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• Magyar Telekom renews partnership with handball team

  10-11-2015 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Hungarian operator Magyar Telekom renewed a cooperation agreement with the MVM Veszprem handball team...
  
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• RCom revenues, EBITDA down slightly in September quarter

  10-11-2015 16:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Indian operator Reliance Communications reported revenue for its fiscal second quarter to September of INR 53.55 billion (USD 817 million), down 0.9 percent from a year earlier...
  
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• Zetacom consolidates offices at Dutch Innovation Factory

  10-11-2015 16:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Dutch services provider Zetacom announced it's moving to the Dutch Innovation Factory in Zoetermeer from the start of 2016...
  
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• NetApp names Benelux director, EMEA channel chief

  10-11-2015 16:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) NetApp has named Sven Schoenaerts its Managing Director for the Benelux region. Schoenaerts was previously Senior Director EMEA Channel Sales...
  
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• Brazil communications minister discusses partnership with EU

  10-11-2015 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Brazil's Communications Minister Andre Figueiredo and the vice-president of the European Commission for the Digital Market Andrus Asip discussed...
  
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• Batelco Group 9-mth net profit flat, revenues down 4%

  10-11-2015 15:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Batelco Group reported net profit of BHD 40.9 million (USD 108.5 million) for the first nine months of 2015, unchanged compared to the corresponding period of 2014...
  
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• Orange Poland expands fixed-mobile Open offers

  10-11-2015 15:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Orange Poland introduced the new offer Smart Plan LTE Open. Clients of Neostrada or fixed lines can get a monthly discount of up to PLN 50 on a...
  
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• Strezynska appointed digital minister in Poland

  10-11-2015 15:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Anna Strezynska has been appointed Digital minister in the new government of Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo...
  
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• PT loses 300 managers since Altice takeover - report

  10-11-2015 14:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) About 300 skilled managers and technicians have left Portugal Telecom since its acquisition by Altice, reports Expresso, adding that many are now...
  
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• Telefonica, Zytronic strike interactive touch screen deal

  10-11-2015 14:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) UK-based digital signage provider Zytronic Displays has announced that it will be providing Telefonica with its Projected Capacitive (PCAP) touch...
  
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• Spark customers targeted by scam phone calls

  10-11-2015 14:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Spark issued a warning to its customers to beware of phone calls from fraudsters, who are claiming to be from Spark and then asking customers either...
  
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• Telefonica creates global tech centres, launches HGU router

  10-11-2015 14:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telefonica has announced the creation of three new global specialist tech units as part of a revamped working model that aims to ensure better...
  
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• Ceragon, Statoil renew frame agreement 

  10-11-2015 13:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Ceragon networks, a wireless backhaul specialist, announced that Statoil, a Norwegian oil and gas operator, formally awarded Ceragon Networks a...
  
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• KPN sells 5% stake in Telefonica Deutschland for EUR 805 mln

  10-11-2015 13:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) KPN has sold a 5 percent stake in Telefonica Deutschland to institutional investors for EUR 805 million. The 150 million shares were sold in an accelerated bookbuilding at EUR 5.37 each, a small discount to the EUR 5.47 closing price the day prior to the sale. KPN acquired a 20.5 percent stake in Telefonica's German subsidiary when it sold E-Plus to the company last year. With the latest share sale, KPN's stake in Telefonica Deutschland is reduced to 15.5 percent. KPn said it will
  
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• Zain Bahrain participates in second Startup Bootcamp

  10-11-2015 13:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Zain Bahrain says it will continue to support the Startup Bootcamp in its second edition. The event is organised by the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
  
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• Continuous good news developments for WiFi SPARK and St George’s University Hospitals

  10-11-2015 12:30
  
  November 10th 2015: Following a successful five years of service from WiFi SPARK, St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has recently re-signed for a further two years. In the beginning, WiFi SPARK worked together with St George’s IT Services department to upgrade the necessary IT infrastructure with support from Samuel’s Children’s Charity. The Trust already had an existing Cisco network infrastructure that WiFi SPARK was able to utilise and deploy the SPAR
  
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• Verizon ‘looking at enterprise sale’

  10-11-2015 12:00
  Verizon considering $10bn sale of enterprise and data centre business, says Reuters report
  
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• EI Towers preparing EUR 860 mln Inwit bid - report

  10-11-2015 11:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Italian tower operator EI Towers, controlled by commercial broadcaster Mediaset, is preparing a EUR 860 million bid to acquire a stake in Telecom Italia's mobile-phone tower unit Inwit, according to unnamed sources cited by Corriere della Sera. Previous reports have indicated that Telecom Italia has appointed Deutsche Bank to accelerate the sale of a 30-40 percent stake in Inwit, which operates some 11,500 sites across Italy. In September, Telecom Italia's board gave CEO Marco Pat
  
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• PTS holds meeting on 26 November on European single market

  10-11-2015 11:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Swedish postal and telecoms regulator PTS said it will hold a meeting on 26 November from 14.30 hrs to 16.00 hrs concerning the European Commission's digital single market proposals...
  
