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• Quebec's online gambling blocking plans challenged by telecom industry group - CalvinAyre.com

  27-07-2016 22:48 via calvinayre.com
  
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  Quebec's online gambling blocking plans challenged by telecom industry group
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  quebec-ip-blocking-legal-challenge Canada's leading wireless service provider industry group has mounted the latest court challenge of Quebec's controversial plan to block certain online gambling domains. On Wednesday, the Canadian Wireless ...
  Quebec's controversial website-blocking law Bill 74 faces court challenge from telecom groupFinancial Postall 5 news articles »
  
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• SFR to cut over a third of workforce in 2017 – report

  27-07-2016 22:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) SFR plans drastic cuts to its workforce from the start of July 2017, reports Le Monde quoting union representatives, with over 5,000 employees out of the current 14,300 at risk. Parent company Altice had pledged to keep SFR's headcount unchanged for three years when it negotiated the acquisition of the operator in mid-2014. SFR, which has not commented on the plans, is in the process of reducing the number of staff working in its retail operations, in a reorganisation expected to
  
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• Telecom API Market Outlook and Forecasts 2016-2021 - Revenue is Forecast to Reach $183.6 Billion - Research and ... - Business Wire (press release)

  27-07-2016 21:49 via businesswire.com
  
  Telecom API Market Outlook and Forecasts 2016-2021 - Revenue is Forecast to Reach $183.6 Billion - Research and ...
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  Telecom APIs enable a variety of new and unique business models, including carrier branded application stores, web mash-ups, two sided business models, and developer communities. Network operators leverage APIs to derive wholesale transaction ...and more »
  
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• Harish Rawat meets Rajnath, seeks better telecom services - Chandigarh Tribune

  27-07-2016 21:24 via tribuneindia.com
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  Harish Rawat meets Rajnath, seeks better telecom services
  Chandigarh Tribune
  Completion of the Tanakpur-Jauljibi National Highway; Rs 5.62 crore for police modernisation; Proposal of Rs 200 crore for residential accommodation of police personnel in 19 police stations and 101 posts pending with the Union government for one year.
  
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• Telecom API Market Outlook and Forecasts, 2021 - Certain ... - PR Newswire (press release)

  27-07-2016 19:11 via prnewswire.com
  
  Telecom API Market Outlook and Forecasts, 2021 - Certain ...
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  Telecom APIs enable a variety of new and unique business models, including carrier branded application stores, web mash-ups, two sided business models, ...and more »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom calls on Broadband Forum members to “Collaborate on ‘true convergence’ of mobile and fixed networks to unlock full potential of 5G”

  27-07-2016 18:23
  
  More collaboration among standards bodies and open source communities will be needed in order to achieve this, according to operator Berlin, Germany. July 27, 2016: As the Broadband Forum held its quarterly meeting in Berlin, Deutsche Telekom’s 5G Executive Program Manager Antje Williams called for true convergence between fixed and mobile networks so that a seamless experience could be delivered to consumers.Access-agnostic networks are a vital component in realizing the full potential of
  
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• Ghana parliament approves ICH regulations

  27-07-2016 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Parliament of Ghana has approved regulations that cover Interconnect Clearinghouse Services (ICH)...
  
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• Omantel to provide services at My City Centre Sur

  27-07-2016 17:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Oman operator Omantel has joined hands with Majid al Futtaim shopping mall to provide innovative telecoms solutions for the new My City Centre Sur in...
  
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• Vodafone Qatar completes QAR 1 bln network modernisation

  27-07-2016 17:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vodafone Qatar has completed its network modernisation programme, which began in 2015, spending nearly QAR 1 billion in total, said company chairman...
  
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• Telecom Stocks Earnings on Jul 28: ATEN, CLFD, CY & More - Yahoo Finance

  27-07-2016 17:33 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  Telecom Stocks Earnings on Jul 28: ATEN, CLFD, CY & More
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  With the earnings season getting into the groove, forecasts of a negative earnings growth remains the primary concern though the actual results are not as dreary as the initial forecasts. The pace of the growth is improving despite the presumption of a ...and more »
  
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• TIM Brasil to reduce investments in Brazil by 11% by 2018

  27-07-2016 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) TIM Brasil will cut its investment plan until 2018 by about 11 percent, taking advantage of the period of weak economic growth to bargain discounts...
  
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• Monaco Telecom deploys BillRun billing and CRM system

  27-07-2016 17:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Israeli company BillRun Technologies announced that its billing and customer care solution has been deployed by Monaco Telecom, as part of a 1-year...
  
