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• Klas Telecom Announces Name Change of its U.S. Government Sales Subsidiary - Business Wire (press release)

  24-06-2016 23:49 via businesswire.com
  
  Klas Telecom Announces Name Change of its U.S. Government Sales Subsidiary
  Business Wire (press release)
  WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Klas Telecom, an engineering and design company that specializes in developing secure, network-edge communications technology, announced today that it has renamed its subsidiary Klas Telecom Services, Inc. to Klas ...and more »
  
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• Vimpelcom takes control of Samara Telecom - Telecompaper (subscription)

  24-06-2016 19:04 via telecompaper.com
  
  Vimpelcom takes control of Samara Telecom
  Telecompaper (subscription)
  Russian mobile operator Vimpelcom, working under the Beeline brand, has acquired 100 percent of the voting shares in regional operator Samara Telecom from Vimpelcom, the controlling shareholder of Beeline. The acquisition was carried out in order to ...
  
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• Inoventica FY revenues to fall 23% this yr

  24-06-2016 18:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Russian company Inoventica expects that its revenues will drop by 23 percent this year, reports Comnews.ru...
  
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• CT to pay dividends, raise equity

  24-06-2016 18:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) During its AGM, Russian regional fixed operator Central Telegraph (CT) decided to pay RUB 0.2418 per privileged share in dividends, allocating RUB 1.339,660 billionfrom the net profit of 2015...
  
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• Sistema sells 1.45% stake in MTS

  24-06-2016 17:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Russian telecommunications holding company Sistema has sold 14,965,592 American Depositary Shares of Russian mobile operator MTS, representing 1.45...
  
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• Board okays demerger of Reliance Telecom's circles into Reliance Communications - Times of India

  24-06-2016 17:31 via economictimes.indiatimes.com
  
  Times of India
  Board okays demerger of Reliance Telecom's circles into Reliance Communications
  Times of India
  NEW DELHI: Reliance Telecom Ltd, a wholly-owned unit of Reliance Communications, will demerge its operations in five circles back into RCom which will allow customers to avail seamless 3G and 4G services, as per a board approval Friday. The move is ...and more »
  
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• Board okays demerger of Reliance Telecom's circles into Reliance Communications - Economic Times

  24-06-2016 17:31 via economictimes.indiatimes.com
  
  Economic Times
  Board okays demerger of Reliance Telecom's circles into Reliance Communications
  Economic Times
  NEW DELHI: Reliance Telecom Ltd, a wholly-owned unit of Reliance Communications, will demerge its operations in five circles back into RCom which will allow customers to avail seamless 3G and 4G services, as per a board approval Friday. The move is ...and more »
  
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• Nigeria: NCC Seeks House's Cooperation in Telecom Regulations - AllAfrica.com

  24-06-2016 17:30 via allafrica.com
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  Nigeria: NCC Seeks House's Cooperation in Telecom Regulations
  AllAfrica.com
  Following the recent reduction in MTN fine to N33 billion, coupled with the reaction of the members of the House of Representatives who had kicked against the reduction, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has called for more cooperation and ...
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• ER-Telecom offers automatic payment to corporate

  24-06-2016 17:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Dom.ru Business unit of Russian operator ER-Telecom has introduced an automatic payment option for its corporate subscribers, reports Newsler.ru...
  
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• FCC Wants Shot Clock on Team Telecom Reviews - Multichannel News

  24-06-2016 17:21 via multichannel.com
  FCC Wants Shot Clock on Team Telecom Reviews
  Multichannel News
  The FCC is proposing to recommend a 90-day shot clock on Executive Branch national security, foreign policy and trade reviews (so called "Team Telecom" reviews) of deals involving foreign ownership, as well as a greater role for the FCC in screening ...and more »
  
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• Telecom Stocks: The Sexy Alternative to Utilities (VZ T BCE CHT) - Investorplace.com

  24-06-2016 17:01 via investorplace.com
  
  Telecom Stocks: The Sexy Alternative to Utilities (VZ T BCE CHT)
  Investorplace.com
  In times past, when feelings of uncertainty in the market rose to uncomfortable levels, investors would turn to the safety and simplicity of the utilities sector to protect their capital while still generating dividend-based revenue. While utilities ...
  
