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• Telecom Stock Roundup: T-Mobile US Customer Statistics Impress, Comcast to ... - Zacks.com

  16-07-2015 23:17
  Telecom Stock Roundup: T-Mobile US Customer Statistics Impress, Comcast to ...
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  Last week witnessed several consequential activities in the telecom sector. National wireless carrier, T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS - Analyst Report) reported impressive customer numbers for the just concluded second quarter of 2015. The company added a net ...and more »
  
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• Telecom panel pitches for Net neutrality - The Tribune - Chandigarh Tribune

  16-07-2015 22:48
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  Telecom panel pitches for Net neutrality - The Tribune
  Chandigarh Tribune
  The Department of Telecom (DoT)-appointed panel today upheld Net neutrality in the country, saying “the core principles of Net neutrality must be adhered to”. (Editorial: Net neutrality set to stay). The panel, in a clear judgement against the telecom ...
  5 key takeaways from telecom department's net neutrality report - Hindustan TimesHindustan Times
  Net Neutrality Committee Leaves Tough Questions
  
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• Gemalto targets APAC telecom and banking - RCR Wireless News

  16-07-2015 21:09
  
  Gemalto targets APAC telecom and banking
  RCR Wireless News
  SHANGHAI, China–Digital security provider Gemalto is seeing increasing opportunities in several verticals in Asia Pacific including banking, telecommunications and government, the company's marketing communications VP for Asia Pacific, Pierre Lelievre ...and more »
  
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• Telekom Austria lowers FY revenue outlook after flat H1

  16-07-2015 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telekom Austria Group lowered its outlook for full-year revenues to flat versus 2014, due to weak economic conditions in its eastern European markets and negative currency effects, especially in Belarus. The company previously expected an around 2 percent increase in annual revenues, but over the first six months of 2015, revenues were flat year-on-year at EUR 1.94 billion. The company said its efforts at cost reductions to offset the weaker revenues had been successful so far, he
  
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• Telekom Austria lowers FY outlook after flat H1

  16-07-2015 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telekom Austria Group lowered its outlook for full-year revenues to flat versus 2014, due to weak economic conditions in its eastern European markets and negative currency effects, especially in Belarus. The company previously expected an around 2 percent increase in annual revenues, but over the first six months of 2015, revenues were flat year-on-year at EUR 1.94 billion. The company said its efforts at cost reductions to offset the weaker revenues had been successful so far, he
  
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• Telecom Italia concludes buyback, Terna to follow | GlobalCapital - GlobalCapital

  16-07-2015 18:11
  Telecom Italia concludes buyback, Terna to follow | GlobalCapital
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  Telecom Italia announced the indicative results of a dollar and euro bond buyback on Thursday afternoon. It will repurchase around €980m of notes from seven bonds. By Nathan Collins; 05:00 PM. The tender period concluded at 5pm Italian time on ...
  Telecom Italia sets price of USD notes buyback - TelecompaperTelecompaper (subscription)all 2 news articles »
  
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• Dialogue: The Adoption Of Two-Factor Authentication Contributes To The Growth Of A2P SMS

  16-07-2015 16:36
  
  July 16th, 2015. London - Dialogue Group, the leading provider of A2P SMS traffic monetisation software and services, has echoed findings in recent security reports from both Telesign and Google. Dialogue states that there are increasing consumer concerns over traditional online security measures, and therefore usage of a more robust Two Factor Authentication process or 2FA is required. Due to the nature of delivery for these 2FA services, the A2P SMS messaging sector will therefore...Source: Re
  
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• DCT Telecom Group Appoints New Hires -- WESTLAKE, Ohio, July 16, 2015 ... - PR Newswire (press release)

  16-07-2015 16:06
  
  DCT Telecom Group Appoints New Hires -- WESTLAKE, Ohio, July 16, 2015 ...
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  WESTLAKE, Ohio, July 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- DCT Telecom Group, Inc. (DCT), a leading local provider of business class cloud, data and voice solutions, is pleased to announce the addition of three professionals to our sales, customer support and ...and more »
  
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• New telecom state minister Tarana Halim says her ministry will remain ... - Bangladesh News 24 hours

  16-07-2015 15:54
  
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  New telecom state minister Tarana Halim says her ministry will remain ...
  Bangladesh News 24 hours
  After assuming charge at her Secretariat office, new State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim has said her door will always be closed to the lobbyists. Print Friendly and PDF. She went to the Secretariat on Thursday, two days after ...and more »
  
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• Jolla signs up India's Intex for first Sailfish licence

  16-07-2015 15:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Jolla announced its first licensing agreement for the Sailfish mobile operating system, with Indian manufacturer Intex Technologies. Intex is expected to launch the first phones from the agreement late this year. As part of Jolla's strategy to expand in the BRICS countries, the company also said it's setting up a subsidiary in India, Sailfish India, in cooperation with local internet players Snapdeal and Times Internet. The aim is to create a local ecosystem to help differentiate
  
