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• Apple makes gains as global smartphone shipments drop

  05-05-2023 13:52
  Shipments totalled 268.5 million units in Q1 2023 according to the latest Omdia figures – down 12.7% YoY and 11.1% compared to the previous quarter.
  Despite the general drop in shipments Apple managed to remain flat for the quarter with 57 million shipments recorded –  a 0.1% increase from the same period in Q1 2022, but a 23.5% drop from the past quarter following the traditional end of year bump.
  Apple’s market share increased year-on-year as a result of all other OEMs s
  
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• Timetable for the Coronation and where to watch in Central London

  05-05-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Central London is expected to be packed for the Coronation, and for those who don’t get a spot along the parade route, a number of large screens are being set up in the Royal Parks around the parade route.On the day of the Coronation, the main access to get into the Mall and Whitehall will open at 6am, and the area will be effectively sealed off at 9am, and people attending are likely to be stuck in their spot until around 2pm.
  There’s a small army of portaloos now popping up like mu
  
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• Altice USA spends big on fibre

  05-05-2023 11:30
  Altice USA reported a hefty increase in capital spending in the first quarter of this year on the back of an accelerated FTTH network rollout plan, another sign that investment in fibre is gathering pace across the Atlantic.
  The US cable operator, which now prefers to refer to itself as a broadband and video services provider, shared the news as part of a set of first quarter financial results that must have made tough reading for shareholders.
  Capital expenditure for the three months to the end
  
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• TIM again asks for more cash for networks unit

  05-05-2023 11:00
  TIM is still not happy with the offers it has received for its network assets and has again asked the bidders to up their offers.
  But while it seems that at least one of them will be willing to do so, any new offer could still be some way off the sum major shareholder Vivendi is looking for.
  The Italian incumbent’s board of directors met on Thursday to discuss the two offers on the table for NetCo, one from a consortium of CdP Equity and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (Europe), a
  
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• Vodafone, Three inch towards £15 billlion deal

  05-05-2023 10:33
  The on-again, off-again rumours about a UK mobile mega-merger might actually arrive at some sort of conclusion soon.
  Vodafone and Three parent CK Hutchison are on the cusp of reaching a deal to merge their operations, creating a new mobile market leader with 28 million customers. So says the Financial Times anyway, which reported (paywall) on Thursday – citing no fewer than three anonymous sources – that an agreement could be announced this month.
  The deal under discussion values the
  
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• Vodafone and Three inch towards £15 billlion deal

  05-05-2023 10:33
  The on-again, off-again rumours about a UK mobile mega-merger might actually arrive at some sort of conclusion soon.
  Vodafone and Three parent CK Hutchison are on the cusp of reaching a deal to merge their operations, creating a new mobile market leader with 28 million customers. So says the Financial Times anyway, which reported (paywall) – citing no fewer than three anonymous sources – that an agreement could be announced this month.
  The deal under discussion values the merged
  
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• Deutsche Telekom relies on partners for a quarter of fibre connections

  05-05-2023 10:00
  Deutsche Telekom is increasingly relying on cooperation for its fibre network build-out, with a quarter of connections made this year likely to come from partnerships.
  Furthermore, the German incumbent expects the proportion to increase in the coming years as it works to reach nationwide fibre-optic coverage.
  Deutsche Telekom shared that information at its inaugural fibre network partner day in Berlin this week, the very existence of which underlines the growing importance of partnerships for th
  
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• Is the King’s Cross? Nope, just King Charles III telling us to Mind the Gap

  05-05-2023 09:29 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The King and Queen have recorded an announcement that’ll be played in tube stations and at national rail stations across London over the coronation weekend. The special message, recorded for the rail industry and Transport for London, includes The King announcing the famous reminder to ‘mind the gap’.The message was recorded by Their Majesties at Highgrove earlier this year by the audio team from Transport for London. The words of the message are as follows:
  The King: My wife a
  
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• UK telecoms groups accused of overcharging ‘bundle’ customers

  05-05-2023 01:01 via ft.com
  Virgin Media O2 calls on rivals to stop ‘swindling’ consumers in cost of living crisis
  
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