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• Time Warner’s Bewkes defends AT&T deal in court

  18-04-2018 20:56
  Chief executive says $85bn sale is response to rise of Google and Facebook
  
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• How can Brazil maximize the 5G opportunity?

  18-04-2018 18:39
  Q&A with José Gamarski, Independent Telecom Consultant.
  What  you think that the particular challenges of deploying 5G in Brazil will be?I think that the major challenges for deploying 5G networks will be about the same for Brazil and the rest of the world. There are some issues and challenges that are typical in every country, for example, spectrum availability, infrastructure availability (finding sites and the costs for rentals), availability of time and cost of user devices,
  
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• UK finds India in search for post-Brexit fortunes

  18-04-2018 17:26
  The UK and India have announced a new tech partnership to identify and pair businesses, venture capital and universities, British and Indian entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises make a splash in the connected economy.
  The aim here will be to replicate a partnership with Israel, which led to £62 million worth of deals over the past five years, and also a windfall of £600 million for the UK economy, the government claims. The free-trade deal with India is hoped to generate &p
  
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• BT Mobile joins Vodafone as most complained about UK mobile provider

  18-04-2018 16:24
  Ofcom has published its latest moaning charts and they reveal Vodafone finally has company at the top of this list of shame.
  The last time we checked in on the list Vodafone was still top but had been steadily getting its act together and was only just ahead of BT Mobile. Three months later Vodafone has managed to keep the complaints to a manageable level but BT has had a bit of an uptick and Vodafone has been relegated to second place for the first time in living memory.
  This seems to be part o
  
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• Apple looks to news to supplement obscene smartphone profits

  18-04-2018 13:41
  On the day Counterpoint Research estimated Apple collected 86% the total handset market profits in Q4, rumours have resurfaced about the firm wandering further into the world of news service subscriptions.
  According to Bloomberg, the iChief is preparing to launch a new subscription-based offering for its Apple News service, integrating the recent acquisition of Texture into the mix. The new venture will form part of a greater push from the firm into online content and services, to generate addit
  
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• Nokia, Cisco, BT, Telefónica and Microsoft among new cybercrime-fighting cabal

  18-04-2018 13:29
  34 tech and telecoms companies have signed a pledge to fight cyberattacks from criminal enterprises and nation-states.
  The thing they signed is called the Cybersecurity Tech Accord and its creation seems to have been prompted by the growing trend of cyber-horridness coming from places like Russia and the apparent need for great global coordination to combat it. Microsoft seems to be taking the lead on this project, which is fair enough since its OS is the recipient of most of this aggro, but a f
  
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• BT consolidates its B2B business units under Gerry McQuade

  18-04-2018 12:41
  UK telco BT is merging a bunch of B2B business units into one – called BT Enterprise – that will be run by the current head of BT’s Wholesale and Ventures unit.
  Gerry McQuade has run the wholesale unit, which offers services mainly to UK communication providers and broadcaster, for a couple of years. He will effectively swallow up BT’s Business and Public Sector unit to create one big part of the company that focuses on business all the way from SMBs to the public sector.
  
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• IBM gets currency favours as modest growth continues

  18-04-2018 11:47
  IBM has reported a second-consecutive quarter of yearly growth with its Strategic Imperatives outperforming declining legacy units once again, with a little bit of help from currency fluctuations.
  Looking at the top-line figures, the business is heading in the right direction. Few would complain with another quarter of year-on-year growth, reversing five years of decline for a second-consecutive quarter, but when you dig a little deeper perhaps all is not as rosy as Big Blue executives would hav
  
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• MFS Africa becomes first African FinTech funded by a China-based VC in $4.5M Series B round led by LUN Partners Group

  18-04-2018 10:00
  MFS Africa will work with LUN Partners Group to boost financial inclusion in countries targeted by China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiativePort Louis, Mauritius – 18th April 2018 - MFS Africa, a leading Pan-African FinTech company, today announced a $4.5m Series B funding round led by LUN Partners Group, a China-based global investment management group. Goodwell Investments, an Amsterdam based investment firm focused on financial inclusion, fintech and inclusive growth, as well
  
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• ZTE assesses the damage following US and UK banning orders

  18-04-2018 02:00
  ZTE has said that it is currently investigating the "full range of potential implications" following yesterday's governmental warnings from the US and the UK.  "ZTE is aware of the denial order activated by the United States Department of Commerce…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• NEC and NTT test medical applications of 5G in Japan

  18-04-2018 02:00
  NEC and NTT Docomo have conducted extensive field trials in remote medical examinations using 5G, according to a company release. NTT Docomo carried out the experiments in Japan, for which NEC provided the base station unit…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Bringing mobile banking to the developing world

  18-04-2018 02:00
  Shrinking margins and crowded markets are forcing telcos to evolve their core business offerings around the world and the provision of financial services is now a key part of the revenue mix for most telecoms operators. Bringing financial services to millions of people in the developing world who previously had limited access to banking, has the potential to revolutionise the lives of millions of people…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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