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• Vodafone’s TV deal shows price can be right for more than the buyer

  09-05-2018 20:50
  Corporate finance boutique Robey Warshaw deserves more of a mention in the press
  
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• ZTE announces its major operating activities have ceased

  09-05-2018 19:09
  The impact of the US denial order preventing ZTE from doing business with any US companies has been made brutally clear in a ZTE investor filing.
  “As disclosed in the announcement of the Company dated 20 April 2018, BIS has issued an order for the activation of a denial order (the “Denial Order”),” said the filing. “As a result of the Denial Order, the major operating activities of the Company have ceased.
  “As of now, the Company maintains sufficient cash and
  
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• Virgin Media tries to steal the limelight from Global Media

  09-05-2018 18:32
  Liberty Global offloading non-core assets isn’t the only bit of news coming out of the offices today as Virgin Media’s Project Lightning continues to defy its name.
  Financials for the quarter were pretty positive overall, revenues for the UK and Ireland grew 5.2% (rebased) to $1.77 billion, while the team boasted of a 25,200 net gain of mobile subscribers. On the more disappointing side of the quarter was Project Lightning.
  Over the course of the three months, 111,000 marketable prem
  
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• Vodafone burnishes credentials as European telecoms champion

  09-05-2018 18:29
  Acquisition of Liberty Global assets marks return to dealmaking for UK group
  
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• DT shrinks and CEO lays out battle plan for Vodafone/Liberty Global merger

  09-05-2018 15:30
  Deutsche Telekom has reported a year-on-year decline of 3.9% in total revenues for the first quarter of 2018, and CEO Tim Hoettges has firmly set out his opinions on the Vodafone/Liberty Global merger; he doesn’t like it.
  This should hardly be a surprise, as the DT CEO has hardly been quiet in his views on the merger. Questioning the legitimacy of the deal when compared to precedent, and the impact on a healthy, competitive environment will certainly score Hoettges some PR points, but more
  
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• European regulators not ready for GDPR – Reuters

  09-05-2018 14:39
  A survey conducted by Reuters has indicated the majority of regulatory authorities will not be equipped to enforce GDPR when it come into effect this month.
  The General Data Protection Regulations will impose a lot of new rules on how digital information should be managed. Being a pan-European initiative GDPR is Byzantine in its complexity and is likely to be enforced with draconian severity, which is causing widespread panic among all companies that accumulate data, which is pretty much all of
  
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• Vodafone/Liberty Global: chain gang

  09-05-2018 14:01
  UK telecom group needs faster profit growth otherwise it is just spinning in its wheels
  
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• Major Tier-1 operator selects Iskratel technology for network upgrade

  09-05-2018 14:00
  Kranj, 9 May 2018 - Iskratel, the leading European provider of communications solutions for the digital transformation, today announced its Innbox G108 home gateway is being used in a next-generation PON trial by one of the leading EMEA Tier-1 operators involved in the CORD (Central Office Re-architected as a Datacenter) project. Several hundred Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) - which were launched at the FTTH Conference in Valencia, Spain, earlier this year - have been deployed...Source: RealW
  
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• Google focuses on UI, UX and AI with Android P

  09-05-2018 13:17
  Internet giant Google has unveiled the new features that will come with the next major version of its ubiquitous mobile OS.
  Android P (no desert identified yet but they seem to be spoilt for choice this time with all the pies, puddings and pavlovas on offer) focuses on using artificial intelligence to augment the user interface and user experience. One of the main things it seems to address is giving users more transparency and control over how they use their phones.
  AI is especially handy for l
  
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• Bulb Technologies brings contextual analytics to TM Forum Catalyst on accelerating CSPs’ data-driven digital transformation

  09-05-2018 13:00
  Data-driven personalisation of customer journey set to transform omnichannel buying experienceLondon, UK – May, 9th 2018 – Bulb Technologies, a leader in service management and customer experience solutions, today announced its participation in a TM Forum Catalyst Proof of Concept (PoC), taking place at TM Forum’s Digital Transformation World conference and exhibition (14-16 May, Nice, France).Championed by BT, this Catalyst project, Accelerating the shift from Communications S
  
