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Austrian mobile operators consolidate, but a new player is on the horizon
Some rather thorny consolidation just occurred in the Austrian mobile market, with 3 Austria closing its acquisition of Orange Austria, minus some of Orange’s key assets, which were sold off to Telekom...
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Google should be ashamed for paying carriers to handle its traffic
The concept of net neutrality means different things to different people. Some see tiered access pricing for connectivity as the key debate point, while others are more concerned with the idea of...
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Storage for the grand French cloud? Inktank partners with eNovance on Ceph
It’s been noted a few times that the Amazon of Europe will most likely be Amazon, but the French have something else in mind. With capital of €225 million ($305 million) — €75 million of which has come...
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Carriers finally get a cut of Skype Credit sales, starting in Russia
Mobile operators have what might charitably be termed an interesting relationship with VoIP services, particularly the market leader, Microsoft’s Skype. These services are partly to blame for the...
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Fighting the capacity crunch, Orange and Alcatel-Lucent set 400 Gbps fiber...
People have been messing around with this in the labs but now it’s real and in the field: Alcatel-Lucent and France Telecom-Orange have deployed a long-distance terrestrial 400 Gbps optical fiber link...
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France wants to invest $27B in high speed broadband
France has unveiled a financing plan that would result in the government and private companies spending €20 billion ($27 billion) over the next 10 years bringing high speed broadband and fiber...
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Orange outs Libon for Android and adds voice chat to iOS version
Orange has released the first version of its Libon app for Android smartphones and is adding new functionality to the iOS version. Libon appeared for iOS in November last year, giving Orange a clear...
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Meet the 6 startups from the inaugural accelerator of French telco Orange
French telco Orange has had a presence in Silicon Valley for over a decade. But on Monday night, the global giant — which has 231 million customers across 32 counties and 170,000 employees — announced...
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Orange’s Flexible Computing IaaS platform spreads to North America and Asia
Orange Business Services has expanded its Flexible Computing infrastructure-as-a-service product to North America and Asia, targeting multinationals with a presence across those continents and Europe...
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Where new opportunity lies in the mobile operating system space
Roughly half a dozen new mobile operating systems will come to market over the next 6 to 12 months. Many of these look to be more sophisticated than the older ones controlled by Apple and Google. This...
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Soil IQ looks to design, data and connectivity to make gardening & farming...
Startup Re:char has spun out a new venture called Soil IQ, which will launch the entrepreneurs’ connected soil sensor gadget, and the new company announced last week that it’s working with designer...
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Netflix may launch in France this fall, looking for ISP partners
Netflix wants to launch in France this fall, and has approached French operator Orange for a possible distribution deal, according to a local radio report relayed by Variety. Orange CEO Stephane...
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Seeking profits, mobile operators get social and personal
Two new product offerings are trying to make you love your mobile carrier with a Facebook app and a product that allows carriers to personalize a pricing plan just for you. Will Facebook and customized...
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France Telecom, Everything Everywhere See Revenues Decline
France Telecom's Q3 profit dipped by 5.2 percent to €3.99 billion. All regions in which it operates except Spain turned in negative result… France Telecom, Everything Everywhere See Revenues Decline...
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Nokia Spreads The Lumia Love: 85k Free Devices To Developers, Bloggers
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has pushed hard to get its first two Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Windows-based phones out before the holiday season. The indust… Nokia Spreads The Lumia Love: 85k Free Devices To...
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A Tale Of Two Strategies: Home And Away With Orange And Vodafone
Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Orange have long been rivals in mobile phone markets in Europe, but as growth slows down in the region, the two are… A Tale Of Two Strategies: Home And Away With Orange And...
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Orange Will Bring Three New, Cheap 'Facebook Phones' To Europe And Africa
Remember the "Facebook phones" launched by HTC and INQ earlier this year that gave users a hotlink to the social network and integrated the… Orange Will Bring Three New, Cheap 'Facebook Phones' To...
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45 Carriers Endorse Mobile Payment Standard, But Will It Make A Difference?
Near-field communications (NFC) is far from being a standard in mobile payments, but the wave-and-pay technology may have gotten its biggest… 45 Carriers Endorse Mobile Payment Standard, But Will It...
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Three Cries Foul To EU Regulators Over British Mobile Commerce JV
We have seen this one brewing for some time already, and now it appears to be bubbling over: the Hutchison-owned UK mobile operator Three is… Three Cries Foul To EU Regulators Over British Mobile...
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To Buy Or Not To Buy: Nokia Struggles To Manage Lumia 800 Sales Message
So much hope has been pinned on Nokia's comeback strategy -- in which it has pivoted in the space of less than a year to develop a new line… To Buy Or Not To Buy: Nokia Struggles To Manage Lumia 800...
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