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Vivendi tries a bit of stand-up comedy with lame TIM denial

With the Edinburgh Fringe festival just around the corner, Vivendi is showing off its comedic skills by trying to convince regulators it doesn’t have ‘de facto control’ control over TIM.

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• 08 Aug 2017

Central bank intervenes to help bail-out Etisalat Nigeria

It all seems to be going horribly wrong for Nigeria’s fourth mobile operator Etisalat Nigeria, such that the country’s central bank has had to come to the rescue.

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• 04 Jul 2017

Airtel continues mud-slinging but shows little fighting spirit

Bharti Airtel has accused Reliance Jio of directly ignoring an order from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), and continuing its ‘Summer Surprise’ discounts for customers.

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• 10 Apr 2017

Nokia tries to bring global IoT under its WING

Nokia has announced the launch of a worldwide IoT-network-as-a-service which it will debut at Mobile World Congress later this month.

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• 10 Feb 2017

AT&T bid for Time Warner reportedly faces legal challenge

New research from Cowen and Company Equity Research has indicated AT&T is losing customers faster than any other US telco, but it doesn’t seem to care that much.

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• 20 Jan 2017

Ofcom disciplines EE to the tune of £2.7m for billing fail

EE has felt the wrath of Ofcom as the regulator lands a £2.7 million swipe on the operator for overcharging customers on two separate occasions.

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• 18 Jan 2017

Jio continues to cause chaos in India

Jio has continued it quest to ruin the day of telcos throughout India, hinting its free data offer may continue beyond March 31.

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• 17 Jan 2017

China reportedly set to open operators to private investment

The Chinese government has released a statement encouraging private investment in the telco sector to drive the country’s competitiveness in the internet-defined economy.

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• 16 Jan 2017

O2 denounced for ruining Christmas

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has decided to prove its worth by shaming O2 as the Christmas Grinch with its redundancy message to employees.

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• 13 Jan 2017

Telefónica looks to e-gaming to fill debt hole

Telefonica has announced a strategic partnership with ESL to build its presence in the e-Sports arena in another move to diversify its business and address its debt issues.

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• 11 Jan 2017

AT&T & Verizon herald the end for unlimited data plans

New policies from Verizon and AT&T may indicate the days of unlimited data plans are reaching an end in the US market which is starting to approach a price convergence crisis.

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• 11 Jan 2017

Europe finally moves to level playing field for OTTs and telcos

At long-last the European Commission (hereafter known as the Gaggle of Red-tapers) has outlined its plan to address the regulatory imbalance between telcos and OTTs in Europe.

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• 10 Jan 2017

Operators face data cost-revenue crunch in 2017 – report

Veteran telecoms industry analyst Tom Nolle reckons this is the year the cost of delivering data becomes greater than the revenues derived from doing so, according to a Light Reading report.

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• 10 Jan 2017

Jio continues to cause headaches for competitors in India

Jio has continued its assault on the Indian telco market by extending its freebies offer through to 31 March 2017.

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• 01 Dec 2016

Struggling with profits, just open a bank says Orange

Orange has taken an alternative route to combating the profitability challenge endemic to the telecoms industry – it started a bank.

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• 09 Nov 2016

Are telcos ready for the second industrial revolution?

Imagine you could predict the future, how would you use your power? Would you make millions or inform the telco industry how digital will impact telcos in five years?

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• 27 Sep 2016

Apple partnership is music to our EEars

EE has unveiled its latest initiative to captivate the UK market, offering a free six month subscription new and upgrading EE customers from September 1.

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• 26 Aug 2016

28% of operators already have commercial LTE-A offering

New research from the Global mobile Suppliers Association, GSA, has stated 521 operators have commercially launched LTE, LTE-Advanced or LTE-Advanced Pro networks around the world.

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• 12 Aug 2016

Three expands free roaming in spite of potential Brexit dangers

Three has announced customers will now be able to experience free roaming in an additional 24 countries from September, pre-empting Brexit concerns over roaming charges.

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• 11 Aug 2016

Oracle partners BT in UK cloud push

Oracle has announced a new partnership with BT as the company continues its efforts to redefine its offering and penetrate the cloud computing market segment.

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• 28 Jun 2016