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• Investments in Tech Up to Close Out Week, Telecom Stocks Dip ... - Morning Consult

  21-10-2016 21:46
  
  Morning Consult
  Investments in Tech Up to Close Out Week, Telecom Stocks Dip ...
  Morning Consult
  Shares in the U.S. telecommunications industry dropped 0.16 percent and the Standard and Poor's 500 Index fell slightly by 0.03 percent with a little over a half ...and more »
  
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• Fitch outlook on Lankan telecom sector stable - Daily Mirror

  21-10-2016 20:37
  
  Fitch outlook on Lankan telecom sector stable
  Daily Mirror
  Fitch Ratings has maintained a stable outlook on Sri Lanka's telecoms sector despite higher taxes slapped on telcos. “We expect the credit profiles of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT, B+/Negative/AAA(lka)/Stable) and Dialog Axiata PLC (Dialog, AAA(lka)/Stable ...and more »
  
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• Telecom Regulator For Over Rs. 3000 Crore Penalty On Airtel, Vodafone, Idea - NDTV

  21-10-2016 20:23
  
  NDTV
  Telecom Regulator For Over Rs. 3000 Crore Penalty On Airtel, Vodafone, Idea
  NDTV
  In the big dispute between telecom companies, the regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), has given its verdict and imposed a stiff penalty of Rs. 50 crore per circle for the existing telecom companies. In all, the combine fine amount ...
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• TRAI asks Department of Telecom to impose Rs 3050 cr fine on Airtel, Vodafone, Idea - The Indian Express

  21-10-2016 20:20
  
  The Indian Express
  TRAI asks Department of Telecom to impose Rs 3050 cr fine on Airtel, Vodafone, Idea
  The Indian Express
  As per TRAI's recommendation, the penalty for Airtel and Vodafone works out to about Rs 1,050 crore each, while in case of Idea Cellular it comes to about Rs 950 crore. By: PTI New Delhi Published:Oct 21, 2016, 23:50 ...and more »
  
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• Telecom Regulator Seeks Way To End Lacunae In Interconnect Rules - NDTV

  21-10-2016 18:55
  
  NDTV
  Telecom Regulator Seeks Way To End Lacunae In Interconnect Rules
  NDTV
  New Delhi: Following complaints of denial of interconnection facility, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday floated a paper to explore standard rules that can be applied to end arbitrary moves of existing players. "New TSPs ...and more »
  
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• Wobcom revenues grow 7.7%, EBITDA up 17%

  21-10-2016 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) German regional network operator Wobcom reports revenues of EUR 14.5 million for 2015, growing by 7.7 percent year-on-year, according to its annual...
  
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• Tanzania's BoT, TRA seek TCRA help to curb funds theft

  21-10-2016 16:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) plans to assist the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) and Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) to check the...
  
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• Orange Luxembourg Q3 revenue declines on regulatory impact

  21-10-2016 16:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Orange Luxembourg reported an annual drop in revenue of 8.3 percent in the third quarter, hurt by the ongoing impact of EU roaming regulations and by decreasing handset sales...
  
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• BTC to compensate customers affected by hurricane

  21-10-2016 14:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bahamas operator BTC has announced that it will compensate customers that are continuing to experience service outages after Hurricane Matthew hit the island at the start of the month...
  
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• Top Telecom Stocks to Buy Now - Motley Fool

  21-10-2016 14:22
  
  Motley Fool
  Top Telecom Stocks to Buy Now
  Motley Fool
  When it comes to investing in U.S. wireless companies, AT&T and Verizon still stand head-and-shoulders above T-Mobile and Sprint. Andrew Tonner. (TMFTheDude). Oct 21, 2016 at 8:22AM. Getty Wireless Device. Image source: Getty Images. In investing ...
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• Cytanet supports scouts organisation

  21-10-2016 14:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Cypriot operator Cytanet is providing support to local scouts organisation 'Soma proskopon kiprou'...
  
