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• MOVES-Moelis adds tech, media and telecom banker Chu - Reuters

  11-08-2015 17:00 via reuters.com
  MOVES-Moelis adds tech, media and telecom banker Chu
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  Aug 11 Moelis & Co has hired Lawrence Chu, an investment banker who was most recently at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, to join its technology, media and telecom group, the firm said in a statement on Tuesday. Chu, who is a managing ...and more »
  
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• With Rs 5 cr turnover, Big V Telecom offering business telephony solutions set ... - YourStory.com

  11-08-2015 16:48 via yourstory.com
  
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  With Rs 5 cr turnover, Big V Telecom offering business telephony solutions set ...
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  When entrepreneur Keshor Daga launched Big V Telecom in 2008, the core idea behind the venture was 'a cloud contact centre for every business and professional'. “I wanted to start a company which provides affordable and mobile-friendly, cloud-based ...
  
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• Incubated by Tata Elxsi, how Big V Telecom offers unique business telephony ... - YourStory.com

  11-08-2015 16:48 via yourstory.com
  
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  Incubated by Tata Elxsi, how Big V Telecom offers unique business telephony ...
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  When entrepreneur Keshor Daga launched Big V Telecom in 2008, the core idea behind the venture was 'a cloud contact centre for every business and professional'. “I wanted to start a company which provides affordable and mobile-friendly, cloud-based ...
  
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• Will Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. (NYSE:TEO) Meet Analyst Targets? - Investor Newswire

  11-08-2015 16:08 via investornewswire.com
  Will Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. (NYSE:TEO) Meet Analyst Targets?
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  An Earnings surprise occurs when a company reports earnings that differ from what analysts had expected. An earnings surprise in either a positive or negative direction can often result in significant stock price movement immediately after the earnings ...
  Zacks: Analysts Give $31.70 Average Price Target to SK Telecom Co (NYSE:SKM)sleekmoneyall 3 news articles »
  
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• Asus grows smartphone shipments to 5 mln in Q2

  11-08-2015 16:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Asus reported second-quarter sales of TWD 99.37 billion, up 4 percent from a year earlier but 3 percent versus Q1. Operating profit rose 7 percent year-on-year to TWD 4.72 billion, while net profit was down 3 percent from a year ago to TWD 4.66 billion. Asus shipped a total 4.8 million computers in the quarter, down from 5.4 million in Q1, while mobile device shipments increased over the same period to 6.0 million units from 4.5 million. The mobile growth came mainly from smartpho
  
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• AT&T awarded contract by Marriott International 

  11-08-2015 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Marriott International entered into a new agreement with AT&T. The three-year, USD 150 million deal provides the network architecture that will...
  
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• Symantec sells Veritas to Carlyle for USD 8 billion

  11-08-2015 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Symantec has agreed to sell its information management business, known as Veritas, to an investor group led by the Carlyle Group together with GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, for USD 8 billion. Veritas offers a range of software and systems to help businesses organize, manage and store their information. It had revenues of USD 2.4 billion in 2014 and serves 75 percent of the Fortune 500 countries. Symantec announced last October the decision to spin off the information man
  
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• MasterCard expands MasterPass acceptance network in Romania

  11-08-2015 15:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) MasterCard expanded its MasterPass acceptance network in Romania by signing agreements with the Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) bank and the processor...
  
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• Dean Connect, OneXS form DX Groep

  11-08-2015 14:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Dutch business service providers Dean Connect and OneXS are becoming part of the new DX Groep. The two companies will continue under the same names, operating largely independently within the group...
  
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• Does Telus Corporation's Subscriber Growth Make it the Top Telecom Stock to ... - The Motley Fool Canada

  11-08-2015 14:44 via fool.ca
  Does Telus Corporation's Subscriber Growth Make it the Top Telecom Stock to ...
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  Telus Corporation (TSX:T)(NYSE:TU), one of the largest telecommunication companies in Canada, announced second-quarter earnings results on the morning of August 7, and its stock has responded by falling about 2% in the trading sessions since.
  
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• Kabel Deutschland to add Vodafone name

  11-08-2015 14:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) After the merger of Vodafone and Kabel Deutschland, Kabel Deutschland Vertrieb und Service GmbH will be renamed to Vodafone Kabel Deutschland GmbH from September, tariftipp.de reports...
  
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• Electronics Engineer jobs in Telecom @ Simtech India - The Siasat Daily

  11-08-2015 14:26 via siasat.com
  
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  Electronics Engineer jobs in Telecom @ Simtech India
  The Siasat Daily
  Candidate must have to undergone for Pre-recruitment Telecom program on self support basis after their selection in SimTech. – Candidates must have the ability for providing Telecom solutions i.e. Telesolution of different kind of errors in GSM and ...
  
