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• Telecom Stock Roundup: T, DISH, VZ, TMUS, CBB - NASDAQ.com - Nasdaq

  01-12-2016 23:40 via nasdaq.com
  
  Telecom Stock Roundup: T, DISH, VZ, TMUS, CBB - NASDAQ.com
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  Last week has been quite a lull for the U.S. telecom industry. Nevertheless, few developments made it to the headlines. Telecom and pay-TV behemoth.and more »
  
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• Cleveland and telecom companies at odds over new equipment installation - WKYC-TV

  01-12-2016 23:33 via wkyc.com
  
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  Cleveland and telecom companies at odds over new equipment installation
  WKYC-TV
  When AT & T and other telecom companies made gee-whiz improvements to handle more calls, videos and data faster during the Republican National Convention here, Cleveland cheered the permanent upgrades. But it's now jeering at a bid by telecom ...
  
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• Mexican Telecom Industry Enjoys Bull Run - Yahoo Finance

  01-12-2016 22:07 via finance.yahoo.com
  Mexican Telecom Industry Enjoys Bull Run
  Yahoo Finance
  In 2014, the government of Mexico initiated major reforms within its telecommunications sector. Mexico's telecom regulatory authority, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), had taken several steps to instil competition in the highly ...
  
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• Megafon starts partnership with IoT industry group

  01-12-2016 17:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Russian mobile operator Megafon has signed a strategic partnership agreement with IoT industry group Napi...
  
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• Anatel chief says new law needed to attract Oi investors

  01-12-2016 16:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The president of Brazil's National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), Juarez Quadros, said that the approval of a new regulatory framework for the...
  
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• Batelco offers unlimited calling for business

  01-12-2016 16:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bahrain-based Batelco has announced the introduction of an Unlimited Calling from all Fixed PSTN (public switched telephone network) lines for enterprise customers...
  
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• True announces dissolution of Asia Infonet subsidiary

  01-12-2016 16:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Thailand's True Corporation Public Company has announced that its subsidiary Asia Infonet has registered the dissolution with the Business Development Department, the Ministry of Commerce...
  
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• M:tel offers Pickbox free for 2 years

  01-12-2016 16:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bosnian operator m:tel has launched a new promotion for its Open offer, available for BAM 0.99 per month for the first three months...
  
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• Telekom Austria may extend A1 brand to other markets

  01-12-2016 16:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Slovenian mobile operator Si.mobil will rebrand to parent company Telekom Austria's A1 brand in 2017 and the rebranding may be implemented in other...
  
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• Digicel renews sponsorship agreement with PNG Hunters

  01-12-2016 16:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Digicel Papua New Guinea has announced the start of another long-term sponsorship agreement with the PNG Hunters under the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League (PNGRFL)...
  
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• Telekom Srbija opens first Premium Business Center

  01-12-2016 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telekom Srbija opened its first MTS Premium Business Center in Belgrade with services exclusively aimed at SMEs, reports Tanjug...
  
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• Cyclone Nada: Telecom companies gear up to enhance uninterrupted service during rain - Times of India

  01-12-2016 15:47 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
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  Cyclone Nada: Telecom companies gear up to enhance uninterrupted service during rain
  Times of India
  CHENNAI: With the Regional Meteorological Centre forecasting rain in Chennai in the next 24 hours in the wake of cyclone Nada, telecom companies have made necessary arrangements to keep the city connected. The monsoon preparedness comes a year ...and more »
  
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• TDC wins four-year contract with Norwegian church group

  01-12-2016 15:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) TDC said it won a four-year contract to provide telecom services to the church group KNIF/ KIKT. The contract covers around 5,000 business and 25,000 employees and is worth up to NOK 50 million...
  
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• Anacom finds 2-year contracts still dominant in Portugal

  01-12-2016 15:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Portugal's National Communications Authority (Anacom) has completed a survey on loyalty periods for telecommunications services, conducted during the month of October...
  
