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• Ethernity Networks Providing Solutions to Network Edge Challenges

  21-03-2018 19:25
   
  
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• From Peter-Service to Nexign: transforming the brand to help clients transform their business

  21-03-2018 19:17
   
  
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• Telenor sells eastern European assets in €2.8bn deal

  21-03-2018 19:06
  Norwegian group shifts focus to Scandinavian core and fast-growing Asian markets
  
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• Rohde & Schwarz Addressing New Developments in Mobile Network Testing

  21-03-2018 19:05
   
  
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• Europe wants to hit internet giants with 3% revenue tax, for starters

  21-03-2018 18:21
  The European Commission has picked a good time to try to tax internet giants more, starting with 3% of revenues made from advertising, data and digital interactions.
  The most significant fall-out from the overblown, but persistent Cambridge Analytica story will be for internet giants to face far more scrutiny over how they use the extensive data they gather on all of us. What seems to upset people the most is when they’re reminded of the Faustian pact they have made with said giants by bei
  
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• LVMH has a crack at the smart watch market

  21-03-2018 18:16
  The smart watch euphoria never took off, so logic surely dictates the price point was just too low… Hang on a sec.
  LVMH, which owns such brands as Louis Vuitton, Hennessy and Lady Dior, has told Bloomberg of plans to launch a luxury smart watch product line under the Hublot brand. We’ve never been convinced by the segment on the whole, and when Apple can’t convince it cult-like following to buy the products it is never a good sign. But LVMH is clearly confident in the $5,200 p
  
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• My job is to fix the UK biz – Vodafone UK MD

  21-03-2018 17:01
  While 5G dominates conversation in the telco space, it couldn’t be the only thing operators execs think about. So we asked Vodafone UK Managing Director Nick Jeffery what keeps him up at night.
  In terms of expansion, there aren’t many success stories which can rival Vodafone. After being founded in 1985 under the name Racal-Vodafone, the telco has grown-out of the UK market to become the fifth largest telco worldwide by revenue, with a footprint encompassing more than 75 countri
  
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• My job is to fix the UK biz – Vodafone UK CEO

  21-03-2018 17:01
  While 5G dominates conversation in the telco space, it couldn’t be the only thing operators execs think about. So we asked Vodafone UK CEO Nick Jeffery what keeps him up at night.
  In terms of expansion, there aren’t many success stories which can rival Vodafone. After being founded in 1985 under the name Racal-Vodafone, the telco has grown-out of the UK market to become the fifth largest telco worldwide by revenue, with a footprint encompassing more than 75 countries worldw
  
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• China strikes back – reportedly wants more from Qualcomm to approve NXP deal

  21-03-2018 14:01
  Qualcomm’s board benefitted from protectionism to nix the Broadcom acquisition, but is now discovering there are two sides to that game.
  According to Bloomberg Chinese regulators aren’t happy with the amount of reassurance and remedies offered by Qualcomm that would somehow ‘protect’ Chinese companies if it buys NXP. This position has apparently been prompted by lobbying from Chinese firms arguing the deal could hurt them and thus should be blocked.
  Now where could they h
  
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• Tencent goes big with 56% revenue growth

  21-03-2018 13:53
  Total revenue up 56% and a 61% year-on-year increase in operating profit, but share price down 2% across the day. Some people are just never happy.
  While the short-term disappointment of the market might be a bit of a dampener for the Tencent management team, it certainly does have a lot to be happy about. Aside from some notable increases in total revenues and operating profit, the annual financial report also demonstrated a 74% year-on-year increase in profit attributable to shareholders. The
  
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• IBM arrives to make iOS apps smarter

  21-03-2018 13:00
  Artificial intelligence is set to take the world by storm before too long, but Apple hasn’t really shown it is any good in this growing field. Hopefully an extended partnership with IBM can bring greater fortunes.
  It shouldn’t be considered a bad move from the iLeader, as while many will point to Google or Amazon as the leaders in the AI race, IBM is no mug, despite not getting as much attention as it probably deserves. Don’t forget, Watson is a powerful AI offering which has t
  
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• Telenor pulls out of Central and Eastern Europe

  21-03-2018 12:40
  Norwegian telecoms group Telenor has called it a day in Central and Eastern Europe by selling out to private equity firm PPF Group for €2.8 billion.
  The transaction includes Telenor’s wholly-owned mobile operations in Hungary, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Serbia and the technology service provider Telenor Common Operation. The stuff its flogging contributed 9% of Telenor Group revenues and 8% of EBITDA. It employs 3,500 people and has nine million customers.
  “Telenor Group’s s
  
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• Emtelle completes data centre portfolio with launch of new end-to-end solution

  21-03-2018 12:18
  PowerProtect+ and Opticom provide optimum protection for data centres where they need it mostHawick, Scotland and London, UK, March 21, 2018 – Emtelle, a leading provider of blown fibre and ducted network solutions for the telecoms industry, today announced a new addition to its PowerProtect+ range, completing its data centre portfolio and further reducing the risk of costly damage to areas where cables transition from an external to internal network.Opticom – which was recently chos
  
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• NewVoiceMedia named finalist in Top 10 Technology Awards 2018

  21-03-2018 09:15
  LONDON, 21 March, 2018 – NewVoiceMedia, a leading global provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales technology, has been named a finalist in the 2018 Call Centre Helper Top 10 Contact Centre Technology Awards.The awards were founded to recognise the best products on the market and help contact centre managers make informed decisions about the technologies they invest in. The winner is voted for by readers of Call Centre Helper, making the results impartial...Source: RealWire
  
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• Telenor sells Central Europe assets to O2 Czech parent for €2.8bn

  21-03-2018 01:00
  Telenor on Wednesday agreed the 27 billion kroner (€2.8 billion) sale of its Central European operations to Czech billionaire Petr Kellner's PPF Group.The deal will see the Norwegian incumbent exit Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro, leaving it with operating units concentrated in Scandinavia and Asia…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Salt peps up Swiss market with landline launch

  21-03-2018 01:00
  Swiss mobile operator Salt this week announced its arrival into the fixed-line market with the launch of a triple-play service using the network infrastructure of local utility companies.The telco, which styled itself as a provider offering the "essentials for a mobile life&quot…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• RCom bondholders OK asset sales

  21-03-2018 01:00
  Reliance Communication bondholders on Wednesday approved the Indian telco's plan to sell a large chunk of assets to rival Reliance Jio as part of its debt reduction plan…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom ploughs a further €284m into OTE

  21-03-2018 01:00
  Deutsche Telekom has agreed to pay €284.1 million for a further 5% stake in Greek telecoms operator OTE after the state failed to secure any other offers for the shares…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• China could wait until 2020 for 5G licences

  21-03-2018 01:00
  China will likely award 5G licences in the second half of 2019 or the first half of 2020, a regulatory official told a local news outlet this week.Ahead of the licence allocation process, the country will make appropriate frequencies available to telecoms operators to enable them to push on with 5G development and accelerate the rollout of networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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