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• IoT platforms LoRa, Sigfox, Weightless and NB-IoT all announce progress

  14-06-2016 18:13
  As the race to become the default specialist low-power network for IoT hots up, LoRa, Sigfox, Weightless and NB-IoT have all made fresh announcements.
  The LoRa Alliance has welcomed Liu Jianye, GM for Energy and IoT Innovation at ZTE onto its board of directors. ZTE was already a member of the China LoRa Application Alliance, which has recruited over 40 full members its four months of operation, and has been involved in the development of LoRa for a while.
  Other LoRa board members include Sagemc
  
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• IoT platforms LoRa, Sigfox and NB-IoT all announce progress

  14-06-2016 18:13
  
  As the race to become the default specialist low-power network for IoT hots up, LoRa, Sigfox and NB-IoT have all made fresh announcements.
  The LoRa Alliance has welcomed Liu Jianye, GM for Energy and IoT Innovation at ZTE onto its board of directors. ZTE was already a member of the China LoRa Application Alliance, which has recruited over 40 full members its four months of operation, and has been involved in the development of LoRa for a while.
  Other LoRa board members include Sagemcom, Actility
  
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• CenturyLink stretches hybrid cloud capabilities with ElasticBox purchase

  14-06-2016 18:10
  
  CenturyLink has announced the acquisition of ElasticBox to extend the company’s capabilities in the multi-cloud and hybrid IT markets.
  ElasticBox, which has offices in San Francisco and Madrid, enables application orchestration for 12 cloud providers, including Amazon Web Services, IBM’s SoftLayer, Microsoft Azure and OpenStack, as well as various container destinations such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  “The acquisition of ElasticBox strengthens and enhances CenturyLink’s de
  
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• Women driving mobile internet time

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Half (49%) of all women's internet time in the UK is spent on smartphones - rising to 59% among women aged 18-24. In comparison, just 39% of men's online time is on smartphones. Click here for more.
  
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• Vodafone Opens New Call Centre

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Vodafone Qatar has opened a new call centre located in the Old Airport Area. Click here for more.
  
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• Thai Regulator to Assist Laos Phone Registrations

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Thailand's telecoms regulator, the NBTC is to develop a system for registering mobile phone subscribers in neigbouring Laos,Click here for more.
  
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• Telia Carrier and Ericsson sign global IoT backbone agreement

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem continues to evolve, Telia Carrier and Ericsson have signed an agreement that highlights the role international carriers have to play. Click here for more.
  
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• T-Mobile Employee Arrested for Trying to Sell Customer Data

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  T-Mobile's Czech subsidiary came close to suffering a massive data breach following actions by an employee of the company. Click here for more.
  
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• MTN Agrees to Pay US$1.67 Billion Nigerian Fine

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MTN's Nigerian subsidiary has settled a massive fine with the government over its failure to disconnect unregistered SIM cards. Click here for more.
  
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• Indian Mobile Users Spend 45 Minutes/day on Facebook Properties

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New research from Strategy Analytics reveals that on average, an Indian mobile user spends 144 minutes per day on various apps, and Facebook emerges as the top mobile publisher capturing one-third of the total time spent on Android smartphones. Click here for more.
  
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• Huawei Secures Patent Deal from Japan's NTT DoCoMo

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Japan's NTT DoCoMo has granted a patent license covering standard-essential patents for its wireless communication technologies to Huawei. Click here for more.
  
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• Etisalat Forced to Sell Sudan Stake to Local Bank

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  UAE based Etisalat has announced that it is selling its Sudanese landline operator, Canar to the local Bank of Khartoum. Click here for more.
  
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• Ericsson Wins US$1 Billion IT Services Contract from VimpelCom

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Russia's VimpelCom has awarded a US$1 billion contract to Ericsson for the transformation of its global IT infrastructure. Click here for more.
  
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• DoCoMo and Ericsson Perform Proof of Concept of Dynamic 5G Network Slicing

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NTT DoCoMo and Ericsson have announced their successful completion of a joint Proof of Concept (PoC) of dynamic network slicing technology for 5G core networksClick here for more.
  
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• Digital Content Spend to Top $180 Billion Next Year

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A new study from Juniper Research has found that consumer spend on digital content will reach $180 billion next year, up by nearly 30% on last year's figure of just under $140 billion. Click here for more.
  
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• China Mobile Awards $1.5 Billion Contract to Nokia

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Nokia has won an order worth just over US$1.5 billion to supply network upgrades to China Mobile. Click here for more.
  
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• Cellcom Demands $230 Million in Damages Following Talks Break-Down

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Israel's Cellcom is seeking US$230 million in damages after a partnership with rival Golan Telecom broke down. Click here for more.
  
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• ATandT Sued for Saying Thank You

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  USA based ATandT is facing a lawsuit, simply for saying thank you to its customers. Click here for more.
  