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• Inside Europe: Germany's telecom giant faces cyberattack - Deutsche Welle

  01-12-2016 15:10 via dw.com
  
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  Inside Europe: Germany's telecom giant faces cyberattack
  Deutsche Welle
  This week almost a million customers of Germany's telecom provider found their internet connections were paralyzed. Deutsche Telekom initially blamed the outages on an apparent indiscriminate cyberattack. The country's political leadership didn't point ...
  
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• Oracle pledges USD 1.4 bln to EU digital literacy, coding

  01-12-2016 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The European Commission and DigitalEurope have launched the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition, a multi-stakeholder partnership to boost computer...
  
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• Vivo opens concept store in Sao Paolo shopping mall

  01-12-2016 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Brazilian operator Vivo has opened a concept store in the JK Iguatemi Shopping Mall in Sao Paulo...
  
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• Foxconn, Naver join EUR 100 mln funding round in Devialet

  01-12-2016 14:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Sound technology start-up Devialet has raised EUR 100 million in capital through a co-investment led by Ginko Ventures with participation from...
  
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• Aktan takes over Turk Telekom's CFO role

  01-12-2016 14:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Kaan Aktan resigned from his previous position of TTNet chief consumer finance officer to take over his new role of Turk Telekom CFO, effective from 1 December...
  
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• Ericsson completes acquisition of German consulting firm

  01-12-2016 14:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Ericsson completed the acquisition of Allolio&Konrad, a consulting firm headquartered in Bonn, Germany, that specialises in transforming telecommunications operators' businesses...
  
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• Altice to invest over USD 400 mln in Dominican Republic

  01-12-2016 14:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Altice intends to invest over DOP 20 billion (around USD 425 million) in the Dominican Republic over the next three years to roll out new broadband...
  
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• Telecom only growth segment in EU consumer tech market

  01-12-2016 14:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telecommunications products were the only category of consumer technical goods to see significant growth in the past 12 months, according to GfK...
  
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• Telefonica, Liberty Global join EU digital skills coalition

  01-12-2016 14:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The European Commission has presented a new charter on digital skills and said over 30 organisations have already signed up to work on improving the digital training of EU citizens...
  
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• Huawei inaugurates Colombian R&D centre

  01-12-2016 14:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Huawei has announced the opening of a research and development centre in the Colombian city of Medellin, capital of the Antioquia province...
  
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• New service provider initiative to speed delivery of virtualized services

  01-12-2016 14:00
  
  Broadband Forum invites non-member service providers to help define an industry wide framework for automated introduction, integration and delivery of virtualized servicesFremont, California, December 1, 2016: The Broadband Forum today announced the first steps have been taken to form a new industry connectivity and virtualization committee of global service providers which will resolve how connectivity and virtualization are bought and sold by service providers worldwide. Founded by the Forum&r
  
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• Samsung SA backs opening of eye care treatment centre

  01-12-2016 13:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Samsung South Africa has supported the opening of a new eye care treatment centre in the Western Cape, with the donation of screening and treatment equipment...
  
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• Macedonian prosecutors say telecom company holds key to surveillance scandal - Deutsche Welle

  01-12-2016 13:56 via dw.com
  
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  Macedonian prosecutors say telecom company holds key to surveillance scandal
  Deutsche Welle
  Prosecutors in Macedonia believe a phone tapping scandal is even larger than previously thought. But they said a telecom operator is hampering their efforts to expose the extent of illegal surveillance. T Mobile Netz Störung (AP). After months of ...
  
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• Epsilon names Roberts, Yeo to C-Level positions

  01-12-2016 13:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Epsilon, a Singapore-based global business communication service provider, appointed Carl Roberts as its chief commercial officer (CCO) and Raymond Yeo as its CFO...
  
