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• Telecom: The Deals of Summer - IT Business Edge (blog)

  08-08-2017 22:32
  Telecom: The Deals of Summer
  IT Business Edge (blog)
  Things tend to slow down a bit in the summer, which gives people a chance to go to the beach – or look ahead to things that might happen once autumn arrives. Two stories during the past week suggest three mega-deals that may be on the table: a merger ...and more »
  
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• What Lies Ahead for Telecom ETFs? - Zacks.com

  08-08-2017 22:21
  Zacks.com
  What Lies Ahead for Telecom ETFs?
  Zacks.com
  The U.S. telecommunications industry is currently balanced with almost equal proportions of positive and negative influences. This year, we expect this industry to witness growth more or less in line with the broader market. Positive Factors. At ...and more »
  
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• New details emerge about Burlington Telecom suitors - vtdigger.org

  08-08-2017 19:43
  New details emerge about Burlington Telecom suitors
  vtdigger.org
  BURLINGTON — David Provost, chair of the Burlington Telecom Advisory Board, offered the public new morsels of information about the four finalists bidding to operate the Queen City's municipal fiber network. The revelation makes good on a promise from ...
  
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• TDS Telecom says A-CAM, state programs will further its fiber reach - FierceTelecom

  08-08-2017 18:55
  TDS Telecom says A-CAM, state programs will further its fiber reach
  FierceTelecom
  TDS Telecom told investors during its second-quarter earnings call that it's equipping more of its network with fiber where it can make a good business case. Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print. TDS Telecom plans to leverage a host of different ...
  
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• Telecom sector stress: IMG to meet next week to finalise report - Economic Times

  08-08-2017 18:42
  Economic Times
  Telecom sector stress: IMG to meet next week to finalise report
  Economic Times
  NEW DELHI: The inter-ministerial group constituted to suggest measures to ease financial stress in the telecom sector will meet next week to discuss and finalise its report, according to a senior DoT official. The high-level group will hold its next ...
  Telecom issues: IMG to meet on August 14, 16Hindu Business Lineall 4 news articles »
  
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• HKT Payment intros Go QR m-payment acceptance service

  08-08-2017 18:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) HKT Payment, a stored value facilities (SVF) license holder, has announced that Tap & Go is introducing the 'Go QR' m-payment acceptance service for retailers using QR codes...
  
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• BTC agrees improved sponsorship deal with BPL - report

  08-08-2017 17:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) and the Botswana Premier League (BPL) have reportedly agreed a new three-year sponsorship deal, Mmegi reported...
  
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• Huawei starts ICT skills competition in Mideast

  08-08-2017 17:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Huawei has announced the launch of its Middle East ICT Skill Competition 2017, aimed at universities and students. The programme seeks to unearth and...
  
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• Rajant Appoints Michael J. Van Rassen Executive Vice President of Business Development

  08-08-2017 15:15
  Program Management and Acquisition Expert Joins Company to Expand Global Military, Commercial Markets PHILADELPHIA – August 8, 2017 – To meet its strategic growth objectives and global expansion goals, Rajant, the pioneer of innovative mobile mesh technology for private wireless networks, announced today the hiring of Michael J. Van Rassen as Executive Vice President of Business Development, and Ed Preston as Program Manager.Rajant makes mobile, scalable and highly reliable kinetic w
  
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• Portuguese regulator imposes EUR 1.7 million in fines in H1

  08-08-2017 14:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Portugal's National Communications Authority (Anacom) concluded 209 cases of misconduct in the first six months of this year, and in 53 cases the investigation culminated in the imposition of fines...
  
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• Telstra launches driverless car trial with NSW govt

  08-08-2017 13:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Australian operator Telstra's has joined forces with the NSW Government and a host of partners to launch the NSW's first trial of a driverless vehicle in Sydney Olympic Park...
  
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• GPS repeater technology ensures end-to-end visibility of cargo in transit, says FalTech GPS

  08-08-2017 13:42
  Every day, vast amounts of cargo are transported around the world by land, sea and air.One way to keep track of shipments as they make their way around the globe is by use of GPS-enabled tracking devices.Knowing the exact location of a highly valuable consignment of prescription drugs, for example, would surely make any logistics professional sleep better at night.A tracking device can be fitted to almost anything, in an open or a covert way.While...Source: RealWire
  
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• Japan ends June with 163 mln mobile subscribers

  08-08-2017 13:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Japan ended June with 163.1 million mobile customers, up from 162.7 million in March...
  
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• Romania consults on sending of info related to access to properties

  08-08-2017 13:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Romania's telecommunications authority Ancom opened a public consultation on a draft decision that regulates the format and manner of the sending by...
  
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• NTT, partners demo 118.5 Terabits transmission capacity

  08-08-2017 13:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) and six partners, namely KDDI Research, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Fujikura, Furukawa Electric, NEC, and...
  
