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• 10-Point Checklist for Investing in Telecom Companies (Part 2) - Motley Fool

  06-12-2016 21:36 via fool.com
  
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  10-Point Checklist for Investing in Telecom Companies (Part 2)
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  In the second part of our primer on buying telecom stocks, we look at five more important areas investors need to research before purchasing shares. Andrew Tonner. (TMFTheDude). Dec 6, 2016 at 3:36PM. Getty Telecom Worker. Image source: Getty Images.and more »
  
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• Equinix to buy 24 Verizon data centres for USD 3.6 billion

  06-12-2016 17:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Verizon has agreed to sell 24 data centres in the US and Latin America to Equinix for USD 3.6 billion cash. The deal is latest among US operators exiting the data centre business in order to focus more on managed services to business customers and follows Verizon agreeing nearly USD 10 billion in acquisitions in the past year, such as Yahoo, XO and Fleetmatics. The sale does not affect Verizon's managed hosting and cloud offerings, or its data centre services delivered from 27 sit
  
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• Eir reports breach to certain broadband modems

  06-12-2016 17:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Irish operator eir said it has identified a security breach on a small number of its broadband modems and that is has taken immediate steps to address the issue...
  
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• Belden threatens hostile bid to complete Digi deal

  06-12-2016 16:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Belden has repeated its takeover offer of USD 380 million to Digi International, despite the latter refusing talks on the deal...
  
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• Delta to sell ZeelandNet to EQT Infrastructure

  06-12-2016 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Dutch utilities group Delta has agreed to sell its retail energy and cable telecom activities to EQT Infrastructure for EUR 488 million. The sale is part of the company's earlier announced strategic review and restructuring and follows a legal requirement in the Netherlands for energy companies to separate their production activities from distribution and commercial services. The sale still requires approval from Delta shareholders at a meeting planned for 23 February 2017, as wel
  
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• Dell maintains leadership of Brazilian PC market

  06-12-2016 15:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Dell maintained its leadership of the Brazilian PC market in the third quarter ending in September, with 24.5 percent of the total units sold in the...
  
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• GoDaddy to buy Host Europe for EUR 1.7 billion

  06-12-2016 15:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) GoDaddy has won the bidding to acquire Host Europe, for a total EUR 1.69 billion including EUR 1.08 billion in net debt. The purchase from private equity group Cinven significantly expands the US-based web hosting company's presence in Europe, adding over 1.7 million customers. Host Europe is particularly strong in the small business market in the UK and Germany with brands such as 123Reg, Domain Factory, Heart Internet and Host Europe. Host Europe's CEO Patrick Pulvermueller will
  
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• Synchronoss to buy Intralinks for USD 821 mln

  06-12-2016 15:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Synchronoss Technologies has agreed to acquire Intralinks Holdings for USD 821 million equity value. Synchronoss will pay USD 13 per share cash for the takeover expected to close in Q1 2017...
  
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• Quortus CEO heralds “massive opportunity” in multi-access edge computing for operators and developers

  06-12-2016 15:04
  
  Andy Odgers to present at fourth annual Carrier Network Virtualization Conference / MEC Congress USACamberley, UK - 6th December 2016 – Quortus Founder and CEO Andy Odgers will outline the “massive opportunity” represented by multi-access edge computing technology in a series of speeches at this week’s Carrier Network Virtualization / MEC USA event (December 5th – 8th Palo Alto, California).Quortus is a sponsor at the event, which aims to provide a holistic view of
  
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• BTC to sponsor 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

  06-12-2016 14:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bahamas operator BTC (Bahamas Telecommunications Company) has announced an agreement to sponsor the 2017 Beach Soccer World Cup scheduled to take place on the island from April to May next year...
  
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• LPTIC hold talks with Ugandan president over UTL

  06-12-2016 14:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Libyan Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology Holding Company (LPTIC) announced that the company's chairman Faisel Gergab had held...
  
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• ‘Listening’ DVLA Will Supply Tacho and CPC Data Through The ADLV

  06-12-2016 14:08
  Following a recent survey of over 100 senior UK haulage fleet managers, conducted by the Association for Driving Licence Verification (ADLV) www.adlv.co.uk, the DVLA has now agreed to supply Tacho and CPC Data to the haulage industry. The data will be made available in the New Year, alongside driving licence data already available through the ADLV. The ADLV welcomes the news to make the data available and believes that it can be used to significantly...Source: RealWire
  
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• Zinwave names Slavko Djukic chief technology officer

  06-12-2016 14:00
  
  Global in-building wireless provider taps former Ericsson and Corning DAS expert to lead the development of company’s innovative technology platformLondon – December 6, 2016 – Zinwave, a global provider of wideband distributed network solutions for in-building wireless, today announced that it has named Slavko Djukic its chief technology officer (CTO). Djukic, an expert in DAS and small-cell systems, will lead the development and refinement of technologies to improve the mobile
  
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• FirstNet deal ‘going to AT&T’ report

  06-12-2016 14:00
  AT&T is tipped to win multi-billion US emergency network deal as Rivada Mercury is reported to have been excluded from the bidding
  
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• Enterprise 4G market ‘growing 23% a year’

  06-12-2016 14:00
  The mobile telecoms equipment market is flat, says Nokia, but the market for LTE for enterprise will grow at 23% a year
  
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• Citic Telecom completes acquisition of Acclivis

  06-12-2016 13:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Hong Kong-based Citic Telecom International has completed the acquisition of Acclivis Technologies and Solutions. Acclivis is now a member company of...
  
