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• Intel set to be another wearables casualty

  19-04-2018 14:31
  It’s a sub-sector which has promised more false dawns than the England Football team, and now it seems the wearables division has claimed Intel as its latest victim,
  According to sources at The Information, Intel will be shutting down its New Devices group, a division it set up in 2013 to make fitness trackers and smart-glasses. After ploughing an unknown amount of cash into the experiment, probably a scary number of millions, the division will be resigned to the scrap heap.
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• Amazon draws back curtain to unveil monstrous content machine

  19-04-2018 13:26
  It has been one of the best kept secrets in the tech world, but in a letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has revealed its Prime offering now has more than 100 million subscribers worldwide.
  Bezos has always been cagey regarding the service, which launched 13 years ago, with this being the first time a number has been assigned. Analysts estimated the service had collected more than 90 million subscribers last year, though it will come as a surprise to very few that this number has been
  
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• The TIM, Elliott and Vivendi spat escalates to pugilistic levels

  19-04-2018 13:24
  The fight for the soul of Italian telco TIM, between French conglomerate Vivendi and the UK arm of US activist investor Elliott, is getting tasty.
  If you Google TIM and Elliot you the top listings all refer to a mixed martial arts fighter. This seems amusingly appropriate given the increasingly combative nature of their dispute ahead of the TIM AGM next week. Two days ago Vivendi published a defence of its influence over TIM, which was followed up by a TIM investor presentation effectively endor
  
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• Sky is starting to emerge as a convergence heavyweight

  19-04-2018 13:12
  The convergence business model is a difficult one to crack, though some might argue Sky has the easier path to connected riches, and it is starting to pick up the pace.
  Revenues for the nine-months to March-end stood at £10.1 billion, a 5% uplift compared to 2017, adding 480,000 new customers across the group to make 22.9 million. The UK and Ireland accounted for the lion’s share, £6.668 billion, though positive growth was experienced across the group. The only dampener was a d
  
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• MYCOM OSI Assures Tour de France Fan Experience of the Future in TM Forum Catalyst Proof of Concept at Digital Transformation World 2018

  19-04-2018 12:32
  Closed loop assurance technology assures and orchestrates dynamic, on-demand 5G network slices for the Tour de France experience of the futureLondon, UK – 19th April 2018 – MYCOM OSI, the leading independent provider of Assurance, Automation and Analytics solutions to the world’s largest Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced its participation in two TM Forum 5G Catalyst Proof of Concepts (PoCs) that use the world famous Tour de France cycle race to demonstrat
  
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• InfiNet's Ninth Partners' Conference Highlights Growing Global Team and Latest Technological Breakthroughs

  19-04-2018 10:00
  Malta, 19 April. InfiNet Wireless, the global leader in fixed broadband wireless connectivity, brought together 80 loyal partners from 28 different countries to Dubrovnik, Croatia, for its annual International Partners' Conference.The two-day conference was designed to give the InfiNet team the opportunity to share its strategic and commercial direction, as well as update all its guests on the range of new wireless products planned for 2018 and beyond, all on the back of a significant...Source:
  
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• Verizon Virtual Network Services Bundles make move to virtualization fast, easy and cost effective

  19-04-2018 07:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  NEW YORK - Enterprises know they need to embrace virtualization, but implementing software-defined networking (SDN) solutions can be complex, time consuming and expensive. Verizon is removing some of those barriers and streamlining the virtualization process with the launch of new Virtual Network Services (VNS) Solution Bundles. Verizon developed pre-packaged service chains working with leading technology providers like Checkpoint Software, Cisco, Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks. With these bund
  
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• SPAM? Verizon gives you a new tool to avoid those pesky robocalls with new Caller ID feature

  19-04-2018 07:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  NEW YORK - "I love robocalls," said no one ever. In reality, the opposite is true, and it is in that spirit that Verizon is introducing a new Caller ID feature for its landline phone customers to help them protect themselves from potential malicious robocalls. Click here for more.
  
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• Telefonica eyes $1 billion IPO in Argentina

  19-04-2018 02:00
  Telefonica is preparing to list its Argentinian business unit on the Buenos Aires and New York stock exchange, according to sources at news agency Bloomberg…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• NFON AG eyes listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

  19-04-2018 02:00
  European cloud services firm NFON AG is set to list on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, according to a company release. The Initial Public Offering (IPO) is expected to take place in the second quarter of 2018…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei: Smart initiatives to create $23 trillion digital economy by 2025

  19-04-2018 02:00
  The GIV 2025 report was launched at Huawei's annual Analyst and Media Summit in Shenzhen, China on Tuesday.According to the report, by 2025 connectivity will reach a near ubiquitous state, ushering in a smart world where even inanimate objects are 'smart'. The GIV 2025 report predicts that by 2025 the number of personal smart devices will reach 40 billion and the total number of connections around the world will reach 100 billion…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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