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• TalkTalk’s £1.5bn broadband plan seeks to change the mood music

  08-02-2018 21:35
  As shares hit record low, investors must decide whether the only way is up
  
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• SoftBank seeks unlikely partner in Swiss Re

  08-02-2018 20:10
  Analysts and bankers are confused by Masayoshi Son’s attempt to buy stake in reinsurer
  
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• TDC/Macquarie: felicific calculus

  08-02-2018 18:18
  Don’t be too quick to dismiss the ‘vampire kangaroo’
  
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• Would you believe it, Twitter posts its first ever profit

  08-02-2018 18:00
  Now this is not something many people were expecting, but the ugly duckling of the social media giants posted its first ever profit in the last quarter.
  Over the course of the last three months Twitter reported revenues of  $732 million, a 2% year-on-year increase, while profit stood at $91 million. We’ve said it before, but we’ll say it again as it is not something we expected to write, this is Twitter’s first ever quarter of profitability.
  Advertising revenue totalled $6
  
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• T-Mobile US continues march with another 891k postpaid phone subs

  08-02-2018 16:48
  Every quarter the industry sits back and wonders how long the Uncarrier momentum will continue and every quarter the magenta army marches on. This quarter saw 891,000 net additions of postpaid phone subscribers.
  This number might sound familiar, but that is because T-Mobile US decided to purposely leak the gains a couple of weeks ago, but now it is official as the company reports its quarterly earnings. This quarter saw service revenues up 7.1% to $7.8 billion, total revenues up 5.1% to $10.8 bi
  
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• Etiya to demo AI-based telco solution at Mobile World Congress

  08-02-2018 16:03
  Amsterdam, Netherlands – February 8, 2018 – Etiya, the leading independent software vendor providing AI and catalog driven BSS/OSS, will showcase its artificial intelligence (AI)-driven customer experience management and self-care solution at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.As announced in December 2017, Etiya and Openet are jointly providing a Telco as a Service (TaaS) solution, which has been built on the AI-driven end-to-end Digital Business Platform. The two companies now plan
  
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• Fujikura Europe to showcase new Bluetooth-enabled fusion splicers alongside wide range of fibre optic solutions at FTTH Conference 2018

  08-02-2018 14:16
  The 70S+ and 70R+ models also include a three year warranty as standard, supported by Fujikura’s fully trained network of distributorsChessington, UK. 08 February 2018: Leader in connectivity and splicing technology, Fujikura Europe will be showcasing its latest technology for FTTH applications, including its newest line of Bluetooth-enabled splicers at next week’s FTTH Conference in Valencia. The core alignment single fibre optical fusion splicer, the 70S+, and the twelve fibre ribb
  
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• We’re good to go on 5G, just need more government help – Huawei

  08-02-2018 13:27
  Huawei has briefed the industry on what to expect it to be shouting about at MWC and it won’t surprise many people; 5G, IoT and AI.
  If you thought last year’s bonanza was heavy on the 5G chest pumping, wait till you turn up at the Fira in a couple of weeks. While last year was all about hype, if you talk listen to the vendors they are ready to go. The kit is primed, the trials are underway and the intelligence software is smarter than ever. The only thing holding back the 5G tidal wa
  
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• Investors wary of TalkTalk’s latest broadband plan

  08-02-2018 13:13
  Profit forecast and dividend cut alongside project to provide 3m UK fibre lines
  
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• Staxter financial app now live in the UK

  08-02-2018 13:00
  UK launch of mobile top up, remittance, recharge and storage platform follows successful German rollout LONDON (Feb 8, 2018) – Staxter, the mobile top-up and airtime credit platform is now available in the UK. Following a successful launch in Germany last month, it can be found at www.staxter.com/en-gb, as well as in the Apple App Store and in the Google Play Store giving users the chance to top up their pay-as-you go (PAYG) mobile credit...Source: RealWire
  
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• Graysons Adds Zylpha's Land Registry And eDRS Integrations