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• Apple Vs. Android: Telecom Partner Explains Why iOS Is So Hard To Crack - CRN

  24-06-2016 16:53 via crn.com
  
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  Apple Vs. Android: Telecom Partner Explains Why iOS Is So Hard To Crack
  CRN
  The court battle between Apple and the federal government over Apple's decision to not help the FBI hack into an encrypted iPhone tied to last December's mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., came to a close earlier this year. The case over the ...
  
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• Oi granted injunctive relief in judicial recovery

  24-06-2016 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Brazilian operator Oi said that the the 7th Corporate Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro has granted injunctive relief in the judicial recovery proceeding requested by Oi and certain subsidiaries...
  
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• Liberty Global employees raise EUR 1.3 mln for Africa

  24-06-2016 16:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Unitymedia employees have raised EUR 1.3 million for the 'Send Me to School' project by the Lessons for Life Foundation at a two-day bicycle charity tour to Mechelen in Belgium...
  
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• Vote to fill Team Telecom's 'black hole' - Politico

  24-06-2016 16:02 via politico.com
  
  Vote to fill Team Telecom's 'black hole'
  Politico
  With help from Tony Romm, Margaret Harding McGill, Nancy Scola, Sandhya Raman and Victoria Guida. FIXING A 'BLACK HOLE' — The FCC will vote Friday on a proposal meant to streamline a transaction review process that Republican Commissioner ...and more »
  
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• Department of Telecom writes to Trai for views on annual spectrum charges - Economic Times

  24-06-2016 15:56 via economictimes.indiatimes.com
  Department of Telecom writes to Trai for views on annual spectrum charges
  Economic Times
  NEW DELHI: Seeking to expedite the proposed mega spectrum auction worth an estimated Rs 5.66 lakh crore, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has sought views of the sectoral regulator Trai on annual spectrum charge model that should be applied to the ...and more »
  
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• 81 Telecom Fraud Suspects Returned to China from Cambodia, Laos - CRIENGLISH.com

  24-06-2016 15:39 via english.cri.cn
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  81 Telecom Fraud Suspects Returned to China from Cambodia, Laos
  CRIENGLISH.com
  Chinese telecom fraud suspects are escorted off an aircraft by the police at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, April 30, 2016. A total of 97 Chinese telecom fraud suspects, including 32 ...and more »
  
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• BT, European names pace telecom losers post-Brexit vote - Seeking Alpha

  24-06-2016 15:23 via seekingalpha.com
  
  BT, European names pace telecom losers post-Brexit vote
  Seeking Alpha
  BT Group (NYSE:BT), the holder of longtime incumbent telecom British Telecommunications, is off 17.8% premarket, wiping more than $11B off its market value. Other key players in Britain and Europe are sharply lower as well. Telefonica (NYSE:TEF) is ...and more »
  
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• 1&1 launches "Fit for Job" programme for refugees

  24-06-2016 15:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) 1&1 announced it has launched a qualification programme for refugees dubbed "Fit for Job" as part of its integration initiative "Us together", which...
  
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• Commonwealth Telecoms Organisation names regional advisors

  24-06-2016 14:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has announced the appointment of two regional ICT advisors...
  
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• Orange Spain launches new customer loyalty programme

  24-06-2016 14:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Orange Spain has announced the launch of a new customer rewards programme called 'Ser de Orange' with numerous discounts and offers from the company's network of partners...
  
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• Malawi welcomes CTO plans for ICT development

  24-06-2016 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Malawian Information and Civic Education Minister Patricia Kaliati has welcomed plans for ICT development by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO)...
  
