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Qualcomm focuses on IoT as it agrees to buy chipset maker NXP Semiconductors for US$47bn

Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) and NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) have today announced a definitive agreement, unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, under which Qualcomm will

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Berkshire Partners to acquire Masergy

Berkshire Partners LLC, a Boston, USA-based investment firm, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Masergy Communications.

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Cerillion reports 6% revenue increase for 2016

Cerillion, a provider of billing, charging and customer relationship management software has provided a trading update for the financial year to 30 September 2016. Results for the full year are

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Eight tech companies endorse TM Forum open APIs

TM Forum has announced that eight technology ecosystem participants – DGIT, EnterpriseWeb, Ericsson, Huawei, IBM, BearingPoint / Infonova, Oracle and UXP Systems – have officially endorsed the Forum’s suite of

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Shares fall 20% at Ericsson following profit warning and news it is cutting 3,000 jobs in Sweden

The bad news keeps piling up for Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC). Last week the Sweden-based giant reported that it intends to cut its 16,000 Swedish workforce by 3,000 positions in production, research

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Orange and Ericsson partner for 5G

Orange and Ericsson have initiated a partnership to develop 5G use cases and service scenarios, including technical alignment and external demonstrations.

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Amdocs spends $260m buying Brite:Bill, Pontis and Vindicia

Amdocs has closed the acquisition of three privately owned companies – Vindicia, Brite:Bill and Pontis – in line with the company’s digital strategy.

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NSO Group’s involvement in iPhone hack proves cybersecurity stakes are higher than ever, says Promon

A first-of-its-kind iPhone hack was revealed late last week, less than a year after Apple told a US court that its smartphones are impossible to break into without a passcode.

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Cisco finally focuses on the cloud, data centres, software solutions and the Internet of Things

EDITORIAL: On August 17 Cisco wrapped up a “great year” in the words of its CEO by preparing to lay off one in every 14 of its workforce (or 5,500

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What will Sabio spend its €35m warchest on? CEO Roberts talks to VanillaPlus

Customer contact specialist Sabio recently secured a multi-million pound investment from UK-based growth investor, Lyceum Capital. The company now plans to grow through acquisitions for which it has raised £30

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