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• Hyperoptic banks £21m Europe funding for 1 Gbps fibre rollout

  19-07-2016 18:01
  
  Challenger ISP Hyperoptic has received £21 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to provide 1 Gbps fibre broadband to more than a half-a-million homes in cities across the UK.
  The eight-year investment will help Hyperoptic with its expansion ambitions to bring 1 Gbps Internet access to urban areas that only have slow access at present. The ISP currently operates in 13 cities throughout the UK, with expansion plans to take it to 20. More specifically, the expanded network will aim
  
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• Proactivity and collaboration are key in the fight against telecoms fraud

  19-07-2016 17:09
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Katia Gonzalez Gutierrez, Head of Fraud Prevention Operations and Services at BICS, looks at ways in which the telecoms industry can collectively improve its ability to fight fraud.
  Despite the maturity of the telecoms ecosystem, fraud remains a pertinent issue, and none so much as roaming fraud. An increasing problem costing the industry over US$6bn each year a
  
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• Europe clarifies data protection rules, sort of

  19-07-2016 16:07
  
  A senior advisor to the European Court of Justice has released a statement which says the retention of data is lawful under the condition it is used to fight serious crime and does not infringe on an individual’s privacy rights.
  The ruling could force telcos in the EU to retain customer communications data for as long as it is strictly necessary to fight serious crime, assuming it doesn’t infringe an individual’s right to privacy. The type of data which can be stored include th
  
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• Vodafone targets SMEs with business broadband rollout

  19-07-2016 15:36
  
  Vodafone has unveiled a raft of offerings for small businesses across the UK as it moves further into the SME sector.
  The offerings revolve around the delivery of high speed fibre broadband and telephony mobility services to millions of UK small businesses, Vodafone claims. It says its principal proposition is enabling next generation connectivity for small businesses by providing speeds of up to 76 Mbps and several fixed broadband innovations.
  According to Vodafone, beamforming technology is at
  
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• Jimmy Choo Finds the Perfect Fit for First UK Electronic AGM

  19-07-2016 14:35
  
  Lumi AGM Mobile enables landmark meetingLiphook, UK, 19th July 2016 – Lumi AGM Mobile has facilitated the UK’s first electronic AGM held by a listed company. Registrar Equiniti introduced the platform to enable its client, Jimmy Choo PLC, the British luxury brand specialising in shoes and accessories, to make the event accessible to all shareholders, regardless of their location.Shareholders located across the globe were able to take part in the electronic meeting, asking questions a
  
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• Cellwize Chosen to Provide Automated SON Solutions for Telefonica Group in Seven South American Countries

  19-07-2016 14:00
  
  Automated optimization enhances the customer experience for over 70 million subscribersLondon and Madrid, July 19, 2016 – Cellwize today announced that the Telefonica Group has chosen Cellwize’s Self Organizing Network (SON) solution to enhance the customer experience for over 70 million Telefonica subscribers in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Cellwize supports network complexity reduction and resource utilization maximization through its fully aut
  
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• Ericsson CFO reviews a tough Q2 and looks to the future

  19-07-2016 13:26
  
  Swedish networking giant Ericsson has reported Q2 results that yielded an 11% annual fall in net sales. CFO Jan Frykhammar spoke to Telecoms.com to explain the results and what’s being done to improve them.
  The underlying message was that it’s tough out there. We’re at a quiet phase of the network roll-out cycle in developed economies and in others, where there should still be growth, macroeconomic factors continue to work against Ericsson. With that in mind the company is look
  
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• 85% of security teams fear they are a perceived as barrier to innovation

  19-07-2016 12:41
  
  A recent survey from Dell demonstrates security is still seen as a hindrance to innovation as companies aim to develop a more digitally orientated proposition for the market.
  While 89% of the respondents, all of whom have security as a significant part of their role, highlighted their organization was in the middle of a digital transformation project, though 76% agree security is brought into the equation too late in the development process, with 85% saying the company actively avoids bring
  
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• UK government slams Openreach, threatens full BT separation

  19-07-2016 12:18
  
  The UK’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee has said it will give Ofcom full support for the separation of BT and Openreach if the telco doesn’t “get its house in order”.
  In a statement from the UK Parliament, the CMS commons select Committee says BT has consistently underinvested in Openreach since 2009; and that it has exploited its position as the UK’s wholesale internet connectivity provider by making strategic decisions that “favour the Group’s prio
  
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• IBM revenues fall for 17th straight quarter despite 30% cloud growth

  19-07-2016 10:50
  IBM revenues continued to fall for a 17th consecutive quarter despite beating analyst expectations and demonstrating healthy growth in its cloud and data business units.
  The company reported a drop in revenues for Q2 of 2.8% to $20.24 billion, though this was an improvement on analyst expectations of $20.03 billion, encouraging shares to rise 2.6% to $164 after hours. The business units which the company deems strategic imperatives, cloud, analytics and engagement, gained 12% year-on-year, thoug
  
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• TEOCO updates ASSET Design with new advanced traffic management capabilities

  19-07-2016 10:00
  
  New version enables more complex design targets, enabling better traffic, revenue and interference managementFAIRFAX, VA., USA – 19 JULY 2016 - TEOCO, the leading provider of engineering, assurance and analytics solutions to communications service providers (CSPs) worldwide, today announced new capabilities for ASSET Design, its automated network design tool.In addition to the existing coverage and interference targets, ASSET Design now includes some explicit targets to ensure that a certa
  
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• Vodafone UK chief to lead Netherlands JV with Liberty Global

  19-07-2016 02:00
  
  CEO of Voda's enterprise business Nick Jeffery to take over from Jeroen Hoencamp at U.K. ops.
  
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• Telenor will not bid in Indian spectrum auction

  19-07-2016 02:00
  
  Norwegian operator says spectrum prices would not generate acceptable returns, is 'evaluating its options' in India.
  
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• South Africa opens multi-band spectrum sale

  19-07-2016 02:00
  
  ICASA invites would-be bidders to apply for 700-MHz, 800-MHz and 2.6-GHz auction.
  
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• MPs accuse BT of underinvesting in Openreach

  19-07-2016 02:00
  
  U.K. incumbent told to put its house in order or face full split from infrastructure arm.
  
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• Highs and lows in Telenor's Q2 numbers

  19-07-2016 02:00
  
  Norwegian telco reports strong performance in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, but lowers full-year revenue growth guidance based on 1H results.
  
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• Ericsson doubles savings target as Q2 revenue falls

  19-07-2016 02:00
  
  Swedish kit maker expects no improvement in market trends in second half of 2016.
  
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• 2degrees abandons float plan, favours sale

  19-07-2016 02:00
  
  New Zealand operator has reportedly decided on traditional sale process, rather than dual listing.
  
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