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• 5 High-Dividend Telecom Stocks To Buy - TheStreet.com

  16-07-2015 14:47
  
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  5 High-Dividend Telecom Stocks To Buy
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  NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Searching for high dividends? Head back to basics and invest in a sector that has been known for its high yield: telecommunications companies. Telecom and utilities are the two sectors that have traditionally paid the most, the ...and more »
  
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• 5 High-Dividend Telecom Stocks To Buy - TheStreet - TheStreet.com

  16-07-2015 14:47
  
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  5 High-Dividend Telecom Stocks To Buy - TheStreet
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  NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Searching for high dividends? Head back to basics and invest in a sector that has been known for its high yield: telecommunications companies. Telecom and utilities are the two sectors that have traditionally paid the most, the ...and more »
  
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• Merrill Lynch's High-Yielding Telecom Stock Picks: AT&T (NYSE: T), CenturyLink ... - 24/7 Wall St.

  16-07-2015 14:20
  
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  Merrill Lynch's High-Yielding Telecom Stock Picks: AT&T (NYSE: T), CenturyLink ...
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  The market saw interest rates rise in the second quarter on expectations that the Federal Reserve is ready to raise interest rates soon. Wall Street pundits see the rate increases starting anywhere from September to December to not until 2016. A new ...
  
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• 3 Merrill Lynch High-Yielding Telecom Stocks to Buy Now - 24/7 Wall St.

  16-07-2015 14:20
  
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  3 Merrill Lynch High-Yielding Telecom Stocks to Buy Now
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  The market saw interest rates rise in the second quarter on expectations that the Federal Reserve is ready to raise interest rates soon. Wall Street pundits see the rate increases starting anywhere from September to December to not until 2016. A new ...
  
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• Apple, Samsung in talks with telecom groups to launch e-Sim card - FT.com - Financial Times

  16-07-2015 14:07
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  Apple, Samsung in talks with telecom groups to launch e-Sim card - FT.com
  Financial Times
  Apple and Samsung are in advanced talks to join the rest of the telecoms industry to launch electronic Sim cards, in a move could fundamentally change how consumers sign up to mobile operators. The GSMA, the industry association which represents ...
  Apple in 'Advanced Talks' With Mobile Telecom Groups for Standardized 'e-SIM ...Mac Rumors
  Apple Inc. Pushes Standardized e-SIM Ca
  
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• Prysmian, New Contract For A Submarine And Land Link To The UK Channel Islands

  16-07-2015 14:03
  
  The Normandie 1 Cable Interconnection Will Provide Electricity To The Island Of Jersey From France MainlandMilan, 16 July 2015. Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new contract by Jersey Electricity plc (UK) for the "Normandie 1" project to provide electricity to Jersey in the Channel Islands from the French mainland. The project involves the turn-key supply and installation of a High Voltage Alternate Current (HVAC)...Source: RealWir
  
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• 65 charged for Globe Telecom theft, fraud - Rappler - Rappler

  16-07-2015 14:02
  
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  65 charged for Globe Telecom theft, fraud - Rappler
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  MANILA, Philippines – Authorities arrested and charged 65 alleged thieves and fraudsters who were using the name and resources of Globe Telecom, the telecommunication firm said. The Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation ...
  
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• New Sales Director For Wick Hill

  16-07-2015 13:00
  
  Woking, Surrey: 16/7/15 - Tony Price has been appointed UK sales director at value added distributor Wick Hill, specialists in secure IP infrastructure solutions. With the security market in a period of exceptional change and experiencing a shift of focus from breach prevention to breach management, Price's job will be to lead Wick Hill's education, training and sales expansion drive in the UK and IrelandPrice is a very experienced channel professional, who has held both...Source: RealWire
  
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• SoftBank-controlled US telecom firm Sprint to buy Persistent's 26% stake in ... - VC Circle

  16-07-2015 12:39
  SoftBank-controlled US telecom firm Sprint to buy Persistent's 26% stake in ...
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  SoftBank-controlled US telecom major Sprint Nextel Corporation will buy 26 per cent stake in Indian joint venture Sprint Telecom India Pvt Ltd from local partner Persistent Systems Ltd for Rs 1.87 crore ($296,000). The company has received the ...
  
