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• Third of Indian Millennials in FinTech Sector Prefer to Use Mobile Payments

  30-06-2016 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mobile and alternative payments continue to gain traction among Indian millennials, according to a new survey from ACI Worldwide. Click here for more.
  
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• SK Telecom and Ericsson Demonstrate Software-Defined Infrastructure for 5G

  30-06-2016 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  South Korea's SK Telecom announced that it, together with Ericsson, demonstrated for the first time in the world 'Software-Defined Telecommunications Infrastructure (SDTI)' based on Hyperscale Datacenter System 8000 Click here for more.
  
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• Sistema Buys Out Russian Government Stake in India's MTS

  30-06-2016 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Russia's Sistema is buying the 17.14% stake in India's Sistema Shyam Tele-Services Ltd (SSTL) currently owned by the Russian government. Click here for more.
  
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• Samsung Planning $1.2 Billion Investment in IoT Tech

  30-06-2016 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Samsung Electronics has announced plans to spend $1.2 billion over 4 years for U.S.-based Internet of Things (IoT) RandD and investments.Click here for more.
  
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• Qualcomm Adds Snapdragon Support for Europe's GPS Service, Galileo

  30-06-2016 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Qualcomm says that it is adding support for Europe's own GPS location system, Galileo into its chips. Click here for more.
  
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• Partner Looking to Build its Own Fixed-Line Network

  30-06-2016 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Israeli mobile network operator, Partner Communications says that it is seeking permission to deploy its own nationwide fixed-line infrastructure using fiber optics. Click here for more.
  
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• Mobile, phone-based microscopes work well in the field with minimal training

  30-06-2016 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Handheld, mobile phone-based microscopes can be used in developing countries after minimal training of community laboratory technicians to diagnose intestinal parasites quickly and accurately.Click here for more.
  
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• Liquid Telecom Buys South Africa's Neotel

  30-06-2016 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Privately owned Liquid Telecom has announced that it is buying South Africa's Neotel -- owned by India's Tata Communications and Nexus Connexion--for ZAR6.55 billion (US$428 million). Click here for more.
  
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• Grameenphone touches 10,000 3G BTS landmark

  30-06-2016 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bangladesh's Grameenphone says that it has deployed its 10,000th 3G base station in the country, bringing in around 90% of the population under GP's 3G coverage. Click here for more.
  
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• Five Personal Technologies That Will Disrupt Your Business

  30-06-2016 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Spending on personal technologies is massive and expected to grow to $2.7 trillion a year by 2019 Click here for more.
  
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• China's ZTE granted extended reprieve from US sanctions

  30-06-2016 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  China's ZTE has been granted a temporary reprieve by the US government which had imposed sanctions on the company, Click here for more.
  
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• Automotive Telematics Revenue Will Soar to $4.2 Billion Globally in 2021

  30-06-2016 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  These forecasts are driven by continued innovation in vehicle connectivity and safety technologies, and project nearly $2.8 billion in additional annual revenue by the end of the forecast period in 2021, compared to 2015. Click here for more.
  
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• LS telcom conducts study for Danish Energy Agency on future spectrum demand

  30-06-2016 16:53
  
  Report available nowLichtenau, Baden/Germany – LS telcom together with its partner VVA has completed a study on future spectrum needs for wireless services in Denmark for the Danish Energy Agency (DEA). In preparation of the WRC 2019, the DEA wanted to get an independent view on the demand for radio spectrum in order to help shape Danish and European spectrum policy. The study considers several spectrum-using markets, such as mobile broadband, backhaul, short-range devices, and...Source: R
  
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• Telefónica appears to abandon hope of selling O2

  30-06-2016 16:00
  
  Telefónica has indicated in a statement it will no longer be selling off its O2 business unit following the European Commission’s decision to block Three’s attempts to acquire the brand.
  The Three/O2 saga has been one of the more prominent news stories of 2016, as Hutchison Whampoa aimed to create the UK’s largest mobile operator through merging its current Three UK brand with the £10.25 billion O2. The future of the business unit remains unclear for the moment as
  
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• Zylpha Adds NetDocs Integration To Its Bundling Technology

  30-06-2016 14:40
  
  Zylpha (www.zylpha.com) the UK’s leading legal systems innovator has integrated its bundling technology with NetDocuments, the Security as a Service system for Cloud based document and email management. The Zylpha integration will enable NetDocuments users to produce secure high-quality court and other bundles in a fraction of the time taken previously.To ensure optimum usability, the all new ‘ground up’ integration provides bundling users with the same familiar look and feel a
  
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• NEC, Google and friends enter FASTER trans-Pacific cable into service

  30-06-2016 14:11
  
  A consortium of tech giants including Google and NEC has completed the construction and end-to-end testing of a new trans-Pacific submarine cable system.
  The 9,000km FASTER Cable System enters into service today (30 June), and is claimed to be the first cable system designed from the outset to support digital coherent transmission technology, using optimized fibers throughout the submarine portion. The cable system lands in Oregon in the United States and two landing points in Japan, Chiba and M
  
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• When is it time to digitally transform your telephony?