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• Apple May Put Intel Inside its Next iPhone

  14-06-2016 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The next Apple iPhone model could come with an Intel Inside sticker on it, according to reports that Apple has signed a deal with the chipmaker. Click here for more.
  
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• Nokia aims to simplify smart home with IoT hub launch

  14-06-2016 13:18
  
  Nokia has announced the launch of a white-label IoT solution to coordinate the smart home, as well as a network-level IoT management platform.
  The Nokia Smart Home solution will be distributed via operator channels to help telcos bundle together consumer-facing IoT offerings and offer a domestic hub for all connected things in the smart home. Included in the bundle is a hub which acts as an optical network terminal and gateway for residents; as well as two mobile applications and IoT management
  
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• The Smart Agent: enabling the Internet of Things

  14-06-2016 12:57
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to discuss some of the major issues affecting the industry today. In this post Dean Anthony Gratton looks to narrow the definition of the Internet of things and anticipates its evolution. 
  Let me take a moment to provide you with my understanding of the Internet of Things (IoT).
  Empowering ‘Smart Objects’
  Firstly, the IoT needs to be distinguished from the Internet. The Internet, of course, represents a globally connected numb
  
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• E3 launches show virtual reality is becoming an actual reality

  14-06-2016 12:29
  
  Facebook, Bethesda Softworks and Sony are among the names to have announced new made-for-VR games at E3.
  Facebook has launched 30 made-for-VR games for the Oculus Touch as it continues efforts to diversify its portfolio. Aside from those being released in the coming months, the Oculus team have also stated it has ‘hundreds’ more titles in the pipeline, though it hasn’t established when the Touch motion controllers might ship. The announcement also included the launch of Oculus
  
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• E3 launches show virtual reality is becoming actual reality

  14-06-2016 12:29
  
  Facebook, Bethesda Softworks and Sony are among the names to have announced new made-for-VR games at E3.
  Facebook has launched 30 made-for-VR games for the Oculus Touch as it continues efforts to diversify its portfolio. Aside from those being released in the coming months, the Oculus team have also stated it has ‘hundreds’ more titles in the pipeline, though it hasn’t established when the Touch motion controllers might ship. The announcement also included the launch of Oculus
  
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• Apple shows off new versions of its mobile platforms

  14-06-2016 12:26
  
  US devices giant Apple previewed major new versions of its iOS mobile operating system as well as the stripped-down version use on the Apple Watch at its developer conference.
  As is often the case with new versions of operating systems the big reveal consisted of a lot of tweaks and relatively minor innovations rather than anything especially earth-shattering. Of course this didn’t prevent Apple’s customary use of superlatives to describe pretty much anything it does and iOS 10 is be
  
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• oneM2M welcomes CEN and CENELEC as new partners

  14-06-2016 10:22
  
  Sophia Antipolis, France, 14 June 2016: oneM2M, the global standards initiative for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced it has welcomed two new partners – CEN, the European Committee for Standardisation, and CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation. As contributing “Type 2” partners, both CEN and CENELEC can now influence oneM2M specifications and help raise awareness of oneM2M in the industry. The significant i
  
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• Cable & Wireless Seychelles chooses TEOCO to improve network planning

  14-06-2016 10:00
  
  Cable & Wireless Seychelles selects ASSET network planning tool to boost the planning and performance of its 2G, 3G and LTE-A networksFAIRFAX, VA., USA – 14 June 2016 – TEOCO, the leading provider of engineering, assurance and analytics solutions to communications service providers (CSPs) worldwide, today announced that Cable & Wireless Seychelles, the largest telecommunications operator in Seychelles, has chosen TEOCO’s ASSET network planning tool to improve the perfor
  
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• US court upholds FCC's net neutrality rules

  14-06-2016 02:00
  
  Opponents warn heavy-handed regulation will stifle investment, innovation.
  
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• UK govt looking at Huawei relationship beyond 2017

  14-06-2016 02:00
  
  Chinese vendor demonstrates knowledge of the British weather, but stays mum on way wind is blowing in EU referendum.
  
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• Telenor shuffles international CEOs

  14-06-2016 02:00
  
  Telenor Pakistan's first employee becomes chief executive as his predecessor moves to Bulgaria.
  
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• Orange brand to remain in Kenya for 18 months

  14-06-2016 02:00
  
  Former Orascom CFO to lead Helios Investment Partners' bid to turn around Kenyan mobile operator.
  
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• Liberty Global looking to bulk up in Poland

  14-06-2016 02:00
  
  U.S. cable group and UPC owner linked with smaller rival Multimedia, mobile operator Play.
  
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• HK firm seeks buyer for telecoms business

  14-06-2016 02:00
  
  First round bids for Wharf T&T due by the end of June, sources say.
  
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• BT, TalkTalk trade barbs over UK infrastructure competition

  14-06-2016 02:00
  
  TalkTalk accuses BT of rebuilding its monopoly in fibre; BT insists there is a high level of competition.
  
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