Tata completes €1.1bn NTT DoCoMo payoff
Japanese operator transfers Tata Teleservices shares to ex-India partner; raises full-year forecast
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Telia bids do svidaniya to MegaFon
Swedish telco offloads remaining 19% stake in Russian counterpart for €881 million.
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Singapore telcos, banks partner to drive SME digitalisation
Regulator-led initiative sees operators provide connectivity and cybersecurity, while banks offer funding for transformation programmes.
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China Unicom confirms Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent as new shareholders
Telco expects to raise €9.5 billion from group of 14 investors; will use funds to upgrade 4G network, implement 5G strategy.
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Apple slips behind Huawei in CEE smartphone market
China’s Xiaomi rockets up the ranking to clinch fourth spot, Canalys says.
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China Unicom shares suspended, new investors to be unveiled imminently
Online giants Alibaba, Baidu, JD.com, Tencent reportedly among tech firms set to plough $12 billion into operator.
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Openreach scraps dark fibre access launch
U.K. incumbent no longer required to offer physical access to rivals following competition tribunal ruling.
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Mobily signs €547m worth of network deals with Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia
Three-year framework agreements pave way for modernisation of Saudi operator’s mobile infrastructure.
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RCom swings to €162m fiscal Q1 loss
Struggling Indian operator laments ‘unprecedented competitive intensity’ as revenue plunges 33%.
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BT investor calls for CEO to go
Shareholder reportedly wants U.K. incumbent to look outside the company for an exec with a regulatory, engineering background.
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NZ regulator warns telcos over fair trade violations
Spark, Vodafone, 2degrees, MyRepublic notified over misleading prices, marketing.
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Telefonica mulls Netflix-like service
Spanish incumbent reportedly prepping streaming video offering in bid to extend original programming to new markets.
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China Unicom issues H1 revenue warning
Profit expected to surge 70%; telco plays down Alibaba, Tencent rumours.
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Verizon delays online TV launch as content owners hesitate
U.S. telco reportedly still working on pricing, programming mix, technology for upcoming service.
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Telco, tech, auto industries form another connected car consortium
Automotive Edge Computing Consortium to develop infrastructure to process vast quantity of data expected to be generated by cars.
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Watch this Face(book)
Social network’s bid for world domination now includes flawed video service.
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Nokia touts 5G NGPaaS project
Vendor’s Bell Labs unit leads 12-member consortium in development of cloud-native, next-generation platform.
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Now Altice has its eye on Charter
Cable group reportedly has bankers, lawyers working on a bid.
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Omantel pays $846m for 10% of Zain
Deal in line with Omani incumbent’s diversification strategy.
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China Mobile pays dividends as 1H revenue grows 5%
4G penetration reaches 69%; mobile data accounts for more than 50% of service revenue.
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