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• Civil Rights Group Backed by Telecom Industry Seeks to Block Net Neutrality ... - The Intercept - First Look Media

  31-08-2015 23:11
  The Intercept - First Look Media
  Civil Rights Group Backed by Telecom Industry Seeks to Block Net Neutrality ...
  The Intercept - First Look Media
  The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council, an organization that says its purpose is to advance “equal opportunity and civil rights” in the media, has faced criticism in the past that the organization acts as little more than a corporate ...
  

• Altice hires senior telecom specialist from Alcatel-Lucent - Reuters

  31-08-2015 20:59
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  Altice hires senior telecom specialist from Alcatel-Lucent
  Reuters
  PARIS Telecoms group Altice has named long-serving sector executive Michel Combes as its chief operating officer and chairman of its Numericable-SFR mobile phone business, saying the appointment would help accelerate the group's expansion. Combes ...and more »
  

• Serbia starts tender for 3 licences in 800 MHz band

  31-08-2015 16:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Serbia's Regulatory Telecommunications Agency (Ratel) has decided to hold a tender for licences in the 791-821/832-862 MHz bands. The licences will be offered on a technology-neutral basis, each valid for 10 years and renewable for another five years. The starting price for each of the three licences on offer will be EUR 17.5 million. Potential bidders must have at least 2 million mobile telephony users and achieved mobile telephony revenues of at least EUR 160 million in 2014.&nb
  
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• US mulls sanctions for hacking by Chinese companies

  31-08-2015 15:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Obama administration is developing a package of economic sanctions against Chinese companies and individuals who have benefited from their...
  
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• O2 Germany adds D-Link Smart Home kit to DSL plans

  31-08-2015 15:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) O2 Germany DSL customers signing up for O2 DSL All-in M, L or XL tariffs with running time will receive a D-Link Smart Home HD Starter Kit on top from 1 September at no extra charge. The D-Link Smart Home HD Starter Kit includes a Smart Plug for connecting electronic devices to the power outlet, a WLAN motion sensor and a HD-camera for visual monitoring in HD quality. All components are connected through the home WiFi and can be operated from anywhere via the mydlink Home App for
  
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• VMWare unveils new unified hybrid cloud products at VMworld

  31-08-2015 14:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Virtualisation and cloud infrastructure provider VMware unveiled a range of new products for its unified hybrid cloud platforms at VMworld 2015 that...
  
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• PT Portugal has EUR 84 mln in pending legal actions

  31-08-2015 14:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) PT Portugal is faced with pending legal actions costing over EUR 84 million, reports Diario Economico...
  
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• Etisalat extends deadlines for children's book award

  31-08-2015 14:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The AED 1 million Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature has extended the deadline for submissions to 15 September due to the difficult circumstances in a number of Arab countries...
  
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• Tower Bersama revenue tops IDR 1.67 trillion in H1

  31-08-2015 14:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Indonesian telecommunications infrastructure group Tower Bersama Infrastructure (TBIG) saw its revenue reach IDR 1.67 trillion for the six months ended 30 June 2015...
  
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• Silicon photonic integration research breaks new ground

  31-08-2015 13:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Ericsson-led Iris project produced a silicon photonics switch designed for housing thousands of optical circuits on a single chip...
  
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• Keysight Technologies acquires Electroservices Enterprises 

  31-08-2015 13:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Keysight Technologies, a electronic measurement technology provider, purchased Electroservices Enterprises, a UK company specialising in test equipment service and products...
  
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• T-Mobile Austria introduces unlimited data on home LTE plan

  31-08-2015 12:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) T-Mobile Austria announced it will offer unlimited data on all "My HomeNet" tariffs from 1 September. In combination with the HomeNet Box, which is provided free of charge, customers can surf at speeds of up to 150 Mbps in cities and up to 30 Mbps in rural areas. The "My HomeNet Extreme" tariff with up to 150 Mbps is currently available for EUR 49.99 instead of EUR 54.99 per month; "My HomeNet Turbo" with up to 50 Mbps costs EUR 29.99 instead of EUR 34.99; and the "My HomeNet Ligh
  
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• China Comserve sees profit grow 2.7% in H1

  31-08-2015 12:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) China-based telecommunication services provider China Comservice reported a profit of CNY 1.27 billion for the six months ended 30 June 2015, which...
  
