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			<title>Ericsson closes telecom cable manufacturing facility - Yahoo!7 News - Google News</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yahoo!7 NewsEricsson closes telecom cable manufacturing facilityYahoo!7 NewsSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ericsson announced on Tuesday plans to shut its telecom cable manufacturing facility in Sweden and would take a 500 million Swedish crown ($75 million) charge as a result. The company said it had given notice of a reduction of ...Ericsson To Close Down Telecom Cables Operation; To Take Restructuring ...RTT NewsEricsson to close down telecom cable manufacturing - MarketwireMarketwire (press release)Ericsson recognized as the worldwide leader in telecom operations managementYour Industry News (press release)all 4 news articles »]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:45:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>EC’s super-fast broadband estimates challenged - telecoms.com</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Point Topic estimates the total cost at €80bn
Providing super-fast broadband to the whole of the European Union could be much less expensive than previously thought, according to UK research firm Point Topic, which estimates that the whole economic area could be served for €80bn – less than a third of the €270bn estimated by the European Commission in its Digital Agenda.
Defined as delivering at least 30Mbps of data downstream, super-fast broadband services have long been championed by EC Commissioner Neelie Kroes, who has taken on the mission of ensuring that all EU households can access these speeds by 2020.
However, both operators and national governments have balked at the cost, so it will come as welcome news to many that the cost may be much lower.
The main reason for Point Topic’s reduced estimate is that super-fast networks have already covered about half of European homes, using a variety of technologies in addition to expensive fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), such as cable and copper-based VDSL, which Point Topic has used as the main connection method in urban areas in its models.
Of the €80bn total, around two-thirds (or €52bn) will be needed to hook up the areas of lowest population density, defined as having less than 100 people per square kilometre.
Tim Johnson, lead author of the report, said: “Most of that amount will have to be funded by the taxpayer in one way or another,” says Johnson, “and we think that’s about as much as they will stand for. But we think that a large proportion of rural Europe will get wired up on that basis.”]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:45:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Vodafone sees 90 per cent drop in full year profit - telecoms.com</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vodafone has seen a 90 per cent year on year drop in profit for the full year 2013
Operator group Vodafone has seen a 90 per cent year on year drop in profit for the full year ended March 2013. The operator posted a profit of just £673m, down from £7bn a year earlier, hit hard by a £7.7bn impairment charge in Italy and Spain over the course of the year. The company was forced to write down the value of its south European operations as the Eurozone crisis bit hard.
Group revenue also fell by 4.2 per cent to £44.4bn while full year organic service revenues declined by 1.9 per cent. The profit Vodafone saw from US operator Verizon Wireless, in which it has a 45 per cent stake, rose 30.5 per cent to reach £6.4bn.
“Thanks to further strong progress this year in our key areas of strategic focus − data, enterprise and emerging markets − and an excellent performance from Verizon, we have achieved good growth in adjusted operating profit and adjusted earnings per share,” commented Vittorio Colao, group chief executive.
“However, we have faced headwinds from a combination of continued tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe, and an adverse European regulatory environment.”
Despite the good performance from Verizon Wireless, Vodafone’s results are a continuation of the story of the challenges facing Europe’s telcos, according to Steven Hartley, telco strategy analyst, at research firm Ovum.
“Ovum has always maintained that the primary goal of Europe’s telcos is to stabilise their performance at home. Emerging markets are good but our forecasts for 2017 warn of ‘emerging maturity’ as emerging market growth slows. Besides, low ARPU across emerging markets means that these markets generate less revenue and profit relative to their subscriber base,” he said.
“What then must be done to stabilise European performance? Firstly, it will help for the economy to return to robust growth”
He added that secondly, Europe’s telcos must be innovative and pragmatic.
“Telcos should focus their innovation in their business models and pricing strategies. Vodafone is heeding this call with its Vodafone Red tariff plan. Such a plan would eliminate the panic about voice and SMS revenue erosion from OTT services which Ovum expects will cost telcos $106bn globally by 2016.”
The operator launched its Vodafone Red tariff during 2012, offering subscribers unlimited voice and SMS services and up to 2GB of data on 3G. The plan is now in 14 markets, with 4.1 million customers subscribed to it as at 12 May 2013.
Hartley added that Vodafone is also pragmatically transforming itself; it has assimilated Cable and Wireless globally, has a fixed broadband deal with Deutsche Telekom in Germany, signed an LTE network sharing deal with O2 in the UK and will co-build fibre with Orange in Spain.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:40:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Tunisian operators deploy submarine cable connecting Europe - telecoms.com</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Orange Tunisie and Tunisiana will deploy submarine cable connecting Tunisia to Europe
Two of Tunisia’s mobile operators have signed a deal with with backbone operator and cloud services provider Interoute for the deployment of a submarine cable connecting Tunisia to Europe.