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• Rwanda's Crystal Telecom shares rise 38 pct from IPO price | News by Country ... - Reuters Africa

  16-07-2015 12:23
  Rwanda's Crystal Telecom shares rise 38 pct from IPO price | News by Country ...
  Reuters Africa
  KIGALI, July 16 (Reuters) - Shares in Rwanda's Crystal Telecom, which owns a 20 percent stake in mobile operator MTN Rwandacell, traded for the first time on Thursday at a 38 percent premium to their initial public offering (IPO) price, a stock market ...
  allAfrica.com: Rwanda: Crystal Telecom Shares Debut At Stock Exchange At ...AllAfrica.com
  Crystal Telecom lists on Rwandan bourse one day e
  
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• Linx-Networks teams with VoxSmart to strengthen mobile call recording service

  16-07-2015 12:00
  
  Gears up for tougher new European financial trading regulationsLondon, July 16, 2015: Specialist City trading floor systems integrator, Linx-Networks, is to work with market-leading mobile call recording experts, VoxSmart, to provide trading hubs and solutions that meet the tough new European-wide trading regulations called MiFID II.The new regulations, which become compulsory from January 2017, determine that all a trading organisation's calls - fixed and mobile - and other electronic communica
  
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• Myanmar Government continues to advance development plans as new broadcasting law edges towards conclusion

  16-07-2015 11:56
  
  Top priority agenda for Myanmar's satellite project as the country's first event of its kind sets for return16 July 2015 - Myanmar's broadcasting industry is set for significant changes as the Government moves forward with a new broadcasting law which is nearing completion. In the run-up to the return of the hugely successful CommuniCast event and Myanmar's second Satellite Forum (17-19 November 2015 at Myanmar Event Park, Yangon), the Myanmar Government has acted on its...Source: RealWire
  
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• Tele Columbus to acquire PrimaCom for EUR 711 million

  16-07-2015 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Tele Columbus Group announced an agreement to acquire PrimaCom for EUR 711 million. The deal brings together two of Germany's leading mid-tier cable operators. Tele Columbus said the combined company offers growth potential and enables scale efficiencies across the customer and network base. The merger should also support an acceleration in network and product development. The acquisition of PrimaCom will be financed through a combination of existing cash, a fully underwritten fin
  
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• Fujikura launches the world’s smallest, lightest active V-groove splicer

  16-07-2015 10:52
  
  Chessington South, UK. July 16, 2015. Fujikura Europe has upgraded its fibre fusion splicer range with the launch of a new product - the 22S - a new advanced FTTH splicer for single fibre which is the world's smallest and lightest active V-groove model.The latest addition to Fujikura's splicer family adds to the company's portfolio to deliver a complete offering of splicing options from the basic, with the 12S, to the very advanced, which is...Source: RealWire
  
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• BT faces break-up with Ofcom's telecom review | The Times - The Times (subscription)

  16-07-2015 10:40
  
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  BT faces break-up with Ofcom's telecom review | The Times
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  Ofcom has opened up a wide-ranging review of the British telecoms sector that could result in the break-up of BT or conversely an easing of regulation of the sector so that it can better combat companies like Google and Apple. The regulator first put a ...
  British Telecom break-up on the cards - The Rakyat Post - The Rakyat PostThe Rakyat Postall 124 news articles »
  
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• BT faces break-up with Ofcom's telecom review - The Times (subscription)

  16-07-2015 10:40
  
  The Times (subscription)
  BT faces break-up with Ofcom's telecom review
  The Times (subscription)
  Ofcom has opened up a wide-ranging review of the British telecoms sector that could result in the break-up of BT or conversely an easing of regulation of the sector so that it can better combat companies like Google and Apple. The regulator first put a ...and more »
  
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• EU launches competition investigation against Qualcomm

  16-07-2015 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The European Commission has opened two formal antitrust investigations into possible abusive behaviour by Qualcomm in market for baseband chipsets for mobile devices. The first will examine whether Qualcomm breached EU antitrust rules that prohibit the abuse of a dominant market position by offering financial incentives to customers on condition that they buy the chipsets exclusively or almost exclusively from Qualcomm. The second will look into whether Qualcomm engaged in 'predat
  
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• US govt starts major internet project for low-income homes

  16-07-2015 09:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) US President Barack Obama iwill unveil the ConnectHome initiative during a trip to Durant, Oklahoma. The new pilot programme will bring together communities, the private sector, and federal government to expand high speed broadband to more families across the country. The programme will launch in twenty-seven cities and one tribal nation and will initially reach over 275,000 low-income households, including nearly 200,000 children, with support to access the internet at home. ISPs
  
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• China's telecom giant Huawei gets clearance to produce in India - Hindustan Times

  16-07-2015 09:24
  Financial Express
  China's telecom giant Huawei gets clearance to produce in India
  Hindustan Times
  Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies has won security clearance to manufacture telecoms equipment in India, paving the way for it to become the first major Chinese brand to supply locally-made products for one of the world's biggest markets for ...
  Make in India: Chinese telecom giant Huawei to set up a unit in Tamil Nadu ...Economic Times
  Govt gives security clearance to Chinese
  
