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• Uber gets booted out of London

  22-09-2017 14:26
  Transport for London has decided not to renew the license of ride-hailing service Uber due to public safety concerns.
  Even Uber needs a private hire operator license to do its cheap taxi thing in London. “TfL has concluded that Uber London Limited is not fit and proper to hold a private hire operator licence,” said the capital’s transport bureaucracy in a statement. “TfL considers that Uber’s approach and conduct demonstrate a lack of corporate responsibility in rel
  
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• Deutsche Telekom launches original content offensive

  22-09-2017 13:50
  Deutsche Telekom has unveiled its first attempt at original content with Germanized, a ten-part series about a mass movement of Germans into France. Brave move.
  The show itself will focus on the plight of a French village on the verge of bankruptcy. To avoid the plunge, the gallic farmers welcome a German business into their streets, along with hundreds of efficient German workers. It will be the first original piece of content for the telco’s EntertainTV service.
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• Former Telia chief Lars Nyberg faces corruption charges

  22-09-2017 13:24 via ft.com
  Prosecution in Sweden linked to front company for daughter of Uzbek president
  
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• Telia hopes to draw a line under Uzbekistan nightmare with $965 million payment

  22-09-2017 13:00
  The region that keeps on taking has claimed another pound of flesh from Swedish telco Telia in the form of a billion dollar fine.
  Positioned as a ‘global settlement’, Telia is handing over $965 million to US and Dutch prosecutors in what it hopes will be the final resolution of the Uzbekistan corruption case that has dogged it, as well as Telenor and Veon, for years. Sweden seems to want a piece of the action and is looking for a disgorgement (repayment of illegal profits), but Telia
  
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• The good, the bad and the TalkTalk – Which broadband rankings

  22-09-2017 12:55
  As inevitable as the coming of the tides, the rising sun, or Gary Lineker’s goatee being terrible, TalkTalk has hit rock bottom of the broadband rankings once more.
  For the fifth Which broadband survey in a row, TalkTalk is bringing up the rear. Based on customer opinions who cited issues with slow speeds, frequent connection drop outs and poor customer service, you have to start to wonder where TalkTalk is actually getting its customers from; how many people can the provider wro
  
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• World CommunicationAwards 2017: The shortlist

  22-09-2017 02:00
  Total Telecom is proud to name the finalists in the 2017 World Communication Awards, including the Internet of Things Awards (IoTAs).For more information on the awards, please visit www.worldcommsawards.com.Best BrandOrange - Orange Sponsors YouSmart Communications - Welcome ChangeViettel Group BITEL – 4G coverage campaignBest Enterprise ServiceCITIC Telecom CPC - TrustCSI ATPNTT Communications Corporation - SD-WAN Service PortfolioSingtel - Software-Defined Hybrid NetworkTelstra Broadcas
  
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• World Communication Awards 2017: The shortlist

  22-09-2017 02:00
  Total Telecom is proud to name the finalists in the 2017 World Communication Awards, including the Internet of Things Awards (IoTAs).For more information on the awards, please visit www.worldcommsawards.com.Best BrandOrange - Orange Sponsors YouSmart Communications - Welcome ChangeViettel Group BITEL – 4G coverage campaignBest Enterprise ServiceCITIC Telecom CPC - TrustCSI ATPNTT Communications Corporation - SD-WAN Service PortfolioSingtel - Software-Defined Hybrid NetworkTelstra Broadcas
  
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• Uzbekistan settlement to cost Telia close to $1bn

  22-09-2017 02:00
  Telia has reached a settlement with U.S. and Dutch authorities over its dealings in Uzbekistan that will see it pay a financial penalty approaching US$1 billion.The Sweden-based telco group will pay fines and disgorgements to the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Dutch Public Prosecution Service totalling $965 million after the various authorities ruled that its conduct in Uzbekistan contravened international corrupt practices legislation&hel
  
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• Delay in upcoming spectrum auction in India

  22-09-2017 02:00
  India's telecoms regulator has pushed back the deadline date for responses to its consultation on the country's forthcoming multi-band spectrum auction, a move that casts further doubt on the likelihood of a sale before the end of the year.The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has given stakeholders until 9 October to send written comments on the consultation paper it published in late August…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Bharti shareholders approve Telenor takeover

  22-09-2017 02:00
  Bharti Airtel's shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the company's proposed acquisition of rival Indian mobile operator Telenor.At a meeting convened on Tuesday, 99.98% of Bharti Airtel's equity shareholders approved the merger…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• An A to Z of excellence across the telecoms space

  22-09-2017 02:00
  "When I took the first survey of my undertaking...wherever I turned my view, there was perplexity to be disentangled, and confusion to be regulated; choice was to be made out of boundless variety..."As unlikely as it may seem, these words were not actually uttered by a member of the judging panel for this year's World Communication Awards, which met this week to compare notes on the 2017 entries. They are in fact somewhat older than that, having been having been taken from the preface to A Dict
  
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