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• AT&T launches roaming services in Cuba

  21-10-2016 14:15
  AT&T has launched roaming services in Cuba almost two months after signing agreements for roaming and direct interconnection with Cuban authorities
  
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• Sweden had 8 addresses without basic telecoms in September

  21-10-2016 13:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Sweden has good access to telephony and internet service at a minimum of 1 Mbps at homes and workplaces. So said regulator PTS in its follow-up report, 'Access to telephony and basic internet'...
  
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• Romanians port more than 3.3 mln numbers in 8 years

  21-10-2016 13:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Romanians ported 3.3 million numbers since number portability was launched on 21 October 2008. Of these, 2.679 million are mobile telephony numbers and 635,622 are fixed telephony numbers...
  
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• European IT & Software Excellence Awards 2017 announced

  21-10-2016 13:23
  
  Pan-European Awards for ISVs, Solution Providers, Systems Integrators, Software Vendors, Service Providers and DistributorsRecognising Excellence in IT and Telecoms Channels, Software and Solutions[London, 21 October 2016] IT Europa announced today that it will stage the European IT & Software Excellence Awards 2017 in London on 30 March 2017. Now in their ninth year, the European IT & Software Excellence Awards have been designed to recognise and reward excellence in European software d
  
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• Telia Denmark lifts Q3 mobile revenue but subscribers fall

  21-10-2016 12:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telia said net sales improved at it Danish arm in the third quarter of 2016, although service revenues declined by 0.7 percent in local currencies...
  
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• Sonera Q3 mobile subscribers drop but EBITDA edges up

  21-10-2016 12:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telia Company said its Finnish arm, Sonera, saw its mobile billed revenue growth climb to 6 percent in the third quarter, supported by upselling...
  
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• Twilio prices offering of 7 mln shares

  21-10-2016 12:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Twilio has priced its public offering of 7 million shares at USD 40.00 per share. About 641,222 of the shares are being offered by Twilio and 6 .36 million by stockholders...
  
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• Globe hikes 2016 capex to USD 1 billion

  21-10-2016 12:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Philippines operator Globe Telecom has raised its capital expenditures (capex) for 2016 to over USD 1 billion, after the company's board has approved...
  
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• German digital economic index continues to grow

  21-10-2016 11:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The German Digital Economic Index has grown from 49 index points in 2015 to 55 index points this year, according to the annual Monitoring-Report...
  
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• The #SpaceWatchME IBC 2016 Interviews: Mahdi Mehrabi of North Telecom - SpaceWatch Middle East (press release) (subscription) (blog)

  21-10-2016 11:16
  
  SpaceWatch Middle East (press release) (subscription) (blog)
  The #SpaceWatchME IBC 2016 Interviews: Mahdi Mehrabi of North Telecom
  SpaceWatch Middle East (press release) (subscription) (blog)
  SpaceWatch Middle East conducted a series of interviews during the International Broadcast Convention 2016 in Amsterdam in September. This interview is with Mahdi Mehrabi, Chief Technical Officer and Managing Director Asia of North Telecom.
  
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• Telia Sweden Q3 consumer gains offset by enterprise woes

  21-10-2016 11:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telia Company said its Swedish arm had stable growth in its consumer segment in the third quarter of 2016, but there was pressure in parts of the enterprise sector...
  
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• Samsung launches Newsroom platform in India

  21-10-2016 11:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Samsung Electronics has launched Newsroom India, a one-stop destination for news and digital content from Samsung...
  
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• Proximus launches developers portal with APIs

  21-10-2016 10:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Belgian operator Proximus announced the launch of a new portal for developers, called Proximus EnCo...
  
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• Orange Belgium grows Q3 revenues 1.7%, EBITDA up 7.2%

  21-10-2016 10:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Orange Belgium reported third-quarter revenues up 1.7 percent year-on-year to EUR 311.1 million...
  
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• Optus Satellite, Aeeris partner on remote worker services

  21-10-2016 10:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Optus Satellite has signed a partnership agreement with Aeeris, the developer, operator and provider of the Early Warning Network (EWN)...
  
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• Ceresa named LG Italia information display director

  21-10-2016 10:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) LG Electronics Italia has announced the appointment of Sergio Ceresa as new director of its information display business unit...
  
