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Global Mobile Card Reader Market Set to Boom Over Next 4 Years
A new report released by Technavio predicts the global mobile card reader market will grow over 54 percent CAGR through 2021 driven by stripe chip and PIN and NFC technology.

 

Japanese Telecom Enabling Tourists to Connect to Over 200,000 Free Wi-Fi Hotspots
Wire and Wireless Co Ltd today announced tourists in Japan will be able to connect to over 200000 free Wi-Fi hot spots throughout the country in response to complaints about lack of available free Wi-Fi.

 

Airborne Wireless Network Closer to Providing Wholesale Broadband Service in The Sky
Airborne Wireless Network today announced it has entered into an agreement with Electric Lightwave Holdings Inc that will accommodate a ground-based network segment critical to providing telcos and ISPs with wholesale aircraft-based airborne broadband service.

 

Smart Healthcare Market Predicted To Grow 25 Percent CAGR Over Next 5 Years
Technavio released a new study today that predicts the global smart healthcare market will continue to grow significantly over the next five years driven in large part by wearable devices M2M technology and wireless networks.

 

Spanish Telecom Pioneer Adamo Acquired By EQT Mid Market
Investment firm EQT Mid Market is acquiring fiber-based Spanish telecom services provider Adamo Telecom Iberia SA which it plans to further develop and grow.

 

Gionee Licensed To Manufacture, Sell Qualcomm 3G/4G Devices in China
Qualcomm has announced it has licensed global device manufacturer Gionee Communications to produce and sell complete Qualcomm 3G and 4G LTE devices in China.

 

AT&T Mobility Names New President of Southeast Region
AT&T today announced it has appointed industry vet Michael Wittrock as the company's new President of the Southeast Region.

 

KPMG: US Telecom CEOs Mostly Talk, Little Action on Innovation
KPMG has released its 2016 CEO Outlook survey and finds that telecom CEOs understand innovation is critical for company success but having trouble creating innovation-centric cultures.

 

AT&T is the First Provider to Offer 4K UHD Video Content to Businesses
AT&T today announced it is the first US provider to offer 4K ultra high definition video content to businesses via DIRECTV including live sports.

 

New Smartphone App Enables Major Carrier Customers to Create Multiple Numbers Directly
Mobile app developer onoff today announced the immediate availability of its new app that enables AT&T Verizon Sprint and T-Mobile customers to create multiple numbers on their smartphones directly through cellular networks.

 

Robocalls Number One Nuisance Call For 2016
A survey of the top five nuisance calls in the US commissioned by CPR Call Blocker was released today revealing robocalls as the number one nuisance call by a significant margin.

 

CRTC: Broadband Internet Now Considered a Basic Canadian Telecom Service
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today declared that all Canadians should have access to an unlimited data plan option and speeds of at least 150 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload.

 

Pareteum Launching First Global MVNO Service
Mobile networking software and services provider Pareteum Corporation today announced its extended global cloud platform services agreement with Vodafone is enabling it to launch a new MVNO service without global location restrictions.

 

Qualcomm, Ericsson, SK Telecom Team Up To Drive 5G New Radio Innovation
Qualcomm Ericsson and SK Telecom today announced plans to collaborate on 5G NR 3GPP specification compliant trials to help speed up validation and commercialization of 5G NR technologies.

 

New EU Roaming Regs May Spell Trouble for MNOs
New research released today by Starhome Mach indicates that new European Union (EU) regulations eliminating MNOs' ability to charge roaming fees within EU borders may cause operators' costs to go up significantly.

 

AT&T and CWA Settle Former DIRECTV Employee Labor Dispute
AT&T today announced it has reached three tentative agreements with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) regarding labor contracts for former DIRECTV employees now working in five AT&T call centers.

 

Bell Canada One Step Closer To Acquiring Manitoba Telecom Services
Canada's Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) today announced it received the first of three regulatory approvals from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) needed to complete its acquisition by Bell Canada.

 

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