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• Telephone.ru opens shops in 26 cities in Siberia

  11-02-2016 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Russian retail chain Telephone.ru has opened its branded shops in 26 cities and towns in 10 regions across Siberia, reports Cnews.ru...
  
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• Telecom companies to terminate MMS service in phased manner - Deccan Chronicle

  11-02-2016 21:38 via
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  Telecom companies to terminate MMS service in phased manner
  Deccan Chronicle
  Hyderabad: Multi-Media Services which are being offered by all mobile networks will be withdrawn in a phased manner. MMS was introduced by mobile operators in south India in 2000-01, and about 5,000 users, mostly those with GPRS (General Pocket ...
  

• Telecom Stock Roundup: Strong Q4 for BCE while Charter Communications Disappoints, Verizon Eyes Yahoo Assets - Zacks.com

  11-02-2016 21:22 via
  Telecom Stock Roundup: Strong Q4 for BCE while Charter Communications Disappoints, Verizon Eyes Yahoo Assets
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  The last week was not among the happier ones for the telecom sector as all major stocks lost value on the bourse. Nevertheless, a few developments were worth noting. On the earnings front, Canadian telecom firm BCE Inc. (BCE - Analyst Report) reported ...and more »
  

• Tattelecom net profit margin hits 10% in 2015

  11-02-2016 19:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Russian regional operator Tattelecom, working in Tatarstan republic, announced that its net profit totaled RUB 789 million in 2015. The net profit margin amounted to 10 percent...
  
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• Tile Expands into UK; Sales Top 4.5 Million Units

  11-02-2016 17:17
  
  Sales double after just three months in US retail stores.Tile, the most successful crowdfunded product of all time, is now the #1 global Bluetooth tracker.London, 11th February 2016: Tile, makers of the world’s leading Bluetooth tracker and companion app, is officially launching in the UK following its announcement that it has now shipped more than 4.5 million Tiles. Tile is a Bluetooth tracker and companion app that helps people find lost possessions such as keys,...Source: RealWire
  
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• TIM Brasil to cut 1,000 jobs by March - report

  11-02-2016 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) TIM Brasil plans to eliminate about 8 percent of its workforce in a first step to lower costs and improve efficiency, two people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg...
  
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• Telefonica selects Oracle for Spanish network update

  11-02-2016 16:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Oracle Communications has signed a contract with Telefonica to modernise the Spanish operator's domestic network for the delivery of converged services...
  
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• Brazil regulator approves Oi purchase of ARM Telecom

  11-02-2016 16:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) has approved, without restrictions the acquisition of the assets and liabilities of ARM...
  
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• Portuguese telecom equipment market down by 9% in Q4

  11-02-2016 16:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Portuguese market for Technical Consumer Goods (TCG) was worth EUR 730 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, representing a fall of 5 percent year-on-year, according to Temax GfK data...
  
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• Tele2 partners hip-hop duo for video campaign

  11-02-2016 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Tele2 Netherlands announced a cooperation with the hip-hop duo Lil Kleine and Ronnie Flex for a video campaign around their new track 'Niet omdat het moet'...
  
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• Finnish govt group proposes information security strategy

  11-02-2016 15:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The government of Finland has announced plans to become the world leader in corporate information security...
  
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• One offers prizes for switching to electronic billing

  11-02-2016 15:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Macedonian operator One is continuing to motivate its customers to join its Eco-activation campaign and activate the Electronic bill service...
  
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• Procera Networks launches virtualised OEM platform framework

  11-02-2016 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Procera Networks virtualised its OEM platform, making it possible for OEMs to implement its deep packet inspection (DPI) technology as a Virtualised Network Function...
  
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• Dominican telecom operators to invest over DOP 18 billion

  11-02-2016 15:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The three major telecom operators in the Dominican Republic have announced investments of more than DOP 18.2 billion and new companies are expected...
  
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• Warid teams up with UWC to educate underprivileged students

  11-02-2016 15:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Pakistani operator Warid Telecom has joined hands with United World Colleges (UWC) for an event aimed at bringing parents together to share their...
  
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• 78 teams qualify to next round of Zain's competition

  11-02-2016 15:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) of the Pan Arab region, in partnership with Community Jameel, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Abdul Latif...
  
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• Nigeria plans ICT parks in Ibadan, Katsina

  11-02-2016 15:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Nigeria's ICT Minister Adebayo Shittu says the ministry plans to establish two Information Technology Parks in the country...
  
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• Claro to invest DOP 12 million in Dominican Republic

  11-02-2016 15:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The president of Claro in the Dominican Republic, Oscar Pena announced that the company will invest DOP 12 billion in 2016, reports Hoy...
  
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• Bamba Group gets backing by US investment firm

  11-02-2016 15:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) TechstarsKenya's SMS-based data collection IT firm Bamba Group has received backing from Techstars, a US company which invests in high-potential technology-based start-ups, Business Daily reported...
  
