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• Apple: China Telecom Data Points To Strong iPhone December Quarter - Seeking Alpha

  22-01-2016 21:26 via
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  Apple: China Telecom Data Points To Strong iPhone December Quarter
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• Smart City Projects: 3 Tech and Telecom Companies Building the Future of Connected Cities - Motley Fool

  22-01-2016 21:00 via
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  Smart City Projects: 3 Tech and Telecom Companies Building the Future of Connected Cities
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  With the help of AT&T, Verizon, and Microsoft, smart city projects are starting to take off. Chris Neiger. (TMFNewsie). Jan 22, 2016 at 3:00PM. Smart City Project Image source: Verizon. As sensor technologies have become cheaper and analytics software ...and more »
  

• Talktalk Telecom Group PLC (TALK) Coverage Initiated by Analysts at Charles Stanley - EMQ

  22-01-2016 20:17 via
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  Talktalk Telecom Group PLC (TALK) Coverage Initiated by Analysts at Charles Stanley
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  Talktalk Telecom Group PLC logo Charles Stanley initiated coverage on shares of Talktalk Telecom Group PLC (LON:TALK) in a research report sent to investors on Thursday morning, Market Beat Ratings reports. The brokerage issued a hold rating on the ...
  Talktalk Telecom Group PLC (TALK) Now Covered by Analysts at Charles StanleyCorvus Business Newswire
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• Bell Integrator opens branch in Riga

  22-01-2016 17:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Russian company Bell Integrator has opened a new branch office in the city of Riga, reports Cnews.ru...
  
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• Verizon Becomes Newest Telecom to Join ONOS Open Source SDN Project - The VAR Guy

  22-01-2016 16:00 via
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  Verizon Becomes Newest Telecom to Join ONOS Open Source SDN Project
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  Verizon has joined ONOS, an open source Linux Foundation collaborative project for building an SDN-based networking platform for telecommunications service providers. Verizon has become the newest member of ONOS, a Linux Foundation collaborative ...and more »
  

• TIM, Ducati launch new accident prevention campaign

  22-01-2016 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telecom Italia (TIM) and Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati have again joined forces for the second edition of their safe driving initiative called 'TIMguardaavanti' ('TIMlookahead')...
  
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• Inabox names Pesquet as COO and Ford as CTO

  22-01-2016 14:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Australian wholesale aggregator of telecommunications services Inabox Group announced the appointment of Vincent Pesquet as Chief Operating Officer (COO)...
  
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• Hrvatski Telekom sponsors Bug Future Show

  22-01-2016 14:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Croatian operator Hrvatski Telekom is sponsoring the Bug Future Show, taking place on 28 January in Zagreb...
  
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• Brazilian telecom fund invests BRL 250 mln in R&D in 2015

  22-01-2016 14:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) In 2015, Brazil's Fund for the Technological Development of Telecommunications (Funttel) invested more than BRL 250 million in support of research and innovation in telecommunications projects...
  
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• Telecom Sector Will Need Over 4 Million Workforce by 2022: Prasad - NDTV

  22-01-2016 13:46 via
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  Telecom Sector Will Need Over 4 Million Workforce by 2022: Prasad
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  India's telecom sector, which is growing at 15 percent annually, will require 4.16 million skilled workforce by 2022, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Friday. Stressing on the need to train people, he said India should develop an ...
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• What Lies Ahead For Telecom ETFs In 2016? - Seeking Alpha

  22-01-2016 13:05 via
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  The U.S. telecommunications industry is presently well poised on the growth trajectory, with the momentum likely to continue in 2016 as well. Apparently, telecommunications is one of the few industries to have undergone rapid technological improvement ...
  

• CA readies deployment of KES 3 bln universal services fund

  22-01-2016 13:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Communications Authority of Kenya says it has finally begun deployment of the KES 3 billion Universal Service Fund (USF) collected from telecommunication service providers over the last two years...
  
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• STC chief keen on 50 pct stake in Kuwait's Viva

  22-01-2016 12:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Saudi Telecom (STC) CEO Khaled Al-Biyari believes that owning 50 percent of Kuwaiti affiliate Viva would be reasonable...
  
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• Deutsche Telekom cut costs with bogus self-employed staff

  22-01-2016 11:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Deutsche Telekom used hundreds of bogus self-employed people in its business segments T-Systems and T-Online for several years, and had to pay more...
  
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• Court rejects union complaint over Vodafone-Ono redundancies

  22-01-2016 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Social Chamber of Spain's Audiencia Nacional (National High Court) has rejected a complaint lodged by the CCOO trade union over the redundancy...
  
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• Eir confirms price increases for business customers

  22-01-2016 10:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Irish operator Eir has announced price increases for business customers from April...
  
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• Catalan MVNO Parlem launches 1 Gbps fibre offer

  22-01-2016 10:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Spanish MVNO Parlem, present in Catalonia, has reached an agreement with fixed broadband operator Adamo to launch a convergent offer, reports tech website Xataka Movil...
  
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• Dutch govt wants to expand data breach obligations

  22-01-2016 10:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) The Dutch government wants to implement an obligation to report data breaches and cyber security...
  
