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• Dixons Carphone’s new boss can close the Bank of Vodafone

  22-01-2018 20:28
  Third-party financing deals may be the only way to keep selling £1,000 handsets
  
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• Facebook hires Eurosport CEO but sports push could be a huge problem

  22-01-2018 17:49
  Facebook has been quietly gathering steam in the content world, but a new hire signals some big ambitions, as well as a headache for rights holders.
  According to the Guardian, the social media giant is about to hire Eurosport’s CEO, Peter Hutton as part of a bigger move into the content space. Although Facebook has dabbled in sporting content previously, it was one of the bidders trying to secure the rights for Indian cricket’s IPL, it has not been as active as Amazon or Twitter, bot
  
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• Microsoft gets support of privacy groups in battle against US

  22-01-2018 14:29
  Privacy International has filed an amicus brief on behalf of 26 organizations in support of Microsoft’s battle against the US and the sticky fingers of its intelligence agencies.
  This is a court case which has been ongoing for some time, as Microsoft has resisted the demands of the US government in handing over data which is stored on servers in Ireland. While the government believes as a US company Microsoft should hand over whatever it demands, Microsoft has been standing firm, stating i
  
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• Soon there will be another cable populating the subsea superhighway

  22-01-2018 14:28
  China Telecom, China Unicom, Facebook, Tata Communications, and Telstra have all teamed up to sign a turnkey contract for the deployment of the Hong Kong-Americas (HKA) submarine cable network.
  The Hong Kong-Americas (HKA) consortium, as they are officially known, has signed the agreement with Alcatel Submarine Networks to deliver a submarine cable network which will span more than 13,000km. The new asset will increase connectivity between Hong Kong and the US.
  “We are committed to continu
  
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• Broadcom chats with FTC and SEC over acquisition and tax shelter

  22-01-2018 14:26
  Broadcom has been keeping its lawyers busy over the last couple of days, firstly responding to an FTC second request for information, and secondly, starting the redomiciliation to the tax shelter of Delaware.
  Starting with the FTC and Broadcom’s proposed acquisition of Qualcomm, Broadcom announced that it has received a request for additional information and documentary material. This is of course a normal part of the acquisition process, but doesn’t tell us much about which way the
  
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• How about giving customers a better experience?

  22-01-2018 14:25
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Orla Power, Head of Marketing for Brite:Bill (an Amdocs company) explores some research into CSP customer expectations and what can be learned from it.
  Mobile operators and the telecoms industry in general have never been known for excellent customer service and for many that’s an understatement. However, as generations Y and Z start paying for their own telecoms
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Around the world in 45 minutes

  22-01-2018 14:20
  Now with added video! 
  
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• Facebook’s public panic attack continues

  22-01-2018 13:16
  Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of social media giant Facebook, is trying to work out which news sources are more trustworthy than others. This sets a worrying precedent.
  Zuck’s latest commandment in the name of purifying your Facebook feed is to make sure the news you see is ‘high quality’. “I’ve asked our product teams to make sure we prioritize news that is trustworthy, informative, and local. And we’re starting next week with trusted sources,” he pr
  
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• Bigger, prettier and now profitable – Jio is poised to dominate India

  22-01-2018 13:14
  It’s bad news for those who thought the Jio bubble might pop and everything would return to normal in India; Jio’s latest quarterlies show it is a money making machine.
  It came, it saw, it conquered. And all before the market incumbents could do anything about it. Perhaps the apparent inability of Jio’s rivals in doing anything to slow the growing tsunami was because of the belief this day would never come. Jio was fast burning through cash in acquiring customers and this could
  
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• Telstra investments to boost network leadership in Asia Pacific

  22-01-2018 09:08
  Honolulu, USA, 22 January 2018 – Telstra today announced at the PTC conference in Hawaii that it had entered into agreements to invest in two new international subsea cable systems that will connect Hong Kong and the west coast of the United States. The first investment will see Telstra partner to build the new Hong Kong Americas (HKA) cable that will connect Hong Kong to the US. Telstra will invest in a half fibre pair....Source: RealWire
  
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• Orange Bank: is a phone company the future of fintech?

  22-01-2018 06:00
  Telecoms group has target of 2m customers even before it has expanded product range
  
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• Telia Carrier supplies fibre backbone to Costa Rican telco

  22-01-2018 01:00
   Telia Carrier has won a contract with the Costa Rican telecommunications provider, Instituto de Electricidad (ICE), to supply supply its global fibre backbone to provide high speed internet access to its customers throughout Central America…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Reliance Jio posts first profit since its inception

  22-01-2018 01:00
  Indian telecoms firm Reliance Jio has posted a profit in its quarterly reporting for the first time since it began its operations in September 2016.The company posted EBITDA of $412 million…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ofcom reveals the UK's worst performing operators for customer service

  22-01-2018 01:00
  The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has revealed the most complained about telecoms and pay TV service providers.TalkTalk earned the crown of being the most complained about broadband provider…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Cable One brings gigabit fibre to 200 communities in the US

  22-01-2018 01:00
  Cable One has announced that it has rolled out its gigabit capable broadband services to 200 towns and cities in the US. The services are now available across 95% of the company's networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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