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• PNB, BSNL join hands for mobile wallet Speedpay rollout - ETTelecom.com

  08-09-2017 22:45
  ETTelecom.com
  PNB, BSNL join hands for mobile wallet Speedpay rollout
  ETTelecom.com
  KOLKATA: Punjab National Bank and state-run firm BSNL today teamed up to roll out open mobile wallet Speedpay across 10 states in the country. PNB's Speedway wallet will operate like any other mobile wallet for paying bills, recharging phone besides ...and more »
  
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• Local Leaders Oppose SB 649 Boost For Telecom Companies - Gazettes.com (satire) (press release) (blog)

  08-09-2017 22:09
  Gazettes.com (satire) (press release) (blog)
  Local Leaders Oppose SB 649 Boost For Telecom Companies
  Gazettes.com (satire) (press release) (blog)
  Dr. Jonathan Kramer, an attorney and radio frequency engineer, points out how a man can fit into a box the size of those used by telecommunication companies. —Gazette photo by Ashleigh Ruhl. Telecom Boxes. Two pvc pipe constructions show the size of ...
  
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• How a telecom contact might spur IT upgrades - FCW.com

  08-09-2017 21:31
  How a telecom contact might spur IT upgrades
  FCW.com
  The Trump administration's IT modernization plan issued in late August looks to leverage a newly issued governmentwide telecommunications contract to lower agency costs, improve efficiencies and potentially jump-start IT modernization efforts at ...
  
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• Telecom Commission seeks clarification on Trai data affordability solution - Economic Times

  08-09-2017 21:03
  Economic Times
  Telecom Commission seeks clarification on Trai data affordability solution
  Economic Times
  NEW DELHI: The Telecom Commission (TC) has referred back to the telecom regulator its recommendations on providing free data to help bridge the affordability gap, seeking clarifications on how the authority's views can be operationalised. “In December ...
  Trai bats for new landline service permit at district levelETTelecom.comall 4 news articles »
  
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• Connectivity Specialist Cubic Telecom Receives $46.5 Million Funding Injection - CleanTechnica

  08-09-2017 21:00
  CleanTechnica
  Connectivity Specialist Cubic Telecom Receives $46.5 Million Funding Injection
  CleanTechnica
  Irish startup Cubic Telecom has just received $46.5 million in a Series C round of funding. Four investors were involved in the new revenue injection, including Audi Electronics Venture GmbH (a subsidiary of AUDI AG), Qualcomm, and Valid Soluciones ...
  
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• A Sign of Things to Come: Telecom of Things - IoT Evolution World (blog)

  08-09-2017 19:48
  A Sign of Things to Come: Telecom of Things
  IoT Evolution World (blog)
  While the merger of Nokia with Alcatel was probably more interesting to Wall Street, the merger of SONUS with GENBAND is an indication about what we should expect to happen at the network layer for carriers working with the Internet of Things. Candidly ...
  
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• Telecom Commission defers decision on IMG proposals, to meet in 2 weeks - Economic Times

  08-09-2017 18:41
  Economic Times
  Telecom Commission defers decision on IMG proposals, to meet in 2 weeks
  Economic Times
  The Telecom Commission today put off a decision on measures to provide relief to the stressed industry as it sought more details on some of the suggestions, including deferred spectrum payment liability, from the inter-ministerial group, according to a ...
  Telecom Commission defers decision on IMG proposals, to meet in two weeksLivemint
  Telecom Commission wants clarification and details on reco
  
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• CEO Bayan Towfiq wants Flowroute to be the AWS of telecom (Video) - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)

  08-09-2017 18:39
  Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
  CEO Bayan Towfiq wants Flowroute to be the AWS of telecom (Video)
  Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
  Flowroute Inc. is a relatively small company in the telecom industry, but it has huge ambitions. Subscribe to get the full story. Already a subscriber? Sign in. Subscribe to get the full story. Already a subscriber? Sign in. SPECIAL OFFER. Digital $115.00.and more »
  
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• SoftBank, Sprint, Far EasTone and TBCASoft Launch Blockchain Consortium for Telecom Carriers - Telecompetitor (blog)

  08-09-2017 18:20
  SoftBank, Sprint, Far EasTone and TBCASoft Launch Blockchain Consortium for Telecom Carriers
  Telecompetitor (blog)
  September 07, 2017 — TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Japan-based SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”), U.S.-based Sprint Corporation (“Sprint”), Taiwan-based Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (“Far EasTone”) and U.S.-based TBCASoft, Inc. (“TBCASoft”) ...and more »
  
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• Sundararajan to visit Lucknow to review BharatNet progress - ETTelecom.com