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• Vodafone writes €18.4bn cheque for Liberty Global assets

  09-05-2018 12:55
  The acquisition has been bubbling away behind the scenes for months, but Vodafone’s €18.4 billion acquisition of Liberty Global assets in Germany and eastern Europe will test the resolve of regulators.
  The transaction itself, which is expected to complete in mid-2019, will include Liberty Global operations in Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania, excluding the ‘Direct Home’ units in each of the countries. Vodafone claims the deal will make it the largest ‘nex
  
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• Zylpha's Latest Document Bundling System Targets Both iManage and Iken users

  09-05-2018 12:51
  The UK’s leading legal systems innovator Zylpha (www.zylpha.com) has announced the latest version of its widely acclaimed document bundling system. Key to the new version is a high-performance iManage connector with iManage Work 10 connectivity and an all new connector for the Iken Case Management system.By incorporating Zylpha’s digital document bundling, users can produce legal and other document bundles at a fraction of the cost, time and effort associated with manual processes. T
  
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• Interoute increases UK network diversity with new 100G routes to Europe

  09-05-2018 11:27
  Multiple 100G services provide high-speed connectivity from the UK Midlands to European locations, circumventing London.London, 9th May, 2018 – Interoute, the global cloud and network provider, has announced the launch of new 100G routes between the UK and Europe, enabling service providers and large enterprises to transport traffic from the UK Midlands to Europe without going through the London area. This new service offering will address the current key demands of network operators such
  
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• Vodafone strikes €18.4bn takeover of Liberty Global assets

  09-05-2018 09:26
  UK company to become largest provider of high-speed broadband and cable services in Europe
  
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• Vodafone and Liberty Global strike €19bn takeover deal

  09-05-2018 08:21
  Biggest telecoms tie-up in a decade has faced fierce German opposition
  
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• My Verizon App is now available en español

  09-05-2018 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Let your fingers do the talking, en Español. Manage your Verizon account from anywhere with just a tap on the My Verizon app, now available in Spanish, and we've made it simple for our Spanish speaking customers to find.Click here for more.
  
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• Forecasting Population Flow for New Visibility: KDDI has Developed Demographic Movement Analysis/Forecasting Technology

  09-05-2018 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  KDDI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Chiyoda, Tokyo, President: Makoto Takahashi) and KDDI Research Inc. (Headquarters: Fujimino, Saitama, President: Yasuyuki Nakajima) have announced the development of demographic movement analysis and forecasting technology that enables near real-time [1] estimates and forecasting of population movement within arbitrarily selected areas of Japan using Big Data based on position information [2].
  The new technology is based on behavior analysis technology developed a
  
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• Vodafone and Liberty Global on verge of long-awaited deal

  09-05-2018 06:15
  Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing
  
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• Vodafone to acquire €18 billion of European assets from Liberty Global

  09-05-2018 02:00
  Vodafone is set to complete the €18 billion purchase of a string of strategic German and Eastern European assets from Liberty Global. The deal will see Vodafone take possession of Liberty Global's German cabling firm Unitymedia and three smaller business units in THe Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. “This transaction will create the first truly converged pan-European champion of competition…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei and MTN switch on fixed wireless 5G trial in S Africa

  09-05-2018 02:00
  Huawei has joined forces with Africa's biggest mobile operator, MTN, to conduct the continent's first live 5G trial of fixed wireless broadband. The field test took place in the South African capital of Pretoria and delivered download speeds of 520Mbps and upload speeds of 77Mbps…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• FTTH focus drives 32 per cent jump in net profits for Deutsche Telekom

  09-05-2018 02:00
  Deutsche Telekom has reported a 32.8 per cent jump in net profits, as the company posted a strong set of financials for the first quarter of 2018.
  Net profits reached &euro…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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