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• Deutsche Telekom calls on Broadband Forum members to “Collaborate on ‘true convergence’ of mobile and fixed networks to unlock full potential of 5G”

  27-07-2016 18:23
  
  More collaboration among standards bodies and open source communities will be needed in order to achieve this, according to operator Berlin, Germany. July 27, 2016: As the Broadband Forum held its quarterly meeting in Berlin, Deutsche Telekom’s 5G Executive Program Manager Antje Williams called for true convergence between fixed and mobile networks so that a seamless experience could be delivered to consumers.Access-agnostic networks are a vital component in realizing the full potential of
  
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• T-Mobile US reports another quarter of growth and takes swipe at competitors

  27-07-2016 17:56
  
  T-Mobile US has reported another quarter of positive growth, and took the opportunity to have a swipe at the lesser fortunes of competitors.
  While understandably pleased over another period where his team reported the strongest customer net gains in the US, CEO John Legere was less complementary of his competitors. AT&T and Verizon, nicknamed ‘dumb and dumber’ by the enthusiastic chief, were subject to comment, implying the telcos built customer retention strategies off the back
  
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• Prysmian to Boost Activity in Asset Management Products and Services

  27-07-2016 14:30
  
  Signed contract with National Grid in UKPry-Cam is the group’s exclusive and revolutionary technology that helps assets owners to increase uptime, asset longevity and safety, while reducing maintenance costs and risks Milan, 27 July 2016 - Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a contract by National Grid - international electricity and gas company based in the UK and north eastern US - for the supply of...Source: RealWire
  
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• Brexit came, Brexit went and it was all a bit dramatic

  27-07-2016 13:56
  
  It’s all we talked about for weeks, at least in UK, and for the most part its now business as usual. The build-up to the referendum was highly publicized, and the result somewhat of a shock, but does it actually mean anything?
  In each vertical there were numerous articles about the short, mid and long-term impact of the vote, and no-one was seemingly able to agree. This is completely understandable, as a nation with an economy the size of the UK, leaving a union such as the EU is unprecede
  
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• Mobileye breaks ties with Tesla to focus on other autonomous initiatives

  27-07-2016 13:04
  
  Shares in machine learning company Mobileye have fallen by 8% following the announcement it will be breaking ties with automotive innovator Tesla.
  Tesla is widely recognized as one of the world’s most innovative organizations, leading the charge towards electric cars, and more recently autonomous driving. To date, Mobileye has been supplying cameras and technology for Tesla’s Model S sedans, including machine learning functionality for its autopilot product plans, a critical aspect o
  
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• From 2G to 5G: a complex evolution for operators

  27-07-2016 13:02
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Jonathan Bell, VP of Marketing at OpenCloud, looks at the evolution from 2G through to LTE and onwards to 5G and the challenges this presents.
  Mobile operators are moving to all-IP networking and correspondingly delivering LTE communication services, such as Voice and Video over LTE (VoLTE and ViLTE). The benefits of this transformation are clear – fo
  
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• Quortus and Argela’s mobile edge computing healthcare proof of concept accepted by ETSI

  27-07-2016 13:01
  
  Project demonstrating network slicing and open access at the network edge will debut at MEC World Congress in SeptemberGuildford, UK – 27 July 2016 Quortus today announced that the proof of concept (PoC) proposal ‘Healthcare – Dynamic Hospital User, IoT and Alert Status Management’ submitted by the company and two collaborators has been accepted by ETSI’s Industry Specification Group for Mobile Edge Computing (ISG MEC).The PoC, created in partnership with infrastruc
  
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• TalkTalk, Sky, Vodafone launch “Fix Britain’s Internet” lobbying campaign

  27-07-2016 12:56
  
  After Ofcom’s ruling that Openreach should become a separate legal entity within BT, rival ISPs have launched a collaborative campaign to pressure the regulator into a full separation.
  As part of its ruling, Ofcom opened a public consultation period in which the telecoms industry, businesses and consumers can voice their opinion over broadband delivery. To further lobby the regulator into completely breaking Openreach away from BT; competitors including TalkTalk, Sky, Vodafone and the Fede
  
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• Zylpha Launches First PayPal Solution For Lawyers

  27-07-2016 12:25
  
  Leading UK legal systems innovator Zylpha (www.zylpha.com) has launched the first PayPal utility for legal practices. The new integration enables law firms to take clients’ payments easily including: initial ‘on account’ funds, disbursements, diarised invoice sums and final settlements. Zylpha believes that the new solution, which operates within LexisNexis Visualfiles, provides a fast, easy and customer friendly method of securing client funds. In addition, where required, The
  
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• Twitter backs video and live-broadcasting for future ad growth

  27-07-2016 11:49
  
  Twitter has stated it will prioritize video and live-broadcasting in an effort to achieve re-acceleration in the advertising business.
  While team demonstrated healthy year-on-year growth for advertising revenues, totalling $535 million, an increase of 18% across the quarter, demand for the solutions has slowed. This is due in part to the success of the company over recent years, as the team believe it has “penetrated the largest spenders”. The advertising model has now transitioned t
  
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• Declining iPhone sales see Apple revenues drop 15%

  27-07-2016 11:35
  
  Apple has seen a 15% decline in its revenues for Q3, led by decreasing iPhone sales, revenue and average selling price.
  2016 has proven to be something of a challenge for Apple, with its market share of global smartphone shipments on the decline in Q1 following a couple of years’ worth of impressive growth, particularly in China. Gartner reported Apple’s market share in Q1 fell three percentage points YoY from 17.9 to 14.8 as shipments dropped from 60.1 million to 51.6 million worldw
  
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• IoT to further expand when oneM2M releases next set of specs this autumn

  27-07-2016 10:56
  
  Sophia Antipolis, France, 27 July 2016: oneM2M, the global standards initiative for Machine to Machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced another achievement in establishing a global interconnected society: its next set of official specifications, known formally as Release 2, which will be issued this autumn. The announcement comes as analyst firm Gartner forecasts that 6.4 billion IoT devices will be in use worldwide in 2016, with that figure set to...Source:
  
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• Vodafone UK trials latest LTE TDD tech

  27-07-2016 02:00
  
  Telco tests 4x4 MIMO, 8T8R to improve network performance in urban areas.
  
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• Telecom Italia predicts full-year domestic earnings growth

  27-07-2016 02:00
  
  Telco revises up its outlook as earnings in Italy grow in second quarter, CEO promises 'new developments' from September.
  
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• Telecom Italia, Fastweb to create FTTH joint venture

  27-07-2016 02:00
  
  Italian operators will spend €1.2 billion on fibre-to-the-home rollout in 29 cities by 2020; partnership could be extended.
  
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• T-Mobile US posts 12.8% rise in Q2 revenue, raises subscriber outlook

  27-07-2016 02:00
  
  Mobile operator adds 1.9 million customers, net profit dips on higher interest expense.
  
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• Masmovil raises €160m to fund recent M&As

  27-07-2016 02:00
  
  Spanish operator strikes joint FTTH investment deal with Orange.
  
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• AT&T working with Amdocs in open source SDN platform push

  27-07-2016 02:00
  
  Vendor to serve as integrator to help U.S. telco market its ECOMP platform on a global basis.
  
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• Apple fiscal Q3 iPhone shipments beat forecasts

  27-07-2016 02:00
  
  Device maker's revenue slumps 14% led by steep fall in China.
  
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