  08-09-2017 17:57
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  Sundararajan to visit Lucknow to review BharatNet progress
  ETTelecom.com
  Sundararajan to visit Lucknow to review BharatNet progress NEW DELHI: Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan is visiting Lucknow and Kochin to review the progress of ambitious BharatNet program, an official told ETTelecom. The NDA government led by ...and more »
  
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• Idea Cellular to meet stakeholders on merger with Vodafone - ETTelecom.com

  08-09-2017 17:20
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  Idea Cellular to meet stakeholders on merger with Vodafone
  ETTelecom.com
  Vodafone had in 2007 acquired 67 per cent stake in the mobile-phone business owned by Hutchison Whampoa, now part of CK Hutchison. MUMBAI: Idea Cellular has called for a meeting on Oct. 12 of its shareholders, secured and unsecured creditors as per ...and more »
  
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• Nokia, ZTE bag Rs 6000 crore BSNL expansion order - ETTelecom.com

  08-09-2017 17:12
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  Nokia, ZTE bag Rs 6000 crore BSNL expansion order
  ETTelecom.com
  Nokia, ZTE bag Rs 6,000 crore BSNL expansion order KOLKATA: State run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) has just issued advance purchase orders (APOs) to Finnish equipment maker Nokia and China's ZTE for supplying mobile network gear for its ...and more »
  
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• Softbank planning multi-billion bond offering

  08-09-2017 17:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Softbank is looking to raise new dollar and euro bonds, namely 7 and 10 year dollar bonds alongside 8 and 12 year euro bonds, the Financial Times reported...
  
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• Telecom Commission defers decision on IMG proposals, seeks more details - Economic Times

  08-09-2017 16:21
  Economic Times
  Telecom Commission defers decision on IMG proposals, seeks more details
  Economic Times
  NEW DELHI:The Telecom Commission on Friday sought clarifications and details from an inter-ministerial group on recommendation to give companies more time to pay for the airwaves they won through auctions and lower the interest rate on payment ...
  Telecom Commission defers decision on IMG proposals, to meet in two weeksLivemint
  Telecom Commission meet: Airtel gets Rs 3,100-cr contract to .
  
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• Eye-watering debt financing and micro lending - Total Telecom (press release) (registration)

  08-09-2017 15:52
  Eye-watering debt financing and micro lending
  Total Telecom (press release) (registration)
  The telecoms industry is one of extremes, from multi-billion-dollar, debt-backed takeover deals to the transfer of tiny sums via emerging market mobile wallet services. But it's all relative. Thanks to online banking, it's rare that I ever need to go ...
  
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• FGL Telecom to deploy mobile network in rural Africa - Global Telecoms Business

  08-09-2017 15:32
  Global Telecoms Business
  FGL Telecom to deploy mobile network in rural Africa
  Global Telecoms Business
  FGL Telecom has struck a deal with a number of African agencies to deploy wireless services in rural communities across the continent. The Toronto-based telecoms firm will begin its deployment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in order to bring ...and more »
  
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• Contrasting TELUS Corporation (NYSE:TU) and Telecom Argentina Stet – France Telecom (TEO) - Dispatch Tribunal

  08-09-2017 14:53
  Contrasting TELUS Corporation (NYSE:TU) and Telecom Argentina Stet – France Telecom (TEO)
  Dispatch Tribunal
  Telecom Argentina Stet – France Telecom (NYSE: TEO) and TELUS Corporation (NYSE:TU) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ...
  Telecom Argentina SA (NYSE:TEO) Experiences Heavy Trading VolumeModern Readers
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• Telefonica publishes free children's story on Literacy Day

  08-09-2017 14:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Telefonica has published a children's story entitled 'Whatsapps, video games and mutant heads' to coincide with Unesco's Literacy Day and encourage the responsible use of technologies...
  
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• Telecom Italia launches TIMgames home gaming platform - Telecompaper (subscription)

  08-09-2017 14:34
  Telecom Italia launches TIMgames home gaming platform
  Telecompaper (subscription)
  Telecom Italia (TIM) has announced the launch of its new home gaming platform, dubbed TIMgames, for which the company has created a TIM Gamepad. The cloud-based gaming platform connects to the company's recently unveiled TIM Box decoder and ...
  
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• Telecom Italia launches TIMgames home gaming platform

  08-09-2017 14:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Telecom Italia (TIM) has announced the launch of its new home gaming platform, dubbed TIMgames, for which the company has created a TIM Gamepad...
  
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• Telia Finland renews sponsorship of SaiPo ice hockey team

  08-09-2017 13:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Telia Finland said it has renewed its sponsorship of ice hockey team Saimaan Pallo (SaiPa) from Kisapuisto in Lappeenranta...
  
