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Disney agrees higher bid with cash for 21st Century Fox
2018-06-20 16:45:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) 21st Century Fox has agreed a new takeover offer from Disney, adding a cash element to the originally all-stock deal and beating the rival bid from Comcast. Under the amended agreement, Fox shareholders will receive USD 38 per share, in a choice of cash or stock, with a maximum 50 percent of the total price in cash for Disney. The total equity price of USD 71.3 billion tops Comcast's offer of USD 65 billion for Fox and Disney's first offer of USD 52.4 billion all in stock.
Category: Telecommunications
EU parliament committee approves copyright reforms for internet platforms
2018-06-20 13:57:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The EU's proposed copyright reform has passed a key hurdle with the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee approving the draft legislation. The committee also agreed to open negotiations with the European Commission and Council of the EU on a final version of the new law that aims to update copyright law for the growing consumption of online media.
Category: Telecommunications
Italian Mobile Operators 2018Q1- Excel
2018-06-20 11:05:00| Telecompaper Reports
This EXCEL sheet provides all important available KPIs from all mobile network operators in the Italian market. MNOs covered are TIM, Vodafone, Wind, 3 Italia and merged company Wind Tre; KPIs shown include mobile customer numbers, mobile service revenues and ARPUs providing splits by postpaid/ prepaid but also voice en non-voice each by individual operator. Period covered from Q1 2009 up to Q1 2018.
Category: Telecommunications
Italian Mobile Operators 2018 Q1- excel
2018-06-20 10:26:52| Telecompaper Reports
This EXCEL sheet provides all important available KPIs from all mobile network operators in the Italian market. MNOs covered are TIM, Vodafone, Wind, 3 Italia and merged company Wind Tre; KPIs shown include mobile customer numbers, mobile service revenues and ARPUs providing splits by postpaid/ prepaid but also voice en non-voice each by individual operator. Period covered from Q1 2009 up to Q1 2018.
Category: Telecommunications
AT&T close to deal to acquire ad exchange AppNexus for USD 1.6 bln - report
2018-06-20 08:52:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) AT&T is close to a deal to acquire the advertising company AppNexus, the business news website Cheddar reported. Privately-held AppNexus operates an independent ad exchange for buying and selling of digital ads, which would help AT&T compete better with Google and Facebook and monetise its new content assets at Time Warner.
Category: Telecommunications
Telstra to axe 8,000 jobs, create network company under new strategy plan
2018-06-20 07:14:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The changes form a 3-year plan building on the strategic investments announced by Telstra in 2016. A consequence of the plan is an expected net reduction in employee and contractor numbers of 8,000, including removing one in four executive and middle management roles to flatten the Telstra structure.
Category: Telecommunications
BT fined 77,000 over spam emails
2018-06-20 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
BT was ordered to pay a fine of £77,000 today, after it sent five million marketing emails to customers without their consent…read more on TotalTele.com »
Category: Telecommunications
O2: The UK must do more to conquer 5G barriers
2018-06-20 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
The UK must do more to overcome a number of crucial roadblocks on its journey to rolling out fifth generation mobile network, according to a senior representative from 02. Derek McManus, chief operating officer at 02, said that the UK government had made a good start by commissioning its barrier busting taskforce, but that more needed to be done to streamline the rollout of 5G in the years to come…read more on TotalTele.com »
Category: Telecommunications
Vodafone reveals seven 5G test cities across the UK
2018-06-20 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Vodafone is to launch seven 5G test-cities across the UK, with rollouts starting in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to a senior company source. Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Manchester will all be transformed into 5G test cities…read more on TotalTele.com »
Category: Telecommunications
UK's connectivity trailblazers revealed at Connected Britain Awards 2018
2018-06-20 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Britain's most ambitious and pioneering digital infrastructure companies were revealed on Tuesday evening at the inaugural Connected Britain Awards in London. Competition was stiff across the eight categories, as some of the UK's most progressive firms went head to head on 5G, FTTH and Smart City initiatives. "We've been completely overwhelmed by the number of entries we've had…read more on TotalTele.com »
Category: Telecommunications