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• PLDT, PAPTELCO to provide digital services to regional areas

  08-08-2017 13:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Philippines operator PLDT and its mobile subsidiary Smart Communications have strengthened their partnership with local telecoms operators to deliver...
  
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• Dutch communication prices fall, slowing rising inflation rate

  08-08-2017 12:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Dutch communication prices fell in June and July, helping slow inflation in the Netherlands, according to figures from the state statistics office CBS...
  
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• T-Systems launches disaster recovery platform powered by Veritas

  08-08-2017 12:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) T-Systems is expanding its range of vCloud services with the addition of T-Systems DSI vCloud DRaaS (disaster recovery as a service)...
  
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• Globe Telecom's H1 revenues grow 5%, profit drops 10%

  08-08-2017 12:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Philippines operator Globe Telecom reported consolidated service revenues of PHP 62.9 billion for the first half of 2017, which represents an...
  
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• Amsterdam invests in digital society school with universities

  08-08-2017 12:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) The city of Amsterdam is investing EUR 3.7 million in the Digital Society School...
  
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• SVoD service Iflix raises USD 133 mln to develop own content

  08-08-2017 11:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) SVoD service provider Iflix has completed a USD 133 million funding round. Proceeds from this funding round will be used to support iflix's local content strategy. The funding round was led by Hearst and also included new investors Singapore-based EDBI and clients of DBS private bank. Existing shareholders Evolution Media, Sky, Catcha Group, Liberty Global, Jungle Ventures and PLDT also increased their investments. The new round brings total funding raised by Iflix this calendar y
  
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• TelOne carries out overnight engineering works in some areas

  08-08-2017 11:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Zimbabwean operator TelOne has disrupted its services to clients in Hillside (Bulawayo), Kezi and the Harare to Norton network from 00:00 hrs to 02:00 hrs...
  
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• IIJ's quarterly net income jumps 33%, revenue up 13%

  08-08-2017 11:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Network services revenue amounted to JPY 25.6 billion, up 16.4 percent year-on-year, while revenues for internet connectivity services for enterprise...
  
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• Virgin Media has record RGU net additions of 78,000 in Q2

  08-08-2017 11:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Virgin Media has registered record RGU net additions of 78,000 in Q2 2017, up 56 percent from a year earlier, and 21,000 net customer additions in the seasonally weakest quarter...
  
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• Belarus reaches 1.4 mln GPON subscribers

  08-08-2017 10:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Services over 3,5 00 km of GPON lines were launched in Belarus in the first half of this year, according to a statement from the Ministry of ICT...
  
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• Arqiva hires banks to consider GBP 6 billion float - report

  08-08-2017 10:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) UK communications infrastructure and media services company Arqiva has appointed four banks to prepare a London stock market listing, Sky News has learnt...
  
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• VTR sales up 8% in Q2 on higher ARPU, customer gains

  08-08-2017 10:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Chilean cable operator VTR, part of Liberty Global's Latin American and Caribbean group (LiLAC), reported revenues of CLP 153.4 billion in the second...
  
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• SK Telecom launches Nugu Mini portable AI speaker

  08-08-2017 10:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) South Korean operator SK Telecom has introduced the 'Nugu Mini' Korean language-based portable artificial intelligence (AI) speaker...
  
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• Vivendi denies having 'de facto control' of Telecom Italia - Telecompaper (subscription)

  08-08-2017 09:22
  Vivendi denies having 'de facto control' of Telecom Italia
  Telecompaper (subscription)
  French media giant Vivendi has announced that it has yet to exercise de facto control over Telecom Italia (TIM) even though it has become the operator's leading shareholder with a stake of around 24 percent and named two of its executives as leading ...and more »
  
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• Market Now: Bharti Airtel gains on stake sale reports; telecom index down - Economic Times

  08-08-2017 09:00
  Economic Times
  Market Now: Bharti Airtel gains on stake sale reports; telecom index down
  Economic Times
  NEW DELHI: Shares of Bharti Airtel (up 0.07 per cent) was the solitary gainer in the BSE Telecom pack after reports emerged that it was planning to sell 3.7 per cent stake in Bharti Infratel for Rs 2,550 crore. "Airtel is in process of offloading 3.7 ...
  Bharti Airtel selling $400 mn stake in telecom tower unitVCCircleall 35 news articles »
  
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• Macquarie Telecom Debuts Australia SD-WAN Service with VeloCloud - CIO Today

  08-08-2017 09:00
  CIO Today
  Macquarie Telecom Debuts Australia SD-WAN Service with VeloCloud
  CIO Today
  Sydney, Australia -- August 8, 2017 -- Macquarie Telecom today launched its first-of-its-kind SD-WAN service to provide Australian business with new technology enabling intelligent network services, control and visibility. "It's the most exciting ...and more »
  
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• Would be able to maintain 14-16% margin in telecom segment: Amara Raja - Moneycontrol.com

  08-08-2017 08:46
  Moneycontrol.com
  Would be able to maintain 14-16% margin in telecom segment: Amara Raja
  Moneycontrol.com
  Would be able to maintain 14-16% margin in telecom segment: Amara Raja. Amara Raja reported a decent set of Q1 earnings. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, S Vijayanand, CEO of Amara Raja discussed company's performance. Share Video.
  