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• Telecom Italia shares soar on fibre broadband JV, earnings forecast - Reuters

  27-07-2016 16:07 via reuters.com
  
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  Telecom Italia shares soar on fibre broadband JV, earnings forecast
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  July 27 Telecom Italia shares soared by 11 percent on Wednesday after it announced a new fibre broadband joint venture and nudged up its forecast for domestic core earnings this year following better-than-expected first-half results. The joint venture ...
  Telecom Italia Quarterly Earnings Advance on Cost ReductionsBloomberg
  Telecom Italia, Fastweb to create FTTH joint ventureTotal Telecom
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• Telecom Stocks Earnings on Jul 28: ATEN, CLFD, CY amp; More - Zacks.com

  27-07-2016 16:03 via zacks.com
  
  Telecom Stocks Earnings on Jul 28: ATEN, CLFD, CY amp; More
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  With the earnings season getting into the groove, forecasts of a negative earnings growth remains the primary concern though the actual results are not as dreary as the initial forecasts. The pace of the growth is improving despite the presumption of a ...and more »
  
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• Megafon sales, margins under pressure in Q2

  27-07-2016 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Revenues of the Russian mobile operator Megafon grew by 3.4 percent year-on-year in the second quarter to RUB 78.723 billion. OIBDA declined by 14.9 percent to RUB 29.554 billion, and net profit decreased by 44.4 percent to RUB 7.234 billion. CEO Sergey Soldatenkov said the increase in revenues was mainly caused by sales of end-user devices and fixed services sales. Mobile service revenue was down 2.3 percent to RUB 65.305 billion.
  
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• STC H1 revenue grows 6.6% to SAR 26.3 bln

  27-07-2016 15:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Saudi Telecom (STC) reported 6.6 percent increased in its revenue to SAR 26.34 billion in the first half of 2016...
  
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• Lebanon's minister of telecommunications visits Cyta

  27-07-2016 15:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Minister of Telecommunications of Lebanon, Boutros Harb, accompanied by senior officials of his Ministry and state company Ogero had an official visit to Cypriot operator Cyta...
  
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• Video is Yahoo’s big pull for Verizon, says CEO

  27-07-2016 15:45
  Verizon CEO wants to use Yahoo acquisition to target $180bn digital video market
  
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• T-Mobile US adds 1.9 million new customers in Q2

  27-07-2016 15:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) T-Mobile US has again increased its target for full-year customer growth, after adding 1.9 million new customers in Q2. Postpaid growth under the T-Mobile brand reached 890,000 new customers in the quarter, and T-Mobile raised the full-year target for this category to 3.4-3.8 million from 3.2-3.6 million previously. The customer growth helped drive a 12.1 percent annual increase in service revenue to USD 6.9 billion, and total revenues rose 12.8 percent to USD 9.2 billion. T-Mobil
  
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• REFILE-Iliad's Niel says holds no Telecom Italia shares or options - Reuters

  27-07-2016 15:10 via reuters.com
  
  REFILE-Iliad's Niel says holds no Telecom Italia shares or options
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  (Removes extraneous word in third paragraph). PARIS, July 27 Iliad founder and majority owner Xavier Niel is no longer financially exposed to Italy's number one telecoms operator Telecom Italia, his personal holding NJJ Holding said in a statement on ...and more »
  
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• Corning Q2 sales jump from Q1 as optical output recovers

  27-07-2016 14:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Corning reported a 15 percent surge in second quarter revenues compared to the first as sales at its optical communications division bounced back...
  
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• Comcast sees small drop in TV subs, broadband still strong

  27-07-2016 14:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Comcast lost 4,000 TV subscribers during Q2, but said it was the best performance in a second quarter for 10 years. Broadband customer growth also remained strong, adding 220,000 new users in the three months for a total 23.987 million, and telephony subscribers increased by 64,000 to 11.641 million. Total customer relationships rose by 115,000 to nearly 28.1 million, of which almost 10.3 million were on triple-play plans. Revenue from its cable business was up 6.0 percent year-on
  
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• Prysmian to Boost Activity in Asset Management Products and Services

  27-07-2016 14:30
  
  Signed contract with National Grid in UKPry-Cam is the group’s exclusive and revolutionary technology that helps assets owners to increase uptime, asset longevity and safety, while reducing maintenance costs and risks Milan, 27 July 2016 - Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a contract by National Grid - international electricity and gas company based in the UK and north eastern US - for the supply of...Source: RealWire
  
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• Ooredoo Qatar loses customers in Q2

  27-07-2016 14:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Ooredoo Qatar's number of customers reached 3.4 million at the end of June, approximately in line with the same period in 2015 and down slightly from 3.5 million reported at the end of Q1...
  