  30-06-2016 14:04
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third-party experts to discuss some of the most pressing issues in the industry today. In this piece, Ernie Ortega, Chief Revenue Officer at Colt explains some of the monetisation challenges in digitally transforming voice infrastructure.
  The digital world is forcing organisations to evolve faster than ever. For those that don’t, they run the risk of being grouped with the 30% of top firms that will cease to exist by 2020.
  As such, stakeholders at all leve
  
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• 5G World 2016 reveals three major forks in the evolution of 5G

  30-06-2016 13:33
  
  The 5G World 2016 event comes to a conclusion today, having hosted countless presentations, round tables and general discussions about where we currently are with 5G and where we would like it to be.
  At MWC earlier this year the general consensus was that 5G needs to address two major, distinct things: massively increased speed, and support for the anticipated IoT boom. While these are both wireless considerations the requirements could hardly be more opposite, with the former focused on perform
  
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• Nokia CTO highlights struggle in defining 5G use-cases

  30-06-2016 12:48
  
  Nokia’s mobile CTO has said use-cases for 5G from a user perspective still lack clarity despite impressive progress being made on the technological side.
  Hossein Moiin spoke about vendor attitudes towards 5G during his keynote session at 5G World in London, and explained some of the technological steps operators need to do in order to realise the monetary benefits the fifth generation of wireless technology can bring. He began by explaining the basic evolution of technology and the fundame
  
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• Ericsson DT and SK collaborate for ‘world first’ transcontinental 5G trial

  30-06-2016 12:15
  
  Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom have announced a partnership to deploy world’s first transcontinental 5G trial network in Korea and Germany.
  The objective of the agreement will be to provide optimized end-user experiences by providing consistent quality of services and roaming experiences for advanced 5G use cases with enhanced global reach. Ericsson will act as the sole supplier to the project, which will include technologies such as NFV, software defined infrastructure, distrib
  
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• BT lays out 5G fixed-mobile convergence strategy

  30-06-2016 11:15
  
  BT has laid out its plans for fixed-mobile convergence in the build up to the arrival 5G, suggesting it will completely redefine operators’ customer experience strategies.
  In his keynote session at 5G World BT’s group MD for mobile, Steve Haines, said as a converged service provider, BT needs to migrate the past, deliver the present and prepare for the future. Specifically therein, he said operators need to understand their existing customer experience strategy, and plan how 5G will
  
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• Small Cell Forum leads operator round table summit in Shanghai

  30-06-2016 10:30
  
  Shares planned pathway to 5G HetNet and seeks operator insightLooks to develop leading Operator Group for AsiaLondon and Shanghai – 30 June 2016: At Mobile World Congress Shanghai this week, a specially convened mobile operator round table summit meeting will focus on the path to the future HetNet mobile network and the 5G environment.The summit discussion, chaired by Small Cell Forum, will see leading operator members of the Forum – including China Unicom, China Mobile,...Source: Re
  
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• Vodafone NZ, Sky say merger is no threat to competition

  30-06-2016 02:00
  
  Companies submit merger application to New Zealand's competition body.
  
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• Telefonica says O2 UK no longer 'for sale'

  30-06-2016 02:00
  
  Spanish telco to reclassify U.K. ops when it reports 1H numbers next month, suggesting no imminent IPO.
  
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• Slow growth could trigger telco consolidation in Russia

  30-06-2016 02:00
  
  Russian regulators could look favourably on a reduction in the number of facilities-based mobile operators, Fitch Ratings suggests.
  
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• SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson to conduct transcontinental 5G trial

  30-06-2016 02:00
  
  Operators aim to deliver consistent quality of service, roaming experience between next-gen networks in Korea, Germany.
  
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• Orange buys Moldovan cableco Sun Communications

  30-06-2016 02:00
  
  Deal transforms Orange Moldova into a converged services provider.
  
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• Elisa wins race for Anvia

  30-06-2016 02:00
  
  Finnish fixed-line firm comes out on top despite competition from incumbent Sonera, mobile operator DNA.
  
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• AT&T announces quick closure of Quickplay buy

  30-06-2016 02:00
  
  U.S. telco says TV platform provider will continue to expand its own customer base as well as underpinning AT&T's online TV offerings.
  
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