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• Tiscali to merge with WiMax operator Aria

  16-07-2015 09:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Italian broadband operator Tiscali has announced that its board of directors has approved the final agreement for merger with WiMax operator Aria. In a statement, Tiscali said the merger will become effective by the end of 2015 and that it expects the transaction to produce synergies and savings in the region of EUR 10 million a year from 2016 onwards, thanks above all to network integration and access technology combination. The operator added that the combined assets of the tw
  
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• Aryaka appoints Hilbert as Senior VP of Global Sales

  16-07-2015 09:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Aryaka, a WAN as-a-service company, announced that Jim Hilbert will join the company's leadership team as senior vice president of Global Sales...
  
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• Ofcom begins second phase of strategic review

  16-07-2015 08:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) UK communications regulator Ofcom has published a discussion document on its strategic review of digital communications, announced in March 2015, and is seeking responses by 8 October...
  
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• Intel trims FY outlook, sees better Q3

  16-07-2015 08:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Intel reported second-quarter revenues of USD 13.2 billion, down 5 percent from a year earlier. The drop was due mainly to weakness in the PC market, with revenues at Intel's Client Computing Group down 14 percent year-on-year to USD 7.5 billion. Its data centre division grew revenues 10 percent to USD 3.9 billion, and IoT revenues were up 4 percent to USD 559 million. All three divisions also grew revenues compared to the first quarter of the year. Only the software and services
  
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• More should be done to address disruptive side of ICT - OECD

  16-07-2015 08:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The OECD said countries should do more to develop their digital economies in a way that maximises social and economic benefits, while addressing the risk of disruption in areas like privacy and jobs...
  
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• Netflix Q2 results better than expected

  16-07-2015 08:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Netflix added 3.3 million new streaming subscribers in the second quarter, including 0.9 million in the US and 2.4 million elsewhere in the world. As a result, the company reached a total 42 million customers in the US and 23 million abroad, more than it forecast for the quarter. Netflix said the growth was due in part to the success of its original programming. The launch of the third season of Orange is the New Black in June set a new record for viewing time. Almost 90 percent
  
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• Orange Armenia supports Panik village, Shirak region

  16-07-2015 08:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Orange Armenia Foundation teamed up with the Armenian International Inter-professional Group and the Rhone-Alpes region of France to implement a...
  
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• Telecom companies eye unused radio waves of broadcasters in UHF band - The ... - Economic Times

  16-07-2015 08:14
  
  Telecom companies eye unused radio waves of broadcasters in UHF band - The ...
  Economic Times
  NEW DELHI: India's telecom sector is seeking consultations on unused radio waves or white spaces in the ultra-high frequency (UHF) band, particularly used by broadcasters, a move that may jeopardize US software major Microsoft Corporation's plan to ...and more »
  
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• Telecom companies eye unused radio waves of broadcasters in UHF band - Economic Times

  16-07-2015 08:14
  
  Telecom companies eye unused radio waves of broadcasters in UHF band
  Economic Times
  NEW DELHI: India's telecom sector is seeking consultations on unused radio waves or white spaces in the ultra-high frequency (UHF) band, particularly used by broadcasters, a move that may jeopardize US software major Microsoft Corporation's plan to ...and more »
  
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• Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked for help with PSC in telecom changes - Times Union - Albany Times Union

  16-07-2015 07:09
  
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked for help with PSC in telecom changes - Times Union
  Albany Times Union
  Albany. Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and other advocates have asked Gov. Andrew Cuomo to take a more active role as the Public Service Commission moves forward with its overdue study of the state's telecommunications system. The report, which ...and more »
  
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• Union deal brings MTN strike to an end

  16-07-2015 02:00
  
  Communications Workers Union members due back at work within two days after agreeing bonus terms to 2016.
  
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• Tele Columbus to buy PrimaCom for €711 million

  16-07-2015 02:00
  
  Deal due to close this month, bringing more consolidation to German cable market.
  
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• Qualcomm faces EU antitrust probes into 3G, 4G chipsets

  16-07-2015 02:00
  
  European Commission seeks to determine whether U.S. chip maker abused its dominant position in the market.
  
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• Ofcom puts BT breakup on the agenda

  16-07-2015 02:00
  
  Full separation of Openreach would create 'years of uncertainty', warns U.K. incumbent; G.fast rollout under threat.
  
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• Jolla signs up first Sailfish OEM partner

  16-07-2015 02:00
  
  Indian smartphone maker Intex Technologies plans to release first devices later this year.
  
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• Dual-SIM smartphone sales to hit half a billion next year

  16-07-2015 02:00
  
  'Apple is missing out' on massive global market for smartphones with more than one SIM card, analyst warns.
  
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