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• Singtel throws out a mixed bag for its latest quarterly results

  09-02-2018 14:05
  Revenues up and profits down. Some regions did well and some did bad. The consumer business declined and Digital Life jumped up. A real mixed bag for Singtel.
  Group revenues were reported at roughly $3.5 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%, while profits for the quarter stood at $668 million, a decline of 9%. The domestic market demonstrated a slight decline while the Australian business posted its highest ever quarterly postpaid customer growth, but the regional businesses didn’t rea
  
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• Qualcomm pleads for investor patience as it rejects improved Broadcom bid

  09-02-2018 14:04
  The awkward courtship continues but it’s getting more difficult for Qualcomm to refuse Broadcom’s advances.
  When Broadcom offered an unsolicited $70 per share for Qualcomm back in November last year we were unconvinced by the move, not least because it seemed far too low. Earlier this week Broadcom upped its bid to $82 per share, which we had previously speculated might be a tempting level for Qualcomm investors.
  Nonetheless the Qualcomm board has rejected the revised bid on the grou
  
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• Google fined for search engine bias in India, but probably doesn’t care

  09-02-2018 12:36
  Google has been fined roughly $21 million by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for search engine bias; on most recent financial results, it would take Google around 90 minutes to work off the fine.
  The investigation into Google initially began in 2012, following a complaint from dating website  Matrimony.com and social justice group Consumer Unity & Trust Society. The investigation ruled that Google abused its dominant market position around the design of Search Engine Result Pa
  
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• EE rolls out FWA to compensate for BT inadequacies

  09-02-2018 12:36
  EE has launched a Fixed Wireless Access solution to provide tolerable broadband speeds to the 580,000 homes across the UK that BT fails to adequately service.
  Following trials across the Northern Fells in Cumbria, the 4G antenna and installation service is available nationwide from today (February 9) with EE claiming speeds could exceed 100 Mbps. The quoted speeds are of course drawn from results of the trial and whether the reality lives up to the promise remains to be seen.
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• When is a telco not a telco? When it’s a TV company

  09-02-2018 01:00
  Times are tough for telcos the world over at the moment. Wafer thin margins and razor-sharp competition means that telcos are looking for ways to diversify their revenue streams and expand into business areas and markets that are outside of their comfort zone.
  BT splashing close to £10 billion on Premier League football rights, is one example of this, with the UK's former incumbent making a full-scale push into the world of sports broadcasting. Whether BT is ultimately able to make a comp
  
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• TalkTalk reveals FTTH plans for 3 million UK customers

  09-02-2018 01:00
  TalkTalk has announced plans to roll out fibre to the home (FTTH) broadband services to 3 million properties in the UK, as it looks to invest around £1.5bn.
  TalkTalk will create a new company, in partnership with Infracapital to oversee the project…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• EE to bring superfast broadband to 580,000 rural homes and businesses

  09-02-2018 01:00
  EE could provide superfast broadband access to an additional 580,000 homes and businesses in Britain's rural communities, as it launches its new 4G wireless broadband solution.The new technology targets homes and businesses in hard to reach and challenging locations, where local topography plays a significant role in reducing connectivity. Recent tests in Cumbria, home to a number of Britain's most notorious not…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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