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• Wiping out Net neutrality helps only big telecom firms - The Boston Globe

  24-05-2017 22:05 via bostonglobe.com
  
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  Wiping out Net neutrality helps only big telecom firms
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  Remember when millions of protesters from coast to coast insisted that their broadband providers be allowed to favor Netflix over Hulu, or vice versa? Wasn't it stirring when all those laid-off factory workers in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania ...and more »
  
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• Sunny Skies for Weather App Developers as Tutela Wants to Boost Incomes and Improve User Experience

  24-05-2017 15:34
  
  Monetising anonymous mobile signal data can benefit developers by £1-4mLondon, UK. 24 May, 2017: Tutela, the crowd-sourced wireless analytics monetisation (WAM) company, has today announced its intentions to work with weather app developers to help them earn £1-4m of additional revenue.Weather apps are a mainstay in app stores with thousands used daily. Such strong customer bases can be utilised by developers using Tutela’s software package (SDK) to generate more income and cem
  
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• Aerohive Connect now available across entire portfolio

  24-05-2017 14:59
  
  Expanded product line for connectivity-oriented customers gives channel partners fastest path to profitable enterprise Wi-FiLondon, UK — Aerohive Networks® (NYSE: HIVE), the leading independent enterprise Wi-Fi vendor, today announced the expansion of the Aerohive Connect™ product line, using the power of cloud networking to deliver the essential functionality businesses need to provision robust Wi-Fi connectivity, whether at one or thousands of locations. Aerohive Connect is now
  
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• Former ONS Census Budget Guru Appointed As CFO by Certus Solutions

  24-05-2017 13:11
  James Ham has been appointed as the CFO of leading Oracle Platinum Partner Certus Solutions. James joins Certus from the Office for National Statistics, where he was Financial Controller and had previously held budget responsibility for the UK Census. Later he was appointed Project Director responsible for the introduction of Oracle ERP and HCM solutions supplied by Certus. The implementation was the first complete Oracle Cloud suite implementation in a central government department.In his new..
  
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• The World's Largest Telecom Companies: AT&T And Verizon Top China Mobile - Forbes

  24-05-2017 13:01 via forbes.com
  
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  The World's Largest Telecom Companies: AT&T And Verizon Top China Mobile
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  The world is being eaten by smartphones made by Apple AAPL -0.41% and Samsung, connecting billions around the world to streaming video, voice communication and wireless internet at their fingertips. A boon to global productivity, few companies have ...and more »
  
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• LANSA Appoints Alison Henderson as EMEA VP Sales and Marketing to drive growth in its Low-Code Application Development Business

  24-05-2017 12:13
  
  Alison Henderson has been appointed as VP, Sales and Marketing EMEA for LANSA (www.lansa.com). In her new role, she will drive growth for the Low-Code, Rapid Application Development Tools business, building on the company’s expanding software and consulting services operations in EMEA. Headquartered in Sydney, LANSA is a global provider of Low-Code Application development platforms for organisations building and modernizing enterprise applications for web, mobile, Windows and the cloud. LA
  
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• Aviat Networks wins public safety project in the Middle East

  24-05-2017 11:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Aviat Networks said it has been awarded a new project worth over USD 2 million with a large country-wide defense agency in the Middle East...
  
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• Vodafone intros 35-day expiry period for prepay plans

  24-05-2017 11:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vodafone Australia has introduced a 35-day prepay expiry period for prepay plans...
  
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• Ukraine NKRZI extends Datagroup, Vodafone, Kyivstar licences

  24-05-2017 11:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Ukrainian national telecommunications regulator NKRZI has prolonged licences for providing telecommunications services for several operators.
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• Microsoft appoints new GM for Gulf Region

  24-05-2017 11:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Microsoft has announced the appointment of Sayed Hashish as the regional general manager for Microsoft Gulf...
  
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• Telefonica Peru fined PEN 200,000 for complaints breach

  24-05-2017 11:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Peruvian telecoms services regulator Osiptel has fined Telefonica del Peru fined a total of PEN 206,550 (around USD 62,000) for failing to pass on...
  
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• Optus opens 'hybrid' store in Bundaberg

  24-05-2017 10:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Australian operator Optus has inaugurated a "hybrid" store in the city of Bundaberg. The new store will provide both residential customers and small businesses with advice and products...
  
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• Ecuador's CNT invests USD 4 mln in govt communications

  24-05-2017 10:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Ecuador's state-owned operator CNT has announced a USD 4.3 million investment in a high-speed broadband, telephony, cloud and unified communications platform for government entities...
  
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• Market now: Telecom, healthcare, metal stocks down - Economic Times

  24-05-2017 10:29 via economictimes.indiatimes.com
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  Market now: Telecom, healthcare, metal stocks down
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  Barring the BSE Telecom (down 1.08 per cent), BSE Metal (down 0.36 per cent) and BSE Healthcare (down 0.30 per cent) indices on BSE, other sectoral indices were trading in green around 11.45 am (IST). The BSE Oil & Gas index was up 1.15 per cent at ...
  
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• Orange Spain expands digital initiative to 15 Cadiz towns

  24-05-2017 10:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Orange Spain has extended its 'Se Digital' training programme to 15 more localities in the southern Cadiz province, the latest of its partnerships...
  
