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• Qualcomm unveils connected car reference platform

  08-06-2016 17:50
  
  US mobile chip giant Qualcomm has announced a new reference platform designed to give a boost to the connected car industry.
  Reference platforms are a way for chip companies to give a leg-up to manufacturers and developers by integrating the appropriate silicon, drivers, etc into one package that can be more easily integrated into a product. Qualcomm routinely does this with its latest Snapdragon chips, to make it easier for smartphone vendors to use them in their phones.
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• Commons passes ‘Snooper’s Charter’ following privacy and civil rights concerns

  08-06-2016 17:35
  
  The House of Commons has voted in favour of the Investigatory Powers Bill which gives UK intelligence agencies greater power to examine browsing histories and hack phones.
  The bill, which now passes through to the House of Lords, has been under scrutiny since last year, with the latest version being reviewed since March. The original version of the bill, known as the ‘Snooper’s Charter’ by critics, came up against strong opposition from a host of technology companies who have r
  
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• Worldwide WLAN Market Shows Steady Growth in the First Quarter of 2016

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments increased 4.5% year over year in the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16), while declining 10.7% on a sequential basis.Click here for more.
  
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• Verizon's 'Can you hear me now' guy Switches to Sprint

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An actor who gained fame for a long running series of adverts promoting Verizon's mobile phone service is back on screen again -- working for a rival phone company. Click here for more.
  
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• Verizon Preparing $3 Billion Yahoo Bid

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  USA based Verizon is reportedly submitting a second-round bid to buy Yahoo's internet assets. The company is offering a reported US$3 billion for the website services of the former search giant. Click here for more.
  
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• Tablets Set to Return to Growth in 2018 Driven by Emergence of Detachables

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Worldwide tablet shipments are expected to decline for the second straight year in 2016, dropping 9.6% compared to 2015 volumes,Click here for more.
  
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• T-Mobile Offering Free Shares to Customers

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  T-Mobile USA has come up with a novel advertising trick, it is giving away free shares in the company to its customers. Click here for more.
  
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• Smartphone Growth Forecast to Slow in 2016 as Focus Shifts to Device Lifecycles

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The new forecast is 2.6 percentage points lower than IDC's previous forecast for 2016 on the basis of the continued slowdown in mature markets and China. Click here for more.
  
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• Saudi Authorities Checking for Saudization of Phone Shops

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Saudi Arabia's regulators plan to inspect local mobile phone retailers to ensure that at least half the employees are native Saudis. Click here for more.
  
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• Nokia's Centralized RAN technology deployed by Telefonica

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Football fans attending matches at Valencia's Mestalla Stadium are set to enjoy significantly better mobile broadband services Click here for more.
  
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• Nokia and Chorus extend technology partnership

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chorus and Nokia have agreed on a three-year extension of their technology partnership to further invest in New Zealand's high speed broadband program. Click here for more.
  
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• Internet of Things to overtake mobile phones by 2018

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Internet of Things (IoT) is set to overtake mobile phones as the largest category of connected device by 2018. Click here for more.
  
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• Indian Regulator Consults on Improving Indoor Coverage

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  India's telecoms regulator is calling for opinions on how to improve mobile phone coverage inside buildings. Click here for more.
  
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• Huawei Probed by US Officials for Sanctions Busting

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  China's Huawei has been served with a subpoena by the US Commerce Department investigating allegations that it may have broken US sanctions on Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. Click here for more.
  
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• How did ignoring people for our smartphones become the norm?

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's common now to see people snubbing social companions to concentrate on their smartphone. But what causes this behaviour - known as 'phubbing' - and how did it come to be regarded as normal? Click here for more.
  
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• Global 4G Service Revenue to Exceed 3G in 2016

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  4G will overtake 3G technologies in global revenue generation this year, accounting for 49% of revenue from a 25% share of year-end subscriptions, Click here for more.
  
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• Ericsson, China Unicom and Qualcomm in large-scale trial of LTE three-carrier aggregation

  08-06-2016 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ericsson, China Unicom and Qualcomm successfully accomplished a large-scale trial of three-carrier aggregation in Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan Province. Click here for more.
  
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• Operators reportedly bid for Hutch/VimpelCom Italian assets

  08-06-2016 16:50
  
  A variety of operators are reportedly awaiting the availability of assets if the Three Italia/Wind merger is given the go ahead.
  A report by Bloomberg claims Swisscom, Iliad and Digicel have made early bids for spectrum and radio towers likely to be made redundant should the subsidiaries of Hutchison and VimpelCom be given regulatory approval to merge in Italy.
  Renegotiated, but not conclusive, bids have apparently been submitted to the EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestag
  
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• Building the ‘Futureproof’ Maritime Network

  08-06-2016 16:05
  
  SpeedCast undertakes capacity and coverage upgrades to meet growing customer demandAthens, June 8, 2016 - SpeedCast International Limited (ASX: SDA), a leading global satellite communications and network service provider, has implemented coordinated coverage and capacity enhancements to its global maritime network. Acknowledging both growing maritime customer demand and SpeedCast’s commitment for continuously augmenting its leading global maritime VSAT network, a series of enhancements hav
  
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• Broadband Universal Service: weasel words or a rabbit out of a hat?