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• Zayo, Electric Lightwave in $1.42bn deal

  01-12-2016 13:15
  Zayo Group Holdings is to acquire Electric Lightwave in a $1.42bn cash deal to expand its fibre network on the US West Coast
  
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• Certus Appoints Richard Summerfield As Non-Executive Director

  01-12-2016 12:50
  
  Oracle Platinum Partner Certus Solutions [www.certus-solutions.com] has appointed Richard Summerfield as a Non-Executive Director. Richard is currently the Group HR Director at global telecoms provider JT [Jersey Telecom], an Oracle HCM customer of Certus-Solutions since 2015. JT is also currently using Certus-Solutions’ 'engage® Business Support Services’.Richard has over 20 years of corporate HR leadership experience, the last six as a member of JT's management board. Previousl
  
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• DeTe hires former 1&1 CEO to promote cooperation

  01-12-2016 12:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The former CEO of 1&1 Versatel has been appointed to the Deutsche Telekom board of management as the representative for broadband cooperation in Germany...
  
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• Dutch mobile services market shows 3.5% quarterly growth

  01-12-2016 11:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Dutch mobile services market showed small signs of improvement in the third quarter, with revenues down 4.4 percent on an annual basis and up 3.5 percent from Q2. The four network operators generated service revenue of EUR 1.2 billion, according to the latest research from Telecompaper. T-Mobile and Vodafone led the drop in sales and lost market share to KPN and Tele2.
  
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• MTN group chair sells ZAR 123 mln in shares

  01-12-2016 11:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) MTN Group executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko has sold about ZAR 123 million worth of as he prepares to hand over the day-to-day running of the company to incoming CEO Rob Shuter, reports Bloomberg...
  
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• HMD completes takeover of rights to Nokia brand phones

  01-12-2016 11:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Microsoft has completed the sale of the former Nokia feature phone business to FIH Mobile and HMD Global, the new company set up to develop Nokia-branded mobile phones. Nokia confirmed that the agreement to grant the new company rights to the Nokia brand and intellectual property for ten years has come into force, meaning Microsoft will no longer be able to offer Nokia phones. In addition to continuing the feature phones, HMD plans to develop smartphones and tablets under the Noki
  
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• Sensex tumbles 93 points, Nifty breaches 8200 as telecom stocks fall - Business Standard

  01-12-2016 11:15 via business-standard.com
  
  Business Standard
  Sensex tumbles 93 points, Nifty breaches 8200 as telecom stocks fall
  Business Standard
  In a volatile trade, benchmark indices pared gains to settle on a lower note after initial rally dragged by telecom, banking and metal indices. India's GDP, announced yesterday, grew lower than expected in the September quarter at 7.3% also affected ...
  Sensex edges higher for second day; telecom, power stocks riseThe New Indian Expressall 223 news articles »
  
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• KPN claims first in Europe with start to LTE-M testing

  01-12-2016 11:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Dutch operator KPN has claimed a first in Europe with the start of testing LTE-M, the new 3GPP standard for IoT connections over 4G networks. The tests were conducted with Ericsson and Qualcomm. KPN has already rolled out a LoRa network in the Netherlands, and said LTE-M will complement this as well as existing M2M services over its mobile network. Mass production of LTE-M modules is expected to start in the course of 2017, and KPN expects to offer the services by the end of next
  
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• Billionaire Ambani Extends Free Telecom Services Until March 31 - Bloomberg

  01-12-2016 10:54 via bloomberg.com
  
  Bloomberg
  Billionaire Ambani Extends Free Telecom Services Until March 31
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  Billionaire Mukesh Ambani extended free services being offered by his Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. unit, saying the company was working to iron out voice- and data-quality problems to help lure customers from rivals. Jio services debuted on Sept. 5 and ...
  Telecom stocks tumble as RJio extends free servicesBusiness Standard
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• TIM brings 100 Mbps FTTH to Vercelli in EUR 2 mln rollout

  01-12-2016 10:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) TIM (Telecom Italia) has announced that the town of Vercelli in the northern Piedmont region now boasts a fully operational fibre-optic and 4G-LTE...
  
