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• Nokia introduces MIKA, a digital assistant for engineers and telecom operators - TechCrunch

  27-01-2017 18:40 via techcrunch.com
  
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  Nokia introduces MIKA, a digital assistant for engineers and telecom operators
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  Nokia's got a nice, adorable name picked out for its new voice assistant. MIKA stands for “Multi-purpose Intuitive Knowledge Assistant,” letting engineers and telecom operators access information through voice commands. The system is powered by the ...
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• Fixed broadband is only service to grow in Brazil in 2016

  27-01-2017 16:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Last year, fixed broadband was the only telecommunications service that registered growth in Brazil, adding 1.10 million new contracts (+4.33%),...
  
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• Nokia launches Mika digital assistant for telecom operators

  27-01-2017 15:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Nokia created a customised 'digital assistant' that helps operators free up time of their engineers by providing them with access to voice-dictated automated assistance...
  
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• Wirecard, RwandAir inks deal for online payment service

  27-01-2017 14:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) RwandAir has partnered with Wirecard for its online card payment processing services...
  
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• Avnet sales up 3% to USD 4.2 bln in December quarter

  27-01-2017 13:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Avnet saw its sales increase 3.4 percent in the fiscal quarter to 31 December from the year ago quarter in constant currency to USD 4.273 billion...
  
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• VMware starts new buyback programme amid strong Q4

  27-01-2017 13:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) VMware reported fourth quarter revenues up 9 percent from the year before to USD 2.03 billion, with license revenue rising 8 percent to USD 887 million...
  
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• Microsoft to invest $1bn in security per year

  27-01-2017 13:30
  Reports claim the software giant will continue to invest heavily in cyber security as hacks continue to grow in number
  
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• Elisa Q4 results boosted by Anvia deal, mobile revenue

  27-01-2017 13:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Finnish company Elisa said its revenues and earnings improved in 2016 thanks to growth in the mobile service revenue and investments in the productivity of its operations...
  
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• Verizon boosts capacity by 450% for Super Bowl

  27-01-2017 13:00
  Verizon has significantly enhanced its Houston network, increasing wireless data capacity by 450%, ahead of Super Bowl LI
  
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• Verizon 'looking at giant cable merger'

  27-01-2017 12:45
  Rumoured Verizon bid for cable operator Charter Communications will be test for Trump's industrial policy
  
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• Elisa raises dividend, to renew buyback authorisation at AGM

  27-01-2017 12:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Finnish company Elisa said shareholders at its 06 April 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will vote on a motion to
  pay a dividend of EUR 1.50 per...
  
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• Serbian operators told to submit quality parameters

  27-01-2017 12:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Serbia's Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services has requested that operators of electronic communications networks and...
  
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• Macedonians complain most over telecom billing

  27-01-2017 12:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) High bills from telecommunications operators were the number complaint last year received by the Agency for Electronic Communications (AEK) on its toll-free number 190, reports Vecer...
  
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• Hormuud Telecom donates USD 600,000 to famine victims

  27-01-2017 11:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Hormuud Telecom said it donated USD 600,000 to the drought-affected families in the famine stricken provinces in Somalia...
  
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• Solgari partners with m-hance to offer cloud communications to its Microsoft Dynamics CRM customers

  27-01-2017 11:38
  
  m-hance boosts portfolio with Solgari’s cloud-based telephony solutions London – January 27, 2017 – Solgari, the global provider of the world’s first complete enterprise cloud business communications software solution, has today announced its partnership with m-hance, a Microsoft Dynamics Gold Partner. The partnership will enable m-hance to provide its Microsoft Dynamics CRM customers with a complete end-to-end cloud telephony solution.Solgari extends m-hance’s exis
  
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• Telia Denmark Q4 service revenues dip 0.2%, EBITDA down 7.3%

  27-01-2017 11:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telia Company said that net sales at Telia Denmark rose by 2.0 percent to SEK 1.593 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016 from SEK 1.563 billion a year earlier...
  
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• TIA names new board members

  27-01-2017 11:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) announced the composition of its 2017 board of directors team, which includes nine new board members and re-appointed board members...
  
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• Belden sells MCS business for USD 39 mln

  27-01-2017 11:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Belden has agreed to sell its Mobile Machine Control Solutions (MCS) business, including a 50 percent stake in a Chinese joint venture, to WIKA Group for USD 39 million...
  
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• Sonera Q4 mobile ARPU improves but mobile subscribers fall

  27-01-2017 11:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telia Company said net sales at its Finnish arm, Sonera, went up by 1.0 percent in local currencies in the fourth quarter of 2016, with mobile...
  
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• MTS wins state contracts in Orenburg

  27-01-2017 11:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Russian mobile operator MTS has won open tenders on providing services for state establishments in the Orenburg region, reports Cnews.ru. The value...
  
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• French Audit Office queries state role as Orange shareholder

  27-01-2017 11:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The French Audit Office (Cour des comptes) has published a report on the role of the State as a shareholder over the 2010-2016 period, including its holdings in companies such as Orange and La Poste...
  
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• Vodafone Italia updates customer service with AI tech

  27-01-2017 10:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vodafone Italia has announced that it will be using artificial intelligence to revamp its customer service platform via a system called Vodafone Bot...
  
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• Telia Sweden improves Q4 sales but mix depresses EBITDA 1.7%

  27-01-2017 10:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telia Company said net sales in Sweden rose 0.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, although EBITDA fell by 1.7 percent...
  
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• Turk Telekom names Oztunc as legal officer

  27-01-2017 10:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Turk Telekom appointed Yakup Oztunc as chief legal officer. Oztunc graduated from the Faculty of Law, Ankara University in 1996. Oztunc started his career in 1997 as a self-employed lawyer...
  
