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• Telecom Stock Roundup: Charter Communications amp; Time Warner Cable Q3 a ... - Zacks.com

  05-11-2015 22:06
  Telecom Stock Roundup: Charter Communications amp; Time Warner Cable Q3 a ...
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  Last week, it was all about earnings in the telecom sector. Several sector participants declared their third-quarter 2015 financial numbers, and the outcome was a mixed bag. Leading cable MSOs (multi service operator) Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR ...and more »
  

• Openwave Mobility Awarded First Place by Telecoms.com for Optimizing Encrypted Video

  05-11-2015 17:15
  
  Secure Traffic Manager for Mobile Operators Wins Accolade for Network Management Excellence REDWOOD CITY, Calif.– 5 November, 2015 – Openwave Mobility, a software innovator enabling mobile operators to manage and monetize encrypted and unencrypted mobile data, announced that its Secure Traffic Manager (STM) solution won the Network Management Excellence accolade at last night’s prestigious Telecoms.com Awards. The event was attended by over 200 industry luminaries and the first
  
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• Nextel adds 27,000 subscribers in Q3 to reach 4.5 mln

  05-11-2015 16:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) NII Holdings, which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, reported 27,000 net subscriber additions for the third quarter to reach a total of 4.5 million...
  
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• CWC revenues up 4% in fiscal H1, hits 4 mln customers

  05-11-2015 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) reported revenues up 4 percent to USD 1.2 billion in the first half of its 2015/16 fiscal year ending 30...
  
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• Over 220,000 Chileans ported number in October - Subtel

  05-11-2015 15:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Chilean mobile operator WOM (formerly Nextel Chile) recorded the largest monthly net customer gain for the fourth consecutive month in October, which...
  
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• Telus posts 4.2 percent revenue increase in Q3

  05-11-2015 15:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Canadian operator Telus reported CAD 3.16 billion of consolidated operating revenue in the third quarter, 4.2 percent more than in the third quarter...
  
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• CST sponsors International Cinema Festival

  05-11-2015 15:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Sao Tome operator CST was for the second year running the official sponsor of the International Cinema Festival, the Sao Tome Fest Film, which took...
  
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• Nigerian regulator: Won't buckle to pressure over MTN fine - U.S. News & World Report

  05-11-2015 14:05
  U.S. News & World Report
  Nigerian regulator: Won't buckle to pressure over MTN fine
  U.S. News & World Report
  Cars are parked inside an MTN Nigeria office compound in Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. Africa's biggest telecommunications company is locked in a nasty battle with one of the most powerful governments on the continent, with billions of dollars ...and more »
  

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• Slovak Telekom 9-month revenues stable at EUR 571 mln

  05-11-2015 13:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Slovak Telekom reported revenues of EUR 571.3 million for the first nine months of 2015, little changed compared to the year-earlier period. EBITDA stabilised at EUR 232 million...
  
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• Makedonski Telekom 9-month revenues drop 4% to MKD 7.94 bln

  05-11-2015 13:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Makedonski Telekom ended the first nine months of 2015 with a 4 percent drop in total operating revenue, compared with the same period in 2014, to MKD 7.94 billion...
  
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• Nos sees 39.8% growth in Q3 net profit to EUR 26.2 million

  05-11-2015 12:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Portuguese telecommunications operator Nos reported a 39.8 percent increase in its net profit for the third quarter of 2015, compared with the same period in 2014, to EUR 26.2 million...
  
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• AT&T makes available 850 jobs in Texas

  05-11-2015 12:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) AT&T announced that the company will hire 850 workers in Texas. Most positions will be for call centres, technicians, and in retail. These jobs are a result of AT&T's continued investment in Texas...
  