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• Orange closes online store in South Africa

  01-12-2016 10:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Orange Online Store will no longer be available in South Africa, the company said, as reported by Businesstech...
  
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• Sopra Steria completes full acquisition of Cassiopae MEA

  01-12-2016 10:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Sopra Steria subsidiary Sopra Banking Software has increased its stake in Cassiopae MEA from 45 to 100 percent...
  
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• Broadcom delivers new switching portfolio

  01-12-2016 10:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Broadcom announced two new product families in the StrataDNX line of switch system-on-chip (SoC) devices...
  
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• HGC launches ibizCloud service in Vietnam with CMC Telecom - Telecompaper (subscription)

  01-12-2016 10:09 via telecompaper.com
  
  HGC launches ibizCloud service in Vietnam with CMC Telecom
  Telecompaper (subscription)
  Hutchison Global Communications Limited (HGC), the fixed-line operating division of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings, and CMC Telecommunication Infrastructure Corporation (CMC Telecom), have launched HGC's ibizCloud service in ...
  
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• Amazon brings AI technologies to cloud customers

  01-12-2016 09:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Amazon announced three new products to bring its artificial intelligence expertise to customers of Amazon Web Services...
  
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• Nifty breaks 8200; telecom dips as Rel Jio extends free offer - Moneycontrol.com

  01-12-2016 09:36 via moneycontrol.com
  
  Nifty breaks 8200; telecom dips as Rel Jio extends free offer
  Moneycontrol.com
  Equity benchmarks extended losses in last hour of trade with the Nifty breaking 8200 level, dragged by ICICI Bank, Asian Paints, Tata Motors, M&M and Bharti Airtel. Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3 ...and more »
  
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• Alcatel-Lucent launches Rainbow freemium cloud UC platform

  01-12-2016 08:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) has announced the launch of a new cloud-based relationship management platform called Rainbow that's designed to connect business users, business contacts and systems...
  
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• Indra, Google in airfare reseller agreement

  01-12-2016 08:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Spanish tech group Indra has announced the signing of a reseller agreement with Google's ITA Software division for the provision of airline pricing and shopping services via the ITA QPX system...
  
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• LG promotes home appliances chief to group CEO

  01-12-2016 08:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) LG Electronics has promoted Jo Seong-jin, the head of its Home Appliance & Air Solution division, to CEO of the entire company, effective immediately. A single CEO is a change in the company's management structure, as previously it had three top executives (of which Jo was one) answering to the board of directors. Jo (60) joined Goldstar in 1976, becoming part of the team which developed LG's first automatic washing machine in 1980.
  
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• Nigeria's Telecom Call tariff down 67% in 10 years - Naija247news

  01-12-2016 08:30 via naija247news.com
  
  Nigeria's Telecom Call tariff down 67% in 10 years
  Naija247news
  Despite the rising cost of doing business over the years, the Nigeria telecommunication industry has recorded a deliberate heavy reduction in cost of making calls in the country in the last 10 years. According to the latest industry report for the ...and more »
  
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• Qatar telecom market revenue performance revealed - Telecom Lead (registration) (blog)

  01-12-2016 07:34 via telecomlead.com
  
  Telecom Lead (registration) (blog)
  Qatar telecom market revenue performance revealed
  Telecom Lead (registration) (blog)
  The telecom service revenue in Qatar is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.1 percent during 2016-2021, primarily driven by growth in data revenue. Fixed VoIP will be the fastest-growing segment in Qatar with a CAGR of 15.7 percent over the 2016-2021 ...and more »
  
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• Around 10 Billion Dollars of FDI Received by Telecom Sector in India - Intabloid.com (blog)

  01-12-2016 07:25 via intabloid.com
  
  Intabloid.com (blog)
  Around 10 Billion Dollars of FDI Received by Telecom Sector in India
  Intabloid.com (blog)
  Around 10 Billion Us Dollars worth of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has reached to the Telecom Department of India in the first eight months of the fiscal; this indeed is a great achievement for the country. The statement about the same was released ...and more »
  
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