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• Merger mania whips up $120bn of tie-ups in just one day

  30-04-2018 21:09
  Monday’s flurry of dealmaking takes value of 2018’s global transactions to $1.7tn
  
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• T-Mobile and Sprint deal turns tables on SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son

  30-04-2018 20:44
  Combination will see Deutsche Telekom in lead role after years of failed efforts
  
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• Q&A with Sebastiano Galantucci, COO at Dime Global

  30-04-2018 18:32
  The MVNOs Series team spoke with Sebastiano Galantucci at the MVNOs World Congress 2018, where he joined us for the hot seat panel discussion ‘Exploring the multi-play world’ and ‘Dime Global as a unique B2B and B2C Telecom grade Integrated Communication Platform’. In this interview, Sebastiano shares how MVNOs can address the rise of communities, why MVNOs should be investing in communication platforms and where they fit within a MVNOs digital transformation.
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• TIM issues lame ‘clarifications’ of Sunday Telegraph story

  30-04-2018 18:19
  Italian telco TIM is clearly unhappy with an interview done by its boss Amos Genish and has had a pretty feeble go at damage limitation.
  The offending piece was published in the UK’s Sunday Telegraph, entitled Telecom Italia chief ready to quit if activist Elliott wins power struggle. It was based around an interview with Genish and quoted him as saying “If the Vivendi slate does not get the majority of votes, because this is clearly the only slate to support our long-term industrial
  
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• Jio looks strongest in India survival game

  30-04-2018 18:16
  Reliance Jio has continued its march to the top of the Indian telco rankings, reporting another quarter of monstrous growth adding another 26.5 million new customers.
  Total new customers across the quarter stood at 27.9 million, with a churn rate at 0.25%, with the average data consumption per user per month of 9.7 GB and average voice consumption of 716
  minutes. ARPU remained under pressure, dropping 11%, but this is hardly unusual for the country. Spreadsheets are being attacked from every ang
  
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• Lebara fails to meet deadline for audited results

  30-04-2018 18:10
  Telecoms company also says it plans to redeem its €350m bond early
  
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• FTTH on the up, but UK still lags miles behind Europe

  30-04-2018 16:51
  Ofcom has released the Spring edition of its Connected Nations report, revealing there are now more UK consumers who have access to FTTH connectivity than those who struggle to get a 10 Mbps connection.
  In terms of progress since the last report, which was released in December 2017, the number of homes which have access to superfast broadband, 30Mbps or higher, now stands at 93% of homes, up from 91%. While this statistic is moderate for today’s digital economy, what is less encouraging ar
  
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• Huawei prepares itself for potential Android ban

  30-04-2018 14:33
  With tensions continuing to escalate between the US and China, Huawei is reportedly preparing for the worst-case-scenario by developing its own mobile operating system.
  According to The South China Morning Post, Huawei has been building an alternative to the Android operating system, a project which will be accelerated in light of the rapidly deteriorating relationship between the US and China. Should Huawei face the same penalties as ZTE, its ambitions to be the world’s premier smartphone
  
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• NFV: How to get out of a virtual labyrinth

  30-04-2018 14:08
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Robin Kent, Director of European Operations at Adax looks at some of the concerns and uncertainties around NFV and how to resolve them.
  For many years, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been the source of a lot of uncertainty for the telecoms industry. And by no means is the fight to dominate this technology over. The slow pace at which virtualization has
  
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• The Apple iPhone X might be struggling

  30-04-2018 13:47
  A recent report claims demand for Apple’s flagship smartphone ironically flagged in the first quarter of 2018.
  Fast Company says it knows some people with inside knowledge of the Apple supply chain and they told it Apple is cutting its orders of the iPhone X from its manufacturers because it’s struggling to move the stock it already has. Apparently Apple has only ordered 8 million units for Q2 2018, which is way less than you would expect from a company that would expect to ship over
  
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• T-Mobile and Sprint formally announce their engagement

  30-04-2018 13:43
  The love affair between T-Mobile US and Sprint will be taken to a new level as the pair finally agree terms on a $26 billion merger.
  A combined business would have 120 million subscriptions, in comparison to the 144 million and 160 million at AT&T and Verizon respectively, the ability to invest at scale and more efficiently, as well as a catalogue of spectrum readying the organization for a 5G assault. T-Mobile US has been making waves as it chases down the AT&T and Verizon lead in the w
  
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• Openet calls on the power of Frykhammar

  30-04-2018 11:39
  Irish BSS vendor Openet has nailed a high profile addition to its board of directors in former Ericsson CFO and CEO Jan Frykhammar.
  Long-time CFO and super-sub CEO in the period between Vestberg and Ekholm, Frykhammar has pretty impeccable credentials in the telecoms vendor world. He was eventually purged in Ekholm’s changing of the guard and the only knock you could have on his experience is that pretty much all of it was acquired at Ericsson, so he may be a tad institutionalised.
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• Ex-Ericsson CFO and CEO Joins Openet Board of Directors

  30-04-2018 10:03
  Jan Frykhammer’s three decades of Ericsson experience to play a key role in guiding Openet’s disruption of the industryDUBLIN, Ireland – April 30 2018 – Openet today announced the appointment of Jan Frykhammar, who has joined Openet’s Board of Directors. Having spent almost three decades at Ericsson, Jan has held a number of positions during his tenure, including interim Group CEO, CFO, and most recently, special advisor to the board and CEO. Jan will work...Source:
  
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• Weekend Round Up - Taiwan slaps ZTE with trade restrictions

  30-04-2018 02:00
  Taiwan – Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has imposed restrictions on the supply of equipment to Chinese smartphone maker ZTE. Following a ban implemented by the US on the Chinese firm, Taiwan has decided to implement its own measures. While Taiwan will not go as far as the US in banning trade with ZTE, it will impose restrictions on strategic high…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• T-Mobile and Sprint to merge in $26.5 billion deal

  30-04-2018 02:00
  T-Mobile has agreed a merger with its key competitor, Sprint, valued at over $26 billion, following a week of mounting speculation in the press.  The deal will see the US' third and fourth biggest network operators combine to form a company capable of challenging Verizon and AT&amp…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Openet appoints Jan Frykhammar to the board

  30-04-2018 02:00
  Openet has appointed ex-Ericsson veteran Jan Frykhammar to its board of directors. Frykhammar spent nearly thirty years at European tech giant, Ericsson, and brings a wealth of experience to the role. “We are delighted to be welcoming such an accomplished and well…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• M&A in 2018 – T-Mobile and Sprint merger is just the beginning

  30-04-2018 02:00
  T-Mobile's $26.5 billion mega merger with Sprint could herald a flurry of M&A activity in the global telecoms market, according to industry experts. Speaking to Bloomberg, EY's global vice chairman of transaction advisory services, Steve Krouskos, said that his firm expected to see considerable amounts of activity in the global telecoms market. "This deal is a great example of what we will see more of in the telecoms space…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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