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• Vodafone Portugal spends 50% of sponsorship on music

  11-02-2016 15:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vodafone Portugal spends over 50 percent of its budget for sponsorships on music, brand director Leonor Dias told Jornal de Negocios in an interview...
  
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• Qualcomm unveils Gigabit mobile modem, wearables platfom

  11-02-2016 14:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Qualcomm launched three new Snapdragon processors, a Gigabit Class LTE modem and a new Snapdragon Wear platform for wearables. The three new Qualcomm Snapdragon processors, namely the Snapdragon 625, 435 and 425, are designed to deliver some of the latest premium-tier user experiences, using custom-developed technology including camera, video, gaming and connectivity, to the broader smartphone ecosystem. Also, Qualcomm Technologies introduced its sixth-generation discret
  
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• The Morning Download: Nokia Warns of Telecom Equipment Slowdown Amid Uncertainty Over Customer Capital ... - Wall Street Journal (blog)

  11-02-2016 14:33 via
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  The Morning Download: Nokia Warns of Telecom Equipment Slowdown Amid Uncertainty Over Customer Capital ...
  Wall Street Journal (blog)
  Good morning. Nokia Corp. warned on Thursday that it expects a slowdown in the telecommunications equipment market, yet another sign of trouble in the IT markets and the global economy. Profits rose, yet the company said the outlook reflects problems, ...
  

• Airtel Tanzania customers to share TZS 3 bln bonus

  11-02-2016 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Airtel Tanzania has announced the distribution of interest to more than its 6 million Airtel money customers including the super and retail agents...
  
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• Axtel Q4 revenues up 19%, closes merger with Alestra

  11-02-2016 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Mexican operator Axtel reported revenues of MXN 2.83 billion in the fourth quarter of 2015, up 19 percent on the year-earlier figure of MXN 2.38 billion...
  
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• Airtel, Axiata to merge operations in Sri Lanka - report

  11-02-2016 13:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel is in talks to merge its Sri Lanka unit into Dialog Axiata. The transactions involves a share-swap deal, ET reports, citing two unnamed people familiar with the matter. A potential Airtel Lanka-Dialog Axiata merger will be similar to the recent merger of Bharti Airtel and Axiata's telecom units in Bangladesh. Axiata will be the dominant shareholder and Airtel a strategic minority holder in the combined entity, the same sources added.
  
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• Natcom says to employ 10,000 Nigerians

  11-02-2016 13:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Nigerian Telecommunications (Nitel) and its mobile subsidiary (Mtel) are to employ 10,000 Nigerians, according to Olatunde Ayeni, chairman of Natcom, the new owner of Nitel and Mtel...
  
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• Verizon to trial new LTE-U system

  11-02-2016 12:15
  Verizon has announced plans to trial a LTE-Unlicensed system to enhance capacity over the unlicensed 5 gigahertz band
  
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• NTT subsidiary appoints new president

  11-02-2016 12:15
  NTT Communications data centre subsidiary RagingWire has named Douglas Adams as its new president effective immediately.
  
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• AdaptiveMobile partners with three Tier-1 operators to secure RCS traffic in North America

  11-02-2016 12:02
  
  As RCS ‘takes off’, carriers turn to AdaptiveMobile to proactively secure services and protect usersDALLAS and DUBLIN, 11 February 2016 – AdaptiveMobile, the world leader in mobile network security, today announced that the Company has signed landmark deals with three Tier-1 carriers in North America to protect their strategic RCS messaging infrastructures. RCS has long been projected to be the future of mobile messaging with the 2015 Global Strategic Business Report projecting
  
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• NBCUniversal launches SVoD reality service Hayu

  11-02-2016 11:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) NBCUniversal International has launched a new subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) reality service called hayu. The service is curated and fully integrated with social media. It will launch in Australia in March on a range of devices (mobile, tablet, laptop and connected TV). At launch, the streaming service will include over 3,000 episodes of reality content. It will add 500+ episodes each year, the majority of which will debut on the service on the same day as they premiere in th
  
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• United Internet becomes largest shareholder in Tele Columbus

  11-02-2016 09:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) United Internet announced it has agreed the acquisition of 15.31 percent of shares in cable operator Tele Columbus. If the acquisition is approved, United Internet would have a total indirect shareholding, together with further shares acquired in the course of 11 February, of 25.11 percent in Tele Columbus. This would make it Tele Columbu's largest shareholder. United Internet said it believes that Tele Columbus is a well-positioned company with attractive market opportunitie
  
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• Nokia Sees Demand Cooling for Telecom Gear - Wall Street Journal

  11-02-2016 09:40 via
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  Nokia Sees Demand Cooling for Telecom Gear
  Wall Street Journal
  Nokia Corp. warned on Thursday of an impending slowdown in the telecommunications-equipment sector amid growing worries about the health of the global economy, just as the Finnish company's integration of the recently acquired Alcatel-Lucent SA ...
  Finnish telecom giant Nokia leaves investors in dark over outlookETTelecom.comall 354 news articles »
  

• Twitter shifts company structure as Q4 net loss narrows

  11-02-2016 09:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Twitter said fourth quarter revenues jumped 48 percent from the year before to USD 710 million. Excluding negative forex effects, revenues would have risen 53 percent. Twitter also announced it will be changing its organisational structure to ensure more disciplined execution.
  
