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• Morocco Blocks VoIP Services to Shore Up Telecom Companies: Oxford Business Group - Morocco World News

  04-03-2016 21:31 via
  Morocco Blocks VoIP Services to Shore Up Telecom Companies: Oxford Business Group
  Morocco World News
  The ban, which applies to Morocco's three main mobile operators – Maroc Télécom, which is majority owned by the UAE's Etisalat; Méditel, a local affiliate of France's Orange; and Inwi, which is owned by local company Wana – was met with protest from ...and more »
  

• Heat is on Telecom Italia's CEO as Vivendi pushes on strategy - Reuters

  04-03-2016 20:40 via
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  Heat is on Telecom Italia's CEO as Vivendi pushes on strategy
  Reuters
  MILAN A jump in the company's share price should brighten the mood of any chief executive but that is unlikely to have been the effect this week on Marco Patuano, the head of Telecom Italia. After he strategy meeting in Paris with executives from his ...
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• Telecom Italia wants deal with Metroweb investors in coming weeks: sources - Reuters

  04-03-2016 20:35 via
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  Telecom Italia wants deal with Metroweb investors in coming weeks: sources
  Reuters
  MILAN Italian phone company Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI) wants to reach an agreement with investors in fiber optic company Metroweb in coming weeks to development of a broadband network in Italy, two sources close to the matter said on Friday. Metroweb is ...
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• What the FCC Set-Top Box Vote Means for Tech and Telecom Stocks - Motley Fool

  04-03-2016 20:24 via
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  What the FCC Set-Top Box Vote Means for Tech and Telecom Stocks
  Motley Fool
  Regulators just handed down one of the most important rulings in recent memory for the cable industry. Here's what investors need to know. Andrew Tonner. (TMFTheDude). Mar 4, 2016 at 2:24PM. Apple Tv Interface View Source: Apple. With its clunky ...and more »
  

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• Check Out the Creepy Ruins Of a Soviet Telecom Facility - Popular Mechanics

  04-03-2016 18:47 via
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  Check Out the Creepy Ruins Of a Soviet Telecom Facility
  Popular Mechanics
  Ralph Mirebs has a hobby that takes him to some extreme locations: He loves exploring the ruins of his native Russia. We've previously featured his photos of the abandoned Soviet space shuttle and the Energia rocket, but now he's back with a new ...
  

• SK Telecom-led Consortium Completes Roll-out of National Test Networks for Quantum Cryptography Communication - Business Wire (press release)

  04-03-2016 16:52 via
  SK Telecom-led Consortium Completes Roll-out of National Test Networks for Quantum Cryptography Communication
  Business Wire (press release)
  SEOUL, Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) announced today that a consortium led by SK Telecom began operating national test networks for quantum cryptography communication in five different areas in Korea. “With the operation of the ...
  SK Telecom-Led Consortium Rolls Out National Test Networks for Quantum Cryptography Communications (
  

• Telenor, SBB launch joint offer of telecom services

  04-03-2016 16:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telenor Serbia and Serbian cable operator SBB have presented Superset, a joint offer of mobile and fixed telephony, digital TV, mobile and fixed internet services...
  
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• Univision Goes Dark on AT&T U-Verse, Accuses Telecom of "Discriminatory Behavior" - Hollywood Reporter

  04-03-2016 15:49 via
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  Univision Goes Dark on AT&T U-Verse, Accuses Telecom of "Discriminatory Behavior"
  Hollywood Reporter
  "AT&T is redlining our audience by refusing to recognize the value of the Univision networks and the consumers we serve," the Spanish-language media giant says. Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications' networks and stations have gone ...and more »
  

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• Comcast names Wilson-Scott SVP, Community Investment

  04-03-2016 15:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Comcast NBCUniversal named Dalila Wilson-Scott as SVP of Community Investment and President of the Comcast Foundation...
  
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• ETB sees slight drop in losses in 2015

  04-03-2016 15:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Colombian operator ETB ended 2015 with losses of COP 36.5 billion, slightly down on the COP 38 billion loss in 2014...
  