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• M:tel leads Montenegro service quality in Q3

  06-12-2016 13:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telecommunications operators in Montenegro have improved the quality of services offered to users in the third quarter of 2016, compared to the...
  
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• High Seas Capital Investments ups shareholding in Pharol

  06-12-2016 12:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) High Seas Capital Investments increased its stake in Portuguese company Pharol to 5.20 percent, after entering the company's shareholding capital in...
  
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• Telenor creates 33 indirect jobs per post; 36% female staff

  06-12-2016 12:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telenor says that its Global Impact Report for 2015, compiled by KPMG, found that the operator created 33 indirect and induced jobs for every one post that it created directly...
  
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• Rostelecom, RVC to invest in start-ups - report

  06-12-2016 12:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Russian national operator Rostelecom and the venture company RVC are in talks to set up a joint investment fund, reports Vedomosti citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter...
  
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• Microsoft brings Xbox One S console to Singapore

  06-12-2016 11:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Microsoft has announced that its Xbox One S console will be available in Singapore starting with 13 December...
  
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• Amazon Go unveils physical store concept with no checkout

  06-12-2016 11:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Amazon has announced its new Amazon Go physical concept, with no checkout required. Customers can walk in, choose their products and walk out...
  
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• Vodafone hires Dell EMC exec to lead enterprise unit

  06-12-2016 11:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vodafone Group announced the appointment of Brian Humphries as Group Enterprise Director. He will oversee the group's enterprise business across Vodafone's local markets and internationally...
  
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• PLDT declares dividend for quarter ending 15 Dec

  06-12-2016 11:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The board of directors of Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) has declared a cash dividend of PHP 2.43 million on all of the outstanding shares...
  
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• Dutch ministry dismisses MP questions on telecom duopoly

  06-12-2016 11:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Dutch consumers have a greater choice in the broadband market than KPN and Ziggo, according to a response from the minister of Economic Affairs to questions in parliament...
  
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• Subex profit jumps 191% in September quarter

  06-12-2016 11:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) BSS provider Subex posted revenues for the fiscal quarter to 30 September up 5.1 percent year-on-year to INR 833.600 million (USD 12.4 million)...
  
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• Top Five Networking Predictions for 2017

  06-12-2016 11:00
  
  David Galton-Fenzi, CEO of Zycko, specialists in advanced networking, and CCO of Nuvias Group (of which Zycko is part), looks towards 2017 and gives his top five networking predictions Software Defined NetworkingThe move to-software-defined-everything will continue in 2017, and some of the biggest disruptors in the networking market will be Software Defined Networking (SDN), Software Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN), and Software Defined Datacentre (SDDC).By abstracting some of the functional
  
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• Renren appoints two independent directors

  06-12-2016 10:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Chinese social networking internet platform Renren has appointed Stephen Tappin and Tianruo Pu as independent directors and as members of the Audit Committee of the company, effective immediately...
  
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• Bulgaria deregulates fixed market, adopts new MTA rates

  06-12-2016 10:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bulgaria's telecommunications authority CRC adopted a final decision on the definition, analysis and assessment of three markets in line with the EU regulatory framework...
  
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• Mexico's Telcel and Movistar sign national roaming deal

  06-12-2016 10:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Mexican mobile operator Telcel (America Movil) has announced a national roaming agreement with Movistar (Telefonica). In a brief statement, Telcel said it would let Movistar users access its network in areas not currently reached by the latter's mobile coverage, presumably allowing the Telefonica-owned operator to expand its 4G services throughout Mexico. The announcement comes after the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) declared Telcel a dominant player in the mobile sec
  
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• Italy's Agcom, Istat team up on communications data

  06-12-2016 09:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Italy's communications regulator Agcom and national statistics offices Istat have announced an agreement to work together on data-related projects,...
  
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• Vodafone Italia sponsors Milan Christmas village

  06-12-2016 09:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vodafone Italia and Milan city council have joined forces to organise a Christmas village located in Piazza XXIV Maggio in Milan's harbour area...
  
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• AT&T launches 5G business trial with Intel, Ericsson

  06-12-2016 09:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) AT&T launched a 5G business customer trial using millimeter wave (mmWave) technology to power a 5G network experience in one of Intel's Austin offices. This is the first such trial launched in the US, the company said. The operator worked with Ericsson to conduct its first public 5G demo featuring streaming 4K HD video, real-time camera feeds and reaching speeds of nearly 14 Gbps. Now, it's taking the 5G technology it worked on with Ericsson and Intel into the field to explore
  
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• Italy's Wind launches 'Don't drive and text' campaign

  06-12-2016 09:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Italian operator Wind has announced the launch of an initiative called 'Don't drive and text' with a view to promoting safer use of smartphones while driving...
  