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• Altice takes control at Cablevision

  24-06-2016 14:15
  French group now owns fourth largest US cable TV operator after completion of takeover deal
  
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• Tata to pay USD 1 bln in damages to Docomo in JV dispute

  24-06-2016 13:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Japanese operator NTT Docomo has announced it received from the London Court of International Arbitration a binding arbitration award under the...
  
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• Israeli govt set to cancel connectivity fees - report

  24-06-2016 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Israel's Ministry of Communications is set to hold a hearing on cancelling connectivity fees between telecom operators in both the fixed line and GSM markets, Globes reported...
  
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• TRA launches Erteqa to enhance customer service centres

  24-06-2016 13:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper)The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has launched Erteqa, an initiative that aims to improve customer services, in collaboration with Etisalat and Du...
  
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• Columbus, Ohio wins DOT smart city transport challenge

  24-06-2016 13:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Columbus, Ohio has won the US Department of Transportation's Smart City Challenge...
  
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• YouTube adds live streaming to mobile apps

  24-06-2016 12:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) YouTube announced plans to start offering users of its mobile app the ability to live stream to the site. Following the success of Twitter's Periscope and Facebook Live, the Google video site said users of the Android and iOS YouTube apps can now broadcast live to the site. YouTube has previously show live events on the site, such as concerts or sports event. This is the first time it allows users to post their own live streams.
  
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• Equinix signs up Datang Telecom as a channel partner in China - DatacenterDynamics (registration)

  24-06-2016 12:34 via datacenterdynamics.com
  
  Equinix signs up Datang Telecom as a channel partner in China
  DatacenterDynamics (registration)
  Data center and internet exchange operator Equinix is teaming up with Datang Telecom Group to help grow its business in China. Under the terms of the partnership, state-owned telecom equipment manufacturer Datang Telecom will become the service ...
  
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• 3GPP finalises NB-IoT standards

  24-06-2016 12:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) The 3GPP announced that it has completed the standardisation of NB-IOT, the new narrowband radio technology developed for the Internet of Things (IoT) over mobile networks using licensed spectrum. The standards are implemented into Release 13 (LTE Advanced Pro). While corrections are still possible in the coming months, the feature is now frozen in the specification, and only essential backward-compatible changes will be allowed from now on, the standards group said. Mobile operat
  
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• Dtac starts anti-bullying campaign in Thailand

  24-06-2016 12:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Thai mobile operator Total Access Communication (Dtac) has launched a campaign called 'Use Your Head – Stop Watching, Stop Sharing, Stop Cyberbullying'...
  
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• Bolivia to implement frequency monitoring system

  24-06-2016 12:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bolivia's Authority for Regulation and Control of Telecommunications and Transport (ATT) has invited all potential bidders to submit expressions of...
  
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• Telecom Egypt will not be forced to sell Vodafone Egypt stake under 4G licence terms - TeleGeography

  24-06-2016 12:11 via telegeography.com
  
  Telecom Egypt will not be forced to sell Vodafone Egypt stake under 4G licence terms
  TeleGeography
  Fixed line incumbent Telecom Egypt (TE) will not be required to divest its stake in local mobile network operator Vodafone Egypt following the introduction of 4G services, Reuters reports. With TE currently holding a 45% stake in Vodafone Egypt, the ...and more »
  
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• Nova and Siminn lead Icelandic mobile market, Vodafone third

  24-06-2016 11:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) There is active competition on the Icelandic mobile network market, which is shared more or less equally by the three largest companies is more or...
  
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• CenturyLink SD-WAN system

  24-06-2016 11:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) CenturyLink has announced the market introduction of CenturyLink SD-WAN, a fully managed software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solution...
  
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• US court gives FBI right to hack computers without warrant

  24-06-2016 11:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) A US court, ruling in the Playpen child abuse case, has said the FBI has the right to hack into computers around the world without getting a local...
  
