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• Interserve shareholders may decide they deserve better

  13-11-2018 20:51
  Investors are sick of being forced into emergency share issues under threat of dilution
  
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• Absent Telecom Italia chief’s shock 7am sacking

  13-11-2018 19:32
  Chief executive gets caught up in wrangling between group’s biggest shareholders
  
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• Vodafone blames big loss on India and other impairments

  13-11-2018 18:14
  UK operator group Vodafone announced a net loss of €7.8 billion for the six months to the end of September, thanks largely to some one-off impairments.
  Group revenue was down 5.5% year-on-year, but the company wrote down €3.5 bil on the disposal of Vodafone India and a similar amount for various impairments that also included India as well as Spain and Romania. There was also the time-honoured adjustments for currency and various other bits of accounting arcana that presumably make sen
  
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• Telecom Italia/Elliott: ill humoured

  13-11-2018 17:57
  Judicious surgery and the healing touch of a new CEO are required
  
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• We should be regulating AI, but no-one really knows how

  13-11-2018 17:12
  A conundrum which has existed throughout the life of the technology and telco industry around the perfect balance between innovation and regulation.
  From a technologists perspective, the question is a simple one to answer; don’t pin us back with red-tape, allow us to explore new ideas with complete and utter freedom. However, with technology becoming increasingly invasive, most sensible people would suggest there is a need to build a rulebook.
  One of the main issues with regulation is the
  
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• Tickets Alert: Tours of an underground farm

  13-11-2018 14:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  In WW2 tunnels deep under Clapham there’s a farm that’s normally sealed off for hygiene reasons, but now, small tours are being arranged.
  This is a chance to enter this hidden world by visiting Growing Underground, an urban farm situated 33 meters underneath the streets of Clapham in part of the World War II air raid shelters.
  Explore the famous ‘pink’ futuristic farm
  Discover the history of the tunnels, how the farm came to be and it’s future role in a sustainable
  
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• EE fleshes out its 2019 5G launch plans

  13-11-2018 13:56
  Having apparently exhausted the PR potential of 5G trials EE has moved on to talking up its plans for actual launches.
  Sometime in 2019 EE will launch 5G in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester. Sometime after that, but still in 2019, it will launch in ten more UK cities, which you can see in the map below.
  In order to fully exploit the power of 5G EE is initially focusing on what it considers to be the busiest parts of those first six cities: Hyde Park in London, Ma
  
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• MTN unveils its first OTT service and roadmap for digital fortunes

  13-11-2018 12:29
  MTN has announced the acquisition of music streaming platform Simfy at AfricaCom and outlined the future of the telco, which doesn’t look very much like a telco anymore.
  This is of course a slightly unfair statement, as the mission of connecting the unconnected millions across Africa will continue to be a top priority for the business, though CEO Rob Shuter highlighted the team have much bigger ambitions when it comes to maintaining relevance in the digital economy. The Simfy acquisition i
  
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• Telco’s competitors aren’t other telcos anymore

  13-11-2018 12:09
  It might seem like an unusual statement to make, but if the fortunes of the fourth industrial revolution are going to be realised, telcos need to stop bickering between themselves.
  The new competitive landscape seems like a very counter-intuitive one. The status quo for years has been to capture as many subscriptions as possible, building profits on top of connectivity, though the digital economy is so much more. This might seem like a very obvious statement to make, though the dangers are seemi
  
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• Telecom Italia kicks out CEO Amos Genish

  13-11-2018 11:52
  In one of the least surprising board room purges ever, Telecom Italia (or TIM for short) has got rid of its CEO Amos Genish.
  “TIM’s Board of Directors met today and deliberated by a majority vote to revoke with immediate effect all powers conferred to Director Amos Genish, giving mandate to the Chairman to resolve further obligations in relation to the existing working relationship with Genish,” said a TIM announcement today.
  “In accordance with the succession plan for Ex
  
