Topping the telco charts
A look at the most-read articles on Total Telecom in 2016, complete with sweeping statements about peoples’ taste in music.
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Tag: News
2016: an event-full year for Total Telecom
Over the course of 12 months, some of the biggest names in telecoms, as well as head honchos from the public sector, meet at Total Telecom’s various events to get to grips with some of the biggest issues facing the industry.
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A year in deals: bring your M&A-game
The telco industry’s dealmakers were out in force in 2016, as players sought greater scale or eyed opportunities in adjacent markets.
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Oi confirms Sawiris meeting over recovery plan
Egyptian businessman reportedly ready to invest $250 million in troubled Brazilian telco.
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Executive decisions: changing of the guard
A certain CEO’s tenure at one of the world’s biggest telco vendors was abruptly curtailed this year; plus some European incumbents also made major changes at the top.
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Review of 2016: The big ‘D’
Disruption, that overused word, showed its dark side in a year marked by political upsets and economic uncertainty.
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Meet the winners of the World Communication Awards 2016
News Last night in London the winners were announced for the 2016 World Communication Awards (WCA)...
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Telecom Italia to spin off TIMvision, produce original programmes
Italian incumbent aims to provide richer content catalogue in bid to drive quad-play uptake.
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Telstra barred from 700-MHz auction
Australian incumbent ruled out after comms minister Mitch Fifield imposes caps on spectrum holdings.
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Saudi Telecom ploughs $100m into ride-sharing service Careem
Operator buys 10% stake in Uber rival as part of strategy of investing in digital innovation.
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Ofcom slams UK’s poor geographic 4G coverage
U.K. telco regulator also sounds warning over lack of FTTP coverage.
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TIM rolls out 500 Mbps 4.5G network
Italian incumbent’s high-speed mobile service goes live in Rome, Palermo, Sanremo; more major cities to follow in coming weeks.
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Telenor reportedly in talks to sell India operation to Idea
Source claims Norwegian-based telco may struggle to strike a deal in wake of spectrum auction.
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EU agrees 700-MHz timeline
Member states required to make spectrum available for mobile broadband by 30 June 2020.
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21st Century Fox agrees 11.7bn Sky takeover
U.S. media giant must overcome potentially stiff opposition to media concentration.
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TPG wins Singapore new entrant auction
Australia-based telco bags fourth licence with 69.7 million bid.
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Yahoo reveals new hack affecting more than 1bn users
Troubled Internet company says profile information was stolen probably in August 2013, but it doesn’t know how.
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Virgin Media quiet on low-cost brand rumour
U.K. cableco reportedly preparing to take on TalkTalk, Plusnet with secretive ‘Project Prosecco’.
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Report urges UK govt to take responsibility for 5G, blasts patchy 4G coverage
National Infrastructure Commission takes aim at transport networks, town centre notspots.
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Amazon opens first UK data centres
AWS’s third European region gives U.K.-based customers the opportunity to run applications, store data domestically.
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