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• G.hn is key to the in-home ultra-broadband experience, says HomeGrid Forum President

  16-06-2016 17:30
  
  BroadbandTV, Nashville, 16 June, 2016 News highlights: Donna Yasay, President of HomeGrid Forum presented on ‘delivering on the promise of an in-home ultra-broadband experience’ at BroadbandTV event in Nashville Yasay tells audience G.hn is the only answer for providing seamless wired connectivity or the backbone for any wireless access pointsSpeaking today at BroadbandTV in Nashville, Donna Yasay, President of HomeGrid Forum, told the audience that G.hn is the number one technology
  
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• Visual Guide to DNS Use Cases

  16-06-2016 17:04
  
  This visually stunning guide provides 34 ways DNS can be used by providers to enable a safer and more personalized experience for Internet subscribers. Learn how others in the industry are leveraging their existing DNS infrastructure investment to achieve amazing results.
  Download the guide to learn how one South American provider was able to reduce call center traffic by 60 percent and how a UK service provider was able to reach an astounding 90 percent of its target audience for a service anno
  
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• EU Parliament Members Visit the Largest Optical Fibre Plant in Europe

  16-06-2016 14:58
  
  Prysmian welcomes EU representatives in its plant in Douvrin, France, to discuss the future of Europe’s telecoms networksPrysmian’s SVP Vanhille: “As WW leader we are ready to support the development of advanced TLC networks through our know-how and state-of-the-art technologies”Milan, June 16, 2016 - Today, a cross-party group of MEPs visited Europe’s largest and most modern site for the production of optical fibre, in Douvrin, France. With the European Commission&
  
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• How network operators can benefit from the ‘network in the cloud’

  16-06-2016 14:25
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Robin Kent, director of European operations at Adax, argues that the time is right for operators to start deploying Virtual Evolved Packet Core.
  Network operators are constantly looking to introduce new services and design networks in different ways to improve performance and lower costs. The industry currently appears curious over Virtual Evolved Packet Core (v
  
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• IBM shows off Watson at Wimbledon

  16-06-2016 14:17
  
  IBM has launched a number of new apps, cognitive and hybrid cloud solutions to support Wimbledon’s efforts to improve the fans experience at the championships.
  Firstly, IBM’s Interactive Experience team have launched an app for Apple TV which allows fans to browse real-time scores, watch the Live@Wimbledon studio show, listen to three live radio channels, and look through all of Wimbledon’s video and photo content on one platform. The team have also launched another app for iOS
  
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• AT&T finally brings wifi calling to one Android handset

  16-06-2016 14:15
  
  AT&T has belatedly brought its wifi calling service to Android, with the LG G4 being the only model currently supported.
  The American telco launched wifi calling for iPhone 6 postpaid customers back in October last year, and has just gotten around to introducing compatibility with Android device for the first time, on an albeit severely limited number of devices.
  While, until now, AT&T’s wifi calling service has only been available on iPhone, the carrier said additional Android dev
  
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• Free Mobile to phase out domestic roaming on Orange network

  16-06-2016 14:14
  
  French challenger operator Free Mobile has announced it will begin phasing out its use of Orange’s network for national roaming.
  The two company’s 2G/3G roaming agreement runs until the end of 2020 but they have amended it to allow Free to start scaling back from the start of 2017.
  “An agreement for the end of the national roaming service was signed on 15 June 2016,” said an Orange statement. “This provides for the progressive limitation of services by Free Mobile,
  
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• Zylpha’s Latest Bundling System Adds Easy Integration With SharePoint & E-Discovery Platforms

  16-06-2016 14:13
  
  Zylpha (www.zylpha.com), the UK’s leading legal technology innovator has announced the latest version of its bundling technology, which reduces the time taken to create document bundles from hours to minutes. Pride of place amongst a host of new features included is a new SharePoint integration. This has been designed specifically to recognise and work with the different ways that SharePoint can be set up between legal practices. This latest version also now includes extensive import...Sou
  
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• The cloud is just someone else’s computer, but people don’t get it – Intel