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• Vivendi denies having 'de facto control' of Telecom Italia

  08-08-2017 08:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) French media giant Vivendi has announced that it has yet to exercise de facto control over Telecom Italia (TIM) even though it has become the operator's leading shareholder with a stake of around 24 percent and named two of its executives as leading directors. 
  
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• Liberty Global sales growth under pressure in Q2 from weak UK, mobile markets

  08-08-2017 08:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Liberty Global reported slow sales growth in Europe for a second quarter, hurt by weakness in mobile markets, the UK and Switzerland. Underlying revenues were up just 1.6 percent year-on-year to USD 3.664 billion, and reported revenue fell 18 percent due to the deconsolidation of its Dutch activities. The company said Virgin Media was hurt by discounts and slow sales, but the impact should start to lessen from Q4. 
  
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• Google fires employee behind anti-diversity memo - ETTelecom.com

  08-08-2017 08:08
  Google fires employee behind anti-diversity memo
  ETTelecom.com
  Internet giant Google has fired the male engineer at the center of an uproar in Silicon Valley over the past week after he authored an internal memo asserting there are biological causes behind gender inequality in the tech industry. James Damore, the ...and more »
  
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• CBS to launch OTT service outside US

  08-08-2017 07:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) US broadcaster CBS has announced plans to expand its OTT service 'CBS All Access' internationally, launching first in Canada in the first half of 2018, with other markets "in multiple continents" to follow. The company said the subscription service is growing faster than expected in the US and offers an opportunity for revenue growth abroad.
  
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• ​SK Telecom launches portable version of AI speaker - ZDNet

  08-08-2017 06:22
  ZDNet
  ​SK Telecom launches portable version of AI speaker
  ZDNet
  Courtesy of SK Telecom. SK Telecom has launched an outdoor version of its AI speaker in South Korea. The NUGU Mini is a portable version of NUGU, the mobile carrier's AI speaker for the home that has sold over 150,000 units since launching last year.and more »
  
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• Details Trickle Out on Finalists in the Bidding for Burlington Telecom - Seven Days

  08-08-2017 05:20
  Seven Days
  Details Trickle Out on Finalists in the Bidding for Burlington Telecom
  Seven Days
  David Provost, chair of the Burlington Telecom Advisory Board, gave a two and a half minute public update on Monday night about the imminent sale of Burlington Telecom. The brief presentation during a Burlington City Council meeting was the most ...
  "Diverse" set of 4 finalists in the running to buy Burlington TelecomBurlingtonFreePress.comall 3 news articles »
  
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• Apple engaged in data colonisation: Trai - ETTelecom.com

  08-08-2017 05:06
  Apple engaged in data colonisation: Trai
  ETTelecom.com
  Apple engaged in data colonisation: Trai New Delhi: Telecom regulator Trai has accused iPhone maker Apple of engaging in “data colonisation” in India and being “anti-consumer” by not allowing customers to pass on details about pesky calls and unwanted ...and more »
  
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• Nigeria goes to ITU Telecom World 2017 - NIGERIAN TRIBUNE (press release) (blog)

  08-08-2017 04:44
  NIGERIAN TRIBUNE (press release) (blog)
  Nigeria goes to ITU Telecom World 2017
  NIGERIAN TRIBUNE (press release) (blog)
  Nigeria's robust telecommunications regulatory environment, guarantee of Returns On Investment (ROI) and investors renewed confidence in the fast growing sector will form part of the country's narrative at the International Telecommunications Union ...and more »
  
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• Vodafone India, Idea deal inches closer on SEBI approval

  08-08-2017 02:00
  Vodafone India and Idea Cellular inched closer to completing their $23 billion merger this week after India's stock market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), cleared the deal…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Vodacom completes Safaricom deal

  08-08-2017 02:00
  Vodafone this week completed the transfer of a 35% indirect stake in Kenyan arm Safaricom to its Vodacom unit.The deal increases Vodafone's holding in the South African telco to 69…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Vivendi denies wielding control over Telecom Italia

  08-08-2017 02:00
  Vivendi has denied exercising de facto control over Telecom Italia, after market watchdog Consob asked it to clarify its position in the operator.Under Italy's Civil Code, exercising, on a stable basis, a dominant influence at shareholder meetings is evidence of de facto control…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• UK, Switzerland weigh on Liberty Global Q2

  08-08-2017 02:00
  Liberty Global announced late Monday its European business swung to a net loss in the second quarter, while revenue inched up just 1.6%, due mainly to weakness in the U.K. and Switzerland.Revenue at Virgin Media, which serves the U.K. and Ireland, edged up to &pound…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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