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• AOTMP® Establishes Authorized Telecom Management Training Center in Singapore - PR Newswire (press release)

  11-08-2015 13:34 via prnewswire.com
  
  AOTMP® Establishes Authorized Telecom Management Training Center in Singapore
  PR Newswire (press release)
  INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AOTMP recently announced global expansion with its authorized Telecom Management Training Center in Singapore, the first on-site training center for the telecom management leader. "We've seen a growing ...and more »
  
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• InterDigital sponsors HotSprings Smart Cities Challenge

  11-08-2015 13:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Licensing company InterDigital will sponsor the Smart@AC application challenge set to kick off on 25 September...
  
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• SK Telecom to Test Maritime LTE Service - Cellular News

  11-08-2015 13:25 via cellular-news.com
  
  SK Telecom to Test Maritime LTE Service
  Cellular News
  South Korea's SK Telecom has announced plans to launch the world's first pilot LTE M (LTE for Maritime Wireless Communications) network, as part of a research and development project led by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF). LTE-M supports ...
  
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• Robi powers University of Dhaka's e-library launch

  11-08-2015 13:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bangladeshi mobile operator Robi Axiata is sponsoring the e-library at Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka (DU)...
  
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• Telegate suffers drop in H1 revenues

  11-08-2015 13:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) German directory services provider Telegate reported revenues of EUR 27.4 million in the first half of the year, down from EUR 32.1 million a year earlier...
  
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• China Telecom and Ericsson collaborate on small cells - Telecoms.com

  11-08-2015 12:58 via telecoms.com
  
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  China Telecom and Ericsson collaborate on small cells
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  Ericsson has announced its Radio Dot small cells have been used by China Telecom to boost indoor LTE coverage in Zhejiang and Guangdong. This is apparently the first implementation of its kind in mainland China and is a case study for Ericsson's ...
  China Telecom deploys first LTE Ericsson Radio Dot System in ChinaVanillaPlus (press release) (blog)
  China Telecom taps Ericsson for small cellsTotal Telecom
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• Vodafone Ghana sponsors amateur boxing tournament

  11-08-2015 11:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vodafone Ghana is sponsoring the Homowo amateur boxing tournament slated for 16-17 August...
  
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• T-2 shareholder contests receivership

  11-08-2015 11:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Kranj-based company Garnol, as the largest shareholder of T-2, has announced it will use all legal means to protect its interests in the company put in court receivership, reports Sta...
  
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• Numericable-SFR extends Bas-Rhin fibre, 4G networks

  11-08-2015 11:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) French operator Numericable-SFR has extended its 100 Mbps fibre service to nearly 58,000 more homes and businesses in 17 towns of the county of Bas-Rhin, where Strasbourg is located...
  
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• ITU grants China Telecom Big Data standard - Digitimes

  11-08-2015 11:09 via digitimes.com
  ITU grants China Telecom Big Data standard
  Digitimes
  The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved Requirements and Capabilities for Cloud Computing-based Big Data, a Big Data standard proposed by China Telecom and coded the standard Recommendation ITU-T (ITU's ...
  China Telecom granted big data standard by ITUTelecompaper (subscription)all 2 news articles »
  
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• PhonepayPlus appoints new chairman

  11-08-2015 11:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) UK premium rate services regulator PhonepayPlus has announced the appointment of David Edmonds as its next Chairman. He will succeed Andrew Pinder on 01 September...
  
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• Belgium takes top spot in Netflix speed index in July

  11-08-2015 10:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Belgium moved to the top spot in Netflix's ISP speed index in July, with an average speed of 4.16 Mbps for delivering the streaming video service. Belgium moved up from fourth place last month, passing Luxembourg (4.12 Mbps), Switzerland (4.08 Mbps) and the Netherlands (4.03 Mbps). The top ten countries were dominated by European nations, with New Zealand the only non-European country, in tenth place with a speed of 3.54 Mbps. Netflix measures ISP speeds in a total 28 countries. 
  
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• Dialogue Group Appoints New CFO to Drive Third Successive Year of Revenue Growth

  11-08-2015 10:37
  
  11 August 2015, London - Dialogue Group, the leading provider of A2P SMS traffic monetisation software and services, has today announced the appointment of Jeremy Povey as Chief Financial Officer. Povey joins Dialogue Group as the company enters a third successive year of revenue and profit growth. This appointment follows the announcement last month that Dialogue was named one of the Top 4 global A2P SMS messaging vendors by the world's Mobile Network Operators (MNOs)....Source: RealWire
  
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• Videocon Telecom to Roll Out 4G Mobile Services by Year-End: CEO - NDTV

  11-08-2015 10:12 via gadgets.ndtv.com
  
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  Videocon Telecom to Roll Out 4G Mobile Services by Year-End: CEO
  NDTV
  Videocon Telecom plans to start its 4G mobile services in some circles, including Punjab, by the end of this year, company's Director and CEO Arvind Bali said on Monday. "By end of this year or latest by end of this financial year, we will launch 4G ...
  Videocon Telecom Rolls Out Youth Outreach Program Young ManchTeleAnalysisall 15 news articles »
  
