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• NetFortris Adds Platinum Partner Cynergy Telecom - PR Newswire (press release)

  24-08-2015 20:52 via
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  NetFortris Adds Platinum Partner Cynergy Telecom
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  SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- NetFortris, Inc., a leader in secure cloud-based voice and data networking solutions, today showcased growing channel partner momentum with the addition of Cynergy Telecom to its rapidly growing family of ...
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• Telecom Italia (TI) is Downgraded by Macquarie to Underperform - Money Flow Index

  24-08-2015 20:24 via
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  Telecom Italia (TI) is Downgraded by Macquarie to Underperform
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  Telecom Italia (TI) is Downgraded by Macquarie to Underperform , according to the research report released to the investors. Earlier the firm had a rating of Neutral on the company shares. The shares recommendation by the Brokerage Firm was released on ...
  Telecom Italia SpA Rating Lowered to Underperform at Macquarie (TI)Dakota Financial News
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• Financial services, telecom, manufacturing lead in Big Data adoption, says new ... - SiliconANGLE (blog)

  24-08-2015 19:19 via
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  Financial services, telecom, manufacturing lead in Big Data adoption, says new ...
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  Wikibon analyst Ralph Finos Financial services, telecom/media and manufacturing lead vertical markets in Big Data adoption according to the Wikibon Big Data Analytics Survey, writes Dr. Ralph Finos (right) in his latest analysis. The survey data breaks ...
  

• Telecom, Financial Stocks Eye Next Fed, China, Oil Moves T VZ AAPL - Investor's Business Daily

  24-08-2015 19:18 via
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  Telecom, Financial Stocks Eye Next Fed, China, Oil Moves T VZ AAPL
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  Shares in phone companies AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) edged down on "Black Monday" amid a sell-off in technology and momentum stocks as some analysts said that high-paying dividend stocks may be a safe haven near-term ...
  

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• New York AG says PSC should investigate Verizon, state's telecom industry - FierceTelecom

  24-08-2015 19:10 via
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  Eric Schneiderman, New York's attorney general, has written a letter to the New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) asking the state regulator to investigate Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and look at how the deregulation of the New York telecom market is ...and more »
  

• Saudi telecom regulator extends bid deadline for 'piggyback' mobile licence - ETTelecom.com

  24-08-2015 15:40 via
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  Saudi telecom regulator extends bid deadline for 'piggyback' mobile licence
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  DUBAI, - The deadline for bids to run a "piggyback" telecom service on the network of Saudi Arabia's No.3 mobile operator Zain Saudi has been extended again until December, the industry regulator said on its website. The deadline was originally June ...and more »
  

• China Mobile appoints Bing as chairman

  24-08-2015 15:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) China Mobile Communications has appointed Shang Bing as its chairman, replacing Xi Guohua...
  
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• MTN Group in talks with IHS to sell towers - report

  24-08-2015 15:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) MTN Group has begun talks with tower operator IHS Holding over the South African towers the wireless carrier is seeking to sell in a deal valued at...
  
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• LPTIC restructures its Africa telecom investments

  24-08-2015 15:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Libyan Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Company (LPTIC) has announced the strategic consolidation of several Libyan owned...
  
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• Movistar offers free premium channel access after blackout

  24-08-2015 14:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Movistar Peru (Telefonica) has announced that it will offering customers two weeks' free access to two of its premium channels – Cinecanal and Fox...
  
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• Telkom challenges iBurst sale – report

  24-08-2015 14:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) South African operator Telkom has filed an objection at industry regulator ICASA about Multisource's planned acquisition of ISPs iBurst and...
  
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• Newtec Smashed Efficiency Record

  24-08-2015 14:45
  
  Test Demonstration at Intelsat’s Fuchsstadt, Germany, Teleport Saw 20 Mbps into 2 MHz; Increased Throughput per Transponder to Yield Higher Performance and Significant Operational and Cost Efficiencies for Satellite Operators and Their CustomersFUCHSSTADT, Germany, and SINT-NIKLAAS, Belgium, August 24 2015. Newtec, a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications, today announced that, together with Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), the
  
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• Tigo Rwanda inks e-govt services partnership with ROPL

  24-08-2015 14:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Tigo Rwanda announced a partnership with Rwanda Online Platform (ROPL) for e-Government service payments via portal...
  
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• Vodafone Qatar volunteers for injaz

  24-08-2015 14:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vodafone Qatar's staff have volunteered for INJAZQatar to take a number of students through a job shadowing programme in line with its commitment to support entrepreneurial tutoring endeavours...
  
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• Batelco gets Gold status in Palo Alto Networks programme

  24-08-2015 14:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bahrain operator Batelco said it has become the first company in the to achieve Gold status in the Palo Alto Networks NextWave Partner Programme...
  