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• Mozambique plans merger of Mcel, TDM

  27-07-2016 14:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Mozambique will merge two state-owned telecommunications companies in a restructuring aimed at returning the loss-making firms to profitability...
  
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• UAE telecom operator Etisalat Q2 profit rises 51% - Gulf Business - Gulf Business News

  27-07-2016 14:17 via gulfbusiness.com
  
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  UAE telecom operator Etisalat Q2 profit rises 51% - Gulf Business
  Gulf Business News
  Abu Dhabi-listed Etisalat reported a 51 per cent rise in second-quarter net profit on Wednesday on the back of foreign exchange gains and lower finance costs ...and more »
  
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• Vodafone Qatar elects 3 independent board directors

  27-07-2016 14:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vodafone Qatar has elected three new independent members elected to the board. The three helected to the board by majority votes are Abdullah Nasser...
  
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• T-2 offers special discount for senior citizens

  27-07-2016 13:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Slovenian operator T-2 has introduced a special discount for pensioners called "Senior Campaign"...
  
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• Orange Slovakia's revenues slide in H1 to EUR 271 mln

  27-07-2016 13:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Orange Slovakia saw its revenues in H1 decrease to EUR 271.1 million from EUR 274.7 million a year ago, writes local publication Mobilmania.sk citing a company announcement...
  
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• Telefonica Brasil holds revenue steady in Q2, EBITDA up 3%

  27-07-2016 13:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telefonica Brasil saw 0.8 percent growth in revenue during the second quarter of 2016 to BRL 10.5 billion...
  
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• Quortus and Argela’s mobile edge computing healthcare proof of concept accepted by ETSI

  27-07-2016 13:01
  
  Project demonstrating network slicing and open access at the network edge will debut at MEC World Congress in SeptemberGuildford, UK – 27 July 2016 Quortus today announced that the proof of concept (PoC) proposal ‘Healthcare – Dynamic Hospital User, IoT and Alert Status Management’ submitted by the company and two collaborators has been accepted by ETSI’s Industry Specification Group for Mobile Edge Computing (ISG MEC).The PoC, created in partnership with infrastruc
  
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• Government drops plan for Rs 17.5k crore funds for telecom R&D, manufacturing - Economic Times

  27-07-2016 12:45 via economictimes.indiatimes.com
  
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  Government drops plan for Rs 17.5k crore funds for telecom R&D, manufacturing
  Economic Times
  NEW DELHI: Government has dropped a proposal to create three funds worth Rs 17,500 crore for promoting production of telecom equipments in the country as it can be covered under the Electronic Development Fund, Parliament was informed today.
  Call drop a black spot in Indian telecom story: Telecom MinisterTimes of India
  Call drops situation to improve in coming months: Telecom Minister
  
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• Telefonica Germany posts Q2 profit, lowers sales outlook

  27-07-2016 12:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telefonica Germany reported a net profit of EUR 252 million for the second quarter of 2016, reversing a loss of EUR 68 million a year earlier...
  
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• Nokia warned over wage discrimination among foreign staff

  27-07-2016 12:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Nokia has received a warning from Finland's State Administrative Agency over wage discrimination among its foreign employees...
  
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• Dayanidhi Maran called himself PM, telecom: Former TRAI chairman Baijal - Hindustan Times

  27-07-2016 12:29 via hindustantimes.com
  
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  Dayanidhi Maran called himself PM, telecom: Former TRAI chairman Baijal
  Hindustan Times
  Pradip Baijal says Dayanidhi Maran declared himself “Prime Minister, Telecom”, said he would take all decisions on telecom. To continue reading, we request you to support us by disabling your Ad Blocker. In order to serve content on our website, we ...
  
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• Zylpha Launches First PayPal Solution For Lawyers

  27-07-2016 12:25
  
  Leading UK legal systems innovator Zylpha (www.zylpha.com) has launched the first PayPal utility for legal practices. The new integration enables law firms to take clients’ payments easily including: initial ‘on account’ funds, disbursements, diarised invoice sums and final settlements. Zylpha believes that the new solution, which operates within LexisNexis Visualfiles, provides a fast, easy and customer friendly method of securing client funds. In addition, where required, The
  
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• Ericsson Nikola Tesla sees 7% growth in H1 sales

  27-07-2016 12:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Croatian telecommunications equipment manufacturer Ericsson Nikola Tesla reported a 7 percent growth in sales revenue in the first half of 2016 to...
  
