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• ZTE completes 5G high-frequency communication and massive MIMO uplink tests

  05-07-2016 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  ZTE says that it has completed the verification and performance tests of the 5G high-frequency communication and massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technologies in Shanghai and Shenzhen respectively. Click here for more.
  
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• Report Estimates 1.3 Billion 5G Mobile Connections by 2026

  05-07-2016 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  How is the 5G market expected to develop globally? And how much bandwidth will IMT-2020 networks likely have to deliver? Click here for more.
  
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• Mobile Network Test: Ericsson Lean Carrier Verified In Telstra 4G LTE Service

  05-07-2016 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ericsson launched a new proprietary LTE software innovation to improve both the user experience and the spectrum efficiency of mobile networks by applying 5G ultra-lean design concepts to today's LTE networks. Click here for more.
  
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• 3GPP IoT Standards to Account for More Than Half of Cellular IoT Radio Node Unit Shipments

  05-07-2016 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  The new 3GPP IoT standards will account for more than 50% of cellular IoT radio node unit shipments by 2021 with NB-IoT consuming more than 70% of Release 13 shipmentsClick here for more.
  
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• Research crowns Vodafone king of social media responsiveness

  05-07-2016 18:17
  
  Findings from a social media measurement campaign have determined Vodafone to have the most responsive customer experience team on Twitter.
  Social Intelligence company Brandwatch has launched a report analysing the volume of mentions for each of the top six mobile operators in the UK, including MVNOs, and directly compared this with the response times to each customer query. It also broke down the type of query it received into different categories, such as signal issues, charging, data que
  
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• Sigfox announces IoT network in Mexico City

  05-07-2016 18:08
  
  Proprietary IoT connectivity provider Sigfox has announced the extension of its network technology to Mexico City, as part of a broader drive into Latin America.
  The Mexican roll-out is being done in partnership with WND, the company launched to extend Sigfox’s network across Latin America, and IotNet Mexico, an IoT operator that seems to also be affiliated to Sigfox. The partners expect city-wide coverage by the end of 2016 and nationwide service availability shortly thereafter, with the
  
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• Canonical continues cloud momentum with NTT OpenStack collaboration

  05-07-2016 17:56
  
  Canonical has announced a new collaboration with NTT Communications subsidiary e-Shelter to offer Hosted BootStack, a joint managed OpenStack private cloud proposition.
  The offering itself will be built on Ubuntu OpenStack, using Canonical’s application modelling service Juju as well as its Bare Metal-as-a-Service offering, to build on premise or in colocation environments in e-Shelter data centres. e-Shelter currently has nine locations in Europe, predominantly in Germany, though it does
  
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• Reaching the urban unconnected needs more than just ‘more Wi-Fi’

  05-07-2016 17:17
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Todd Mersch, Co-Founder of XCellAir argues that merely increasing the number of global Wi-Fi hotspots alone is not enough to connect the unconnected.June 20th was World Wi-Fi Day, run by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) not just to promote Wi-Fi as a tool of socioeconomic development, but also to focus attention on the ‘Urban Unconnected’.
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• Ericsson and Vodafone Ireland achieve 136 Mbps uplink on commercial network

  05-07-2016 12:21
  
  Swedish networking giant Ericsson has teamed up with Vodafone Ireland to demonstrate what it claims are the fastest uplink speeds yet achieved in a European commercial network.
  The demo used both carrier aggregation using LTE FDD 40 MHz (two 20 MHz carriers) and 64 QAM modulation to achieve uplink speeds of 136 Mbps on Vodafone Ireland’s commercial network. Ericsson says this represents double the current uplink performance. A third player in the demo was Qualcomm, via its Snapdragon 820 S
  
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• European Commission launches €1.8bn cyber security initiative

  05-07-2016 11:39
  The European Commission has launched a new public-private partnership aimed at tackling the challenges of cyber security, and helping European companies become more competitive.
  As part of the partnership, the EC will invest roughly €450 million, and will encourage industry to contribute healthily, targeting a total investment of €1.8 billion by 2020. The new initiative will take form through four pillars.
  Firstly, the EC will encourage member states to make the most of the cooperation
  
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• Iliad reportedly mulling Italy entry to aid Hutch/VimpelCom merger

  05-07-2016 11:25
  
  French telecoms conglomerate Iliad is reportedly in talks to launch Italy’s fourth mobile network operator should the Hutchison/VimpelCom merger of Three Italia and Wind go ahead.
  According to Reuters, citing sources close the matter, Iliad has opened exclusive discussions over the acquisition of assets which could be freed up as a result of a merger between Three and Wind. Should negotiations progress, anything yielded from discussions could allay anti-competition fears the European
  
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• Small Cell Forum’s nFAPI will make virtualized HetNet a reality

  05-07-2016 11:15
  
  London Tuesday 5 July 2016 – A multivendor, virtualized and future-proof HetNet – this is the vision that mobile operators have for their next generation deployments, and many want to move towards that ahead of 5G standards. Small Cell Forum’s newly published Release 7 provides a critical enabler of that vision - a set of interfaces that will lay the foundations of an open, virtualized HetNet.The Forum has extended one of its most successful specifications,...Source: RealWire
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER Roadshow begins to tour the UK

  05-07-2016 10:48
  
  ‘Building Blocks for Next Generation Data Centres' Roadshow to display the latest High Density Optical Fibre infrastructure solutions for Data CentresLeading international manufacturer of components and systems for optical and electrical connectivity, HUBER+SUHNER, has brought its 'Building Blocks for Next Generation Data Centres' Roadshow to the UK. Over the next three weeks HUBER+SUHNER will tour the UK, displaying its brand new IANOS® 19’’ modular high density optical fi
  
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• Aztec Exchange chooses Solgari for Capex-free global cloud communications

  05-07-2016 10:05
  
  London – 5 July, 2016 – Solgari, the Dublin-based cloud telephony and communications provider, has today announced its successful deployment at Aztec Exchange, a leading payment company dedicated to streamlining global supplier finance. The partnership with Solgari has enabled Aztec Exchange to consolidate its growing global communication requirements on a single cloud platform, offering high quality calls, chat and conferencing between all locations and devices, with zero capital co
  
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• Sweden calls on bidders for 700-MHz sale, 1800-MHz renewal

  05-07-2016 02:00
  
  PTS to auction off 30 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band in December; rules ensure at least two winners.
  
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• Indian telcos to spend 1 trillion rupees on spectrum

  05-07-2016 02:00
  
  Network congestion and arrival of Reliance Jio will drive auction bidding, but participants will be selective, analyst firm says.
  
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• Iliad looking to launch in Italy

  05-07-2016 02:00
  
  Hutchison, VimpelCom in exclusive talks with French operator, sources say.
  
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• Globe Telecom closes European MVNOs

  05-07-2016 02:00
  
  Philippines operator shutters mobile services in U.K., Italy and Spain on competition grounds.
  
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• Competition watchdog rejects SK Telecom's CJ Hellovision bid

  05-07-2016 02:00
  
  Korea's Fair Trade Commission says merger would create TV monopoly.
  
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• Change of leadership at Telenor Myanmar

  05-07-2016 02:00
  
  CFO steps up to top job as Furberg moves to digital business role at Telenor Asia.
  
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• ACCC mulls ADSL deregulation

  05-07-2016 02:00
  
  Competition watchdog says wholesale regulation might not be needed in light of NBN rollout.
  
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