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• Sunrise in talks to buy Liberty’s Swiss cable arm

  01-02-2019 23:53
  Billionaire John Malone’s media company has been shedding assets in Europe
  
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• Demolition for nursery built on Spitalfields graveyard

  01-02-2019 21:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  An exceptionally long running and expensive court case has concluded with the decision to demolish a recently built nursery next to a famous church.
  The East London landmark, Spitalfield’s Christ Church designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor built a nursery in its grounds back in 2012 after receiving £1.2 million from Tower Hamlets council towards its costs.
  The fairly pleasing building however upset the Friends of Christ Church, who raised a lot of money to support the restoration of the ch
  
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• Why open source is the backbone enabling 5G for telcos

  01-02-2019 16:51
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Alla Goldner looks at ONAP and its contribution to virtualization and preparing the way for 5G for telcos.
  5G is a technology revolution – paving the way for new revenue streams, partnerships and innovative business models. More than a single technology, 5G is about the integration of an entire ecosystem of technologies. Indeed, a recent Amdocs survey found that
  
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• Apple slaps Google and Facebook on the wrist

  01-02-2019 14:23
  One day after Facebook had its enterprise developer certificates revoked by Apple, Google ran into similar troubles with the iOS and App Store owner.
  It turned out that Facebook was not the only naughty player attempting to circumvent Apple’s rules to forbid apps developed under enterprise certificates to be distributed outside of the company. Google was found to have distributed a data monitoring and survey app called Screenwise Meter. The app comes with Apple’s enterprise developer
  
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• Gimmick or genuine progress? Foldable phones are coming to MWC

  01-02-2019 13:54
  Pretty much all the major phone manufacturers have been teasing the world with foldable smartphone launches, and now its Huawei’s turn to tickle the fancy.
  The Chinese brand has not gone as far as promising a foldable phone, but in a tweet (which you can see below) the imagery suggests this might be the next step in the evolution of Huawei devices. Considering Samsung, Xiaomi, LG and others have all dropped their own hints, it should hardly come as a surprise Huawei is joining the party.Co
  
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• Amazon made obscene amounts of money in 2018

  01-02-2019 13:52
  Internet giant Amazon made $232.9 billion last year, which was up 31% from the previous year.
  The increase was almost exactly the same percentage at the previous year, indicating Amazon’s impressive growth is showing no sign of slowing. Its Q4 revenue growth was a mere 20% to $72.4 billion, but net income was up 58% to $3 billion, which helped amazon reach $10.1 billion net income for the full year, more than triple what it managed in 2017.
  By far the main reason Amazon is suddenly so much
  
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• Orange builds out security credentials with SecureData acquisition

  01-02-2019 12:23
  Orange has announced the acquisition of SecureData, building out the increasingly extensive cybersecurity operations at the telco.
  The Orange Cyberdefense Division is another one of Orange’s ventures into the world of differentiation. Like banking and smart home services, this is not a segment which is necessarily core for the telco, but with a close enough link to connectivity it’s a low risk approach to diversification. With annual sales approaching €300 million, over 1,300 em
  
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• DishTV to Deploy Newtec Technology to Achieve Significant Efficiency Gains across Indian Market

  01-02-2019 11:20
  NOIDA, India, and SINT-NIKLAAS, Belgium, 1 February 2019 – Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, is providing its M6100 Broadcast Satellite Modulator to enhance efficiency on DishTV’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform. DishTV is the largest DTH service provider in India and the world’s largest single-country DTH company. The M6100 is part of a wider upgrade that will enable a next-generation viewing experience for
  
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• Tickets Alert: The Oxford & Cambridge Goat Race

  01-02-2019 11:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rather than watching rowers in the distance on the Thames, watch two apty named goats race around the Spitalfields city farm for their own goaty fame and glory.
  The fun event will see a couple of pygmy goats, one for each University lock horns as they race around a prepared track within the farm.
  Tickets to attend the annual Goat Race go on sale this morning – and cost £16.10 for the early bird release.
  Rather like that less important boating thing, the Goat Race
  
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• TalkTalk warns on profit as it battles for customers

  01-02-2019 09:41
  Chief cites ‘very aggressive’ pricing in UK broadband market
  
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• RCom to file for insolvency

  01-02-2019 01:00
  India's Reliance Communications (RCom) is to file for insolvency, as the Indian firm struggles to make debt repayments.
  The Anil Ambani led telecoms giant officially confirmed the news on Friday through a statement to the press…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange sharpens its focus on cyber security with strategic UK acquisition

  01-02-2019 01:00
  Orange has acquired SecureData Group, the UK's biggest independent cyber security provider, for an undisclosed amount.
  The move will significantly strengthen Orange's cyber security offering in Europe's biggest managed security service market…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• AT&T poised to launch Czech Republic's 4th MNO?

  01-02-2019 01:00
  US telco AT&T has reportedly been in talks with the Czech government, over the possibility of becoming the country's fourth mobile network operator, according to reports in the press…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Activist investor increases stake in TIM ahead of boardroom showdown

  01-02-2019 01:00
  Elliott Management has increased its stake in Italy's biggest telco, Telecoms Italia (TIM), ahead of a crunch shareholder meeting, scheduled for March.
  Telecom Italia's boardroom is currently split between its largest shareholder…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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