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• PRISMA Telecom Testing Announces its Presence at MWC Americas 2017 - Markets Insider

  08-09-2017 13:03
  PRISMA Telecom Testing Announces its Presence at MWC Americas 2017
  Markets Insider
  MILAN, Sept. 8, 2017 /CNW/ - PRISMA Telecom Testing, a leading supplier of innovative performance testing solutions for the wireless industry, will unveil the latest developments of its systems at Mobile World Congress Americas 2017, the premier mobile ...and more »
  
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• VNPT to launch Vpoint payment cards in Q4

  08-09-2017 12:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Vietnamese operator VNPT plans to develop 1,000 points of card use for fields of shopping, food, tourism and relaxation before launching services...
  
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• Lenovo launches ThinkPad A series notebooks powered by AMD Pro

  08-09-2017 12:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Lenovo has announced its latest additions to the ThinkPad portfolio. The new ThinkPad A275 and A475 notebooks enterprise-level ThinkPad models feature AMD Pro technology...
  
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• German competition watchdog to announce Facebook findings by year-end - ETTelecom.com

  08-09-2017 12:31
  ETTelecom.com
  German competition watchdog to announce Facebook findings by year-end
  ETTelecom.com
  FLORENCE: The initial findings of Germany's investigation of U.S. social network company Facebook over possible market abuse will be announced by the end of the year, the country's cartel office said on Friday. The competition watchdog's investigation, ...and more »
  
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• Telia tackles churn by keeping an eye on customer devices - Total Telecom (press release) (registration)

  08-09-2017 11:43
  Total Telecom (press release) (registration)
  Telia tackles churn by keeping an eye on customer devices
  Total Telecom (press release) (registration)
  Telia is keeping watch on its high-spend customers' phones in a bid to prevent churn and potentially generate new revenue streams. The Swedish mobile operator, like its peers the world over, is keen to hold onto its most important customers, and is ...and more »
  
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• Magyar Telekom renews Magenta 1 offer

  08-09-2017 11:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Magyar Telekom renewed its Magenta 1 package from 4 September by adding more favorable terms and making it more tailored to customer needs...
  
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• Landowners pulling out of telecom agreements due to business concerns - FarmingUK

  08-09-2017 11:35
  FarmingUK
  Landowners pulling out of telecom agreements due to business concerns
  FarmingUK
  Landowners across the country are pulling out of telecoms agreements because of concerns about the new communications legislation, which is in turn "threatening" the delivery of the new emergency services network. According to telecoms specialists ...
  
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• Adobe India almost achieves gender parity in wages - ETTelecom.com

  08-09-2017 11:18
  ETTelecom.com
  Adobe India almost achieves gender parity in wages
  ETTelecom.com
  Adobe India almost achieves gender parity in wages New Delhi: Adobe India on Friday announced that its female employees are now earning 99 per cent of what male employees earn and is working to close the remaining gap in the country. The company ...and more »
  
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• India is a very "dynamic" gaming market: Lenovo APAC Prez Wong - ETTelecom.com

  08-09-2017 11:11
  ETTelecom.com
  India is a very "dynamic" gaming market: Lenovo APAC Prez Wong
  ETTelecom.com
  Berlin: Chinese technology giant Lenovo has said India is "dynamic" market as a sizeable population has very high-end requirements for gaming products. "India's population is so big you do not need many people to get into gaming to become a sizeable ...and more »
  
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• BT upgrades call centre operations with NICE

  08-09-2017 11:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) BT Group has selected technology from NICE, provider of cloud and on-premises enterprise software, to upgrade its contact centre operations...
  
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• Adobe, Microsoft expand cloud systems cooperation

  08-09-2017 10:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Adobe and Microsoft have expanded their recently announced cloud systems partnership, adding new cooperation points...
  
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• BT, Scottish Rugby extend partnership through 2021

  08-09-2017 10:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Scottish Rugby has extended its partnership with BT for a further three years until 2021. The new deal, effective from June 2018, sees BT retain the naming rights to the BT Murrayfield stadium...
  
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• Cox reaches recycling milestone: over 100,000 tonnes of materials since 2013

  08-09-2017 10:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Cox Enterprises said it has has recycled more than 100,000 tonnes of materials since 2013...
  
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• Vivendi close to agreeing deal to cut stake in Italy's Mediaset - report

  08-09-2017 10:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) French media giant Vivendi is nearing a preliminary deal with Italy's communications regulator Agcom on reducing its stake in broadcaster Mediaset, according to two unnamed sources cited by Reuters...
  
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• Swiss government passes Telecommunications Act revision to parliament

  08-09-2017 10:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) At its session on 06 September, the Swiss Federal Council adopted the draft concerning the partial revision of the Telecommunications Act (TCA)...
  
