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• Telecom Italia’s Guiseppe Recchi to leave role as deputy chairman

  26-01-2018 15:20
  Vivendi-controlled group hit by management change six months after executive shake-up
  
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• Telecom Italia’s Giuseppe Recchi to leave role as deputy chairman

  26-01-2018 15:20
  Vivendi-controlled group hit by management change six months after executive shake-up
  
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• UK mobile commerce sales value jumped 85% in 2H 2017

  26-01-2018 13:56
  Digital agency Visualsoft has done a bit of number crunching and come to the conclusion that the value of UK commercial transactions over mobile almost doubled in the second half of last year.
  Visualsoft got the data from over 1,600 UK retailers that it helps with their e-commerce. It found that the value of mobile commerce sales increased by 85% year-on-year in 2H 2017 and that the volume of mobile commerce transactions increased by 78%. Black Friday experienced sales value three times higher t
  
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• Intel’s Krzanich does this best duck impression

  26-01-2018 13:55
  Intel might be fighting back the flames of the Spectre and Meltdown security flaws, but CEO Brian Krzanich has done his best to put on a calm front for investors during the latest earnings call.
  We can only imagine Krzanich, much like a duck, is calm on the surface, but frantic below. The CEO managed to avoid any backlash when offloading any many Intel shares as possible prior to the Spectre and Meltdown announcements, even finding time to organization some patches to the vulnerabilities. These
  
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• BT raises targets for ultrafast fibre optic broadband

  26-01-2018 12:51
  Pressure from politicians and regulators triggers goal to connect 3m premises within 2 years
  
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• Device Intelligence for Network Operators

  26-01-2018 12:19
  Most network operators use basic identifying methods such as listing brand name or MAC address for devices. It allows them to provide generic device identification, in the best case scenario only recognizing personal computers and smartphones. In most cases, Internet of Things (IoT) devices are left unidentified and unprotected.
  Using device intelligence, network operators can offer personalized WiFi experience for their customers. This, in turn, will improve customer retention and acquisition i
  
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• Turns out Qualcomm’s Chinese buddies oppose Broadcom’s takeover bid

  26-01-2018 12:02
  Qualcomm seems keen to enlist the services of its new set of Chinese allies in some of its many other fights.
  A report in the FT (sub required) claims “Qualcomm has won the backing of a group of Chinese smartphone manufacturers in its fight to fend off a $130bn hostile bid from rival Broadcom.” Those vendors are: Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo, and by staggering coincidence the three of them have just pledged their undying loyalty to Qualcomm as customers of its 5G chips.
  “When we first
  
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• Schrems loses first battle against Facebook but war has only just begun

  26-01-2018 11:39
  Data privacy campaigner Max Schrems is been dealt a minor blow by the European Court of Justice but Facebook will have to fight to keep skeletons in the closet as individual court case is given thumbs up.
  While the internet giant always had the upper ground, there was a small chance Schrems could pile misery sky-high with a class action lawsuit. Such occurrences are rare in European courts, and the European Court of Justice has now ruled he is unable to represent 25,000 people in an Austrian cou
  
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• Unlimited data plans – The poisoned chalice for telcos

  26-01-2018 01:00
  With mobile data consumption set to skyrocket in the coming months and years, telcos around the world are struggling to cope with the increasingly capricious demands of their customers. Consumers want to gorge themselves on as much Netflix, Spotify and Facebook as they can cram down their metaphorical throats, while simultaneously paying as little as possible for their mobile tariff. In an industry with notoriously thin operating margins, telcos may find themselves stuck between a rock and a ha
  
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• Gigaclear and Voneus join forces to bring gigabit connectivity to rural communities

  26-01-2018 01:00
  Voneus and Gigaclear have formed a partnership to work together on delivering super-fast broadband connectivity to rural communities throughout the UK. Voneus will become a retail service provider, offering a wide range of services over Gigaclear's networks, which are capable of providing download speeds of 1 Gbps…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom presses ahead with rollout of 1Gb network for businesses

  26-01-2018 01:00
  Deutsche Telekom is pressing ahead with the second phase of its fibre optic cable rollout for business centres in Germany. The scheme is set to provide 7,600 enterprises with super…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Atlantic Broadband increases fibre network with acquisition of FibreLight's Floridian operations

  26-01-2018 01:00
  Atlantic Broadband has signed a deal to buy FibreLight's entire fibre network in Southern Florida, according to a company release. The deal will reportedly double Atlantic Broadband's footprint in the state…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Atlantic Broadband increases fibre network with acquisition of FiberLight's Floridian operations

  26-01-2018 01:00
  Atlantic Broadband has signed a deal to buy FiberLight's entire fibre network in Southern Florida, according to a company release. The deal will reportedly double Atlantic Broadband's footprint in the state…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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