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• ADLV Reports Surge in Commercial Electronic Checking Following Abolition Of Paper Driving Licence Counterpart

  10-11-2015 11:36
  
  The ADLV (Association for Driving Licence Verification) www.adlv.co.uk has reported a surge in online commercial checking from vocational fleets following the abolition of the paper driving licence counterpart in July this year. Despite a slight reduction in the growth rate of checking immediately prior to the change, the rate of increase for the months of July and August over the prior year, were 38.0% and 37.3% respectively. The ADLV forecasts that the total number of...Source: RealWire
  
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• Italian watchdog summons Vivendi CEO to discuss TI stake

  10-11-2015 11:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Italian markets regulator Consob has summoned Vivendi CEO Arnauld de Puyfontaine to a 16 November meeting to discuss the French media group's...
  
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• Vodafone Germany Q2 service revenue falls 1.8%

  10-11-2015 11:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vodafone Germany reported a 1.8 percent decline in service revenue year-on-year in the fiscal second quarter to EUR 2.454 billion...
  
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• NewVoiceMedia appoints new sales engineering head

  10-11-2015 11:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) NewVoiceMedia, provider of cloud contact centre products, has appointed Darren Smith its new senior VP of Sales Engineering...
  
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• UK firms' cloud adoption hit by delays - survey

  10-11-2015 10:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Nine out of 10 UK businesses moving to the cloud are held back by hindering delays and diversions, according to research by Redcentric, Around half...
  
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• Intel announces new cloud products, cooperation deals

  10-11-2015 09:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Intel has announced new products and collaborations to accelerate the move toward more agile and cloud-ready communications networks. The company said it is working closely with industry leaders such as Cisco, SK Telecom and Verizon to lay the foundation for future 5G networks. Intel said it was recently chosen by America Movil to be a technology consultant as the company modernises its infrastructure to accelerate the launch of new services, automate its processes and reduce its
  
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• Ericsson sees small slowdown in market growth

  10-11-2015 09:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Ericsson forecast a slightly slower rate of growth for the global telecom market in the coming period, but said it still expects to outperform the market. At its latest Capital Markets Day, the company said the total addressable market will show an estimated CAGR of 2-4 percent in 2014-2018, compared to a forecast of 3-5 percent growth for 2013-2017. In addition to growing its core business of radio, core and transmission network equipment, Ericsson outlined adjacent targeted area
  
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• Vodafone returns to growth in EBITDA, service revenue in H1

  10-11-2015 08:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Vodafone reported a return to organic EBITDA growth in the first half and said it expects to reach the high end of its annual organic EBITDA outlook. EBITDA increased 1.9 percent on an organic basis to GBP 5.786 billion in the fiscal first half to September, and revenues rose 2.8 percent to GBP 20.266 billion. Organic service revenue was up 1.0 percent year-on-year to GBP 18.430 billion, as growth of 6.4 percent in Africa, Asia and the Middle East offset a 1.3 percent fall in Euro
  
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• Orange sells stake in Kenyan unit to Helios Investment

  10-11-2015 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Orange Group announced that it has signed a binding agreement with Helios Investment Partners for the sale of its entire 70 percent stake in Orange Kenya. Orange said the completion of the transaction remains subject to approval from the relevant authorities. The deal reflects Orange's constant focus on optimising its portfolio of assets, and the Africa and Middle East region remains a strategic priority for the group. Orange Kenya is the country's incumbent fixed line operato
  
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• Vodafone CEO hits out at UK 'remonopolisation', hails results turnaround

  10-11-2015 01:00
  
  Vittorio Colao says Openreach inhibits competition, choice; calls for strong regulation of BT/EE merger.
  
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• Telcos, vendors form NB-IoT Forum

  10-11-2015 01:00
  
  Industry players target 2017 for commercial deployment of services based on new specification.
  
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• Orange sells Telkom Kenya

  10-11-2015 01:00
  
  French operator offloads 70% stake in Kenyan incumbent to Helios Investment Partners.
  
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• Mexico imposes record fine on Telefonica

  10-11-2015 01:00
  
  Operator ordered to pay €22.8 million for failing to meet minimum call quality rules.
  
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• KPN raises €805m from Telefonica Deutschland share sale

  10-11-2015 01:00
  
  Dutch incumbent cuts minority holding to 15.5% by offloading 150 million shares.
  
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• Ericsson trims market outlook

  10-11-2015 01:00
  
  Swedish vendor raises restructuring charge guidance related to €966 million cost saving scheme.
  
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• Brazil spectrum auction to kick off on 17 December

  10-11-2015 01:00
  
  Anatel hopes to raise minimum of €398 million from sale of 1800-MHz, 1900-MHz, 2.5-GHz frequencies.
  
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