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• O2 UK customer data up for sale on dark web

  27-07-2016 11:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Hackers have gained access to customer data from O2 UK and put it up for sale on the dark web, The Register reports...
  
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• IoT to further expand when oneM2M releases next set of specs this autumn

  27-07-2016 10:56
  
  Sophia Antipolis, France, 27 July 2016: oneM2M, the global standards initiative for Machine to Machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced another achievement in establishing a global interconnected society: its next set of official specifications, known formally as Release 2, which will be issued this autumn. The announcement comes as analyst firm Gartner forecasts that 6.4 billion IoT devices will be in use worldwide in 2016, with that figure set to...Source:
  
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• JD.com becomes preferred sales platform for Lenovo in China

  27-07-2016 10:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Chinese e-commerce company JD.com and Lenovo have expanded their existing relationship to address growing consumer and business demand for Lenovo products in China...
  
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• Eir proposes changes to senior loan facilities

  27-07-2016 10:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Irish operator Eir announced plans to make certain amendments to its existing Senior Loan Facilities...
  
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• BillRun Implements Billing and CRM Systems at Monaco Telecom ... - Business Wire (press release)

  27-07-2016 10:30 via businesswire.com
  
  BillRun Implements Billing and CRM Systems at Monaco Telecom ...
  Business Wire (press release)
  BillRun Technologies Ltd, a Tel Aviv based billing company specializing in open-source and cloud solutions, has completed implementation of an advance.
  Monaco Telecom deploys BillRun billing and CRM systemTelecompaper (subscription)all 2 news articles »
  
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• Telecom Italia Quarterly Earnings Advance on Cost Reductions - Bloomberg

  27-07-2016 10:02 via bloomberg.com
  
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  Telecom Italia Quarterly Earnings Advance on Cost Reductions
  Bloomberg
  Telecom Italia SpA posted the steepest increase in domestic quarterly earnings in seven years in a sign that Chief Executive Officer Flavio Cattaneo's push into more lucrative broadband services and accelerated cost cuts are starting to pay off. The ...
  Telecom Italia, Fastweb to create FTTH joint ventureTotal Telecom
  Telecom Italia gives investors reasons to hopeBreakingviews
  Telecom Italia raises FY guidance
  
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• EU regulators still concerned about privacy shield

  27-07-2016 09:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The EU's data protection regulators still have concerns about the 'privacy shield' agreed on data transfers to the US, but will await the first...
  
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• Amdocs sales up slightly in Q2, in line with outlook

  27-07-2016 09:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Amdocs reported revenue of USD 930 million for its fiscal third quarter to June, up from USD 908 million a year ago and in line with its outlook...
  
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• Telefonica may push through Telxius IPO by Q4 - report

  27-07-2016 09:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telefonica may still proceed with the planned IPO of infrastructure division Telxius before the end of the year depending on market conditions,...
  
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• Amdocs to manage AT&T ECOMP platform for NFV

  27-07-2016 09:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Amdocs said it will be the integrator for telecommunications companies and cloud developers who want to use AT&T's ECOMP platform to build their own software-centric network services...
  
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• Analog Devices to buy Linear Technology for USD 14.8 bln

  27-07-2016 09:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Analog Devices announced an agreement to acquire Linear Technology in a cash and stock transaction that values the combined enterprise at USD 30 billion...
  
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• TIM, Fastweb set up JV to bring FTTH to 29 Italian cities

  27-07-2016 08:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telecom Italia (TIM) has announced a joint venture with broadband provider Fastweb to invest a total of EUR 1.2 billion to accelerate the rollout of FTTH technology in 29 cities across Italy. The partnership envisages the establishment of a joint venture with 80 percent of the capital held by TIM and 20 percent by Fastweb. The aim is to bring 1Gbps connections to a total of around 3 million homes by 2020, with the partners also indicating that they could extend the joint venture t
  
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• Telecom Italia raises FY guidance after improved Q2 results

  27-07-2016 08:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telecom Italia raised its domestic earnings guidance for 2016 after reporting better-than-expected second quarter results, driven by the continued recovery of its mobile segment...
  
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