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• Thaicom launches Nitro RAN Optimizers

  24-05-2017 10:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Asian satellite operator Thaicom has introduced a series of Radio Access Network (RAN) optimizers for satellite service providers...
  
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• Small Cell Forum Awards 2017 Recognise Commercial Success as Technology Goes Mainstream

  24-05-2017 10:19
  
  Small cell pioneers and new players recognised at event marking Forum’s 10th anniversarySCWS – London – 24th May 2017 Small Cell Forum (SCF) has announced the winners of the Small Cell Forum Industry Awards 2017, recognising outstanding achievement within, and contributions to, the global small cell industry. The awards were presented at a gala dinner held at the Small Cell World Summit in London last night, which also marked the forum’s 10th anniversary.Open to the...Sou
  
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• 8x8 appoints Hublou as CMO

  24-05-2017 10:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) 8X8 appointed Rani Hublou as chief marketing officer (CMO).In her new role, Hublou will be responsible for aligning 8x8's value proposition,...
  
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• Hughes upgrades network of Jack in the Box restaurant

  24-05-2017 10:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Hughes Network Systems was selected to upgrade the nationwide network of quick service restaurant Jack in the Box and its Qdoba Mexican Grill subsidiary...
  
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• Vodafone Italia signs public administration contracts

  24-05-2017 09:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Vodafone Italia announced that it has signed the final contracts to supply data connectivity services to a number of central government agencies...
  
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• Softbank owns Nvidia stake worth USD 4 bln - report

  24-05-2017 09:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) SoftBank owns USD 4 billion worth of Nvidia, with a stake of just under 5 percent,the minimum that would require a regulatory disclosure in the US,...
  
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• Vodafone agrees merger with Melita in Malta

  24-05-2017 09:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Apax Partners, Fortino Capital and Vodafone Group announced an agreement to combine cable, broadband and pay TV provider Melita and mobile operator Vodafone Malta...
  
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• Italy's Wind Tre launches business brand

  24-05-2017 09:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Wind Tre, the new Italian operator emerging from the 50-50 joint venture between Veon's Wind and Hutchison's 3 Italia, has announced the launch of a new unified business brand...
  
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• OFCA finds HKCTV breaches Unified Carrier Licence

  24-05-2017 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Hong Kong's Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) has found that Hong Kong Cable Television Limited (HKCTV) has infringed its Unified Carrier...
  
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• Google launches USD 5,000 connected whiteboard

  24-05-2017 09:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Google has announced the launch of a cloud-based, collaborative whiteboard called Jamboard in the US...
  
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• Cellnex acquires 2,239 towers from Sunrise for EUR 430 mln

  24-05-2017 08:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Spanish operator Cellnex Telecom has announced the creation of a consortium to acquire 100 percent of Swiss Towers AG, a subsidiary of Sunrise Communications that operates 2,239 telecommunication sites in Switzerland. The consortium led by Cellnex will acquire Swiss Tower AG for a total of EUR 430 million free of cash, pushing the total number of towers operated by Cellnex in Spain, Italy, Switzerland, France, Netherlands and the UK to over 23,000. The Swiss AG consortium is 54 pe
  
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• Daisy awarded Lenovo Gold Business Partner status

  24-05-2017 08:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) UK business services provider Daisy Group has been awarded the Lenovo Gold Business Partner status...
  
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• European SIM-only prices trend lower, with more data in Q1

  24-05-2017 08:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) The cost of a mobile SIM-only plan showed a general decline in most countries in Western Europe in Q1 2017, according to the latest research by Telecompaper. The annual comparison of mobile prices across 16 countries shows a general trend of operators including more and more data in postpaid plans, as well as many already offering a roaming allowance ahead of the change in EU rules in June. In the survey of nearly 1,600 plans available on the market, the Telecompaper EU Benchmark
  
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• Telekom Malaysia's Q1 revenue grows 3.8%

  24-05-2017 08:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Telekom Malaysia (TM) posted group revenue of MYR 2.96 billion for the first quarter ended 31 March 2017, which represents a growth of 3.8 percent...
  
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• Grameenphone offers discounts on purchases at Singer shops

  24-05-2017 07:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Bangladeshi mobile operator Grameenphone, in partnership with Singer Bangladesh, has launched a campaign for its Star customers...
  
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• Vodafone's converged services strategy reaches Malta

  24-05-2017 02:00
  Vodafone's strategy of augmenting its mobile operations with fixed broadband and TV services reached another milestone on Wednesday, when its Maltese arm agreed to merge with local cableco Melita.The transaction will see Vodafone Malta take a 49% stake in the combined company…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Genband, Sonus agree 50:50 merger

  24-05-2017 02:00
  Genband and Sonus this week agreed to merge in a bid to create a leader in cloud-based, real-time communications.The deal brings together Sonus' expertise in cloud-based session initiation protocol (SIP), VoLTE and virtualised real…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Altice adopts unified global brand

  24-05-2017 02:00
  Altice this week announced it will unify its sprawling empire of cable and telco assets under the Altice brand.This includes its operations in Europe and the U.S., such as SFR…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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