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• Canadian telecom companies aiming to crack into cloud services - The Globe and Mail (subscription)

  18-01-2016 23:22 via
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  Canadian telecom companies aiming to crack into cloud services
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  As Canadian telecom companies continue to invest in data centres, many are going beyond networking and data storage services and highlighting offers of more customized computing solutions for their business customers. While the market for wireless and ...
  

• Don't levy Swachh Bharat Cess on telecom services: COAI - Economic Times

  18-01-2016 17:25 via
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  Don't levy Swachh Bharat Cess on telecom services: COAI
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  NEW DELHI: GSM industry body COAI has asked the government that Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) should not be levied on telecommunication services as there are multiple other levies applicable on the industry. The government had imposed SBC at a rate of ...
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• WhatsApp drops annual fee

  18-01-2016 14:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) WhatsApp announced it will stop charging users an annual fee to access the messaging app. Registered users were previously asked to pay EUR 1/USD 1 for the app each year, although this was often waived in promotional offers. Jan Koum, co-founder of WahtsApp, made the announcement at the Digital-Life-Design Conference in Munich. In a blog posting, the company said many users do not have the required credit card to pay the fee online, making it difficult to collect the fee. Wha
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER unveil innovative new range of high speed radio frequency test components and VNA test leads at DesignCon 2016

  18-01-2016 14:00
  
  At DesignCon 2016 in Santa Clara, California, leading manufacturer of Global connectivity solutions, HUBER + SUHNER, will unveil innovative new additions to their radio frequency test assemblies and multicoax connector catalogues. The new VNA (vector network analyser) test lead series Sucotest 500V join the existing portfolio of assemblies including SUCOFLEX 100, Sucotest 18/18A and Sucotest 26/40, globally recognised as offering superior test measurement capabilities and elite quality of radio
  
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• Swisscom to test DSL+LTE bonding broadband service

  18-01-2016 12:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Swisscom has started testing a combination of the fixed-line and mobile networks to deliver faster broadband services. The DSL+LTE bonding pilot project involves selected residential customers. This technology combines the bandwidths of fixed-line and mobile networks, thereby allowing customers to benefit from a higher speed. 
  
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• Level 3 in interconnection deal with Google

  18-01-2016 12:00
  Arrangement between Level 3 and Google centres on 'bit mile balance' structure
  
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• Reliance Jio, RCom agree to share 800 MHz spectrum

  18-01-2016 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Indian operators Reliance Jio Infocomm and Reliance Communications (RCom) have signed agreements to share spectrum in the 800 MHz band across 17 circles. Under the deal, RCom will transfer its 800 MHz band spectrum in nine circles to Jio. Access to the enhanced spectrum footprint in the 800 MHz band will support their LTE services roll-out. The spectrum sharing agreement between Reliance Jio and RCom will result in network synergies, enhanced network capacity and spectrum opt
  
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• Afghan Taliban want telecom infrastructure 'protection tax'

  18-01-2016 09:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Taliban are demanding a "protection tax" from Afghan mobile phone companies, industry and militant sources told AFP. At a secret meeting last month near the Pakistani city of Quetta, the Taliban's central leadership formally demanded the tax from representatives of four mobile companies in exchange for not damaging their sites or harming their employees.
  
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• PCCW Global picks Aqua Comms for diversity

  18-01-2016 09:30
  PCCW Global is working with Aqua Comms to enable additional route diversity through the AEConnect subseacable system
  
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• Sandberg transfers USD 31 mln in FB shares to charity

  18-01-2016 09:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has set aside USD 31 million in the company's stock for her charity fund, according to an SEC filing seen by Re/code. The document shows that Sandberg transferred 290,000 shares to the Sheryl Sandberg Philanthropy Fund on 20 November, a day on which the shares closed at USD 107. The donor-advised fund allows givers to take tax breaks and to earn profit with no capital gains tax. Sandberg is expected to use her donation to promote gender equality progra
  
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• Qualcomm to make server chips with China's Guizhou Province

  18-01-2016 09:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Qualcomm has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China's Guizhou Province and unveiled a joint venture, the Guizhou Huaxintong Semi-Conductor Technology, which will focus on the design, development and sale of server chips. The new joint venture will start life with CNY 1.85 billion (around USD 280 million), 45 percent owned by Qualcomm and 55 percent by the Guizhou provincial government.
  
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• Equinix closes USD 3.8 bln Telecity acquisition

  18-01-2016 08:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) US data centre operator Equinix has completed the acquisition of UK-based Telecity for USD 3.8 billion, consolidating its position as the largest retail colocation provider in Europe. Originally announced in May as a recommended cash and share offer, the transaction was approved last week by Telecity shareholders and UK regulators, having obtained the European Commission's green light in November. As part of the deal, Telecity chairman John Hughes will be joining the board of dire
  
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• Facebook buys bandwidth from BSNL, to launch ISP in India

  18-01-2016 02:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Facebook will start operating as an internet service provider (ISP) across rural areas in India. The company has acquired bandwidth from state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in 125 rural areas for INR 100 million for three years, BSNL chairman and managing director Anupam Shrivastava told Business Standard. Facebook will enable entrepreneurs to offer internet in small data packages of INR 10 to end-users.
  
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• Zain appoints insider as chief risk officer

  18-01-2016 01:00
  
  AbdulGhaffar Setareh tasked with building on telco's group-wide risk management strategy.
  
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• Telefonica eyes $10bn deal for AT&T's LatAm pay TV assets

  18-01-2016 01:00
  
  A number of parties are reportedly interested in U.S. telco's pay TV operations, but it has yet to make a decision on how to proceed.
  
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• Singapore to restructure telco, media watchdogs

  18-01-2016 01:00
  
  Government to form two new regulators in second half of 2016.
  
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• RCom, Reliance Jio strike spectrum sharing, trading deals

  18-01-2016 01:00
  
  Indian operators to share 800-MHz frequencies across 17 circles.
  
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• Orange in Bouygues asset sale talks with Numericable-SFR, Iliad

  18-01-2016 01:00
  
  French incumbent reportedly sounds out rivals' interest in spectrum, customers, shops, network infrastructure.
  
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• Nigerian incumbent to start network build this quarter

  18-01-2016 01:00
  
  Nitel's new owner to roll out 4G infrastructure in three cities in March, according to press report, creating 4,000 jobs.
  
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• CityFibre closes Kcom deal

  18-01-2016 01:00
  
  U.K. fibre network operator completes £90 million acquisition it announced last year.
  
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• Ben Verwaayen joins Ofcom board

  18-01-2016 01:00
  
  Former CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, BT to serve four-year term in non-executive role at U.K. regulator.
  
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