Latest Telco Insight – Page 355
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Products & ServicesTelekom Deutschland and rivals support Advanced Mobile Location
Telekom Deutschland (TDE) and rivals Telefónica Deutschland and Vodafone Germany began supporting Advanced Mobile Location (AML), which enables emergency services to pinpoint the exact location of a handset when a user makes a 112 emergency call.
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PremiumLegere reiterates T-Mobile US commitment to Puerto Rico
T-Mobile US (TMUS) Chief Executive John Legere took to his Twitter account to exploit rival AT&T’s announcement that it was planning to exit Puerto Rico.
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Venturing & InvestmentsOTE ties with Intralot on digital bookie plan
Joint move into gambling echoes previous German effort by DT.
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PremiumTelekom Deutschland boosts TV content line-up with basketball and football coverage rights agreements
Telekom Deutschland (TDE) boosted its TV content line-up with further basketball and football coverage rights agreements.
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PremiumT-Mobile US-Sprint merger receives FCC green light
T-Mobile US (TMUS) and Sprint ticked another box in the regulatory approval list for their prospective mega–merger, securing a green light from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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Products & ServicesT-Mobile Poland adds Amazon Prime Video to broadband and multi-play packages
T-Mobile Poland (TMPL) added Amazon Prime Video to its recently-launched wireline broadband and multi-play packages.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Group People Moves, November 2019
Latest people movements include: Gereon Hammel, Reza Moussavian, Marco Serrão, Roman Wiels, Amit Keren.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Europe People Moves, November 2019
Latest people movements include: Ab Egberink, Andreas Biehler, Christian Deutinger, Guido Menzel, Tomas Rysavy, Peter Skodny, Dorota Albrecht, Beata Magdziarz, Pawel Pytlakowski.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom mobile encryption app enabling German government agencies make confidential calls iPhones
Deutsche Telekom (DT) signalled that its mobile encryption app is enabling German government agencies to make confidential calls on Apple iPhones for the first time.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Systems Solutions People Moves, November 2019
Latest people movements include: Andre Schreiber, Guilherme Barreiro, Felip Prieto, Bertus Cilliers.
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PremiumBNetzA imposes new porting charges on German mobile operators
Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA), Germany’s telecoms regulator, made a ruling on porting charges that will affect Telekom Deutschland (TDE) and the country’s other mobile operators.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom USA People Moves, November 2019
Latest people movements include: Javier Barrientos, Leah Coyne, Nick Karnik.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom Alumni People Moves, November 2019
Latest People Moves include: Johannes Schmidt-Schultes, Olaf Schnapauff, Adam Sawicki, Ingo Hofacker.
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PremiumT-Mobile Poland awarded two-year contract by Central Informatics Centre
T-Mobile Poland (TMPL) was said to have been awarded a two-year deal for the provision of text messaging services by the country’s Central Informatics Centre (COI).
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Public AffairsMagyar Telekom hits regulatory buffers as tariffs claimed to violate EU net neutrality rules
Magyar Telekom (MT) again hit regulatory buffers in connection with tariffs that are claimed to violate European Union (EU) net neutrality rules introduced in 2016 (Deutsche Telekomwatch, #56).
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Premium4iG completes due diligence in prospective acquisition of T-Systems Hungary.
Hungarian IT service provider 4iG was reported to have completed due diligence in its prospective acquisition of Magyar Telekom (MT) enterprise unit T-Systems Hungary.
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PremiumVodafone UK sub-leases 2.6GHz spectrum to StrattoOpencell
OpCo claims UK first following introduction of spectrum-sharing rules.
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PremiumMore reports of G.fast slowdown
With full fibre the established main priority, an increasingly gaping hole is building in BT’s plans to provide ultrafast services to ten million homes by early-2021, as G.fast stood down.
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PremiumOpenreach extending local reach
Local authority deals quickly pivoting to FTTP as momentum gathers, with BDUK gainshare in support. Challenge of full-scale fibre illustrated by significant cost per home passed for remote fibre installations.
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PremiumVirgin Media sweeps in with gigabit ‘can do’ claims
DOCSIS 3.1 upgrade providing Virgin Media with a clear opportunity to declare itself a key partner in the government’s pursuit of gigabit speeds. Management bullish on the prospect of taking the fight to Openreach, beyond Virgin’s traditional footprint. Sky in a position to play off Virgin and Openreach, as ...