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• Exprivia|Italtel Present 2018-2023 Strategic Plan

  13-07-2018 16:09
  Exprivia and Italtel President: “The creation of new business models is based on the ability to evolve the digital structure of companies.”Italtel CEO: “Industry 4.0, Smart Citizens, Healthcare and 5G: the convergence trends of IT and TLC.”Revenues growth of up to 760 million, CAGR of 3.8%Increase international turnover from 29% to 40%Double EBITDA to 76 millionImprovement in net debt, dropping to -120 millionJuly, 13 2018. Exprivia S.p.A. – a company listed on the
  
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• DirecTV users can voice control their set-top boxes with Alexa

  13-07-2018 15:26
  DirecTV announced today that users of several models of its set-top boxes will be able to select programs, start and stop play, as well as control recording functions with voice, using Amazon’s AI personal assistant Alexa.
  The announcement on its official Twitter account, supported by a glossy picture, may look a giant leap for DirecTV, but is only a small step for the AI industry, in a perverse application of Neil Armstrong’s famous line. This is not only because DirecTV is late. Am
  
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• Think the US is ahead in the ‘race’ to be 5G’s leading market?

  13-07-2018 14:24
  Not everyone’s on board with that viewpoint, including Jessica Rosenworcel, one of five commissioners at US watchdog the FCC.
  Her beef is that while there might be plenty of headline-grabbing trials and near-term 5G service launches planned by major US operators AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon, countries in Europe and Asia are ahead in the process of licensing the so-called mid-band spectrum — between 3.3GHz and 4.2GHz – that is regarded as optimum for 5G mobile broadban
  
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• US DoJ throws $85 billion spanner in the works of AT&T-Time Warner

  13-07-2018 13:36
  The US Department of Justice has decided to appeal the June 12 court ruling allowing AT&T’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner, it announced late on Thursday.
  In a brief Notice of Appeal filed on July 12, the DoJ notified the District Court that it intends to bring the case to the Court of Appeals against the ruling that will allow AT&T’s planned acquisition of Time Warner to go ahead with no restrictions.
  The US government, which had until August 12 to ponder an appeal,
  
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• DoJ Throws $85 Billion Spanner in AT&T-Time Warner Works

  13-07-2018 13:36
  The US Department of Justice has decided to appeal the June 12 court ruling allowing AT&T’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner, it announced late on Thursday.
  In a brief Notice of Appeal filed on July 12, the DoJ notified the District Court that it intends to bring the case to the Court of Appeals against the ruling that will allow AT&T’s planned acquisition of Time Warner to go ahead with no restrictions.
  The US government, which had until August 12 to ponder an appeal,
  
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• Vodafone signs Partner Market agreement in Tunisia

  13-07-2018 02:00
  Vodafone has signed a Partner Market agreement with Tunisian telco Tunisie Telecom in the North African state. The agreement is the first such partnership that Vodafone has signed in the Maghreb region.
  The agreement will see Vodafone providing strategic and operational support across a broad range of niche areas…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• US lifts ban on ZTE

  13-07-2018 02:00
  The US Department of Commerce has agreed to lift the ban precluding ZTE from doing business in the US.
  A deal was agreed to lift the banning order earlier this month…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• UK Digital Minister: 5G is not just another G

  13-07-2018 02:00
  The UK's Minister for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Margot James, has said that getting 5G right will be absolutely critical to the country's economic success in the coming years.
  Speaking exclusively to Total Telecom at the Connected Britain event in London…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• New player emerges in the race to become the Philippines' third telco

  13-07-2018 02:00
  With the race to launch a major new operator into the Filipino telecommunications market grinding to a near halt, Transpacific Broadband Group International (TBGI) has thrown its hat into the ring to become the nation's third telco…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Facebook's mishandling of customer data presents a huge opportunity for telcos

  13-07-2018 02:00
  This week the UK's Information Commissioner's Office announced that it intends to fine Facebook £500,000 for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, prompting a resurgence of vociferous grumbling on the way companies handle their customer's data.
  While the fine represents the maximum amount permitted by the ICO, the derisory penalty is unlikely to give Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg too much food for thought about his company's future conduct. Indeed, such is the enormous wealth of the
  
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• Media and tech leaders converge in Sun Valley: in pictures

  13-07-2018 00:29 via ft.com
  Industry battles mark gathering organised by Allen & Co
  
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