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• Cellnex renews support for Spanish and Italian Red Cross

  06-12-2016 09:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Spanish infrastructure operator Cellnex Telecom has announced that its Christmas 2016 corporate donation will be handed out to assistance programmes...
  
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• Facebook, Twitter agree to share info on terrorist imagery

  06-12-2016 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube have agreed to work together to share information on terrorism posted on their social networks. The four companies will create a shared industry database of "hashes, or unique digital "fingerprints", for violent terrorist imagery or terrorist recruitment videos or images that they have removed from their services. These will be shared with the other companies to help identify potential terrorist content on other sites and have it removed. T
  
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• Elco close to buying Golan Telecom

  06-12-2016 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Elco Holdings is close to buying Golan Telecom, reports Globes. Golan Telecom shareholder Patrick Pariente is due to arrive in Israel from France shortly to finalize the negotiations...
  
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• Fastweb acquires Tiscali Business, leases 3.5 GHz spectrum

  06-12-2016 08:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Italian operators Fastweb and Tiscali have an announced a strategic agreement involving Fastweb's purchase of Tiscali's business unit for EUR 45...
  
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• NTT, RagingWire to invest USD 160 mln in Ashburn data center

  06-12-2016 07:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Data center services provider RagingWire and its parent company NTT Communications are investing USD 160 million to build the new Ashburn VA3 Data...
  
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• China Telecom Global Selects the Djibouti Data Center (DDC) as a Strategic Hub for Pan-African Expansion - Marketwired (press release)

  06-12-2016 05:12 via marketwired.com
  
  China Telecom Global Selects the Djibouti Data Center (DDC) as a Strategic Hub for Pan-African Expansion
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  HONG KONG, CHINA--(Marketwired - Dec 5, 2016) - China Telecom Global (CTG), the international operating subsidiary of China Telecom Corporation (China Telecom), a leading integrated information service provider in China, has selected the Djibouti ...and more »
  
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• Frankfort Plant Board Cable-Telecom plans maintenance outages - State-Journal.com

  06-12-2016 05:09 via state-journal.com
  Frankfort Plant Board Cable-Telecom plans maintenance outages
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  Frankfort Plant Board Cable-Telecom crews will conduct planned maintenance service interruptions in order to make improvements to the Internet service for all customers on Thursday, Dec.8. Customers should plan on outages between 12:01 a.m. and 6 a.m. ...
  
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• Nifty to move up; IT, telecom to get astro influence: Banerjee - Moneycontrol.com

  06-12-2016 03:56 via moneycontrol.com
  
  Nifty to move up; IT, telecom to get astro influence: Banerjee
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  Nifty to move up during today's market session with IT, telecom & power sectors to remain strong under the positive astrological influence during the day, says Indrodeep Banerjee of InstituteofFinancialAstrology.com. Like this story, share it with ...
  
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• Spirit Telecom dials up for more cash - Proactive Investors Australia

  06-12-2016 03:45 via proactiveinvestors.com.au
  
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  Spirit Telecom dials up for more cash
  Proactive Investors Australia
  Spirit Telecom (ASX:ST1) has been granted a trading halt by the ASX, pending details of a capital raising. Spirit Telecom dials up for more cash. The halt will remain in place until the opening of trade on Thursday 8th December 2016, or earlier if an ...and more »
  
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• Vodafone names new enterprise director

  06-12-2016 01:00
  Vodafone on Tuesday named Brian Humphries, COO of Dell EMC's infrastructure solutions group, as its new group enterprise director.He succeeds Nick Jeffery…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Verizon sells 24 data centres to Equinix for $3.6bn

  06-12-2016 01:00
  Verizon on Tuesday agreed to sell 24 data centre sites to data centre operator Equinix for $3.6 billion (€3.35 billion).The all-cash transaction will see Equinix take ownership and management of 29 individual data centre buildings – amounting to 2…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ofcom fleshes out BT duct and pole plans

  06-12-2016 01:00
  Ofcom on Tuesday announced new proposals that aim to make it cheaper and easier for the U.K.'s altnets to deploy their own fibre on BT's ducts and poles."Fibre is the future for broadband, and Ofcom is helping to deliver that through competition between networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• NZ to decide on Vodafone/Sky merger in February

  06-12-2016 01:00
  New Zealand's Commerce Commission announced on Monday that it will decide whether to approve the merger between Vodafone and Sky by 23 February 2017.In a brief statement…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• China Unicom launches UK MVNO

  06-12-2016 01:00
  China Unicom Global (CUG) has launched a U.K. MVNO service that allows customers to assign more than one phone number to a single SIM card.The service, called CUniq, runs on O2's network…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telecom Providers' Zero-Rated Plans to Face FCC Scrutiny - Zacks.com

  06-12-2016 00:05 via zacks.com
  
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  Telecom Providers' Zero-Rated Plans to Face FCC Scrutiny
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  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently issued letters to two major telecom providers in the U.S.– Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ - Free Report) and AT&T Inc. (T - Free Report) . The letters raise questions over the zero-rated plans of ...
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