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• Trump Promises Telecom Executives Less Red Tape - Fox Business

  22-06-2017 21:12 via foxbusiness.com
  
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  President Donald Trump on Thursday told technology and telecom executives the government will tackle federal regulations they consider too restrictive but stopped short of announcing any specific policies aimed at their industries. Continue Reading Below.
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• Trump Promises Telecom Executives Less Red Tape - Wall Street Journal (subscription)

  22-06-2017 20:28 via wsj.com
  
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  Trump Promises Telecom Executives Less Red Tape
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  President Donald Trump on Thursday told technology and telecom executives the government will tackle federal regulations they consider too restrictive but stopped short of announcing any specific policies aimed at their industries. The White House ...
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• Cable Operator Altice Delivers Biggest US Telecom IPO in 17 Years - MarketWatch

  22-06-2017 16:14 via marketwatch.com
  
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  Cable Operator Altice Delivers Biggest US Telecom IPO in 17 Years
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  The IPO of cable company Altice USA raised more money than any other U.S.-listed telecom since the year 2000, an encouraging sign for the beleaguered sector. Altice shares were priced at $30 apiece, raising $1.9 billion in the deal. In a sign of solid ...
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• ZTE ZENIC SDON wins Best Overall Multi-layer SDN Controller Implementation award at NGON & Optical DCI forum

  22-06-2017 15:17
  
  22 June 2017, Shenzhen, China – ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, today announced it has won the “Best Overall Multi-layer SDN Controller Implementation” award for its innovative ZENIC SDON solution at the annual Next Generation Optical Networking and Optical Data Centre Interconnect (NGON & Optical DCI) event in Nice, France. By using Software De
  
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• Indian telecom sector earnings outlook worst among global peers - Economic Times

  22-06-2017 15:06 via economictimes.indiatimes.com
  
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  Indian telecom sector earnings outlook worst among global peers
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  Indian telecom firms are reeling due to disruptive tariff plans from new entrant Reliance Jio.and more »
  
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• Trump to meet with telecom CEOs - CNNMoney

  22-06-2017 15:05 via money.cnn.com
  
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  President Trump will meet Thursday with the heads of Verizon (VZ, Tech30), AT&T (T, Tech30), Sprint (S) and other companies, according to a White House official. The meeting will focus on "how government can help American ingenuity and technological ...
  
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• Telecom Stock Roundup: T-Mobile US to Rollout 600 MHz Spectrum, CenturyLink May Face $12 Billion Lawsuit - Zacks.com

  22-06-2017 15:04 via zacks.com
  
  Telecom Stock Roundup: T-Mobile US to Rollout 600 MHz Spectrum, CenturyLink May Face $12 Billion Lawsuit
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  The U.S. telecom industry remained rather subdued over the last week. Nevertheless, a few developments were worth noting. T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS - Free Report) , the third largest U.S. national wireless operator, has decided to roll out 600 MHz ...and more »
  
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• AudioCodes signs EMEA distribution agreement with Nuvias

  22-06-2017 13:00
  
  New relationship will focus on Skype for Business and BroadSoft UC markets Nuvias further extends its EMEA Unified Communications’ business London, England: 22/6/17 - AudioCodes, the Voice and Unified Communications Networking Solutions vendor, has signed a pan-EMEA distribution agreement with fast-growing, high-value distribution business Nuvias, following the recent launch of Nuvias’ Unified Communications (UC) Practice across EMEA. Nuvias is now able to offer complete end-to-end s
  
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• A Quick Top 10 Checklist For Telecom Mergers And Acquisitions Communications - Forbes

  22-06-2017 13:00 via forbes.com
  
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  There's one thing we can all be certain of – change. In the telecom industry, 2017 is turning into a hallmark year for mergers and acquisitions, with AT&T and Time Warner heading the list of potential deals. AT&T wants to sell more video content while ...
  
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• Dutch multi-play market growth slows, at 6.5 mln subscribers

  22-06-2017 10:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Growth in the number of multi-play households is slowing, with already 84 percent taking two or more services from the same provider. In the first quarter of 2017, 38,000 multi-play subscribers were added in the market, for a total 6.54 million, according to the Telecompaper report 'Dutch Consumer Multiplay Market'. Over 14 percent took a quad-play plan, with the three fixed services TV, broadband and fixed line as well as mobile telephony.
  
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• IoT, 5G and Big Data on the agenda as Communic Indonesia returns for 2017

  22-06-2017 10:00
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia: The explosive growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), the role of satellite connectivity and the evolution of 4G, 5G and LTE technologies will be some of the key talking points discussed by leading industry names at this year’s Communic Indonesia.In 2016, the number of internet users in Indonesia hit 100 million, with 93% accessing the web via their mobile phones. As the Government aims to have broadband reach 71% of the total...Source: RealWire
  
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• Imagination Technologies puts company up for sale

  22-06-2017 08:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Imagination Technologies has put the company up for sale. The company said in a statement that it had received interest from a number of parties in recetn weeks and so decided to start a formal sale process. Preliminary discussions with potential bidders have already started. In early May, Imagination already started a sale its MIPS and Ensigma operations. This is "progressing well", the company said, and indicative proposals have been received for both businesses.
  
