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Vodafone keeps top spot in Machina M2M ranking 

Vodafone has held onto its position as the world's top telco in Machina Research's annual machine-to-machine (M2M) report.

"Vodafone has ramped up its already significant efforts in M2M in the last twelve months," said Machina Research CEO Matt Hatton, in an email to Total Telecom. "It has benefited for a while from tremendous scale and a keen strategic focus, but it also keeps engaging in new initiatives to cement its position as market leader."

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Apple steps up enterprise strategy with Cisco deal 

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Regulation stopping telcos from monetising customer data 

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Two to battle it out for Bahamas mobile licence 

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Eircom to rebrand in coming weeks 

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Bharti, IHS Zambia towers sale closes 

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European telcos set to reverse revenue decline – S&P 

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6 popular stories on Total Telecom this week

Here's the most popular stories currently on Total Telecom:

1. Qualcomm confirms UK spectrum sale to Voda, 3
2. Nokia's China assets to become Nokia Shanghai Bell
3. Mobile industry finds interim G-spot
4. Turkcell top spender in Turkey's €3.36bn 4G auction
5. Sprint does battle with AT&T for DirecTV customers
6. Bharti Airtel agrees to acquire Augere Wireless

Find out more at http://www.totaltele.com/show.aspx?i=922 

Telecom Headlines Monday 7 January 2013

Huawei reversed profit decline in 2012 
By Mary Lennighan, Total Telecom
Huawei recorded a 10%-plus increase in both net profit and revenues in 2012, acting CEO Guo Ping said in his New Year message earlier this week. The Chinese vendor said it expects sales revenue for the year to exceed US$35 billion, while net profit will come... READ more

Google not guilty of search bias, FTC rules
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LTE device shipments hit 103m in 2012
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IPTV uptake on the rise in Canada
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India to auction remaining spectrum from 11 March
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Australia accepting applications for digital dividend auction
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39 Reasons to Read April Total Telecom+

The latest issue of Total Telecom+ is out, providing insightful analysis for the global communications industry.


In this issue you will find issues including: 
+ Spectrum policy: Harmony in the band; 
+ European regulation: Roam rule; 
+ Content strategies: TV anywhere

As well as Mary Lennighans leader, TV Times, Timeline, and Prime Numbers.

Oh, and if you haven't counted 39 reasons yet to read this issue, then that's the great companies featured in this issue - 39 of them in the main articles!

Total Telecom+ is a fully digital publication, available for free on Android or iOS device, as a simple PDF, or as a digital page turner.

COMPANIES IN THIS ISSUE:

Alcatel-Lucent; Amazon; Analysys Mason; Apple; BSkyB; BT Vision; Check Point; Chunghwa Telecom; Cisco; Deutsche Telekom; Ericsson; Facebook; Fortinet; Gartner; Globecomm; Greenwich Consulting; GSM Association; IBM; iDate; Informa; Juniper Networks; Lovefilm; Netflix; Orange; Ovum; QuickPlay; Shazam; Strategy Analytics; Syniverse; TDG; Telekom Austria; TeliaSonera; Tellabs; T-Mobile USA; Twitter; Virgin Media; Vodafone Group; Zeebox; ZTE

Accompanying this issue: Tellabs Insight 

Driving Mobile Backhaul in Latin America

Register for Free: #LTE Breakfast

There are a few places remaining for next week's #LTE Opportunities Breakfast Briefing, hosted by Total Telecom and sponsored by iBasis and UK Broadband. The event is FREE of charge for telecom operators and service providers, who can register online at www.totaltele.com/breakfast

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We all ready have a great line-up of speakers and participants, so why not register to attend and join in the discussions around:

• what is true 4G and how do we get there
• where do Small Cells fit in the LTE picture
• spectrum allocations and re-allocations

View the full agenda HERE

These events have proved a fantastic forum for focused discussion and networking with peers who share common interests with you. Previous participants have given great feedback, including Colin l’Anson of Hewlett-Packard who said “Good conference, smart format. Well worth the time spent.” So don't take our word for it, register today and come along!

14 March 2012 

8:30 - 11:30am

76 Portland Place, London

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