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• Tele2 names Stenberg as director of Shared Operations

  27-01-2017 10:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Tele2 named Fredrik Stenberg as executive vice president, director of Shared Operations and member of Tele2's Leadership Team, effective immediately...
  
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• BT results fall on weak business market, Italian problems

  27-01-2017 08:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) BT reported organic sales down 1.5 percent in its fiscal third quarter to December, as growth at EE and its consumer business was offset by weakness in the business and wholesale markets. Adjusted for the takeover of EE and excluding transit revenue, Global Services posted revenue down 7 percent, hurt by the accounting problems in Italy and difficult international corporate markets, BT said. Organic sales also were down 1 percent at Openreach, and 6 percent lower at the Business a
  
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• Telia profit up on Yoigo sale gain, improves dividend policy

  27-01-2017 08:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telia Company has met its outlook for a small increase in annual adjusted EBITDA in 2016 and forecast stable results for this year. In the fourth quarter, the company saw a sharp rise in net profit thanks to the profit on selling its Spanish operator Yoigo, and Telia expects to complete this year the sale of the rest of its Eurasia assets.
  
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• Steps hoped in budget for cyber security, broadband - ETTelecom.com

  27-01-2017 04:28 via telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com
  
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  Steps hoped in budget for cyber security, broadband
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  Steps hoped in budget for cyber security, broadbandSteps hoped in budget for cyber security, NEW DELHI: As the government pushes for a less-cash economy via digitisation, IT and telecom players are expecting the upcoming Union budget to contain ...and more »
  
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• eVisit Drives Stellar Growth in 2016 - Telecom Reseller (press release)

  27-01-2017 01:48 via telecomreseller.com
  
  eVisit Drives Stellar Growth in 2016
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  Increased demand from healthcare organizations seeking HIPAA compliant, easy-to-use telemedicine solutions drive rapid customer and revenue growth. PHOENIX, ARIZONA – JANUARY 26, 2017 – eVisit today announced that 2016 was a year of explosive ...and more »
  
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• TIA Announces 2017 Officers and New Board Members - Telecom Reseller (press release)

  27-01-2017 01:31 via telecomreseller.com
  
  TIA Announces 2017 Officers and New Board Members
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  Arlington, VA (January 26, 2017) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today announced the executives who are serving as officers ...
  
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• PlanetOne Communications Adds RapidScale to Preferred Provider Portfolio - Telecom Reseller (press release)

  27-01-2017 01:17 via telecomreseller.com
  
  PlanetOne Communications Adds RapidScale to Preferred Provider Portfolio
  Telecom Reseller (press release)
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 26, 2017 — PlanetOne Communications, the IT and telecom industry's preferred connectivity partner, today welcomed RapidScale, a leader in managed cloud services, to its growing portfolio of preferred providers. Together ...
  
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• EdgeConneX® to Co-Sponsor and Speak at Metro Connect USA 2017 - Telecom Reseller (press release)

  27-01-2017 01:17 via telecomreseller.com
  
  EdgeConneX® to Co-Sponsor and Speak at Metro Connect USA 2017
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  Herndon, VA – January 26, 2017 – EdgeConneX, specializing in global infrastructure at the edge of the network, announces today its chief technology officer, Don MacNeil, will speak at Metro Connect USA 2017. The company will also co-sponsor the event, ...
  
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• IntelePeer Introduces Atmosphere® Communications Platform - Telecom Reseller (press release)

  27-01-2017 01:01 via telecomreseller.com
  
  IntelePeer Introduces Atmosphere® Communications Platform
  Telecom Reseller (press release)
  SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 26, 2017 — IntelePeer, a leading provider of business communications including cloud-based communications, cloud contact center, enterprise voice services, and SIP trunking, announced today the launch of its Atmosphere® ...
  
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• Telia CEO says Eurasia exit 'highly probable' this year

  27-01-2017 01:00
  Telia Company CEO Johan Dennelind on Friday said it is highly probable that the Sweden-based telco group will sell its remaining Eurasian assets during 2017.Telia opted to exit the region in September 2015 following bribery allegations stemming from its entry into Uzbekistan in 2007, and amid rumours of unethical practices at some of its other Eurasian businesses…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Conflicting reports of possible Verizon-Charter deal

  27-01-2017 01:00
  Verizon may or may not be exploring a possible merger with cableco Charter, according to conflicting media reports this week.CNBC on Friday cited sources who claimed that no significant talks between the two companies are taking place…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT revisits 2008 with Global Services in crisis, a huge pension deficit and a backdrop of economic uncertainty

  27-01-2017 01:00
  I'll start off this week's Friday Review by conceding that the headline is perhaps a bit harsh on BT; it overlooks the progress the U.K. incumbent has made since 2008 in modernising its consumer unit by growing its TV business and buying its way back into mobile with EE. More later about how that's all going.This week's revelations about BT Italy though, coupled with the telco's sizeable pension deficit, and uncertainty about corporate and public sector spending, certainly were reminiscent of t
  
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• Book now for MWC 2019: Barcelona seeks limits on tourists

  27-01-2017 01:00
  Would-be Mobile World Congress-goers could soon find it even harder to book accommodation in Barcelona, after its new mayor pressed ahead with plans to curb the number of visitors to the city…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Star2Star Takes Home Its Third Unified Communications Excellence Award For 2016 - Telecom Reseller (press release)

  27-01-2017 00:32 via telecomreseller.com
  
  Star2Star Takes Home Its Third Unified Communications Excellence Award For 2016
  Telecom Reseller (press release)
  SARASOTA, FL – January 26, 2017 – Star2Star Communications, the World's Leading Hybrid Cloud Communications Solution, today announced that the company is a winner of the 2016 Internet Telephony Magazine Unified Communications Excellence ...
  
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