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    Orange board backs Richard

    Stéphane Richard, CEO of Orange
    The board of directors of Orange has issued a statement in which it publicly asserts “full confidence” in CEO and chairman Stéphane Richard, who has been arrested in connection with a corruption investigation in France dating back to 2008
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    TeliaSonera appoints ex-Vodacom chief as president and CEO

    Johan Dennelind, income CEO at TeliaSonera
    European mobile operator group TeliaSonera has announced the appointment of CEO of South African operator Vodacom International Johan Dennelind as its next president and CEO
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    Rural communities key to Europe’s superfast broadband target

    Despite all households in the European Union now having access to basic broadband, significant challenges remain before the same can be said of high-speed services, according to UK research firm Point Topic - not least of which is the high cost of wiring up rural areas.

Analysis & Opinion

  • Is the ad industry TV’s weakest link?

    Nick Thomas, Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media

    It was allegedly Lord Leverhulme, the British soap tycoon, who complained that half his advertising budget was wasted. The trouble, he said, was that he didn’t know which half. Advertisers like to think they have improved measurement in the past hundred years, but now there is a new risk.

  • Innovation in services and partnerships hold the key to future growth

    Mark Newman, Chief Research Officer at Informa Telecoms & Media

    According to the results of Informa Telecoms & Media’s annual industry survey, innovation is a key priority for global telecoms and media players in 2013. Over 500 senior executives from across both these sectors were asked how their businesses and markets would perform in 2013 and the role innovation would play in driving future revenue growth.

  • Social TV at TV Connect: All smilies and fury, signifying nothing?

    Rob Gallagher, Informa Telecoms & Media

    When a company reveals usage stats at a conference, it’s usually a sign that the strategy it’s promoting is paying off. At TV Connect in Turkey two weeks ago a number of TV operators and content providers talked about take-up of their social TV activities. But it’s far from clear to me what the actual value of the new currency of “followers” and “likes” is.

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