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• What can be done to bolster telecom cloud security? - RCR Wireless News

  22-11-2016 16:27
  
  RCR Wireless News
  What can be done to bolster telecom cloud security?
  RCR Wireless News
  Cloud access security brokers are seen as one way telecom operators can ensure robust protection as they venture into the cloud. With telecom operators increasing their reach into cloud environments, steps need to be taken in order to ensure such moves ...
  
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• VMware names VP to target telco market

  22-11-2016 15:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vmware announced an expanded focus on communication service providers (CSPs) and telecommunications carriers (telcos), and the promotion of Shekar...
  
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• Orange Romania launches winter holiday promotion

  22-11-2016 15:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Orange Romania launched a winter promotion whereby customers can subscribe to Orange Me or Orange Net mobile subscriptions between 22 November 2016...
  
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• Watchdog excludes FirstNet from list of telecom operators

  22-11-2016 15:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Latvian national telecommunications regulator SPRK has taken the decision to exclude operator FirstNet from the list of providers of telecommunications services...
  
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• Trump names advisers for FCC transition

  22-11-2016 15:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) US president-elect Donald Trump has named two advisers to assist him with telecom policy and the transition to the new administration at the Federal Communications Commission...
  
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• Unifi Communications acquires Rome-based WIS Telecom

  22-11-2016 15:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Unifi Communications, a US-based international telecommunications operator, announced the acquisition of 100 percent of WIS Telecom from Libero...
  
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• Italy's Enel to invest EUR 4.7 bln by 2019 on digitalisation

  22-11-2016 14:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Italian utility giant Enel has announced that it will spend nearly a quarter of the EUR 21 billion of investments included in its 2017-2019 strategy...
  
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• India cuts USSD charges to boost mobile banking

  22-11-2016 14:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) India's Telecom Regulatory Authority announced a cut in the maximum fee for USSD banking, in an effort to support mobile payment services. Effective immediately, the maximum cost per USSD session is INR 0.50, down from INR 1.50 previously, and the number of transactions per session increases to eight from five. Trai said the lower price will help increase access to financial services, especially in rural areas where more and more people have mobile phones.
  
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• Brazilian telecom exports down by 26.4% in Oct

  22-11-2016 14:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Brazilian telecom equipment exports amounted to USD 11.5 million in October, down by 26.4 percent when compared to the same month in 2015 (USD 15.6...
  
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• Oi bondholders request court action against Oi

  22-11-2016 14:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Steering Committee of the Ad Hoc Group of Oi Bondholders has filed a motion in the Brazilian court, requesting the Court take immediate action to...
  
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• TRA launches initiatives for Innovation Week

  22-11-2016 14:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has announced its participation in the Innovation Week by launching several initiatives and...
  
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• Spanish fixed broadband lines grow by over 100,000 in Sept

  22-11-2016 13:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The range of football-related summer promotions launched by Spain's operators earlier this year helped them to add 101,084 fixed broadband lines in September, the highest monthly rise in a year, to reach a total of 13.51 million and a penetration rate of 29.1 lines per 100 inhabitants. The latest report from telecom regulator CNMC revealed that a 164,789 rise in fibre-optic broadband connections and a 31,161 increase in the number of HFC lines more than offset the 94,866 decline i
  
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• Global telecom capex market to grow 0.7% in 2016 - IHS

  22-11-2016 13:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Worldwide telecom service provider capex will grow 0.7 percent to USD 341 billion in 2016, recovering slightly thanks mainly to investment in...
  
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• Oracle to buy Dyn for undisclosed sum

  22-11-2016 13:15
  Oracle buys internet performance company Dyn a month after it was hit by DDoS attack
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER to showcase Connected Mobility solutions for reliable railway connections at SmartRail Asia

  22-11-2016 12:19
  
  Global connectivity supplier HUBER+SUHNER will be exhibiting its comprehensive portfolio of products for the rail industry at SmartRail Asia 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand, December 1-2. Illustrating the Switzerland-based company’s commitment to creating the future of railway communications, HUBER+SUHNER will demonstrate a wide-ranging collection of highly efficient and robust solutions for on-board, train-to-ground, and trackside communications. “Passengers have developed a certain expec
  
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• CIM, Slasscom to support 'SLT Zero One Awards'

  22-11-2016 12:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and the Sri Lanka Association for Software & Services Companies (Slasscom) have teamed up with Sri Lanka...
  
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• AllTele holds EGM on 14 December to vote on Telecom3 deal

  22-11-2016 11:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Swedish operator AllTele has announced an extraordinary general meeting on 14 December, to vote on the proposed acquisition of shares in Telecom3 (T3), and the issue of new shares...
  
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• Telecom Plus ends H1 with over 604,000 members

  22-11-2016 11:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) UK multi-utility supplier Telecom Plus said revenues for its first half to end September slipped to GBP 291.3 million from 294.0 million on the back of warmer weather and lower gas prices...
  
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• Brocade revenue up 12% in fiscal Q4 to USD 657 mln

  22-11-2016 11:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Brocade reported revenue of USD 657 million in the fiscal Q4 to 29 October, an increase of 12 percent year-over-year...
  
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• SFR rivals could sue over Altice gun-jumping – report

  22-11-2016 11:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) SFR's rivals could bring a claim for damages following the decision by the French Competition Authority to inflict a EUR 80 million fine on Altice...
  