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• Sepura, Eastcom renew partnership deal in China

  21-10-2016 10:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Critical communications systems provider Sepura, in partnership with Eastcom, have renewed their distribution and joint development agreement for Sepura products in the Chinese market...
  
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• Sawiris says Oi recovery plan 'not convincing'

  21-10-2016 10:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris believes that Oi's recovery plan is "not convincing" as, from an operational point of view, it does not include what needs to be done...
  
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• Vivacom sees 96 trainees complete internship programme

  21-10-2016 09:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bulgarian operator Vivacom announced that 96 trainees successfully completed its 13th consecutive 'VivacomX' summer internship programme...
  
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• Dtac's Q3 net profit drops 46% to THB 659 mln

  21-10-2016 09:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Thai mobile operator Dtac ended the third quarter with a total customer base of 24.82 million, slightly down by 0.1 percent from 24.85 million in September 2015...
  
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• AT&T, Time Warner meet on possible merger - report

  21-10-2016 09:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Senior executives at AT&T and Time Warner have met in recent weeks to discuss various business strategies including a possible merger, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The talks, which at this stage are informal, have focused on building relations between the companies rather than establishing the terms of a specific transaction, the report said, noting that neither side has yet hired a financial adviser.
  
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• Market report Telecom stocks lead market lower - Arkansas Online

  21-10-2016 09:09
  
  Market report Telecom stocks lead market lower
  Arkansas Online
  A day of mostly listless trading on Wall Street ended Thursday with U.S. stocks giving back modest gains from the day before. Telecom sector stocks declined the most, weighed down by a slide in shares of AT&T, Sprint and other phone companies.and more »
  
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• Telia posts SEK 8.8 bln loss on Uzbekistan settlement

  21-10-2016 08:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telia reported a net loss of SEK 8.81 billion for the third quarter, compared to a profit of SEK 4.59 billion a year ago, due to provisions of SEK 12.5 billion for settling investigations into alleged corruption in obtaining its licence in Uzbekistan. Underlying profit from continuing operations, which excludes its activities in Eurasia and Spain up for sale, was up 0.4 percent year-on-year to SEK3.60 billion. Telia completed the sale of Yoigo in Spain during the quarter and said
  
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• Microsoft grows underlying earnings on expansion in cloud

  21-10-2016 08:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Microsoft reported better-than-expected results for its fiscal first quarter to September, driven by continued strength in its cloud services business. Revenue was little changed year-on-year at USD 20.5 billion, but excluding Windows deferral revenues and currency effects, rose 5 percent. Operating profit fell 10 percent to USD 5.2 billion, and net profit dropped 4 percent to USD 4.7 billion, also impacted by currency effects. Excluding one-time effects, earnings rose 9 percent,
  
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• Ericsson sales decline 14% in Q3 on lower demand

  21-10-2016 08:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Ericsson said sales continued to fall in the third quarter, with revenues declining 14 percent from the year before to SEK 51.1 million. Sales were particularly impacted at the Networks segments, down 19 percent, as well as from less demand for broadband, especially in markets with a weak macro-economic environment. Economic weakness in regions such as Latin America, the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa weighed. Sales in Europe, China and North America also went lower year-on-ye
  
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• RCS&RDS' net profit jumps 300% in H1

  21-10-2016 06:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Romanian company RCS&RDS reached a turnover of RON 1.58 billion in H1 in Romania, that's up 26 percent over the previous year's interval, writes local paper Ziarul Financiar...
  
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• Telia swings to Q3 loss on Uzbekistan settlement provision

  21-10-2016 02:00
  
  Sweden-based telco reports flat revenue, slight decline in EBITDA.
  
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• Telefonica launches big data business

  21-10-2016 02:00
  
  Luca to offer big data as a service, consultancy services, and sell anonymous, aggregated data generated by its networks.
  
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• Google's 'pixellated iPhone' goes on sale

  21-10-2016 02:00
  
  Android maker's first in-house smartphone carries a decidedly Apple-y whiff.
  
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• Ericsson sees more gloom following dismal Q3

  21-10-2016 02:00
  
  Vendor expects weaker than normal sales growth in Q4, says revenue will take a hit from a scaled-down services contract in North America.
  
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