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• Have you heard? Apple is buying Shazam

  11-12-2017 19:11
  US gadget giant Apple has made a rare foray into major M&A with the acquisition of UK audio recognition app Shazam.
  Despite having enough money to buy the entire world and still leave a generous tip, Apple is notoriously reluctant to get its cheque book out. One exception to this is the music business, which was after all the source of Apple’s renaissance thanks with the iPod and iTunes, and which saw Apple fork out $3 billion for Beats a few years ago.
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• Orange: a call on banking

  11-12-2017 17:30
  Having legs in 2 heavily regulated sectors makes valuation tricky
  
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• IMImobile Joins NICE inContact DEVone Program to Provide Omnichannel Chat on CXexchange Marketplace

  11-12-2017 16:18
  Omnichannel chat from IMImobile offers seamless agent channel navigation for CXone usersLondon – December 11, 2017 – NICE inContact (Nasdaq:NICE) today announced that IMImobile has joined the DEVone development program to provide omnichannel chat on CXexchange, the most extensive technology ecosystem currently available in the customer experience market. Products available on the CXexchange marketplace are designed to integrate with NICE inContact CXone™, the world’s #1 c
  
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• OutSystems Named a Leader in G2 Crowd’s Low-Code Development Platforms Grid Report

  11-12-2017 16:15
  Sixth Report in Past Two Years Ranks OutSystems in Highest Category for Low-Code PlatformsLondon – 11th December, 2017 – OutSystems, the number one low-code platform for application development, was named a Leader in the G2 Crowd Low-Code Development Platforms Grid report, with the highest ranking for both customer satisfaction and market presence. OutSystems is ranked highest among 15 vendors and is the Leader for the small business, mid-market and enterprise categories.G2 Crowd rat
  
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• Verizon spends billions on NFL rights to give Oath a boost

  11-12-2017 15:15
  US telco Verizon has announced a new deal with the NFL – i.e. American Football league – to distribute games across its digital media network.
  This appears to be an attempt to answer the oft-asked question: “What’s the point of dropping billions of dollars on a couple of internet dinosaurs?” Verizon, in its infinite wisdom, has focused its diversification efforts on the acquisition of AOL and Yahoo, which were kind of a big deal 20 years ago. It decided to call the
  
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• Nokia COO calls it a day after only eight months in the job

  11-12-2017 14:35
  Monika Maurer, who was only promoted to the Chief Operating Officer role at Nokia last April, has apparently decided she doesn’t like what she’s seen at the top table.
  People don’t leave so soon after joining the Group Leadership Team unless something is amiss. Nokia, inevitably, is sticking to only the most tested and anodyne statements in relation to this development, which sees former SVP of Nokia Transformation, Joerg Erlemeir, given the COO role with immediate effect.
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• Prysmian celebrates 50 Years of the SA.CO.I. interconnection

  11-12-2017 14:08
  The World’s Longest In-Service HVDC Submarine Power Cable LinkSubmarine cable technology ensures reliable and sustainable power transmissionTechnological innovation to provide increased cable and material performance, smart monitoring systems and advanced cable installation and service solutionsMilan, 11 December 2017 - Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the taking into operation of the HVDC submarine cable syst
  
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• Ericsson and Singtel claim APAC LAA record

  11-12-2017 13:08
  Ericsson and long-time operator partner Singtel have announced they managed to hit 1.1 Gbps in a joint trial of a new LAA configuration.
  License Assisted Access is all about increasing the amount of spectrum available for mobile broadband by using chunks of unlicensed spectrum too. This test, conducted in a Singtel lab, used 4×4 MIMO, 256 QAM, and any other LTE goodies they could throw into the mix, to aggregate two licensed and three unlicensed spectrum bands. The result was apparently an
  
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• Spotify looks east with Tencent umbilicus

  11-12-2017 12:46
  Music streaming service Spotify has made a clear statement of geographical intent by entering into an equity swap with Chinese internet giant Tencent.
  Specifically Spotify is doing business with Tencent Music Entertainment and in its announcement it referred to the two companies as ‘the two most popular music streaming platforms in the world.’ TME runs QQMusic and KuGou, which apparently have a combined monthly user base of 450 million users. The last time Spotify revealed its user n
  
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• Singtel and Ericsson set Asia Pacific record in 1.1 Gbps LAA tests

  11-12-2017 01:00
  Singtel and Ericsson have achieved speeds of 1.1 Gbps in their latest round of testing of a new configuration of Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) technology, a new record for the Asia Pacific region.
  The tests combined several key LTE technologies including 256 QAM…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Here East and Optimity strive to create Europe's best-connected campus

  11-12-2017 01:00
  Here East has joined forces with Optimity to provide super-fast WIFI services at the East London business park.Tennent's at the Here East campus will be able to access WIFI services with speeds of up to 1 Gbps. With multiple fibre networks already connected to the campus…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Digicel reveals new CEO

  11-12-2017 01:00
  Caribbean telco Digicel has revealed Alexander Greiffenclau as its new chief executive officer.Greiffenclau will take over from the incumbent CEO, Colm Delves, who has overseen the running of Digicel for the past 13 years…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Apple to buy Shazam for £300 million

  11-12-2017 01:00
  Apple has reached an agreement to buy UK based music identification app Shazam, in a deal worth around £300 million, according to media reports. While neither side has commented on the potential deal, the £300 million price tag places a significantly lower value on Shazam than the company's &pound…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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