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• Vodafone/David Teoh: the equaliser

  30-08-2018 17:07
  Australia’s VHA and TPG have turned cartwheels to present the deal as a balanced merger
  
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• ZTE loses another billion bucks but expects a profit in Q3

  30-08-2018 16:31
  ZTE has, for some reason, decided to report earnings for the nine months ending 30 September 2018 and while they’re not good, they could be worse.
  The numbers can essentially be broken down into historical ones for the first half of the year and forecasted ones for Q3. ZTE lost 6.8 billion RMB in H1 2018, which is around $1 billion. Meanwhile it expects a profit somewhere between not much and a billion RMB for Q3, which is presumably why it has served up the numbers in this way – to
  
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• UK eyes Africa for technology conquests

  30-08-2018 13:18
  Millions across the continent are shaking in fear, not in anticipation of a technology-orientated wave of colonialism, but in anticipation of UK Prime Minister Theresa May dancing in celebration.
  Following an announcement from the Department for International Trade which outlined future trade relationships between the UK and various African nations, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is weighing in on the African expansion. New partnerships in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria wi
  
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• Apple looks set to get into the augmented reality glasses game

  30-08-2018 12:44
  Gadget giant Apple has acquired a startup that makes a glass technology which can display holographic AR images.
  There was no formal announcement, but Reuters got the scoop and obliged Apple to confirm the move. The startup in question is called Akonia Holographics and, while it has a website, it doesn’t seem to have been very active for a while. Its main technology is called HoloMirror, which seems to combine regular ‘heads-up display’ style AR with holography.
  Various other t
  
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• T-Mobile US and Sprint finally get some support for merger

  30-08-2018 12:42
  Budget MVNO Ting Mobile has come out in support of the proposed T-Mobile US and Sprint merger, standing pretty lonely opposite the waves of opposition.
  In a letter to the FCC, Elliott Noss, CEO of parent company Tucows, has penned his support for the merger. While there certainly will be support for the transaction outside of the T-Mobile US and Sprint offices, Noss is creating a pretty lonely silhouette at the moment.
  “In a general sense, we think the T-Mobile/Sprint merger makes strong b
  
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• Facebook rolls Watch out to everyone, everywhere

  30-08-2018 12:06
  Facebook has decided to roll Watch video platform out worldwide, increasing the fragmentation of online content.
  The platform, which was launched in August 2017, offers users a platform for user generated content and also original content produced by third-parties. While it certainly doesn’t have the footprint of Instagram or Google’s YouTube, the first 12 months in the US have been far from a disaster.
  “Every month, more than 50 million people in the US come to watch videos fo
  
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• Merged Vodafone Australia and TPG plan to raise convergence game

  30-08-2018 11:15
  Competition and convergence are the key words as Vodafone Australia and TPG announce merger plans to lodge a challenge to market leaders Telstra and Optus.
  Although the pair have stated there would no notable changes to either of the brands after the merger, the opportunity to cross-sell Vodafone’s mobile and TPG’s broadband offering could mount a serious challenge to the domination of Telstra and Optus who control more than 80% of the mobile market as it stands. Vodafone currently s
  
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• Telecoms group MTN in renewed dispute with Nigerian central bank

  30-08-2018 10:36
  The mobile-phone operator denied allegations it illegally took $8.1bn out of Nigeria
  
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• Tungsten Network selects NewVoiceMedia as contact centre partner to transform service experience for global customer base

  30-08-2018 10:00
  LONDON, 30 August 2018 – NewVoiceMedia, a leading provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales solutions, announced today that Tungsten Network has selected its NVM Platform to better serve its global customer-base by delivering exceptional, emotive experiences.Tungsten Network, a secure business transaction network, signed an agreement with NewVoiceMedia to provide a state-of-the-art experience for its 300,000 customers in 192 countries, while improving its sales performance, operati
  
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• TPG-Vodafone merger to shake up Australia telecoms

  30-08-2018 06:17
  New entity to reflect convergence trend between fixed-line and mobile operators
  
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• TPG-Vodafone merger to challenge Australia’s Telstra and Optus

  30-08-2018 06:17
  New entity to reflect convergence trend between fixed-line and mobile operators
  
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• Vodafone and TPG to merge in Australia

  30-08-2018 02:00
  Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) is to merge with local broadband provider TPG Telecom to create a fully converged telecoms company in Australia. The merger will bring together two of Australia's key players in the mobile and fixed line markets. &nbsp…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei leads the way on LTE

  30-08-2018 02:00
  Huawei is the market leader in terms of LTE deployment, according to Gartner's new industry report, 'The Magic Quadrant for LTE Network Infrastructure. Vendor's were scored for their 'completeness of vision' and thier 'ability to complete'…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 700,000 US homes to get ultrafast broadband as govt releases $1.5bn

  30-08-2018 02:00
  700,000 homes and businesses in the United States are to receive 100Mbps broadband, as part of the FCC's Connect America initiative.
  The second round of bidding for the Connect America broadband subsidy initiative closed last week…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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