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• Even Google can get hacked… maybe

  13-11-2018 11:38
  For those security staff who feel insecure or embarrassed about getting hacked, news that Google may have been disrupted by an external irritant will come as some comfort.
  On November 12 for approximately 30 minutes as some services became unavailable after traffic was being rerouted through other networks. The company has not disclosed the specific nature of the disturbance, though it also hasn’t ruled out nefarious individuals.
  “The issue with Google Cloud IP addresses being errone
  
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• Telecom Italia chief ousted at impromptu board meeting

  13-11-2018 10:00
  Industry veteran Amos Genish leaves company controlled by activist hedge fund Elliott
  
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• NewVoiceMedia wins Digital Innovation Award for speech analytics solution

  13-11-2018 10:00
  Conversation Analyzer identified as most innovative technology in customer excellence categoryLONDON, 13 November, 2018 – NewVoiceMedia, a Vonage Company (NYSE:VG) and a leading global provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales solutions, has been named winner of the Ventana Research 2018 Digital Innovation Award for Customer Excellence. Ventana Research is one of the world’s most respected benchmark business technology research and advisory services firms, providing insights
  
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• Does the modern telecommunications CTIO know how to deliver a 5G digital revolution?

  13-11-2018 09:00
  New ‘Redefining the CTIO: Essentials for the digital age’ report draws on data gathered at TM Forum’s global CTIO Summit and in-depth interviews with technology leaders across a variety of communication service providers over six monthsSingle biggest challenge is the leadership required to move Operational Support Systems (OSS) to the cloud, with 5% in the cloud today and 50% expected to be there in three yearsDIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ASIA, Kuala Lumper, Malaysia – November
  
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• Vodafone shares jump after pledge to maintain dividend

  13-11-2018 08:46
  Asset writedowns lead to €7.8bn loss for the half-year
  
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• Vodafone posts loss after writing down asset value

  13-11-2018 08:46
  FTSE 100 telecom company expects earnings for 2018 at midpoint of guidance range
  
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• London Public Art: Statue of Captain John Smith

  13-11-2018 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  There’s a statue of a man in the City of London who is famous in the USA, and little remembered in the UK, but his statue is here, in London.
  This is Captain John Smith and his statue, erected in 1960 can be found in the churchyard next to St Mary-le-Bow at Cheapside.
  But why is it here?Captain John Smith was born in Lancashire in 1580, and played a very important role in the establishment of the Jamestown colony, the first permanent English settlement in North America.
  His later books and
  
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• TIM sacks CEO as board loses patience with Genish

  13-11-2018 01:00
  Telecom Italia (TIM) has announced that it will remove its current CEO and director, Amos Genish, from his role with immediate effect, as TIM's board struggle to control the company's mounting debts…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Intel brings forward modem launch as 5G rollout looms

  13-11-2018 01:00
  US chip manufacturer, Intel, has brought forward the release date for its forthcoming XMM 8160 5G modem by 6 months, as demand for 5G technology continues to pick up pace…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Indian merger weighs heavy on Vodafone profits

  13-11-2018 01:00
  Vodafone Group has posted a loss of €7.8 billion, in CEO Nick Read's first set of half yearly financials. Revenues also slipped to €21.8 billion at the telco.
  Vodafone attributed the loss to costs associated with its merger with Idea Cellular in India, a move that it hopes will deliver sustainable…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei achieves mobile speeds of 2.7Gbps in China's '5G City'

  13-11-2018 01:00
  Huawei and Zheijiang mobile have completed the early deployment of a number of 5G test sites in the city of Wuzhen, dubbed China's' 5G City'.During the fifth World Internet Conference…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• EE announces 16 UK cities will get 5G in 2019

  13-11-2018 01:00
  EE has announced that it will switch on 5G sites in 16 towns and cities across the UK in 2019. London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, Manchester and Birmingham will be the first cities to receive 5G services in the UK, with Glasgow…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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