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• IoT and AI is driving “the hospital in the home” – AstraZeneca

  23-06-2016 18:28
  
  While data analytics, IoT, and AI are fast becoming normalized terms in the business world, it is generally perceived as reserved for the more adventurous companies, and not for the likes of conservative industries such as pharmaceuticals.
  This is certainly not the case anymore according to AstraZeneca’s Steve Woodward who is leading the charge of data analytics within the pharma giant.
  Data is one of the areas which is defining the future of the business, mainly because of the vast amount
  
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• Facebook lobbies the FCC for 5G spectrum sharing

  23-06-2016 18:23
  
  Following the FCC’s announcement over 5G spectrum allocation proposals, Facebook has written a filing requesting an open and share-based spectrum policy.
  Facebook’s wireless intentions have been made sufficiently clear in recent months following the announcement of its Terragraph Infrsatrcuture Project (TIP) in which it has been developing a wireless mesh network capable of providing connectivity in the >28 GHz millimetre wave bands.
  28, 37 and 39 GHz spectrum bands are being targ
  
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• Facebook lobbies FCC for 5G spectrum sharing

  23-06-2016 18:23
  
  Following the FCC’s announcement over 5G spectrum allocation proposals, Facebook has written a filing requesting an open and share-based spectrum policy.
  Facebook’s wireless intentions have been made sufficiently clear in recent months following the announcement of its Terragraph Infrsatrcuture Project (TIP) in which it has been developing a wireless mesh network capable of providing connectivity in the >28 GHz millimetre wave bands.
  28, 37 and 39 GHz spectrum bands are being targ
  
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• 3GPP completes standardization of NB-IoT

  23-06-2016 17:45
  
  Telecoms standardization body 3GPP has announced is has completed the standardization of the NB-IoT narrowband radio technology designed specifically for IoT use.
  The formal NB-IoT specification is part of Release 13 (LTE-A Pro), and means that the technologies comprising NB-IoT, which include eMTC and EC-GSM-IoT (2G), are now frozen and any additional tweaks to the standard will need to be fully backward-compatible. You
  “It took us only 9 months to standardize the new technology after the
  
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• Genesis Technical Systems trial gets gigabit backhaul speeds and 400 Mb/s access broadband over copper infrastructure

  23-06-2016 16:03
  
  Landmark DSL Rings® technology from Genesis Technical Systems achieves ground breaking trial resultsCoventry, UK and Calgary, Canada – 23 June 2016 – Genesis Technical Systems has completed trials of its multi-award winning network enhancing DSL Rings technology with leading North American operator, Cincinnati Bell, Inc., achieving backhaul speeds of up to a gigabit and home broadband speeds of up to 400 Mb/s, significantly exceeding pre-trial expectations.Cincinnati Bell was car
  
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• Telefónica adds ZTE to 5G partnership drive

  23-06-2016 13:13
  
  Telefónica has continued its 5G innovation drive by partnering with ZTE for another research and development project.
  While yesterday’s announcement saw the Spanish telco join forces with Huawei over RAN-based R&D; today’s partnership agreement with rival Chinese kit vendor ZTE was more vague on the objectives and details.
  ZTE referred to the deal as a move which will facilitate the move from 4G to 5G, with its ambition being to create a “virtuous circle of innovatio
  
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• Astellia appoints Benamar as CEO

  23-06-2016 13:08
  
  Network analytics vendor Astellia has announced the appointment of former Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson exec Abdelkrim Benamar as its new CEO.
  Benamar joined Astellia last year as COO, having previously been EMEA VP for networks vendor Alcatel-Lucent. His rapid promotion indicates the commercial and operational performance improvements he was brought in to implement have gone well. Prior to A-Lu, Benamar was part of Ericsson’s French operations for seven years.
  This move appears to be the cu
  
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• Red Hat acquires 3scale, will open source API tech

  23-06-2016 12:52
  
  Red Hat has confirmed it has entered into a definitive agreement to 3scale, a provider of API management technology.
  The two companies have been in partnership since early 2015 to create platform for API-based application development, though the acquisition is set to close in June 2016. 3scale currently provides developers with the tools to create, manage and scale APIs, and also recently introduced a containerized version of their API Gateway for Red Hat OpenShift. The tool enabls users to crea
  
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• Bosch launches remote boiler maintenance with Sigfox IoT partnership

  23-06-2016 12:00
  
  Consumer electronics and industrial technology manufacturer Bosch has agreed a deal with Sigfox to connect a range of its boilers to the IoT, targeting predictive and remote maintenance.
  e.l.m. leblanc, the French subsidiary of Bosch, will be connecting 100,000 boilers across the country to begin with, and in doing so will relaunch a previously aborted connectivity strategy. In recent years it attempted to remotely monitor boiler performance and optimise maintenance; however because dedicated na
  
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• Google Fiber bolsters wireless broadband ambitions with Webpass acquisition

  23-06-2016 11:29
  
  Google has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Webpass to boost its Google Fiber business unit and add to its wireless broadband ambitions.
  The acquisition builds on an area of innovation which the Google Fiber team have been investigating. Webpass has paired its fiber network with wireless technology, an idea which the Google team have been testing in Kansas City earlier this year. Back in April, Google was given approval to test its 3.5 GHz wireless broadband capabilities using ante
  
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• Operator survey: operators now taking a bitesize approach to BSS transformations

  23-06-2016 10:01
  
  Use case based solutions and adjunct systems seen as most effective way to transform BSS for digital services DUBLIN, Ireland – June 23, 2016 – A survey of more than 100 operator respondents released today highlights a change in operators’ BSS (business support systems) transformation strategies. There is a clear move towards smaller projects, with shorter timescales and reduced risk for operators with individual use case based solutions and adjunct systems seen as the most...S
  
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• Twilio IPO comes in at $150 million

  23-06-2016 02:00
  
  U.S. API specialist's shares to start trading in New York on Thursday.
  
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• Telstra digs into mining sector

  23-06-2016 02:00
  
  Australian incumbent buys assets from mine network specialist CBO Telecommunications.
  
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• Orange adds Burkina Faso to MEA footprint

  23-06-2016 02:00
  
  French telco's Middle East and Africa presence back up to 20 markets as it closes acquisition of Bharti Airtel unit.
  
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• O2 UK flotation on the cards

  23-06-2016 02:00
  
  Sources say Telefonica has approached banks with regard to possible IPO process.
  
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• Israel OKs mobile operators' investment in fibre firm

  23-06-2016 02:00
  
  Ministry of Communications will allow Cellcom, Partner to take part in troubled fibre network venture.
  
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• HTC confirms Peter Chou departure

  23-06-2016 02:00
  
  Troubled Taiwanese smartphone maker's co-founder is now chairman of visual effects company.
  
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• Global VoLTE users to hit 1bn by 2020

  23-06-2016 02:00
  
  IHS predicts VoLTE service revenue will grow to $6.3 billion.
  
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