huawei as ECOC Exhibition announces Market Focus agenda

  03-08-2017 12:00
  Fibre access, data centres and optical network agility to be discussed at sold-out exhibitionLondon, August 3rd, 2017: Some of the world’s leading technology companies will discuss the key issues and trends affecting the fibreoptics industry during this year’s European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) Exhibition’s Market Focus.Speakers from 26 different companies and organisations – including Intel, Huawei, Cisco, Ericsson and Viavi – will take to the sta
  
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• Smartphone growth on the up but only good news for Chinese vendors

  03-08-2017 11:50
  New estimates have pinned global smartphone growth at 4% year-on-year for the second quarter, but it is the Chinese vendors who are seeing the benefits.
  In total, more than 340 million smartphones were shipped across the quarter, with Samsung remaining top of the leaderboard, according to research from Canalys. Growth was relatively flat, but stood firm at 79 million units, while Apple managed to increase shipments by 2% to 41 million iPhones. While iPhone numbers are relatively modest, a launch
  
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• Millicom hits back at Wari in Senegal spat

  03-08-2017 02:00
  Tigo Senegal late on Wednesday contested Wari Group's account of its recently-collapsed deal to acquire the operator from Millicom.In a statement emailed to Total Telecom, Tigo Senegal said Wari had made incorrect and misleading claims about Millicom's conduct…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom raises outlook following solid Q2

  03-08-2017 02:00
  Deutsche Telekom on Thursday raised its full year earnings forecast following a solid second quarter both at home and abroad."Our record investments are paying off: growing numbers of customers are choosing our networks and products. And revenue and earnings are lifting substantially on the back of this strong customer growth," said Deutsche Telekom CFO Thomas Dannenfeldt…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• AT&T Mobility and Consumer chief headed for the exit

  03-08-2017 02:00
  AT&T Mobility and Consumer CEO Glenn Lurie will retire next month, it emerged this week, as the U.S. telco prepares for the integration of media giant Time Warner.The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday (subscription required) that his departure was announced by group CEO Randall Stephenson in an email to staff…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 3UK still mulling legal challenge to Ofcom 5G spectrum rules

  03-08-2017 02:00
  3UK chief Dave Dyson said the operator has yet to decide whether to mount a legal challenge to regulator Ofcom's 5G spectrum rules, but suggested that such a move would not prove too disruptive to the U.K.'s 5G ambitions."We are still considering whether we should ask the courts to give an independent view of whether Ofcom has acted reasonably…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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