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• Facebook to bill UK customers directly, not from Ireland

  04-03-2016 14:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Facebook has announced plans to start billing customers in the UK from its local subsidiary, rather than through Ireland, a move that is expected to make the company liable for higher taxes in the UK, the Guardian reports. Starting in April, the social network said it will change its policy so that revenue generated from its largest advertisers displaying content on Facebook will be routed through the UK rather than Ireland. The company added that the move had been plann
  
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• Telefonica issues EUR 600 mln in 5-year bonds

  04-03-2016 13:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telefonica has issued EUR 600 million in international bonds maturing in 2021 with an annual coupon of 0 percent...
  
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• HPE revenues down 3% in Q1 on forex effects

  04-03-2016 13:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) reported revenues of USD 12.7 billion in its fiscal first quarter to 31 January, the company's first full quarter results since HP separated into two entities. The result was 4 percent up on the Q1 2015 result of USD 13.1 billion on a constant currency basis and 3 percent down on a reported basis. Non-GAAP diluted net earnings per share came in at USD 0.41, at the top end of the previously provided outlook of USD 0.37 to USD 0.41 per share, with HP
  
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• Dominican Republic mobile users grow to 8.7 mln in November

  04-03-2016 13:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) There were 8.70 million mobile telephone lines in operation in the Dominican Republic at the end of November 2015, according to data published by the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel)...
  
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• Huawei becomes patron of Prince's Trust

  04-03-2016 13:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Huawei, which this year celebrates 15 years in the UK, has become a Patron of The Prince's Trust after 10 years as a member of the charity...
  
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• Colombian operators are in favour of single regulator

  04-03-2016 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Colombian telecom operators gathered during the Andina Link 2016 event have stressed the need to update the Law on Television and unify the...
  
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• KPN buys rest of RoutIT

  04-03-2016 12:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) KPN has acquired the rest of RoutIT, the company confirmed to Telecompaper. RoutIT is a wholesale cloud services provider for the SME market...
  
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• Logosoft offers all packages for BAM 1 during 3 months

  04-03-2016 12:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bosnian operator Logosoft has launched a new promotional offer for its Logo packages that include IPTV and mobile telephony with minutes to all networks...
  
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• Makedonski Telekom offers additional loyalty points

  04-03-2016 12:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Makedonski Telekom will award an additional 1,000 loyalty points to all mobile telephony users that sign a contract for a new Smart portfolio or the Magenta 1 package...
  
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• Sony introduces 'Future Lab' R&D initiative

  04-03-2016 11:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Sony has launched a research and development initiative dubbed the 'Future Lab Program'...
  
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• Mexican regulator fines Maxcom MXN 31.6 mln for QoS issues

  04-03-2016 11:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Mexican telecoms regulator IFT has fined Maxcom a total of MXN 31.6 million for a series of quality of service issues...
  
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• Broadcom revenue up 8% to USD 1.8 bln in fiscal Q1

  04-03-2016 11:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Broadcom saw its net revenue for the first fiscal quarter to 31 January increase 8 percent to USD 1.771 billion. Gross margin was  USD 941 million,...
  
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• Nextel sheds 121,000 subscribers in Q4, slashes capex

  04-03-2016 11:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) NII Holdings, which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, reported 121,000 net subscriber losses in the fourth quarter to reach a total of 4.3 million...
  
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• Telecom Italia CEO discusses future with Vivendi executives

  04-03-2016 10:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telecom Italia CEO Marco Patuano has held a meeting with Vivendi executives in Paris to discuss strategy issues amid signs that the French media group is reviewing his position, according to unnamed sources cited by Bloomberg. Patuano's term as CEO is due to end in a year and Vivendi is said to be losing patience with his leadership after investing some EUR 3.5 billion to increase its stake in the Italian operator to 23.8 percent. The sources said the executives discussed issues s
  
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• Apple has support of Google, Microsoft, others in FBI case

  04-03-2016 09:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Apple said it has received Amicus briefs supporting its stance against an FBI request to help unlock the iPhone of the shooter in the San Bernardino case in California. Aside from law professors and various associations, Apple also received support from Amazon, Box, Cisco, Dropbox, Evernote, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nest, Pinterest, Slack, Snapchat, WhatsApp, and Yahoo, as well as Intel and AT&T, plus others.
  
