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• Disney hounds Murdoch into selling Fox for $66 billion

  14-12-2017 16:24
  Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has decided the entertainment business is too much like hard work and has flogged most of 21st Century Fox to Disney.
  Disney will shell out $52.4 billion for the acquisition and also take on $13.7 billion of its debt. In return it gets Fox’s movie and TV operations, except for the Fox broadcast network, which it’s not allowed on competition grounds because it already owns the ABC network. Among the highlights for Disney is the acquisition of some of the few
  
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• Rakuten: crossed lines

  14-12-2017 15:18 via ft.com
  The e-commerce group’s arrival stirs unhappy memories at SoftBank
  
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• T-Mobile US declares war on cable incumbents with Layer3 TV acquisition

  14-12-2017 15:13
  In a characteristic move, T-Mobile US has announced it intends to disrupt the UK cable market in same way it has the mobile one.
  As ever the narrative focuses on what is described as an uncompetitive market that serves is customers poorly. Apparently cablecos are even more despised in the US than mobile operators and TMUS wants to inject a bit of competition into that space by offering its own OTT video service.
  The Layer3 acquisition seems to be a relatively small one (the price wasn’t re
  
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• Mr Burns takes over as Ofcom Chairman

  14-12-2017 14:10
  UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has announced the appointment of Lord Burns as its next Chairman.
  Burns will Dame Patricia Hodgson at the start of next year. Hodgson’s predecessor was Dame Colette Bow and the founding Chairman was Lord Currie of Marylebone. You get the picture. Burns has plenty of Chairmaning experience, having occupied that role at Channel 4 for a while, as well as Marks & Spencer, Santander UK, Welsh Water, the National Lottery Commission and The Royal Academy of Music.
  
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• Ericsson scores another 5G win, this time with Deutsche Telekom

  14-12-2017 13:06
  It turns out 5G network deal wins are like buses; you wait ages for one then two come along at once.
  As a result we find ourselves writing an unfamiliar statement: it has been a good week for Ericsson. Earlier this week the kit vendor proudly announced it was helping Verizon dip its toe in the 5G water with the roll-out of some fixed wireless access infrastructure in the US from next year. Now the still-warm megaphone is in use once more, this time to say Ericsson is helping DT to get its German
  
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• Openwave Mobility 2018 Predictions - The Fightback Begins: Mobile Operators to Tackle HD, Encryption, NFV Realities and Security

  14-12-2017 11:31
  REDWOOD CITY, California, 14 December 2017 – Openwave Mobility, the market leader in mobile data traffic management solutions, today released its predictions for 2018. The forecasts are based on two major pieces of analysis from Openwave Mobility in 2017. The Mobile Video Index (MVI) is based on live data gathered from over 30 global mobile operators and summarizes the state of play in mobile video. The NFV Playbook was based on NFV trials and deployments...Source: RealWire
  
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• Verizon: Technology leadership and innovation

  14-12-2017 02:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  BASKING RIDGE, NJ - 2017 was a tremendous year for innovation and technology advancement on Verizon's network.  We continued leading the industry in reliability, coverage and speed, and made significant strides toward the network of the future for our customers, investing in the latest technologies and software platforms, and pushing boundaries in both 4G LTE Advanced features and 5G technology. Here are some highlights. Click here for more.
  
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• UK must act to meet rural demand for superfast connectivity

  14-12-2017 01:00
   Britain must act now to ensure its rural communities and businesses are not left behind when the next generation of fixed line and mobile broadband services are rolled out, according to an industry report.5G and full fibre fixed line services have the capacity to dramatically boost operational efficiency in a whole host of industries…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telstra picks up $72 million of spectrum in Australian auction

  14-12-2017 01:00
  Australian network operator Telstra has spent $72 million (£41 million) on additional mobile spectrum, in a move aimed at strengthening its data service capabilities and provide a solid backbone for its 5G offerings in the future.Telstra picked up 17 of the 39 lots available at this week's spectrum auction in Australia…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Liquid Telecom forms new partnership in Zambia

  14-12-2017 01:00
  CEC Liquid Telecommunications has formed a partnership with tech hub BongoHive to invest in Zambia's emerging Internet of Things and gaming markets.CEC Liquid Telecommunications will provide high speed internet access and cloud based services to start ups and entrepreneurs at BongoHive in the southern African state…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• NFL and Verizon Announce Game-Changing Partnership to Distribute Unprecedented Mobile Access to Live NFL Games

  14-12-2017 00:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  NEW YORK - The National Football League and Verizon announced today a multi-year partnership in which Verizon's portfolio of premium digital and mobile media properties, including Yahoo Sports, will stream in-market and national games, including national pre-season, regular season, playoff games, and the Super Bowl nationwide to sports fans - regardless of mobile network. The partnership kicks off in January 2018 with streaming of the NFL playoffs on Yahoo and Yahoo Sports, in addition to go90 a
  
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