  16-06-2016 11:30
  
  Over recent weeks there has seemingly been a plethora of research and surveys conducted into security concerns in the cloud computing world. Security is one of the hottest topics due to the penalties and repercussions which are the result of a breach, but is fear the main driver for security in the mass adoption of cloud computing?
  For Intel’s EMEA CTO for security, Raj Samani the driver is a simpler explanation; the perception of cloud.
  “There still is a lack of understanding of wha
  
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• BT announces FTTP roll out in nine UK cities

  16-06-2016 11:22
  
  BT has announced the first steps in its dedicated fibre to the premises roll-out, with nine locations in the UK targeted for high speed broadband for SMEs.
  Openreach, over which BT’s ownership has had questions repeatedly asked of it this year, will be rolling out FTTP to SMEs based on high streets, business and science parks as well as areas where it doesn’t currently supply fibre broadband. These UK towns include Liverpool, Manchester and Bristol, as well as Westminster, Holborn an
  
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• Data centre consolidation as Cavium acquires QLogic for $1.36 billion

  16-06-2016 11:18
  
  US data centre chip maker Cavium is to acquire networking infrastructure company QLogic to drive scale in the data centre and storage markets.
  Most of the rhetoric from the companies is standard M&A fare, with talk of economies of scale, complementary (as opposed to overlapping) areas of business and, of course, end-to-end solutions.
  “Today’s acquisition of QLogic is highly complementary and strategic to Cavium and it creates a diversified pure-play infrastructure semiconductor l
  
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• Samsung boosts cloud services offering with Joyent purchase

  16-06-2016 11:14
  
  Samsung has agreed to buy San Francisco based cloud provider Joyent in an effort to strengthen and diversify its mobile product offering.
  Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed, however the company stated the acquisition will build Samsung’s capabilities in the mobile and Internet of Things arenas, as well cloud-based software and services markets. Samsung continually tries to find ways of differentiating its mobile products beyond sheer marketing an
  
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• Open Market Demo Shows Power of Internet of Things Ecosystem for Industrial and Commercial applications

  16-06-2016 10:18
  
  CAMBRIDGE, MARLOW UK AND OTTAWA, IL USA - June 16 2016 Three leading Internet of Things (IoT) companies have demonstrated the first end-to-end IoT ecosystem designed with re-usable infrastructure and open industry standards for industrial and commercial applications at scale. Advantech B+B SmartWorx, Connect2 Systems and DevicePilot delivered automatic remote monitoring and management of industrial ultra-low power IoT sensor devices using constrained wireless networks and open IoT standards deve
  
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• Ericsson launches 5G Plug-Ins to help the transition to 5G

  16-06-2016 09:00
  
  Swedish networking giant Ericsson has launched a new range of network upgrade options called 5G Plug-Ins that are designed to help operators with their move to the next generation.
  There are five Plug-Ins in total, covering a broad range of emerging radio technologies. They are software-driven and thus designed to be easily deployed, although the method varies from one to another. The thinking behind them is to give operators an early opportunity to implement some of the technologies expected to
  
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• Stop calling FTTC 'fibre', says Hyperoptic CEO

  16-06-2016 02:00
  
  ISP says if the U.K. wants to be a world leader, then it needs FTTP.
  
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• Free Mobile to stop using Orange network in France

  16-06-2016 02:00
  
  French operators amend national roaming agree; Free will reduce usage of Orange's network from January.
  
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• Fast ROI in Co Durham raises questions over viability of BDUK

  16-06-2016 02:00
  
  Government-backed broadband rollout scheme extends coverage target in northern county after strong performance.
  
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• Europe has a disconnect between 5G aspiration and execution

  16-06-2016 02:00
  
  'We should get the 10 people who can make this happen and stick them in a room,' says Arqiva CEO Simon Beresford-Wylie.
  
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• EC to rule on Liberty-Voda Netherlands JV on 19 July

  16-06-2016 02:00
  
  Companies aim to complete merger by end of 2016 in bid to ramp up rivalry with KPN.
  
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• Altice gets final regulatory OK for Cablevision buy

  16-06-2016 02:00
  
  European cable group expects to close $17.7 billion deal before the end of this month.
  
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• 3UK issues warning over spectrum, sites, transmission

  16-06-2016 02:00
  
  Mobile operator repeats call to tackle BT's 'dominant' spectrum position; says site rental, backhaul is too expensive.
  
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