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• Vodacom SA CEO buys 3.9 mln in Vodacom shares

  24-08-2015 14:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vodacom South Africa CEO Shameel Joosub has bought ZAR3.9 million worth of shares in the company, Fin24 reported, citing a market update from the...
  
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• NCC sets up taskforce to monitor service quality

  24-08-2015 13:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Nigerians Communications Commission has set up a taskforce to address poor service quality across telecom networks in the country, ThisDay reported...
  
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• MTN, Liquid Telecom start fixed, wireless partnership

  24-08-2015 13:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) MTN Group and Liquid Telecom have partnered to jointly provide customers with access to what they say will be the largest fixed and wireless footprint across the continent...
  
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• Zain Kuwait honours VAS partners

  24-08-2015 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Zain Kuwait held this year's second quarterly lunch event to recognise a number of its authorised service providers for their value added services during the quarter...
  
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• Norwegian and Thai telecoms watchdogs sign MoU

  24-08-2015 12:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Norwegian communications regulator Nkom said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with its Thai counterpart, the
  National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC)...
  
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• TeleChoice increases investment in NxGen subsidiary

  24-08-2015 12:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Singaporean provider of services to the telecommunications industry Telechoice International has been allotted and issued 900,000 new ordinary shares...
  
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• Neas picks NETadmin OSS to automate business processes

  24-08-2015 12:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Norwegian telecommunications and energy company Neas implemented an OSS system from NetAdmin to streamline and automate its broadband service...
  
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• Citic Telecom to buy stake of up to 39% in Citic Networks

  24-08-2015 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Citic Group and Hong-Kong operator Citic Telecom have agreed to implement an acquisition arrangement...
  
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• Purchases made via connected devices to hit 125 bln by 2018

  24-08-2015 11:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The number of annual purchases made worldwide via mobiles, tablets, desktops and other connected devices should reach 125 billion annually by 2018,...
  
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• NEAS selects NETadmin OSS to automate business processes

  24-08-2015 11:34
  
  Market leading OSS system chosen to improve services to Norwegian utilities provider’s customersStockholm, Sweden. 24 August 2015 – Norwegian telecommunications and energy company NEAS has implemented market-leading OSS system NETadmin to streamline and automate its broadband service management system.NEAS, headquartered in Kristiansund, Norway, supplies electricity, internet, television and telephony services to its customers who are increasingly demanding high levels of quality and
  
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• Tigo Paraguay to invest USD 2.5 bln over 5 yrs - CEO

  24-08-2015 11:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Paraguayan operator Tigo (Millicom) is looking to invest some USD 2.5 billion over the next five years to improve its infrastructure and boost access...
  
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• Telstra, Deakin University launch Telstra Trading Room

  24-08-2015 11:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Australian operator Telstra, in partnership with Deakin University, has introduced the 'Telstra Trading Room', a digital simulation of a real Securities Exchange...
  
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• Bosses of China Mobile, Unicom and Telecom reshuffled as Beijing revamps state ... - South China Morning Post (subscription)

  24-08-2015 11:23 via
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  Bosses of China Mobile, Unicom and Telecom reshuffled as Beijing revamps state ...
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  The three major state-backed telecommunications network operators in China have reshuffled their senior leadership amid ongoing efforts to upgrade their mobile and fixed-line broadband infrastructure across the country. China Mobile, the world's ...
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• This Overseas Telecom Play is Dialed In - Wall Street Daily

  24-08-2015 11:07 via
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  This Overseas Telecom Play is Dialed In
  Wall Street Daily
  In the search for income, it can often be useful to see what “the big boys” are buying. Take David Einhorn, for instance. He's one of the most successful hedge fund managers out there – his Greenlight Capital LP fund has averaged returns of nearly 20% ...
  

• Citic Telecom profit grows 10%, revenue up over 5% in H1

  24-08-2015 11:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Hong-Kong based telecommunication service provider Citic Telecom saw its first-half total revenue reach HKD 4.35 billion, representing an increase of...
  
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• Huawei Romania sponsors China studies of eight students 

  24-08-2015 10:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Huawei Romania is sponsoring the studies in China of eight Romanian students from the Technical Universities of Bucharest, Iasi, Craiova and...
  
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• A+E Networks UK further enhances management team

  24-08-2015 10:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) A+E Networks UK appointed Adrian Pilkington as senior vice president, Distribution and Strategy, effective from 1 September...
  
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• Mirantis enters tech, investment collaboration with Intel 

  24-08-2015 10:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Mirantis, the pure play OpenStack company, announced a strategic technology and investment collaboration with Intel...
  
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• Citic Telecom to pay dividend of HKD 2.8 cents per share

  24-08-2015 10:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Citic Telecom's board has declared an interim dividend of HKD 2.8 cents per share for the six months ended 30 June 2015...
  