  08-06-2016 13:59
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Rob Bratby of law firm Olswang looks at the recently announced UK broadband Universal Service Obligation and questions what it will achieve.
  In November last year, David Cameron announced his government’s intention of implementing a new broadband Universal Service Obligation. In part driven by the lack of fast internet access afflicting certain rural
  
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• Consumers looking for more functionality from wearables – Ericsson

  08-06-2016 13:53
  
  Findings from Ericsson ConsumerLab claim consumer enthusiasm for wearables technology is still growing but vendors are not meeting price or functionality expectations.
  The research focused on opinions from 5,000 smartphone users from Brazil, China, South Korea, the UK and the US, though it’s worth noting 50% of respondents were current owners of wearables technology, a much higher proportion of the general public. While the statistics demonstrated there is still an appetite for wearable te
  
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• Nokia, Intel, Ericsson collaborate for US public safety LTE network tender

  08-06-2016 13:39
  
  Nokia and Ericsson are among a consortium of companies bidding to build a fifth LTE network in the US, with the aim of providing full connectivity for public safety, the first of its kind in the country.
  With partners including Ericsson, Intel Security, Nokia and Fujitsu Network Communications; Rivada Mercury is bidding for the tender with government public safety communications authority FirstNet to develop a fully LTE-enabled wireless network for critical communications purposes.
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• Indonesia’s first ever International ICT event – Communic Indonesia 2016 – gathers momentum as Huawei, Canovate and IBM confirm attendance

  08-06-2016 13:19
  
  Jakarta, Indonesia, 8 June 2016: Huawei, Canovate and IBM are among the latest companies to join the line-up of more than one hundred exhibitors at Indonesia’s first major ICT event – which will provide a platform for Indonesia to strengthen its quest to build a robust digital economy and ecosystem.Communic Indonesia 2016 – which focuses on data centres and Cloud technologies, big data, cable and satellite, and enterprise solutions – will be collocated with a...Source: Re
  
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• Huawei claims first 10 Gbps hybrid fibre coaxial platform

  08-06-2016 13:11
  
  Chinese networking giant Huawei has launched new hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) access platform, claiming it’s the first to top 10 Gbps throughput.
  The platform supports 10G DOCSIS3.1 in cable and 10G PON in fibre. Huawei says t offers multiple-system operators (MSOs) the ability to keep pace with the rise of Gigaband access and the future industry evolution to IP videos, at a time when the trend towards multiplay is accelerating and differentiation is harder than ever to achieve.
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• JDM Software Sets Fresh Course with New Owner

  08-06-2016 13:08
  
  Developer of PeterConnects Attendant bought by industry visionary and ex-Microsoft executive Lucas de ClercqLondon, 08 June 2016 – JDM Software, the software developer of PeterConnects Attendant for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Microsoft Skype for Business, today announced that Lucas de Clercq is its new owner and CEO. Under this new ownership, the business will focus on broadening the product portfolio for Cisco and Microsoft. The central themes of product development focus on
  
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• Churn increasingly caused by customer care issues – Nokia

  08-06-2016 12:19
  
  Research from Nokia has highlighted consumer buying decisions for smartphones and post-paid contracts are still based on financial drivers rather than value-add propositions.
  With the worldwide number of smartphone and total number of mobile phone users estimated to exceed 2.6 billion and 5 billion respectively by 2019, the race is now on for operators to capture the biggest share of this lucrative market. Nokia’s research addressed a number of factors surround churn rate and customer
  
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• More Than Half of European Mobile Subscribers Could Abandon Their Mobile Operator to Get Unlimited Video Data-plans

  08-06-2016 11:48
  
  Survey reveals that mobile operators need to devise innovative data service plans to avoid churnREDWOOD CITY, Calif – June 08 2016 – Openwave Mobility, a software innovator enabling operators to manage and monetize encrypted mobile data, today announced significant results from a population-weighted survey of over 2,000 European mobile subscribers. Key findings reveal that more than half of subscribers (57.3%) across the UK, France and Germany would consider switching mobile operator
  
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• Europe’s telecoms regulator seeks to restrict zero-rating by ISPs

  08-06-2016 11:38
  
  BEREC, the European telecoms regulator, has started a public consultation on a set of draft net neutrality guidelines, with specific guidelines on zero-rating being proposed.
  Zero-rating involves the bundling of specific services into packages at no additional cost to data allowances. This could include traditionally data-heavy services including video or music apps such as Netflix or Spotify; and the debate surrounding zero-rating has been almost as contentious as the broader net neutrality iss
  
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• Yahoo puts 3,000 patents on the block

  08-06-2016 02:00
  
  Auction reportedly expected to raise more than $1 billion for beleaguered Internet company.
  
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• Vodafone biggest spender in Hungary spectrum auction

  08-06-2016 02:00
  
  Mobile operators acquire frequencies between 3.4 GHz and 3.8 GHz.
  
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• Vodafone bags 10-year EDF deal

  08-06-2016 02:00
  
  Telco to overhaul energy company's U.K. communications, IT infrastructure.
  
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• Telia to provide dedicated IoT connectivity for Ericsson

  08-06-2016 02:00
  
  The Internet of Things needs its own backbone because 'things are about to get real', according to Telia Carrier's chief exec.
  
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• Strike to shave up to $0.07 off Verizon's Q2 EPS

  08-06-2016 02:00
  
  CFO Fran Shammo says U.S. telco will report net customer loss at fixed-line division.
  
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• Sky, Vodafone in merger talks in NZ

  08-06-2016 02:00
  
  Pay TV operator confirms discussions with mobile operator; trading in shares halted.
  
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• Reliance Jio inches towards full 4G launch

  08-06-2016 02:00
  
  Indian operator launches Website, reportedly begins selling smartphones in larger cities.
  
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• Iliad, Digicel bid to enter Italian mobile market

  08-06-2016 02:00
  
  Swisscom also in the running to acquire assets divested as a result of Hutchison/Vimpelcom merger.
  
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