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• Telecom Stock Roundup: Verizon Likely to Offer Live TV Streaming Service, AT&T Wins FirstNet Contract - Nasdaq

  06-04-2017 21:57 via nasdaq.com
  
  Telecom Stock Roundup: Verizon Likely to Offer Live TV Streaming Service, AT&T Wins FirstNet Contract
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  U.S. telecom giant Verizon Communications Inc. VZ) is likely to start an online TV streaming service this summer, according to a recent Bloomberg report. The company has decided to come up with dozens of channels nationwide for the new service.and more »
  
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• It's the survival of the biggest in India's telecom industry - Livemint

  06-04-2017 21:49 via livemint.com
  
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  It's the survival of the biggest in India's telecom industry
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  Reliance Jio has sparked an unprecedented wave of consolidation in India's telecom industry barely six months into its commercial roll-out. MintAsia examines the changing landscape. Subscribe to our newsletter.
  Reliance Jio backs off its free data offer on Telecom Regulator's 'advice'YourStory.com
  Telecom regulator orders Reliance Jio to withdraw its Summer Surprise offerThe News Minute
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• Promotional plans hurt revenues of telecom companies: DoT - Economic Times

  06-04-2017 21:30 via economictimes.indiatimes.com
  
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  Promotional plans hurt revenues of telecom companies: DoT
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  NEW DELHI: The telecom department has flagged a nearly 30% sequential fall in licence fee collections from the industry in the quarter ended March, mainly because a slew of promotional plans has hurt revenues of incumbent telcos. Under severe financial ...and more »
  
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• Wireless to supercharge telecom earnings in the first quarter: analysts - Financial Post

  06-04-2017 20:32 via business.financialpost.com
  
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  Wireless to supercharge telecom earnings in the first quarter: analysts
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  Peter J. Thompson/National PostSmall Internet service providers including TekSavvy and Distributel wanted access so they could offer their own wireless services using the networks of Bell, Telus and Rogers. Twitter · Google+ · LinkedIn · Email · Typo ...
  
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• Go!Foton Corporation has joined the global industry specialist Broadband Forum

  06-04-2017 17:58
  
  Anaheim, California, USA - Go!Foton Corporation, a global leader in manufacturing innovative optical connectivity solutions, has joined global industry specialist Broadband Forum. This will enable Go!Foton to contribute to the evolution of fiber connectivity in Central Offices and Data Centers worldwide where these require the support of next generation services such as c-RAN Cloud Radio Access Network.In joining the Broadband Forum, Go!Foton will be working with some of the world’s major
  
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• Poor communication about terms of service remains most common ... - CBC.ca

  06-04-2017 17:08 via cbc.ca
  
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  Poor communication about terms of service remains most common ...
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  Poor communication from telecom providers about terms of service remains the most frequent complaint from Canadian wireless, landline, and internet ...
  Service terms still top list of telecom complaintsToronto Star
  Canadians' complaints about their telecom companies are dropping, says watchdogFinancial Postall 7 news articles »
  
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• Ooredoo Oman, Paris-Saint Germain to hold football clinic

  06-04-2017 17:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Ooredoo Oman will be once again teaming up with football club Paris-Saint Germain, as it hosts its annual football clinic in Oman on 21 and 22 April...
  
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• Ingram Micro acquires NIT assets

  06-04-2017 16:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Ingram Micro said it has acquired the business assets of Network Information Technology (NIT), a distributor of physical security solutions in Middle East and Africa (MEA) region...
  
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• Valens raises USD 60 mln to boost growth

  06-04-2017 16:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Valens, the developer of HDBaseT and co-founder of the HDBaseT Alliance, secured an additional USD 60 million in capital...
  
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• Huawei to train Qatar University students

  06-04-2017 16:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Qatar University College of Engineering (QU-CENG) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Huawei Qatar to establish and implement a Chinese...
  
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• Synacor prices offering of 5.7 mln shares

  06-04-2017 16:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Online video delivery company Synacor has priced its offering of over 5.7 million shares, at USD 3.50 per unit. The company also granted a greenshoe of 857,250 more shares, if oversold...
  
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• Qatar telecom sector invests 12% of revenue in 2016

  06-04-2017 16:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Qatar's Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) has conducted an assessment of the telecommunications sector for 2016 and found that the sector...
  
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• KPN joins SBTi project to reduce CO2 emissions

  06-04-2017 16:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) KPN announced that it's joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), an initiative to help international companies develop science-based...
  
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• Huawei wins and loses patent cases

  06-04-2017 16:15
  Samsung loses against Huawei in China, but Huawei loses London case on patents
  
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• Germany hosts G20 digitalisation conference

  06-04-2017 15:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The German government has called for fast internet for all by 2025 as part of the goals to be discussed at the G20 conference on digitisation, taking place in Duesseldorf on 6-7 April...
  