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• Sandvine shareholders vote for Procera, PNI acquisition

  08-09-2017 10:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Sandvine shareholders have voted in favour of the company's acquisition bid by Francisco's PNI Acquireco and Procera for CAD 4.40 per share in cash. ...
  
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• ChinaCache names Gao as interim CFO, Zhou resigns

  08-09-2017 09:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Chinese internet content and application delivery services provider ChinaCache International has announced that Naijiang Zhou has stepped down from...
  
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• Mobile Internet services suspended in Sirsa - ETTelecom.com

  08-09-2017 09:42
  ETTelecom.com
  Mobile Internet services suspended in Sirsa
  ETTelecom.com
  The violence following conviction of the Dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim in a rape case, by a special CBI court in Panchkula yesterday, resulted in four deaths and injuries to 58 Dera followers in Sirsa. Chandigarh: Mobile Internet services have been ...and more »
  
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• Huawei overtakes Apple as world's second smartphone brand

  08-09-2017 09:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) China's smartphone giant Huawei has surpassed Apple's global smartphone sales for the first time in June and July to become the world's second-biggest smartphone maker behind Samsung, according to a report from Counterpoint Research. Although Apple is likely to recover the second spot with the imminent release of a new range of iPhones, the report described the development as a significant milestone, with Huawei breaking the duopoly enjoyed by Samsung and Apple for the past five y
  
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• CAG Bomb: Telecom sector waiting to explode? - Moneycontrol.com

  08-09-2017 08:35
  CAG Bomb: Telecom sector waiting to explode?
  Moneycontrol.com
  This leads to the government losing out Rs12,229.24 crore as payment from spectrum usage charges and interest. These charges are computed by using telecom companies' revenue as the base. On the basis of this report government has once again ...
  
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• Court annuls EUR 26 mln Telefonica fine for restrictive business contracts

  08-09-2017 08:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Spain's National High Court has annulled a EUR 25.78 million fine imposed on Telefonica by telecom and competition regulator CNMC back in 2014 for...
  
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• Liquid Telecom appoints new chief business development officer - IT News Africa

  08-09-2017 08:01
  IT News Africa
  Liquid Telecom appoints new chief business development officer
  IT News Africa
  Telecoms group Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, announced on Thursday 7 September 2017, that the company has appointed Willem Marais as Chief Business Development Officer. Marais in his new role will help oversee the group's business ...and more »
  
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• SoftBank, Sprint, Far EasTone, TBCASoft launch blockchain consortium for telecom operators

  08-09-2017 07:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Japan's SoftBank, US-based Sprint, Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecommunications and US-based TBCASoft have launched a blockchain consortium dubbed the Carrier Blockchain Study Group (CBSG)...
  
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• Google may buy HTC's smartphone business - ETTelecom.com

  08-09-2017 06:51
  ETTelecom.com
  Google may buy HTC's smartphone business
  ETTelecom.com
  Google may buy HTC's smartphone business Beijing/San Francisco: Google is reportedly considering to acquire the struggling Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC's phone business. According to a report in the Chinese publication Commercial Times, Google ...and more »
  
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• SoftBank, Huawei demo 5G network use cases

  08-09-2017 06:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) SoftBank and Huawei Technologies Japan have jointly demonstrated potential use cases for a 5G network...
  
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• IMG recommends scrapping spectrum cap, among other recos to revive telecom sector - Moneycontrol.com

  08-09-2017 06:31
  Moneycontrol.com
  IMG recommends scrapping spectrum cap, among other recos to revive telecom sector
  Moneycontrol.com
  At present, a company can hold 50 percent spectrum in a particular band and there is an overall cap on holding 33 percent spectrum. IMG recommends scrapping spectrum cap, among other recos to revive telecom sector. Aseem Manchanda. CNBC Awaaz.
  
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• Zong expands reach of customer service centers

  08-09-2017 05:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Pakistani operator Zong has expanded the reach of its customer service centers across Pakistan...
  
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• Intel to update 5G testing device to meet standards - ETTelecom.com

  08-09-2017 05:41
  ETTelecom.com
  Intel to update 5G testing device to meet standards
  ETTelecom.com
  Intel to update 5G testing device to meet standards NEW YORK: Chipmaker Intel Corp said on Thursday that it was updating 5G equipment that will allow telecom companies like AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc to run trials based on standards to be ...and more »
  
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• Now, telecom infra an essential component of township planning - Daily News & Analysis

  08-09-2017 04:40
  Daily News & Analysis
  Now, telecom infra an essential component of township planning
  Daily News & Analysis
  In a recent development, the Rajasthan government has included telecom infrastructure development as integral to township planning. Telecommunication services are now being considered among other basic necessities like water and electricity. In a ...
  
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