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• Asia Briefs: VNPT restructures, sets ambitious target; China Telecom deploys ... - Mobile World Live

  11-08-2015 10:08 via mobileworldlive.com
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  Asia Briefs: VNPT restructures, sets ambitious target; China Telecom deploys ...
  Mobile World Live
  Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) has restructured its operations and now combines the operations of Vinaphone, Vietnam Data Communication Company, Vietnam Telecoms National Company and VNPT International. The new company ...
  Revamped VNPT-Vinaphone launching todayTelecom Asiaall 2 news articles »
  
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• Carlos Slim increases stake in America Movil to 29.5%

  11-08-2015 09:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has slightly increased his stake in telecommunications operator America Movil, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing...
  
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• Telecom Egypt Q2 revenues up 9.6% to EGP 3.03 bln

  11-08-2015 09:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telecom Egypt reported a 9.6 percent increase in its consolidated revenues for the second quarter ending 30 June to EGP 3.03 billion from EGP 2.76 billion in the same period of 2014...
  
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• Serbian politician reveals list of Telekom Srbija bidders

  11-08-2015 09:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Former Serbian economy minister Sasa Radulovic has published a list on his campaigning website of fourteen bidders in the privatisation of Telekom Srbija...
  
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• C&W Communications begins countdown to Rio 2016

  11-08-2015 09:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) C&W Communications (C&W), operator of Flow and Lime brands in the Caribbean, pledged to bring more Caribbean Olympic content to regional fans as the countdown to Rio 2016 begun...
  
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• Sprint affiliate Shentel to buy Ntelos for USD 640 mln

  11-08-2015 08:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Shenandoah Telecommunications (Shentel) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire fellow US regional mobile operator Ntelos for approximately USD 640 million in cash. Shentel will assume Ntelos's net debt, which stood at USD 431 million at the end of June, adjusted for its expected obligations from winding down its Eastern Markets division in November. Ntelos shareholders will receive around USD 208 million in cash, or USD 9.25 per share, an approximately 60 percent premi
  
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• Google creates new holding company Alphabet

  11-08-2015 08:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Google announced plans to create a new holding company called Alphabet, with Google as just one of several subsidiaries of the group. Google co-founder Larry Page will be CEO of Alphabet and Sergey Brin will serve as President of the new company, while Sundar Pichai will become CEO of Google. In a blog post, Page said the new structure will make the company "cleaner and more accountable". Businesses that are "pretty far afield" of Google's main internet business will be included A
  
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• Chunghwa Telecom nets NT$3.31 per share for January-July - Digitimes

  11-08-2015 06:36 via digitimes.com
  Chunghwa Telecom nets NT$3.31 per share for January-July
  Digitimes
  Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported net profit of NT$4.09 billion (US$130 million) for July 2015, resulting in net EPS of NT$3.31 for January-July. As of the end of July, CHT had 3.261 million FTTx subscribers, 999,000 of them using download speeds of ...
  Short Interest in Chunghwa Telecom Co. Expands By 62.8% (CHT)Dakota Financial News
  Short Interest in Chunghwa Telecom Co. Increases By 62.8% (CHT)sleekmoney
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• T-Mobile Jumps on Dividend, Sprint Surges on Upgrade: Telecom Winners & Losers - TheStreet.com

  11-08-2015 02:59 via thestreet.com
  
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  T-Mobile Jumps on Dividend, Sprint Surges on Upgrade: Telecom Winners & Losers
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  NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- T-Mobile US (TMUS - Get Report) jumped Monday after declaring its quarterly dividend as well as potentially gaining investor favor as its rival Verizon Communications (VZ) announced plans to discontinue its phone discounts.and more »
  
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• Telus reappoints Entwistle as CEO

  11-08-2015 02:00
  
  Joe Natale steps down after refusing to ship his family across Canada.
  
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• Sprint latest to jump on Canada, Mexico roaming bandwagon

  11-08-2015 02:00
  
  U.S. telco launches Open World add-on, offering 1 GB of free data to roamers in Canada, Mexico.
  
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• nTelos customers move to Sprint via $640m Shentel deal

  11-08-2015 02:00
  
  Shentel amends partnership deal with Sprint, nTelos brand to disappear when takeover closes next year.
  
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• MasMovil declares itself Spain's fourth operator after Jazztel deal

  11-08-2015 02:00
  
  Deal fulfils European Commission remedies imposed on Orange's Jazztel takeover.
  
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• G is for Google, R is for restructuring

  11-08-2015 02:00
  
  C is for CEO as Larry Page hands reins to Sundar Pichai in a bid to make sense of Google's alphabet soup of operations.
  
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• China Telecom taps Ericsson for small cells

  11-08-2015 02:00
  
  Operator uses Radio Dot system to provide 300 Mbps indoor mobile coverage in two branch offices.
  
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