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• Altice USA prices IPO near high end, raises USD 1.9 bln

  22-06-2017 08:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (Telecompaper) Altice USA has priced its IPO near the high end of the indicated range, at USD 30 per share. As a result, it will raise a total USD 1.918 billion before costs from the sale of 63.94 million shares. Altice is selling 12.07 million shares, for proceeds of USD 362.1 million, and its shareholders BC Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board are selling the remaining shares in the IPO from their existing holdings. After completion of the offering, Altice will own 70.3 perce
  
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• Aruna Sundararajan is now permanent Telecom Secretary - MediaNama.com

  22-06-2017 07:17 via medianama.com
  
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  Aruna Sundararajan is now permanent Telecom Secretary
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  Aruna Sundararajan, who was appointed as temporary secretary for Telecom (DoT) in May, will continue holding the post permanently, while her earlier job as the Secretary for The Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) will now be handed over to Ajay ...
  
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• Videocon Telecom enters new businesses, expects Rs 1678 crore revenue this financial year - Gizbot

  22-06-2017 07:16 via gizbot.com
  
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  Videocon Telecom enters new businesses, expects Rs 1678 crore revenue this financial year
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  Videocon Telecom, the telecom arm of Videocon Group said that it is all set to deliver a consolidated topline revenue of Rs 1658 crore in the current financial year i.e. 2017-18 from its existing, newly setup and upcoming business lines. Videocon ...
  
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• Mexico's Supreme Court rules in spat related to telecom reform - Reuters

  22-06-2017 05:18 via reuters.com
  
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  Mexico's Supreme Court rules in spat related to telecom reform
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  The logo of America Movil is pictured on the wall of a reception area in the company's corporate offices in Mexico City, Mexico, May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido. By Noel Randewich | MEXICO CITY. MEXICO CITY Mexico's Supreme Court ruled on ...and more »
  
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• BSNL's Bharat Net to connect one lakh gram panchayats - ETTelecom.com

  22-06-2017 04:24 via telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com
  
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  BSNL's Bharat Net to connect one lakh gram panchayats
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  New Delhi: The Chairman and Managing Director of the public sector undertaking (PSU) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has revealed that one lakh gram panchayats will be telephonically connected soon through Bharat Net. Speaking on the show ...and more »
  
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• India govt pledges 'corrective steps' to ease pressure on telcos

  22-06-2017 02:00
  India's government on Thursday pledged to reform its telco policies in a bid to ease the pressure on a sector ravaged by a brutal price war.Minister of Communications Manoj Sinha held face-to-face talks with representatives from the industry, during which he said corrective steps will be taken to ensure a return to orderly growth…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Imagination puts itself on the block

  22-06-2017 02:00
  U.K. chip designer Imagination Technologies on Thursday put itself up for sale, and revealed it is in talks with potential suitors.The company already put two of its divisions &ndash…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Altice USA prices IPO at high end of range

  22-06-2017 02:00
  Altice this week priced the initial public offering of its U.S. arm at $30 (€26.87) per share, the high end of its range.In total, 63.94 million Altice USA shares will float on the New York Stock Exchange later today &ndash…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Avoid the temptation to overregulate telecom - Livemint

  22-06-2017 00:57 via livemint.com
  
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  Avoid the temptation to overregulate telecom
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  India's telecom sector is in the midst of a painful reconfiguration that isn't likely to end anytime soon. The launch of Reliance Jio in September 2016 started a winter of discontent for telecom companies that has stretched well into this summer. The ...
  
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• Red Hat CEO: 8-figure deals with US telecom giants 'just scratching the surface' - CNBC

  22-06-2017 00:45 via cnbc.com
  
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  Red Hat CEO: 8-figure deals with US telecom giants 'just scratching the surface'
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  Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst said his software company's massive deals with U.S. telecommunications providers are only a small step into a huge growth area. The CEO told "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer that the move to 5G puts Red Hat's platforms at the ...and more »
  
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• Cable Operator Altice Delivers Biggest US Telecom IPO in 17 Years - Wall Street Journal (subscription)

  22-06-2017 00:10 via wsj.com
  
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  Cable Operator Altice Delivers Biggest US Telecom IPO in 17 Years
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  The IPO of cable company Altice USA raised more money than any other U.S.-listed telecom since 2000, an encouraging sign for the beleaguered sector. Altice shares were priced at $30 apiece, according to a person familiar with the offering, raising $1.9 ...and more »
  
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