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• GSA completes initial agency telecom inventory - FCW.com

  05-02-2016 21:30 via
  FCW.com
  GSA completes initial agency telecom inventory
  FCW.com
  The General Services Administration's Transition Coordination Center completed initial inventory validations for agencies' telecommunications services on Jan. 29, said Mary Davie, assistant commissioner of GSA's Office of Integrated Technology Services.and more »
  

• Kazakhtelecom offers online payments without commission

  05-02-2016 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Subscribers of Kazakhstan national operator Kazakhtelecom can now pay for the operator's services without commission fee on its corporate online portal...
  
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• Canada's telecom sector slows to a crawl, but 1.4 percent growth is ahead in 2016, economist says - FierceTelecom

  05-02-2016 19:16 via
  Canada's telecom sector slows to a crawl, but 1.4 percent growth is ahead in 2016, economist says
  FierceTelecom
  Canada's telecom industry may not be on the right growth path: A number of factors including high debt, combined with limited job prospects are making it difficult for the country's consumers to spend more on their telecom services -- limiting growth ...
  

• Free State Foundation Unveils Telecom Conference Lineup - Broadcasting & Cable

  05-02-2016 18:05 via
  Free State Foundation Unveils Telecom Conference Lineup
  Broadcasting & Cable
  The Free State Foundation has named a D.C. all-star lineup of speakers for its eighth annual Telecom Policy Conference March 23 at the National Press Club including FCC and FTC commissioners, top FCC officials and National Cable ...and more »
  

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• Datagroup creates new position for interoperator relations

  05-02-2016 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Ukrainian operator Datagroup has appointed Sergey Odinets the head of the project to develop the inter-operator business, reports Ht.ua...
  
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• A1 invites graduate programme applications

  05-02-2016 17:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) A1 Telekom Austria is inviting applications for the 2016 Graduate Programme. A total of 20 places are available to university graduates for 12-months on-the-job training. The programme starts in May...
  
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• BT Ireland appoints senior sales roles at business unit

  05-02-2016 17:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) BT Ireland has expanded its business division with the appointment of several new senior sales professionals...
  
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• What Will Big Telecom Become Next? - Knowledge@Wharton

  05-02-2016 17:13 via
  What Will Big Telecom Become Next?
  Knowledge@Wharton
  If you want to give yourself some perspective on just how profound the digital revolution has been, consider what it has done to the telecom sector. Businesses that were once boring utilities transmitting voice through copper to fixed locations have ...
  

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• Implications of the Anti-Terrorism Law for Telecom and Internet Companies - Lexology (registration)

  05-02-2016 15:29 via
  Implications of the Anti-Terrorism Law for Telecom and Internet Companies
  Lexology (registration)
  On 27 December 2015, the standing committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China passed the Anti-Terrorism Law of China, the first national law to combat terrorism, which came into force on 1 January 2016. The Anti-Terrorism Law imposes ...
  

• PT wants to extend discounts for disabled to Meo service

  05-02-2016 15:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Portugal Telecom Foundation wants to extend the discounts available for disabled people to the Meo pay-TV service, reports TeK...
  
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• Oi injects EUR 500 million into PT International Finance

  05-02-2016 13:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Brazilian operator Oi has injected EUR 500 million into its subsidiary PT International Finance, which inherited all the debts of the old PT, reports Jornal de Negocios...
  
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• Moldova authority gets 30% percent more complaints in 2015

  05-02-2016 13:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The number of complaints received by Moldova's telecommunications authority Anrceti rose by 30 percent in 2015 to 210. The number of requests for...
  
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• Romanian end-users send 19% more complaints to Ancom in 2015

  05-02-2016 13:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Romanian telecommunications authority Ancom received and settled more than 2,000 complaints from the electronic communications users in Romania in 2015, that is 19 percent more than in 2014...
  
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• DT named most valuable European telecommunications brand

  05-02-2016 12:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Deutsche Telekom has achieved the highest brand value in its history, at USD 33.19 billion...
  
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• German telecom intercepts increased in 2014

  05-02-2016 12:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The German federal intelligence service (BND) has extended the internet and phone surveillance permitted by law in 2014, according to a report by the...
  
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• Intracom Telecom to present smart city products at MWC

  05-02-2016 12:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Intracom Telecom announced it will unveil a number of products for 'Smarter Connected Societies' at the MWC technology event...
  
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• IFT to finalise America Movil dominance review in November

  05-02-2016 11:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Mexico's Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) won't complete its review of the dominance rules imposed on America Movil until November, reports local daily El Universal...
  
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• TDC Q4 revenues, EBITDA stable but special items bite

  05-02-2016 11:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Danish group TDC, which presented a new group strategy last week for 2016 to 2018, said fourth quarter revenues were little changed, but it posted a...
  
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• Orange Luxembourg sales edge up to EUR 64.8 mln in Q4

  05-02-2016 11:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Orange Luxembourg reported EUR 64.8 million of revenue in 2015, compared with EUR 62.3 million in 2014, in a market the company describes as focused...
  