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• Talktalk Telecom Group PLC (LON:TALK) Receives GBX 257.75 Consensus PT from Analysts - The Vista Voice

  04-03-2016 08:58 via
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  Talktalk Telecom Group PLC (LON:TALK) Receives GBX 257.75 Consensus PT from Analysts
  The Vista Voice
  Talktalk Telecom Group PLC logo Shares of Talktalk Telecom Group PLC (LON:TALK) have received an average recommendation of “Hold” from the nineteen research firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Five investment analysts ...
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• Argentina approves Telecom Argentina, Nextel sales - report

  04-03-2016 08:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Argentina's new telecoms regulator Enacom has approved Telecom Italia's sale of its controlling stake in Telecom Argentina to investment firm Fintech and NII Holdings' sale of the remaining 51 percent stake in Nextel Argentina to Cablevision, reports local daily La Nacion, citing a source at the regulator. "Yes, the Enacom board has approved the sale of Telecom and Nextel," said the source, adding that "we carried out a technical assessment and the transactions are impeccable." He
  
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• UPDATE 1-Argentine regulator okays sale of controlling stake in Telecom Italia unit - Reuters

  04-03-2016 02:09 via
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  UPDATE 1-Argentine regulator okays sale of controlling stake in Telecom Italia unit
  Reuters
  (Adds details on deals, context). BUENOS AIRES, March 3 Argentina's new telecoms regulator on Thursday approved Telecom Italia's sale of its controlling stake in Telecom Argentina to investment firm Fintech, a source at the regulator said. Telecom ...
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  Gov't OKs Fintech's purchase of TelecomBuenos Aires Herald
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• Telecom reeling from excessive taxes: SDPI - The News International

  04-03-2016 01:13 via
  Telecom reeling from excessive taxes: SDPI
  The News International
  ISLAMABAD: Censuring the exorbitant tax burden on telecom sector, the 60th meeting of Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) Study Group on Information Technology and Telecommunication on Thursday concluded that Rs40 billion annual ...
  

• Telecom Italia CEO's job under threat...from Vivendi

  04-03-2016 01:00
  
  French shareholder has met with possible replacements for Patuano, seeks to transform telco into Southern European media group, sources say.
  
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• Smartphone market to slow to single-digit growth in 2016

  04-03-2016 01:00
  
  IDC predicts cheap Androids to account for bulk of this year's 1.5 billion units.
  
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• Regulator OKs Telecom Italia's Argentina sale

  04-03-2016 01:00
  
  ENACOM also approves sale of Nextel Argentina to Grupo Clarin, source confirms.
  
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• MTN full-year profit tumbles

  04-03-2016 01:00
  
  Weak economy, fierce competition, Nigeria fine take their toll on South Africa-based telco's results.
  
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• Mexico confirms AWS spectrum auction results

  04-03-2016 01:00
  
  America Movil to pay 2.1 billion pesos for AWS-1 and AWS-3 spectrum, AT&T faces lower bill.
  
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• India supreme court to make call drop decision next week

  04-03-2016 01:00
  
  Telcos reportedly told to comply with TRAI's controversial new regulation until at least 10 March.
  
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• CJ Hellovision holders approve SK Telecom deal

  04-03-2016 01:00
  
  Operator pushes on with merger amid staunch opposition from rivals.
  
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• Around the world in 20 news stories

  04-03-2016 01:00
  
  Regulators hit the headlines in Latin America, its all-go in India, U.S. operators focus on content, and the rumour mill turns in Europe.
  
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