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• HBO Now reaches 800,000 subscribers

  11-02-2016 09:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) HBO Now has attracted 800,000 paying subscribers since the standalone streaming TV service launched in April last year. The figure was announced by HBO Chief Richard Plepler in a conference call on parent company Time Warner's annual results. Pieper said growth should increase as the service is expanded to more distribution platforms, noting that Now is not yet available on Playstation and Xbox. For HBO Go, the on-demand service offered with the premium channel, those platforms ac
  
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• Nokia ups dividend as Q4 profit increases 63%

  11-02-2016 08:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Nokia reported revenues from continuing operations up 3 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter to EUR 3.6 billion. The result excludes the Here division sold to carmakers. Sales growth was helped by currency effects; excluding these, revenues fell 3 percent. The Networks division posted sales down 5 percent, while the licensing business Nokia Technologies more than doubled sales, thanks to the arbitration pay-out from Samsung. Nokia's net earnings rose to EUR 0.13 per share fr
  
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• Cisco raises dividend 24% after strong Q2

  11-02-2016 08:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Cisco reported revenue for its fiscal second quarter to 23 January up 2 percent year-on-year to USD 11.8 billion. The results exclude its set-top box business sold to Technicolor and were at the high end of Cisco's forecast for flat to 2 percent higher sales in the quarter. The company's net profit jumped 31 percent to USD 3.1 billion, and adjusted EPS increased 8 percent to USD 0.57. Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said the strong Q2 results were down to "managing the business extremely
  
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• SK Telecom and Ericsson to build pilot 5G network - ZDNet

  11-02-2016 04:36 via
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  SK Telecom and Ericsson to build pilot 5G network
  ZDNet
  SK Telecom and Ericsson will begin building an end pilot trial system for fifth-generation networks, the companies have announced. The move follows SK's successful demo of 5G network slicing technology last October in SK Telecom's research lab in Seoul.and more »
  

• Taking on big telecom: Here's how the net neutrality fight was won, but the battle's not over yet - Economic Times (blog)

  11-02-2016 02:09 via
  Bangkok Post
  Taking on big telecom: Here's how the net neutrality fight was won, but the battle's not over yet
  Economic Times (blog)
  A few days ago, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) formally rejected Facebook's 'Free Basics' scheme. But if anybody believes that the battle is over and the issue is settled, she is clearly wrong. The issue is not just Free Basics and ...
  Indian telecom regulator blocks Facebook's Free Basics serviceBangkok Postall 924 news articles »
  

• Verizon to trial SpiderCloud's LTE-U kit

  11-02-2016 01:00
  
  Operator aims to boost indoor mobile capacity in busy locations.
  
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• United Internet ups holding in Tele Columbus

  11-02-2016 01:00
  
  German ISP becomes cableco's largest shareholder, but a full takeover is not on the cards.
  
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• UK ministers say 'significant' further work needed on surveillance bill

  11-02-2016 01:00
  
  Committee welcomes bigger role for judges in authorising spying on public Internet use.
  
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• Softbank reports 26% fall in nine-month profit

  11-02-2016 01:00
  
  Japanese operator's revenue increases 7.9% to ¥6.8 trillion on strong domestic growth, U.S. dollar.
  
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• Nokia warns of China slowdown as Q4 profit jumps

  11-02-2016 01:00
  
  Vendor says it is too soon after the Alcatel-Lucent deal to provide 2016 revenue guidance.
  
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• MTS wins 2.6-GHz spectrum in part one of Russian auction

  11-02-2016 01:00
  
  Lot one raises €44.5 million; second batch of frequencies go on sale on Thursday.
  
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• Millicom Q4 revenues hit by currency headwinds

  11-02-2016 01:00
  
  Emerging markets operator hits 63 million mobile customers; forecasts modest service revenue growth.
  
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• Bharti Airtel, Axiata in Sri Lanka merger talks

  11-02-2016 01:00
  
  Report claims proposed deal will have structure similar to recently-agreed Bangladesh tie-up.
  
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• AsiaInfo seeks telco early adopter for cloud BSS

  11-02-2016 01:00
  
  Chinese vendor partners with Amazon Web Services to build business Internet platform.
  
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