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• Vodafone NZ sponsors neighbourhood website Neighbourly

  05-02-2016 11:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vodafone has joined as a corporate partner the free neighbourhood networking website Neighbourly, which lets local businesses advertise to their communities, Stuff.co.nz reports...
  
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• KPN management buy more shares in company

  05-02-2016 11:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) KPN announced that its top executives have bought additional shares in the company, underling their confidence in the operational, financial and strategic progress of the Dutch operator...
  
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• Iveda ships 1,100 Zee cloud cameras for VNPT in Vietnam

  05-02-2016 11:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Iveda, an enabler of cloud-based video surveillance through licensing its Sentir platform, has shipped 1,100 Zee plug and play cameras to its exclusive reseller in Vietnam...
  
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• KPN to distribute Base proceeds to shareholders

  05-02-2016 11:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) KPN confirmed it will pay out part of the proceeds of selling its Belgian unit Base as dividends...
  
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• NTT Group's 9-month net profit jumps more than 34%

  05-02-2016 09:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Japanese operator NTT Group reported a 34.3 percent increase in its net profit for the nine months ended 31 December 2015 to JPY 604 billion...
  
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• BCE raises CAD 6.3 mln for mental health

  05-02-2016 09:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bell Canada (BCE) announced that it will donate CAD 6.3 million in support of mental health projects after Canadians and people worldwide sent a...
  
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• Nixon to replace O'Neill as BCE chairman

  05-02-2016 09:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bell Canada (BCE) has announced that chairman Thomas O'Neill would retire at an AGM scheduled for 28 April. The board plans to nominate Gordon M Nixon as chairman...
  
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• Yahoo loses executive who came in with MessageMe

  05-02-2016 09:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Yahoo executive Arjun Sethi, who sold mobile messaging startup MessageMe to Yahoo in 2014, has announced his resignation, the Wall Street Journal reported...
  
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• Neustar revenues up 11% in Q4 to USD 280 mln 

  05-02-2016 09:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Neustar saw its revenue for the fourth quarter of 2015 increase 11 percent to USD 280.2 million...
  
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• Symantec welcomes USD 500 mln, board member from Silver Lake

  05-02-2016 09:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Symantec has received a USD 500 million investment from Silver Lake, with Ken Hao, a managing partner at the private equity firm, taking a seat on the company's board, the Wall Street Journal reported. With the money, Symantec will buy back more shares, cut costs and push forward on a transformation plan it launched in 2014. It also plans to return USD 5.5 billion in capital to shareholders in the coming year, also using proceeds from the recent sale of its Veritas data-storage an
  
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• BCE increases Q4 sales on solid Bell Mobility growth

  05-02-2016 09:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bell Canada (BCE) reported CAD 5.6 billion of revenue in the fourth quarter of 2015, 1.4 percent more than the fourth quarter of 2014, led by strong...
  
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• Australia raises AUD 544 mln in 1,800 MHz band auction

  05-02-2016 08:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Optus, Telstra, TPG and Vodafone all secured spectrum in Australia's 1,800 MHz band auction, resulting in total proceeds of AUD 543.5 million, the Australian Communications and Media Authority announced. Optus will pay the most, at AUD 196 million, Testra AUS 191 million, TPG Internet AUD 88 million and Vodafone AUD 68 million. The auction of regional lots of 2x5MHz started in November last year and ran for 29 working days. The new frequencies are expected to help the operators st
  
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• Orange reshuffles management in east Europe

  05-02-2016 07:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Orange has announced a number of changes to its senior management in Europe. Gervais Pellissier remains Executive Director for Europe, while Bruno Duthoit, currently the CEO of Orange Polska, will join his team as Deputy Executive Director for Europe, responsible for Central Europe. In addition, Orange Romania's CEO Jean-Fransois Fallacher will take up the role of CEO at Orange Poland, and Orange Moldova's CEO Liudmila Climoc will become CEO of Orange Romania. Orange Rom
  
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• Virgin Media CEO backs 3UK/O2 merger

  05-02-2016 01:00
  
  Tom Mockridge says remedies have potential to enhance, not curb, competition.
  
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• The plot thickens: Vodafone wants Openreach, mobile merger gets a new fan

  05-02-2016 01:00
  
  Virgin Media surprises industry watchers by coming out in support of the O2/3UK tie-up, while Vodafone's chief executive is keen to invest in BT's network access arm.
  
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• Telstra wholesale chief resigns

  05-02-2016 01:00
  
  Long-serving Stuart Lee to be replaced by business head Will Irving.
  
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• TDC earnings fall in Q4 on pressure in Denmark

  05-02-2016 01:00
  
  Danish operator reports hefty declines in revenue and EBITDA in its home market.
  
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• Swisscom to close call centres, cut jobs

  05-02-2016 01:00
  
  Swiss incumbent shares plan to save €270 million in costs by 2020.
  
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• Australia's two-month 1800-MHz auction raises A$543.5m

  05-02-2016 01:00
  
  Four companies secure spectrum, with Optus and Telstra spending the most.
  
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• 4G to account for third of global M2M connections by 2020 – Cisco

  05-02-2016 01:00
  
  Cisco's Visual Networking Index also plots rise of LPWA connections.
  
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