  08-02-2018 11:58
  Graysons Solicitors (www.graysons.co.uk) has chosen Land Registry Business Gateway and eDRS (electronic Document Registration System) integrations from Zylpha (www.zylpha.com). The integrations, with the practice’s existing Visualfiles case management system, streamline conveyancing processes whilst delivering significant time savings and efficiencies. Graysons Solicitors took the decision based on the highly successful experience they have of Zylpha’s MoJ Employers’ Liability
  
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• Shares in Danish telecoms operator TDC soar after bid

  08-02-2018 11:00
  Group rejects offer after pension funds and Macquarie urge dialogue with board
  
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• Shares in Danish telecoms operator soar after bid

  08-02-2018 11:00
  TDC rejects offer after pension funds and Macquarie urge dialogue with group’s board
  
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• Danish telco TDC shares jump 14% on unsolicited takeover bid

  08-02-2018 10:35
  Board rejects the offer, days after its own bid for Sweden’s Modern Times Group
  
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• Virtuosys Launches Edge Application Platform Making Edge Computing a Commercial Reality

  08-02-2018 10:00
  Transport agnostic Mesh networking and edge-based application platform allows companies to unlock power of MEC-based apps without mobile operator involvementBath, UK – 8th February 2018 - Virtuosys, the company delivering business-ready solutions at the network edge, today unveiled its Edge Application Platform which dramatically changes the economics and efficiency of delivering mobile/multi-access edge computing (MEC). Requiring no support or involvement from a mobile operator, the end-t
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER to showcase solutions for the most demanding applications at FTTH Conference 2018 in Valencia

  08-02-2018 10:00
  The compact, practical and simple solutions portfolio is ideal for indoor and outdoor FTTH deploymentsHerisau, 08 February 2018. Global connectivity supplier HUBER+SUHNER is set to showcase its new compact, practical and simple solutions portfolio, ideal for indoor and outdoor FTTH deployments, at this year’s FTTH Conference in Valencia, taking place February 13-15. Among these solutions will be the latest extension to the Optibox family, the Optibox 12, a fiber optic distribution box for
  
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• Orange gets all giddy with new European 5G trial sites

  08-02-2018 09:40
  Orange has announced it is starting to bounce with excitement over the prospect of 5G, opening up a few new test sites across Europe.
  With new sites in Linas-Montlhéry, Lille and Douai, as well as Romania, the Orange team are shifting through the gears. As you probably would have expected, these sites will be testing out a wide range of usecases, though built around the three prongs of the Orange 5G vision; high-speed mobile broadband, high-speed fixed broadband access and new application
  
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• Orange get all giddy with new European 5G trial sites

  08-02-2018 09:40
  Orange has announced it is starting to bounce with excitement over the prospect of 5G, opening up a few new test sites across Europe.
  With new sites in Linas-Montlhéry, Lille and Douai, as well as Romania, the Orange team are shifting through the gears. As you probably would have expected, these sites will be testing out a wide range of usecases, though built around the three prongs of the Orange 5G vision; high-speed mobile broadband, high-speed fixed broadband access and new application
  
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• TalkTalk, Infracapital in £1.5bn full fibre broadband pact

  08-02-2018 08:45
  Groups will form a company to lay full fibre to reach 3m UK homes
  
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• SoftBank in talks with Swiss Re to buy minority stake

  08-02-2018 08:06
  Acquisitive Japanese conglomerate eyes expansion into financial services
  
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• Huawei predicts 2.5bn gigabit users by 2025

  08-02-2018 01:00
  More than 2.5 billion customers worldwide will be consuming a minimum of 1 Gb of data per month, by 2025, according to Huawei. Speaking at a Huawei event in London on Thursday, Peter Zhou, CMO of the company's Wireless Network Product Line, said that the emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) technology…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ericsson launches new software to boost 5G testing

  08-02-2018 01:00
  Ericsson has launched its 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) commercial software, hailing it as a major step towards enhancing its 5G platform. Ericsson believes that this launch will benefit operators pushing to be &quot…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Danish telecoms firm TDC knocks back takeover bid

  08-02-2018 01:00
  Danish Telecoms firm TDC has rebuffed an unsolicited takeover bid from a consortium of pension funds, according to a company statement. In a statement issued to the Copenhagen Stock Exchange…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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