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• Prysmian To Showcase Extended Product Portfolio For The Oil And Gas Industry At ADIPEC 2015 In Abu Dhabi

  05-11-2015 12:30
  
  Show Attendance Follows The Acquisition Of GCDT, That Complements And Strengthens The Group’s Presence And Offer In The Sector Of Downhole Equipment For The O&G IndustryMilan, 05 November, 2015 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, will attend ADIPEC 2015, the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference, from 9 – 12 November (booth # 1132). The Group will showcase its comprehensive product portfolio specifically d
  
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• Fastweb revenues stable in Q3, adds 156,000 customers

  05-11-2015 12:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Italian broadband operator Fastweb, a Swisscom subsidiary, reported third quarter net revenues of EUR 424 million, with a 3 percent decline in...
  
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• Sony to launch PlayStation VR device in H1 2016

  05-11-2015 12:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Sony Computer Entertainment, provider of PlayStation game console, plans to launch a virtual reality head-mounted display compatible with the console...
  
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• GCI reports 7% revenue increase in third quarter

  05-11-2015 12:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Alaskan operator General Communication (GCI) reported USD 259 million of revenue in the third quarter, up 7 percent on a year earlier, thanks to...
  
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• Beecham Research urges industry to ’get real’ about IoT predictions

  05-11-2015 12:13
  
  20 Billion connected devices in 2020 is pie in the sky5 November 2015: Beecham Research, an internationally recognised thought leader in IoT market development, is warning companies planning to get into the Internet of Things (IoT) market not to believe all the hype and over optimistic predictions. Some industry commentators are forecasting the number of connected devices at anywhere between 10 billion and 50 billion by 2020, and trillions of dollars in new revenue by...Source: RealWire
  
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• Pharol shareholders authorize share buy-back

  05-11-2015 12:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) A shareholders meeting of Pharol approved the acquisition and sale of the Portuguese company's own shares, up to 7.7 percent of the outstanding...
  
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• America Movil loses appeals against dominant status

  05-11-2015 11:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) A Mexican federal court judge has dismissed appeals lodged by America Movil against the March 2014 decision by the telecoms regulator (IFT) declaring...
  
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• France, South Korea sign start-up cooperation agreement

  05-11-2015 11:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The French and South Korean governments have signed an agreement to extend economic cooperation to start-ups...
  
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• Optus wins AUD 115 mln ICT services contract from DIBP

  05-11-2015 11:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Optus Business has signed a contract with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection to supply telecommunications and managed IT services. The 3-year contract is worth AUD 115 million...
  
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• Telefonica Brasil sees 16% drop in net profit to BRL 886 mln

  05-11-2015 11:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telefonica Brasil reported a 16.1 percent drop in third quarter 2015 net profit to BRL 886.2 million, hurt  by weak sales growth and rising costs of servicing its debt...
  
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• OVH launches innovation programme

  05-11-2015 11:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Data centre operator OVH has announced the "Digital Launch Pad" innovation programme run from its North American head office in Montreal to support...
  
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• Cellcom buys out Golan Telecom for NIS 1.17 billion - Ynetnews

  05-11-2015 11:25
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  Cellcom buys out Golan Telecom for NIS 1.17 billion
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  Competition in mobile market narrows in major industry purchase; consumer prices may rise; decreased competition may help solve infrastructure problem. Golan Hazani, Calcalist. Published: 11.05.15, 12:24 / Israel Business. In a major shakeup of Israel ...
  Cellcom in Pact to Buy Golan Telecom for $301 MillionHaaretz
  Cellcom set to buy Golan Telecom for NIS 1.17 billionThe Times of Israel
  Cellcom buys Golan Telecom for NIS 1.17
  

• COMESA, Microsoft to promote access, skills and innovation

  05-11-2015 11:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), through the COMESA Business Council (CBC), and Microsoft have signed an MoU which sets...
  
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• Bouygues upgrades CRM platform with Salesforce

  05-11-2015 11:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) French operator Bouygues Telecom has developed in partnership with Salesforce a new customer relationship management platform called Acceuil 360...
  
