(Telecompaper) Nextlink Internet and Microsoft entered a partnership to help close the broadband gap in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas, bringing broadband to hundreds of rural communities… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/1z3g3E1EAZI/nextlink-internet-microsoft-team-up-to-close-broadband-gap-in-central-us–1308778

(Telecompaper) Russian operator Beeline has started sales of the Xbox gaming consoles in its shops… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/ZEn_tupibO8/beeline-starts-selling-xbox-in-shops–1308691

(Telecompaper) The number of Italians connecting to the internet from a PC or a mobile device reached an average of 32.3 million a day in July, down from 33.0… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/yft4lUUrCGQ/italian-internet-audience-down-to-32-million-a-day-in-july–1308717

(Telecompaper) AT&T’s new streaming service HBO Max announced that it acquired the US streaming rights to all 12 seasons of the hit comedy series The Big Bang Theory… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/UEGNE-lLVl8/hbo-max-buys-streaming-rights-to-big-bang-theory–1308657

(Telecompaper) Niagara Networks, a provider of network visibility and traffic delivery products, announced that a major US telecommunications provider selected its… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/9dZLNexmk_s/niagara-networks-n2-series-network-selected-by-major-telecommunications-provider–1308604

(Telecompaper) Czech internet company Seznam has appointed Dominik Kosorin the programmatic manager in the advertising unit of the company… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/mBtvE6GHo0Q/seznam-names-head-of-programmatic-advertising–1308590

(Telecompaper) Amazon has announced the launch of a new high quality tier for its Music subscription service to compete with rival lossless audio streaming players including Tidal, Deezer and Qobuz… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/jAil2iE2tog/amazon-rolls-out-usd-13-a-month-music-hd-streaming-service–1308587

(Telecompaper) PCCW Global, the international operating division of Hong Kong operator HKT, has partnered with DCConnect, an APAC on-demand connectivity, data center and cloud provider… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/DLqAa7_d4fw/pccw-global-strikes-partnership-deal-with-dcconnect–1308583

(Telecompaper) Samsung announced the integration of its SmartThings platform with products from rival speaker maker Sonos. This makes it easier for SmartThings… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/ncL7WyBtfao/samsungs-smartthings-adds-integration-with-sonos-speakers–1308582

(Telecompaper) Australian data centre operator NextDC has partnered with Internet backbone provider Hurricane Electric to launch a new Point of Presence (PoP) at the NextDC S1 Sydney Data Centre… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/0WJ-sVpkSAI/hurricane-electric-launches-pop-at-nextdcs-s1-sydney-data-centre–1308580