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• HGI sets requirements for home network devices

  24-08-2015 10:33
  
  QoS and power management in the home network are addressed 24 August 2015. HGI today announced it has published new requirements for home network devices.The new document, 'RD012: QoS and Multicast Requirements for Home Network Infrastructure Devices', extends the current Quality of Service (QoS) architecture already published by HGI, to cover the entire home network.RD012 details the requirements for QoS functions such as classification and queuing within powerline or Wi-Fi adaptors; those home
  
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• NY attorney general wants investigation into Verizon, telco sector

  24-08-2015 09:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has written a letter to the New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC), calling for formal proceedings to...
  
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• SoftBank, Netflix strike partnership agreement in Japan

  24-08-2015 09:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Japanese mobile operator SoftBank and internet TV network Netflix have announced that SoftBank will exclusively offer a fully integrated Netflix experience, including billing, when Netflix Japan launches on 2 September. Netflix has also announced monthly pricing for the Japanese market. Customers will be able to opt for the Basic, Standard or Premium Plan for a starting price of JPY 650.
  
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• Tele2 names CFO Kirkby as new CEO

  24-08-2015 09:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Mats Granryd is stepping down as CEO of Tele2 and will be replaced by CFO Allison Kirkby from the start of September, the company announced. Granryd is leaving to become Director General of the GSMA, after five years as CEO of Tele2. He will depart the company at the end of this year, after helping with the transition to the new CEO. Kirkby became CFO of Tele2 in May 2014. Prior to that she worked as CFO of the TV production company Shine, now part of 21st Century Fox, and wa
  
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• SpeedCast Announces Landmark Energy Deal

  24-08-2015 09:00
  
  Houston, Texas, USA, 24 August 2015 – SpeedCast International Limited (SpeedCast), a leading global satellite telecommunications service provider, today announced that it has been awarded one of its largest ever satellite service agreements in the energy sector. SpeedCast was selected from a field of top global telecommunication and satellite service providers to win a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract, which covers services in over 20 countries for both onshore and offshore in Asi
  
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• LG to unveil latest G Pad at IFA

  24-08-2015 08:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) LG Electronics said it will unveil the most advanced model of its G Pad tablet series at IFA 2015 in Berlin. After the debut, both LTE and Wi-Fi versions of the G Pad II 10.1 will become available in key markets in North America, Europe and Asia. The latest tablet sports a WUXGA (1920 x 1200) display of 10.1 inches, a 2.26GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and a 7,400mAh battery, as well as a 5MP rear and 2MP front camera, Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and 16 GB rMMC, 2 GB R
  
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• China Telecom, Unicom swap chairmen

  24-08-2015 08:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) China Telecom and China Unicom have swapped chairmen. Unicom's chairman Chang Xiaobing will take up the same position at Telecom, replacing Wang Xiaochu, who becomes chairman of China Unicom. Xiaochu has also resigned from his position as executive director, chairman and CEO of China Telecom, effective immediately, and Xiaobing has done the same at China Unicom, from 24 August. 
  
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• Vodafone India CEO Sunil Sood's comment annoys telecom minister, secretary - ETTelecom.com

  24-08-2015 05:09 via
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  Vodafone India CEO Sunil Sood's comment annoys telecom minister, secretary
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  NEW DELHI: The government appears to have taken umbrage at Vodafone India CEO Sunil Sood's recent comment relating to call drops that "the (telecom) minister's and secretary's comments don't count as the view of the entire government". The issue has ...and more »
  

• Saudi Arabia extends Zain MVNO tender

  24-08-2015 02:00
  
  Would-be virtual operators have until December to submit applications for Saudi licence.
  
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• GSMA gets to grips with cellular IoT

  24-08-2015 02:00
  
  Mobile group arrives unfashionably late to galvanise another industry development.
  
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• Granryd leaves Tele2 to become new GSMA head

  24-08-2015 02:00
  
  Swedish telco names Allison Kirkby as its new CEO effective next month.
  
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• China Telecom, China Unicom swap chairmen

  24-08-2015 02:00
  
  Wang Xiaochu, Chang Xiaobing take up new roles as China Mobile's Guohua retires.
  
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• China Mobile appoints new chairman

  24-08-2015 02:00
  
  Telco vice minister Shang Bing takes over from Xi Guohua.
  
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• BT hits Sky for six by winning Ashes TV rights

  24-08-2015 02:00
  
  Cricket-lovers will have to fork out for BT Sport and Sky Sports to watch the next two Ashes tournaments.
  
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• Australia NBN cost grows by A$15 billion

  24-08-2015 02:00
  
  Next-gen broadband network company aims to cover 9.1 million homes in three years, but project will cost more than it previously stated.
  
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