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• Worldhotels Goes Global with ShoreTel and Interoute

  06-04-2017 15:36
  
  Partnership supports scalability, ease of management for international organisations.London, 6th April 2017 – ShoreTel® and Interoute today announced their partnership serving international markets with ShoreTel Connect™ unified communications (UC) solutions deployed on Interoute’s Enterprise Digital Platform, a global privately connected cloud infrastructure.Interoute operates one of Europe’s largest network integrated clouds, serving customers across three continent
  
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• Comcast launches Xfinity Mobile telecom operator - Financial Times

  06-04-2017 15:34 via ft.com
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  Comcast launches Xfinity Mobile telecom operator
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  Comcast launched a new mobile telecom operator on Thursday, as the largest cable group in the US seeks to boost customer loyalty by offering its subscribers wireless services in addition to television, internet and a landline phone. Sample the FT's top ...
  Comcast Introduces Xfinity Mobile: Combining America's Largest, Most Reliable 4G LTE Network and the Largest Wi-Fi ...Comcast Corporation
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• UK mobile app users face heightened security risks new nationwide survey reports

  06-04-2017 15:31
  
  Almost half do not scrutinise app details, 60 per cent rarely review permissions being requested before downloadLondon, UK, 6 April, 2017 – Poor security awareness, coupled with an insatiable demand for mobile apps, are placing UK consumers’ identities and devices at risk. A new nationwide survey commissioned by RiskIQ of 1,000 people across the country* reveals that almost half (45 per cent) do not scrutinise the app’s details while 60 per cent never or only...Source: RealWire
  
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• Synacor plans stock offering

  06-04-2017 14:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Online video delivery company Synacor is planning an offering, with Canaccord Genuityand Needham acting as joint book-running managers...
  
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• Zayo prices USD 550 mln offering

  06-04-2017 14:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Zayo Group said it has priced its latest offering of senior notes due 2027 at 5.750 percent, and that it increased the offering from USD 500 million to USD 550 million...
  
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• Telia Carrier launches new Internet backbone PoP in Berlin, bringing much-needed high speed, low latency connectivity to a flourishing region

  06-04-2017 14:01
  
  Stockholm/Berlin – 6 April 2017 – Telia Carrier announced today that it has added a new point-of-presence (PoP) to its network, providing agile connectivity services for a booming economic sector in Berlin, Germany. The new data center, Carrier-Colo, owned by I/P/B/, is one of the most connected facilities in the region providing connectivity and other IP services to international, national and regional start-ups, carriers, cloud and content providers. Located between Frankfurt, Germ
  
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• EneCom picks Nokia for 100Gbps optical network rollout

  06-04-2017 13:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Nokia has won Chogoku area's first 100 Gbps network rollout for Energia Communications (EneCom), a utility telecommunications company in the area...
  
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• Norway govt puts new tech at heart of 2018-29 transport plan

  06-04-2017 13:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The possibilities offered by new technology will be at the heart of National Transport Plan 2018-2029, said Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen...
  
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• European Parliament approves lower wholesale roaming prices

  06-04-2017 12:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The European Parliament has cleared what it says is the final hurdle to the end of roaming surcharges in the EU. In a vote of 549 for, 27 against and 50 abstentions, the parliament approved the reduction in wholesale roaming price caps, agreed with the Council two months ago. Lower wholesale caps are needed to make the end of retail surcharges for roaming sustainable for mobile operators.
  
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• Delta completes new management team

  06-04-2017 12:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Dutch cable operator Delta said it has completed its management team. The appointment of Marco Visser as CEO was announced on 1 March...
  
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• Toshiba releases 8TB enterprise capacity HDD

  06-04-2017 12:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Toshiba has added an 8TB SATA model to its MG05 series of 3.5-inch form-factor, enterprise capacity class of hard disk drives (HDD). Shipments start from today, Toshiba said...
  
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• Kathrein, CommScope enter extensive cross-licence deal

  06-04-2017 11:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Kathrein and CommScope entered into a long-term agreement to cross-licence portions of their patent portfolios...
  
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• Exiting NL govt leaves internet governance to the next one

  06-04-2017 11:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) has given no government response to a report by the Rathenau Institute on internet governance in the country...
  
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• KPN calls for tighter cooperation between ICT, Customer Care

  06-04-2017 11:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) KPN believes ICT and Customer Care departments should cooperate more closely in the Netherlands. The operator made the statement during The Digital Dutch interactive event...
  
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• Swisscom processes Zurcher Kantonalbank's transactions

  06-04-2017 11:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Swisscom entered into an outsourcing contract with Swiss financial services provider Zurcher Kantonalbank to start processing its payment transactions through its bank processing centre...
  
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• VR on fixed headsets to dominate VR market by 2020

  06-04-2017 11:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The superior experience offered by fixed VR headsets when compared to the one offered by mobile headsets will lead to the dominance of VR on fixed...
  
