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• Ericsson and China Mobile claim world’s first 5G drone trial

  12-08-2016 17:34
  
  Swedish networking giant has wasted little time in responding to rival Nokia’s latest efforts by partnering with China Mobile over a drone field trial that they say is the first ever to be 5G-enabled.
  5G doesn’t yet exist as a standard, of course, so how this drone prototype can claim to be 5G-enabled isn’t entirely clear. However these two are hardly alone in looking to get ahead of the 5G game and we can expect to see plenty more of this sort of thing in the coming months and
  
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• Nokia signs China Telecom 4G deal, demos 4G drones with EE

  12-08-2016 14:03
  
  Finnish networking giant Nokia has announced a new 4G network coverage deal with China Telecom to cover 19 Chinese provinces. At the same time it is experimenting with using drones for coverage in remote areas.
  The China Telecom deal involves the deployment of 4G tech in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Henan, Sichuan, Anhui, Liaoning, Guizhou, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia provinces. China Telecom expects more than 90% of
  
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• 28% of operators already have commercial LTE-A offering

  12-08-2016 13:03
  
  New research from the Global mobile Suppliers Association, GSA, has stated 521 operators have commercially launched LTE, LTE-Advanced or LTE-Advanced Pro networks around the world.
  According to the GSA’s Evolution to LTE report there should be 560 commercially launched LTE networks by end 2016 and over 28% of LTE operators have commercially launched LTE-Advanced networks. Although in its early days for the moment, the advancement of LTE-A show operators are not simply sitting back waiting
  
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• BT dismisses MP’s Openreach moans

  12-08-2016 12:52
  
  UK MP and former Small Business Secretary Anna Soubry has publicly called for BT to be split up, but BT has hit back, questioning the accuracy of her claims.
  Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme Today, Soubry claimed BT’s wholesale business, Openreach, hasn’t delivered on its obligations regarding the delivery of ‘superfast broadband’ (apparently defined as 24+Mbps). “It’s outrageous in this day and age that people do not have access to superf
  
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• HPE buys SGI for HPC TLC

  12-08-2016 12:07
  
  HPE has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SGI for $275 million in a move which expands its footprint in the high-performance computing market.
  High-performance computing and data analytics are two segments in which the company has targeted for growth in recent months, with SGI offering HPE the opportunity to expand in the scientific, technical, business and government communities. SGI currently employs around 1100 people worldwide, though how the team will be integrated into the wid
  
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• Rostrvm Solutions’ cloud contact centre service on G-Cloud

  12-08-2016 10:08
  
  The robust rostrvm® Cloud Contact Centre Service from Rostrvm Solutions is now available on the Digital Marketplace, through the government's G-Cloud framework. You can find it in the Software as a Service (SaaS) category.Rostrvm Solutions’ software has been used successfully by household names in the private and public sector for many years. The beauty of rostrvm is that it enables you to enhance current capabilities without replacing existing infrastructure. This provides great cost
  
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• Telenor launches 4G in Pakistan

  12-08-2016 02:00
  
  Telco offers free 4G Internet for a limited time in major cities, pledges speedy rollout to other locations.
  
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• Singtel fiscal Q1 revenue down 7% on Australia termination rate cut

  12-08-2016 02:00
  
  Singapore incumbent's EBITDA up 7% on increased contribution from international affiliates.
  
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• Oi earnings slump, restructuring plan imminent

  12-08-2016 02:00
  
  Troubled Brazilian operator reports 24% decline in Q2 EBITDA, posts sizeable net loss.
  
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• GSA expects commercial 1-Gbps LTE by year end

  12-08-2016 02:00
  
  Industry group says nine LTE-Advanced Pro networks are up and running.
  
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• Global public cloud spending to hit $195bn in 2020

  12-08-2016 02:00
  
  IDC predicts IaaS, PaaS revenues to grow faster than SaaS in five years to 2020.
  
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• Etisalat closes €85m Sudan telco sale

  12-08-2016 02:00
  
  Bank of Khartoum takes control of Canar Telecommunication Company.
  
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