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• Liberty Global launches new Wi-Fi gateway

  05-11-2015 10:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Liberty Global confirmed the launch of its next-generation Wi-Fi and telephony gateway across its European operations. The data modem and a Wi-Fi router will support broadband speeds up to 1 Gbps over its EuroDocsis 3.0 network. The new gateway is now available to Telenet customers in Belgium and UPC customers in Romania and will be introduced across the rest of Europe in the coming months. The cable operator said this is the first time it has designed a universal, local
  
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• Telecom Exchange and DatacenterDynamics Converged Events to Collaborate With ... - Marketwired (press release)

  05-11-2015 10:05
  Telecom Exchange and DatacenterDynamics Converged Events to Collaborate With ...
  Marketwired (press release)
  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Nov 5, 2015) - Telecom Exchange (TEX), the industry networking event for high-bandwidth network operators, and DatacenterDynamics Converged Europe, the European data center and cloud transformation ...and more »
  

• Cellcom to acquire Golan Telecom for ILS 1.17 bln

  05-11-2015 08:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Cellcom announced an agreement with Golan Telecom and its shareholders for the purchase of 100 percent of Golan for ILS 1.17 billion. Golan launched mobile services in Israel in 2012, focusing on low-cost, 'all-in' tariff plans. It counts around 900,000 customers as of November, with a comparatively low churn, Cellcom said.Golan is expected to end 2015 with revenues exceeding ILS 500 million. The purchase price represents an enterprise value of ILS 1 billion for Golan, equal to ar
  
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• Deutsche Telekom grows Q3 net profit 60%

  05-11-2015 08:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Deutsche Telekom reported third-quarter revenue up 9.3 percent to EUR 17.1 billion. Growth slowed slightly from previous quarters due to the new handset leasing model introduced at T-Mobile US. Adjusted EBITDA increased 12.9 percent to EUR 5.2 billion. On an organic basis, excluding exchange rate effects and acquisitions and divestments, revenue rose 2.2 percent and EBITDA was up 8.1 percent.Net profit jumped 59.9 percent to EUR 809 million and was up by 30 percent to EUR 1.0
  
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• Tele2, Kazakhtelecom form mobile joint venture

  05-11-2015 01:00
  
  Deal to reduce number of operators in Kazakhstan to three; combined entity to have market share of 22%.
  
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• Sophisticated monetisation of IoT could be worth $1.3 trillion

  05-11-2015 01:00
  
  Growing number of connected devices will bring increasingly diverse applications and charging models, analyst firm predicts.
  
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• Orange to spend up to €1.7bn on fibre in Spain

  05-11-2015 01:00
  
  Telco aims to cover 14 million households with FTTH by 2020, also shares plans for 4G rollout.
  
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• Deutsche Telekom Q3 revenue rises again on US performance

  05-11-2015 01:00
  
  German incumbent's domestic revenue flat while the rest of Europe continues to weigh on results.
  
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• Deloitte to probe Telenor's Vimpelcom stake

  05-11-2015 01:00
  
  External review to look at Norwegian telco's governance structure, board's conduct regarding Vimpelcom's Uzbek investment.
  
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• Consolidation in Israel as Cellcom buys Golan Telecom

  05-11-2015 01:00
  
  Israel's biggest mobile operator agrees to acquire low-cost player, but regulatory approvals could be difficult to obtain.
  
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• Manitoba Telecom to cut staff and costs, overhaul customer service - The Globe and Mail (subscription)

  05-11-2015 00:01
  The Globe and Mail (subscription)
  Manitoba Telecom to cut staff and costs, overhaul customer service
  The Globe and Mail (subscription)
  As the sale process for Allstream continues, Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.'s CEO is also shaking up the company's provincial communications business by trimming its work force and investing in a customer-service overhaul. Jay Forbes, who has been in ...
  Manitoba Telecom Services PT Raised to C$30.00 (MBT)Dakota Financial News
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