Orange Tunisie and Tunisiana, which is 90 per cent owned by Qatari group Ooredoo, will deploy a private submarine cable, called Didon, which will cover nearly 170km. It will connect to the city of Kélibia, Tunisia to Interoute’s pan European fiber optic network, via its landing station in Mazara del Vallo, Siciliy, Italy.
The cable is planned to be in place by April 2014 and its capacity will begin at 100GBps at launch with an aim to reach 8Tbps, per operator. According to Interoute, the cable will act as a force for social development and economic growth for the country.
“The Didon cable will provide increased capacity and better service to the seven million consumers and businesses that rely on Tunisiana,” said Ken Campbell, CEO of Tunisiana. “This investment is also a testament to our belief in the potential for growth in Tunisia as a hub for the region.”
Didier Charvet, CEO of Orange Tunisie added: “This investment is also a proof that Orange Tunisie believes in the development of the ICT sector and e-services in Tunisia.”]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 03:45:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Liberty Global takes a balanced approach in transition to all-IP - Fierce Telecom</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Balan Nair, Liberty Global CTO, knows that IP is the cable industry&#039;s long-term technology platform, but in the near-term the provider will continue to support both traditional QAM modulation and IP on the set-top boxes that deliver their video services in the home.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>The rising stars of wireline in 2013 - Fierce Telecom</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[At a time when the wireline industry is facing various challenges, including the erosion of their landline voice base and fierce cable competition, wireline telcos need forward-looking people who have the vision to make big bets on technology and service initiatives to improve network efficiency and increase top-line revenue. Here are five game-changers worth watching in 2013. (Image source: iStockPhoto)]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:10:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>ABC could gain new benefits by bringing targeted ads to mobile devices - Fierce Telecom</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/abc-could-gain-new-benefits-by-bringing-targeted-ads-to-mobile-devices</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As ABC debuts its ABC Now video app that lets cable viewers in New York and Philadelphia watch live programming on their iPad, the next logical step would be deliver hyper-targeted ads to these users.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:50:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>TW Telecom Seen Luring Offer From Time Warner Cable: Real M&amp;A - Businessweek - Google News</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[TW Telecom Seen Luring Offer From Time Warner Cable: Real M&amp;ABusinessweekTW Telecom rallied (TWTC) 5.8 percent to an 11-year high on May 8 after Corvex, an investment firm that bought an almost 6 percent stake, said Level 3 Communications Inc. would be a logical suitor for the phone and Internet services provider. D.A ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:50:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>TW Telecom Seen Luring Time Warner Cable: Real M&amp;A - Bloomberg - Google News</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[TW Telecom Seen Luring Time Warner Cable: Real M&amp;ABloombergPotential acquirers who agree with Corvex Management LP that TW Telecom Inc. (TWTC) is an attractive takeover candidate would have to pay one of the industry&#039;s highest valuations to get a deal done. TW Telecom rallied 5.8 percent to an 11-year high on ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:45:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>CWC and Columbus form Caribbean sub-sea JV - telecoms.com</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The submarine network extends around the Caribbean
UK-based Cable &amp; Wireless Communications Plc (CWC) on Tuesday entered into a strategic alliance with the Caribbean’s Columbus Networks, to form a joint venture to provide wholesale bandwidth capacity in the Caribbean and Americas Region.
The venture will be called CNL-CWC Networks and in addition, CWC Wholesale Solutions, a subsidiary of CWC has entered into a separate services agreement with Columbus Networks under which Columbus will provide certain operation and monitoring services to the firm.
Between them, CWC and Columbus operate sub-sea cable networks in the Caribbean and Central American region of approximately 42,000 kilometres with connectivity to 42 countries. The joint venture company will serve as the sales agent of both for international wholesale capacity but Columbus will be the managing partner with a 72.5 per cent share. CWC Wholesale Solutions will provide support and management resources.
The companies said that demand for data capacity is growing rapidly in the Caribbean and Americas region, driven by the increasing availability of, and consumer demand for, mobile data and fixed broadband services. The interconnected networks will enable more self-healing fibre optic rings with a future planned migration to a fully meshed network environment that will significantly improve the region’s access to international capacity and better meet the increasing demands for reliability and performance, the companies said.
” In the coming months, customers will begin to enjoy much greater route choice, improved reliability and higher performance as the joint venture rolls out innovative, new service offerings spanning clear channel services, IP transit, carrier Ethernet and carrier MPLS,” said Paul Scott, president of Columbus Networks.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:30:02 CDT</pubDate>
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