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• A warning to the digital newcomers

  01-11-2017 18:04
  We’ve all been told that digital is the way forward, and this is one of the truest statements you will ever read, but newcomers beware; the digital world can be as destructive as it is fruitful.
  Amongst all the presentations at Light Reading’s OSS in the Era of SDN & NFV, one comment stood out to us in particular. It was from Accanto Systems’ Brian Naughton and it was a short but an insightful one; “there is a risk of putting radio on TV”.
  Naughton was on a pane
  
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• What does next gen OSS look like? No-one knows

  01-11-2017 18:01
  It might not be the answer anyone wanted to hear, but it is probably the one they are least surprised to hear.
  The question of what the next generation of OSS should be was the discussion at the ‘OSS in the Era of SDN & NFV’ event in London, but there isn’t really much of an answer to offer. This isn’t necessarily a massive issue though. When you consider the number of moving parts in the telecoms and technology industries, a right answer will always be an o
  
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• UK Indoor mobile reception still a bit rubbish – uSwitch.com

  01-11-2017 14:12
  Price comparison site uSwitch surveyed around 2,000 UK mobile users to ask about their mobile phone experiences.
  The headline stat is that 29% of them said they have poor or no indoor reception at home. As you can see from the first table below this phenomenon is worst in the country and best in the suburbs. It’s also worth noting that every type of location said their reception is less rubbish than it was a year ago.Ernest Doku, of uSwitch said a bunch of stuff. “When it comes to in
  
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• #techFT - A (Canyon) Bridge Too Far?

  01-11-2017 13:49
  Going soft on T-Mobile, a digital disaster Down Under
  
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• A (Canyon) Bridge Too Far?

  01-11-2017 13:49
  Going soft on T-Mobile, a digital disaster Down Under
  
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• Vodafone has a surprisingly good go at tariff innovation

  01-11-2017 12:58
  UK operator Vodafone has come up with a couple of new tariff ideas that, for once, look like they actually add some value to the consumer.
  We’ve come to the expect the mobile industry to gratuitously dick about with its tariffs every now and then, apparently just to show it hasn’t completely given up on innovation. But usually the tweaks are so superficial and inconsequential to the end-user that we wonder why they bother. A couple of Vodafone’s bright ideas, however, seem to h
  
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• NewVoiceMedia wins 2017 Tech Culture Award for second consecutive year

  01-11-2017 10:00
  LONDON, 1 November 2017 - NewVoiceMedia, a leading global provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales technology that enables businesses to have more successful conversations, has won a Tech Culture Award for the second consecutive year. Established by global, integrated media company TMCnet in 2016, the award seeks to recognise the best work cultures within the technology sector. Honouring businesses committed to continuously improving the work-life balance of their employees including, b
  
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• Zain Jordan boxing clever with innovation spin-off

  01-11-2017 01:00
  The extent of telco innovation in recent years has covered voice and data and not much else, according to the chief executive of Zain Jordan, who has adopted a new strategy designed to reposition his company within what he describes as the innovation ecosystem.Innovation is coming from &quot…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telia bids do svidaniya to MegaFon

  01-11-2017 01:00
  Telia Company on Tuesday sold its remaining 19% stake in MegaFon to Russian bank Gazprombank for 8.6 billion kronor (€881.4 million).The deal comes weeks after Telia offloaded 6.2% of the Russian operator on the stock market for SEK3…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Tata completes €1.1bn NTT DoCoMo payoff

  01-11-2017 01:00
  NTT DoCoMo on Tuesday confirmed it has received a ¥144.9 billion (€1.09 billion) damages payment from Tata related to their Indian joint venture, Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL).In return, the Japanese telco said it has transferred its shares in the venture, which offers services under the Tata DoCoMo brand…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Sprint, T-Mobile US merger not dead

  01-11-2017 01:00
  Despite multiple reports to the contrary, the much-vaunted merger deal between Sprint and T-Mobile US is not yet dead, according to those in the know.Softbank – Sprint's parent company, whose board has reportedly nixed the deal due to an unwillingness to cede control of the combined entity &ndash…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Net neutrality 'meaningless' in European telco space

  01-11-2017 01:00
  Net neutrality does not have a significant impact on telecoms industry stakeholders in Europe, if discussion at the opening day of Total Telecom Congress is anything to go by."[Net neutrality is] a nice, but meaningless phrase…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Lack of synergies halts European telco consolidation

  01-11-2017 01:00
  Europe's telecoms operators are no longer looking at cross-border M&A because the rationale for such deals simply isn't there, according to financial analysts monitoring the market."People have realised that there are very limited synergies…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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