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• Mitel to pay down USD 25 mln against credit facility

  22-01-2016 10:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Business cloud and mobile communications company Mitel announced that it will be making a USD 25 million payment against its existing credit facility as a result of its strong cash position...
  
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• Google paid Apple USD 1 bln for search on iPhone - report

  22-01-2016 09:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Google received USD 1 billion from Apple in 2014 to carry its search bar on the iPhone, reports Bloomberg, based on transcripts of a court proceedings from Oracle's copyright lawsuit against Google. Speculation about how much Google pays have circulated for years, but the firms never disclosed it publicly. Oracle attorney Annette Hurst said a Google witness questioned during pre-trial information disclosed that at one time the revenue share was 34 percent. The transcript did not m
  
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• TeliaSonera, Ericsson to launch 5G services in 2018

  22-01-2016 09:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) TeliaSonera has announced a strategic partnership with Ericsson to launch 5G services in the Swedish and Estonian capitals of Stockholm and Tallinn in 2018. As part of the agreement, the two companies will develop 5G use-cases and service scenarios, including both communication and Internet of Things (IoT) services, with a view to addressing new business opportunities. TeliaSonera CEO Johan Dennelind said the company was determined to be at the forefront of 5G deployment. "Stockho
  
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• Vodacom SAfrica chief officer quits

  22-01-2016 09:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vodacom South Africa consumer business unit chief officer Godfrey Motsa, has left the telecom operator for greener pastures...
  
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• Safaricom CEO appointed to sustainable business commission

  22-01-2016 09:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Kenyan operator Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore has been appointed to the Global Commission on Business and Sustainable Development, a new initiative...
  
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• Kenya's CA wants KES 300 bln for ICT national needs

  22-01-2016 09:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) needs to mobilise KES 300 billion to close the country's ICT access gap, even as it floats bids for the...
  
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• Nielsen to add Facebook to Social Content Ratings

  22-01-2016 09:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Nielsen announced that it is expanding Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings to include programme-related conversations on Facebook. The ratings will become Nielsen's Social Content Ratings, described as the first solution to measure aggregate-level programme-related conversations, including posts shared with friends and family, with followers, and publicity. The expanded ratings are due to launch in the first half of the year, and will be available in the markets where Nielsen Twitter TV Ra
  
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• Gameloft opens office in Nigeria

  22-01-2016 09:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) French digital and social game publisher Gameloft has opened trade office in Nigeria, the company's second in Africa after Johannesburg, where it has been present since 2012. Gameloft has increased its revenue in Africa by 536 percent over the last four years, partly thanks to its partnership with local phone operators and manufacturers. Gameloft is present in most African countries through partnerships with operators including MTN, Orange, Vodafone, Safaricom and Oordeoo. New dis
  
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• IBM acquires Ustream live video platform

  22-01-2016 08:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) IBM has acquired Ustream, a provider of cloud-based live video streaming services. The move will extend the IBM Cloud platform to help enterprise clients unlock the value of video. Financial terms were not disclosed but reports put the deal at around USD 130 million.
  
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• Verizon records subscriber increase in Q4

  22-01-2016 08:45
  Verizon Communications posted revenues of $34.25 billion in the three months ending December 2015, a 3.2% increase from the previous year
  
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• Panasonic deploys digital signage system at Brazil stadium

  22-01-2016 08:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Panasonic has installed a digital signage system dubbed 'Digital Media Center', consisting of 220 sets of Viera TV and signage server in Brazil at Arena da Baixada...
  
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• Mtel donates BGN 300,000 in 2015

  22-01-2016 08:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bulgarian operator Mtel made donations totalling more than BGN 300,000 in 2015. An amount of BGN 75,000 went to foster care, BGN 50,000 to ecology,...
  
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• Virgin Media to shed 900 UK jobs under restructuring plan

  22-01-2016 01:00
  
  U.K. cable operator to increase overall staffing levels, but outsourcing will play a part.
  
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• UK broadband advertising is set to become even less interesting

  22-01-2016 01:00
  
  Counting the true cost of U.K. broadband has become so difficult the regulators have stepped in.
  
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• TeliaSonera plans Sweden, Estonia 5G launch in 2018

  22-01-2016 01:00
  
  Telco partners with Ericsson to work on use cases for the next generation of mobile technology.
  
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• MTN Nigeria fine hearing set for 18 March

  22-01-2016 01:00
  
  Lagos High Court gives parties two more months to settle dispute over $3.9 billion penalty.
  
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• India plans new spectrum auction for early summer

  22-01-2016 01:00
  
  Multi-band spectrum sale to take place in May-June timeframe, India's telecom secretary says.
  
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• Cellnex-F2i in lead for INWIT with €4.50-per-share offer

  22-01-2016 01:00
  
  Consortium's bid for Telecom Italia's towers business makes strategic sense, but comes in below firm's closing share price on Thursday.
  
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• Arcep warns scrapping roaming fees in overseas departments will destabilise markets

  22-01-2016 01:00
  
  French telco regulator urges government to introduce measures to protect operators.
  
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