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• MaxLinear Joins HomeGrid Forum’s Board of Directors

  06-04-2017 11:09
  
  Leading provider of semiconductor solutions committed to the future of G.hnBeaverton, Ore., April 6, 2017News highlights:MaxLinear, a leading provider of integrated radio frequency and mixed-signal integrated circuits for the connected home and wired and wireless infrastructure markets, joins HomeGrid Forum Board of DirectorsHomeGrid Forum Board expands to six companies spanning all sectors of the communications industryHomeGrid Forum today announced that MaxLinear has joined AT&T, BT, Centu
  
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• Orange Luxembourg launches 'Love' multi-play bundles

  06-04-2017 11:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Orange Luxembourg announced the launch of three new multi-play bundles, 'Love Light', 'Love Elite' and 'Love Ultimate', including fixed broadband at up to 30 Mbps, 100 Mbps and 200 Mbps respectively...
  
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• Dutch fixed telephony revenue drops 9% to EUR 1.1 bln

  06-04-2017 10:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Dutch fixed telephony sales fell in 2016 by 9.3 percent to EUR 1.1 billion, according to Telecompaper's latest Dutch Fixed Telephony Market. The revenue decline, which began in 2013, is due to less use and lower prices. In the fourth quarter, sales decreased 0.3 percent to EUR 270 million.
  
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• Strategy Analytics says IoT market value overstated

  06-04-2017 10:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The projected market value of IoT solutions has been overstated and will be in the billions not trillions of dollars, according to a study by Strategy Analytics. After interviewing IT decision makers across nine vertical markets in the US, UK, France and Germany in January, the market researcher concluded that most IoT projects are still small-scale and significant obstacles remain for the market to take off, including security, integration with legacy systems, standards, and priv
  
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• Almost 80% of Dutch are happy with interactive TV menu

  06-04-2017 09:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Most Dutch households are satisfied or very satisfied with their interactive television menu, according to the latest data from the Telecompaper Consumer Panel. Users say they are also (very) satisfied with menu functions. The number of internet enabled TVs (smart or connected), continues to grow. In 2011, 30 percent of Dutch households had a TV with internet access. In 2016, the percentage jumped in 2016 to two-thirds.
  
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• Twitter launches 'lite' mobile service, targets India

  06-04-2017 09:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Twitter announced the launch of a 'lite' version of its mobile website, designed for users with slow mobile networks, limited storage or expensive internet services. The company said Twitter Lite minimizes data usage, loads quickly on slower connections, is resilient on unreliable mobile networks, and takes up less than 1MB on the device. Twitter is promoting the launch of the Lite site through a deal with Vodafone India to offer a specially curated timeline for the India Premier
  
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• TIM Brasil selects Bwtech’s NetChart to further improve the quality of its LTE network

  06-04-2017 09:00
  
  Using NetChart to standardize its network configuration, TIM Brasil managed to enhance its quality performance indicators.Rio de Janeiro, 6 April 2017 – To help improve the quality of their LTE network, TIM Brasil have made the decision to add 4G capabilities to their existing Configuration Management platform NetChart. Since 2013, TIM Brasil has used NetChart from Bwtech to standardize network configuration parameters of the 2G and 3G networks. TIM Brasil, one of the largest mobile...Sour
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Cabinet Secretary looking into troubles of telecom sector, risks to banks - Moneycontrol.com

  06-04-2017 08:51 via moneycontrol.com
  
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  EXCLUSIVE: Cabinet Secretary looking into troubles of telecom sector, risks to banks
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  Over the last two years, the industry's debt has nearly doubled to Rs 4.4 lakh crore, thanks to two big spectrum auctions. EXCLUSIVE: Cabinet Secretary looking into troubles of telecom sector, risks to banks. Malini Bhupta. Moneycontrol News. In a ...
  
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• Google joins Indigo subsea cable group with Singtel, Telstra

  06-04-2017 08:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Google has joined a consortium with operators Singtel and Telstra to build a new international subsea cable system, connecting Australia and southeast Asia. Other participants in the Indigo system (previously called APX West & Central) include AARNet, Indonesia's Indosat Ooredoo and SubPartners. They have contracted Alcatel Submarine Networks to build the 9,000-km system by mid-2019. Indigo will connect Singapore and Perth, and onwards to Sydney. Landing will occur in existing
  
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• Vivendi seeks control of Telecom Italia

  06-04-2017 02:00
  Vivendi is seeking to gain control of Telecom Italia by winning two-thirds of the operator's board seats, it emerged this week.Sources cited by Reuters on Wednesday said that the French media conglomerate has informed the European Commission that it could take de facto control of Telecom Italia at next month's shareholder meeting…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Spark, 2degrees, Vodafone bid for New Zealand's rural blackspot scheme

  06-04-2017 02:00
  New Zealand mobile operators Spark, 2degrees and Vodafone this week made a joint pitch for the government's Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI), which aims to pass 99% of the population with 50-Mbps networks by 2025…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Jio withdraws Summer Surprise offer

  06-04-2017 02:00
  Reliance Jio Infocomm on Thursday withdrew its 'Summer Surprise' offer of three months of free services following an order from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Global device shipments to remain flat this year – Gartner

  06-04-2017 02:00
  Global device shipments will remain broadly flat at 2.34 billion this year, predicted Gartner on Thursday.The analyst firm expects mobile handset shipments to inch up to 1.91 billion from 1.89 billion, while the computing device market, which includes PCs, laptops, tablets…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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