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• GSMA points finger at greedy governments for poor connectivity in developing nations

  17-07-2018 17:07
  Spectrum pricing is one of the biggest bugbears of the GSMA, and its latest report is another opportunity for the lobby-group to wag the finger of disapproval at governments trying to replenish bank accounts at the expense of connectivity.
  The ‘Spectrum Pricing in Developing Countries’ report, released by the GSMA Intelligence unit, puts forward familiar arguments from the association, which of course represents the interests of the telcos. Whenever the GSMA has a bee in its bonnet y
  
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• France targets 2020 5G rollout

  17-07-2018 13:38
  French regulator Arcep has laid out its 5G roadmap with ambitions to launch the mobile euphoria in at least one major city by 2020, and provide 5G coverage of the main transport routes by 2025.
  The plan, which has been given the thumbs up by both Delphine Gény-Stephann, Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and Finance and Mounir Mahjoubi, Secretary of State for Digital Affairs, will aim to retain French competitiveness in the digital era as Europeans look like they are losing touch wit
  
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• GSMA has a pop at BEREC over Euro MNO merger study

  17-07-2018 12:46
  Mobile industry lobby group GSMA is unconvinced by findings from Euro telecoms regulator BEREC about the effects of consolidation.
  A persistent theme in the European mobile market is the desire for consolidation. The European Commission has regularly blocked such attempts, apparently viewing four as the optimal number to ensure healthy competition. The counter-argument put forward by operators is that consolidation creates efficiencies and economies of scale that allow for greater investment, et
  
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• Telia bags GET and TDC Norway for €2.2 billion to bolster convergence game

  17-07-2018 12:16
  Telia has announced the acquisition of GET and TDC Norway for roughly €2.2 billion as the telco looks to strengthen its hand in the convergence business.
  The Norwegian business of Danish operator TDC encompasses GET, a provider of fixed and TV services, as well as the B2B business in Norway. The team claims there are more than 518,000 households and businesses connected to the fiber-based network, as part of a total of one million private and business customers who use the TV and broadband
  
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• Netflix disappoints investors but the juggernaut is still chugging forward

  17-07-2018 11:49
  Netflix’s share price is down after it missed self-imposed net adds forecasts, but an extraordinary amount of marketing spend hints this quarter might just be a bump in the road.
  Over the last three months, Netflix forecast it would add 6.2 million subscriptions to its ranks, though reality told a different story as only grew by 5.2 million. For most, adding an additional 5 million customers would be cause for celebration, but such are the lofty expectations surrounding the Netflix brand,
  
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• Telia to buy TDC’s Norway business

  17-07-2018 11:19
  Swedish telecoms group’s $2.6bn broadband and TV deal challenges state-controlled Telenor
  
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• Inoapps Launches Global Podcast Series

  17-07-2018 11:10
  Leading Oracle Platinum Reseller Inoapps (www.inoapps.com) has launched a series of informative podcasts aimed at customers and other stakeholders. The fortnightly podcasts aim to share useful ideas and concepts from Inoapps’ experience around the globe, whilst also exploiting the company’s closeness with Oracle itself. The podcasts will cover a variety of topic areas including:Interviews with Oracle Management Interviews with Inoapps’ customers from around the globeCustomer Ca
  
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• TalkTalk soars on gains in wholesale business

  17-07-2018 10:21
  Shares up almost 10% as broadband company reports quarterly gain of 80,000 customers
  
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• TalkTalk adds 67,000 connections, as it continues its focus on fibre

  17-07-2018 02:00
  TalkTalk added 67,000 fibre connections over the past three months, according to the company's recent financial report.
  "We have continued to see solid demand for fibre with 67k net adds in the quarter (Q1 FY18…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Regulators in the developing world must get real over spectrum pricing

  17-07-2018 02:00
  Prohibitively expensive spectrum pricing is a key barrier to increasing mobile penetration levels in the developing world, according to a new report published by the GSMA.
  The report found that governments across the developing world are helping to drive up the cost of mobile spectrum as a way of maximising revenues for the state…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• New fibre network JV set to bolster connectivity across Canada

  17-07-2018 02:00
  A new joint venture between Metro Optic, Crosslake Fibre and Utilities Kingston is set to dramatically boost connectivity between Montreal and Toronto.
  Maple Leaf Fibre…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Netflix shares slump 14% on tough Q2 figures

  17-07-2018 02:00
   Shares in global pay-TV giant Netflix plunged 14 per cent overnight, as the company reported a tougher than expected set of financials for the second quarter of 2018.
  Netflix added 5.2 million new subscribers in Q2 2018, well short of the 6.2 million it had predicted.While Netflix tried to put a positive spin on the quarter's results…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• France to rollout 5G in 2020… but only in one city!

  17-07-2018 02:00
   French telecoms regulator ARCEP has laid out its vision for 5G, in a new 5G roadmap published in conjunction with the French government.
  The document reaffirms France's commitment to rolling out 5G as a national priority and states that &quot…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom rolls out ultrafast 100Mbps broadband to 35,000 new customers

  17-07-2018 02:00
  Deutsche Telekom has upgraded its networks across 60 municipalities in Germany, bringing superfast, 100Mbps broadband to 35,000 new customers across Germany.
  Many of the new customers reside in rural areas of the country which have been typically harder to reach than their metropolitan compatriots…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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