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• TDC proposes new independent director

  31-08-2015 11:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Danish operator TDC has proposed Marianne Rorslev Bock as a new, independent member of its board of directors...
  
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• Sony starts math partnership with Edmodo education network

  31-08-2015 11:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Sony's Global Education unit has started started a partnership with Edmodo, a leading global education network, to enhance math literacy among...
  
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• Singtel doubles paid paternity leave to 2 weeks

  31-08-2015 11:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) has doubled the paid paternity leave to two weeks...
  
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• Italian regulator to probe MVNO market - report

  31-08-2015 11:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Italy's communications watchdog AgCom is about to launch an investigation into the country's MVNO market, with a particular focus on anti-competitive...
  
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• 3 Sweden adds free data for music streaming

  31-08-2015 11:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) 3 Sweden announced it will start offering free data traffic for music streaming services. The offer gives all postpaid consumer and business customers free data for Spotify, Deezer and Tidal over mobile or broadband plans, starting 31 August. The mobile operator said that 75 percent of Swedes listen to streaming music and 35 percent use the services daily. 3 will consider adding other music services to the offer in future. It also started an advertising campaign to promote the new
  
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• Econet, Liquid Telecom pull out of network-sharing talks

  31-08-2015 11:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Zimbabwe operators Econet and Liquid Telecom have pulled out of negotiations and policy consultations on telecoms network infrastructure sharing at...
  
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• Orange Poland promotes Orange Finanse

  31-08-2015 11:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Orange Poland offers a bonus for customers who pay invoices or to-up prepaid credit via the service Orange Finanse...
  
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• Orange Slovakia opens educational grant programme

  31-08-2015 11:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Orange Slovakia's foundation opened the second year of the grant programme e-Schools for Future, aimed at projects promoting innovative education and responsible use of information technologies...
  
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• CommScope completes buy of TE Connectivity ops for USD 3 bln

  31-08-2015 10:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) CommScope has has completed its acquisition of TE Connectivity's telecom, enterprise and wireless businesses for USD 3 billion...
  
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• SMN sees Q2 revenue grow 16%

  31-08-2015 10:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Indonesian telecommunications tower provider Sarana Menara Nusantara (SMN) saw its second-quarter revenue grow by 16 percent year-on-year to over IDR...
  
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• Costa Rica politicians question Sutel management of Fonatel

  31-08-2015 10:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Politicians from Costa Rica's left-leaning Frente Amplio party have submitted a project to take away the management of the National...
  
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• Bezeq Q2 revenue up 15.7% to ILS 2.25 bln

  31-08-2015 10:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Israeli operator Bezeq reported a 15.7 percent increase in revenue for its second quarter to ILS 2.60 billion, thanks to the first-time consolidation...
  
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• Alcatel-Lucent defends outgoing CEO's payout

  31-08-2015 10:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Following a report in Le Journal du Dimanche claiming that Alcatel-Lucent CEO Michel Combes could receive EUR 13.7 million in bonuses upon departure,...
  
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• Free adds 820,000 mobile customers in strong first half

  31-08-2015 09:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) French operator Free's (Iliad) revenue rose by 6.9 percent to EUR 2.16 billion in the first half, compared to EUR 2.02 billion in the year-earlier period. Growth was driven by the mobile segment, which increased its sales by 18.1 percent to EUR 880.4 million. Landline revenue (fixed voice, internet, TV) rose by 0.5 percent to EUR 1.29 billion. Free added 820,00 mobile subscribers in the first half, reaching a total of nearly 11 million. This gives it an estimated 16 percent mobile
  
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