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• UPC, Bitdefender, Deloitte apply for Romania state subsidies

  24-06-2016 11:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) UPC, Deloitte and Bitdefender are among the companies that have applied for state subsidies for investment projects, reports ZF...
  
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• Microsoft Hungary names new business, consumer chiefs

  24-06-2016 11:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Gabriella Babel will take over from the beginning of July as head of Microsoft Hungary's enterprise business unit, and Peter Szabo will replace her as head of the consumer activities...
  
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• Orange not interested in Telecom Italia - CEO

  24-06-2016 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Stephane Richard, the CEO of French telecommunications group Orange, has ruled out any possibility of a merger with Telecom Italia, closing the door...
  
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• Prysmian Group Brings Ultra-Broadband to Wikimania 2016

  24-06-2016 10:50
  
  Wikipedia annual conference in Italy uses RetractaNetxs systemMilan, June 24th, 2016 - Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has deployed a fibre optic network able to bring ultra-broadband connection to the 2016 edition of Wikimania, the annual conference celebrating Wikipedia and its sister free knowledge projects. Hundreds of volunteer editors came together in the town of Esine Lario, on Lake Como to learn about and discuss projects, approaches and...S
  
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• SES inks R&D partnership deal with Singapore's EDB

  24-06-2016 10:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) SES has signed a partnership agreement with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), marking its inaugural cooperation with EDB's Office for...
  
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• Telefonica to add football to all Fusion+ offers - report

  24-06-2016 09:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telefonica is set to add prime Spanish and European football games to all Movistar Fusion+ packages in a bid to attract more subscribers to its most popular convergent offers, reports El Pais...
  
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• Fastweb, Iliad vying for Wind, 3 Italia assets - report

  24-06-2016 08:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) VimpelCom and CK Hutchison have potential deals in place with broadband provider Fastweb and Xavier Niel's Iliad to establish a new mobile operator in Italy, according to an unnamed source cited by the Financial Times. The news appears to confirm previous reports indicating that Wind and 3 Italia, the Italian subsidiaries of VimpelCom and CK Hutchison, have offered to sell assets including 8,000 network sites, frequencies and a roaming deal to create a fourth mobile operator in It
  
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• Maroc Telecom launches FTTH across Morocco

  24-06-2016 08:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Maroc Telecom has announced that its Fibre to the Home (FTTH) service is now available in every major city in Morocco after positive results from trials in selected districts in Casablanca and Rabat. The company provides two packages: 50 and 100 Mbps. Customers can also choose between Fiber Optic only or as part of the MTBox package. MTBox Fiber Optic allows unlimited calls to domestic fixed-line numbers and, depending on the package chosen, 5 to 10 hours of free calls to domestic
  
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• Emirates Islamic launches social media campaign for charity

  24-06-2016 08:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) UAE-based Islamic financial institution Emirates Islamic has launched the 'Bring Happiness' social media campaign, which aims to connect people in need with those who can offer their support...
  
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• Etisalat Nigeria employees give career counseling

  24-06-2016 08:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Etisalat Nigeria is providing a career counseling programme for secondary school students held in Epe, Lagos State...
  
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• India cabinet oks 'largest ever' spectrum sale - report

  24-06-2016 07:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) India's Union Cabinet has approved the next spectrum auction plan. The government hopes to raise nearly INR 5.66 trillion from this auction...
  
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• Sri Lanka Telecom launches cross-country cycle race

  24-06-2016 06:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Sri Lanka Telecom has launched the 'SLT Speed Up Cycle Sawariya' cross-country cycle race...
  
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• US IoT spending to hit $357bn in 2019

  24-06-2016 02:00
  
  IDC says manufacturing, transportation sectors will be biggest IoT spenders in 2016.
  
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• Telefonica strikes 5G deals with ZTE, Huawei

  24-06-2016 02:00
  
  Spanish incumbent strengthens cooperation via ZTE MoU; signs next-gen RAN agreement with Huawei.
  
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