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• LTE and TETRA Integration Critical for Updating Legacy PMR Systems say ETELM

  22-11-2016 11:28
  
  Technologies must come together and integrate now to tackle increasingly complex challenges within PMR, urges ETELM DirectorCologne, Germany, 22 November 2016 – Nicolas Hauswald, Sales and Marketing Director of ETELM, a leading manufacturer of advanced Mission Critical communications systems, says LTE should offer additional broadband services but not replace TETRA. Instead, the two technologies should come together in a unified way, on the LTE Core as an open, international standard platf
  
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• Telstra buys New Zealand security analytics firm Cognevo

  22-11-2016 11:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Australian operator Telstra has acquired the assets of New Zealand security analytics provider Cognevo, part of software company Wynyard Group, ZDNet reports...
  
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• Kazakhstan telecom market grows 12% in H1

  22-11-2016 11:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Kazakhstan telecommunications revenues grew by 12 percent year-on-year in the first half of this year, reports Profit.kz from a study by Finprom.kz. The market was worth KZT 568 billion...
  
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• PT workers request government intervention at Altice

  22-11-2016 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Workers' Union of the Portugal Telecom Group (STPT) has sent a letter to the Portuguese government and parliamentary parties requesting their...
  
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• German ICT sector grew by 5.2% in 2014

  22-11-2016 10:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The German IT and telecommunications sector generated sales of EUR 314.5 billion in 2014, according to recent figures from the Federal Statistics Offices (Destatis)...
  
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• Telefonica Germany CEO to leave company in March

  22-11-2016 10:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telefonica Germany CEO Thorsten Dirks will leave his role at the end of March 2017 after deciding to end his contract early...
  
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• MFS Africa connects 120 million mobile wallets in Sub-Saharan Africa

  22-11-2016 10:17
  
  Largest network on the continent allows merchants, banks and mobile operators to scale transactions cross-border, cross-currency and cross-network Johannesburg, South Africa, November 22nd 2016 – MFS Africa, the leading Pan-African fintech company, today announced that its MFS Hub is now connected to 120 million mobile wallets in Sub-Saharan Africa. Through partnerships with mobile network operators including Airtel, Econet, MTN, Orange, Tigo and Vodafone, MFS Africa now has unparalleled r
  
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• Research reveals millennial demographic “meaningless” for financial institutions and FinTechs

  22-11-2016 10:12
  
  Younger millennials are not financially independent and slower to embrace FinTechTech savvy older millennials are more interested in spending and saving 29-34 year olds use more FinTech but lower tolerance for security and convenience issues 42.2% of millennials have switched provider due to a poor mobile experienceLondon, 22nd November 2016 - New research has found that the millennials classification is not a meaningful way for financial institutions and FinTechs to understand those aged betwee
  
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• Fujikura Europe adds a new suite of modular test products to its product offering

  22-11-2016 10:00
  
  Chessington, UK. 22 November 2016: Fujikura Europe today announced it will add RogueTM and aeRosTM – a suite of modular test products built completely around the way network operators build, operate, and maintain their networks – to its product offering. The patent pending architecture from sister company AFL enables technicians to control their test hardware directly from any Android smart device.“By eliminating the baggage associated with legacy systems, AFL were able to leve
  
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• Turkey FETO arrests focus on telecom company, prisons - Anadolu Agency

  22-11-2016 09:51
  
  Anadolu Agency
  Turkey FETO arrests focus on telecom company, prisons
  Anadolu Agency
  Police detained 12 Turk Telecom employees in Istanbul on Tuesday as part of a probe into the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO). According to Istanbul's Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, orders to arrest 22 suspects had been issued. The authorities ...and more »
  
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• UK govt pledges GBP 400 mln investment in FTTP networks

  22-11-2016 08:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) The UK government is expected to announce in its autumn budget statement funding of GBP 400 million for a new Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund. Private investors will be asked to match the amount in support of expanding fibre broadband in the UK, the BBC reports. The money will be targeted at fibre-to-the-premise services, rather than the FTTC being rolled out in most parts of the country. Currently only 2 percent of the UK has access to 'full-fibre' connections. The new mon
  
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• UK govt to launch £1bn fibre fund

  22-11-2016 01:00
  
  Reports claim chancellor's autumn statement will also offer public funding for 5G trials.
  
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• Telefonica Germany CEO brings departure forward

  22-11-2016 01:00
  
  Thorsten Dirks was due to leave company at end of September but will leaves at end of March instead.
  
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• Proximus to sell mobile users' location data

  22-11-2016 01:00
  
  Anonymous information designed to enable more targeted marketing, help with event planning.
  
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• Daisy snaps up Alternative Networks for £165m

  22-11-2016 01:00
  
  Shopping spree continues as Daisy seeks to strengthen enterprise comms portfolio.
  
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• Commercializing NFV – is vCPE the first step: Webinar Recording

  22-11-2016 01:00
  Join Ilan Tevet, Head of Service Provider Line of Business for RAD…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Trump's new telecom advisers are a good sign for the AT&T and Time Warner deal, despite his threats against the merger - Recode

  22-11-2016 00:07
  
  Recode
  Trump's new telecom advisers are a good sign for the AT&T and Time Warner deal, despite his threats against the merger
  Recode
  While the president-elect railed against companies like NBCUniversal and Amazon for being too big and threatened antitrust action during his campaign, the advisers Trump named today to help oversee his FCC and Justice Department transitions have a ...and more »
  
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