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• Latest customer win proves IBM does have a place in the cloud

  15-08-2016 18:20
  
  IBM has continued its transition into the world of cloud computing, announcing it now counts Workday as one of its customers.
  The news in itself is positive for the company, but nothing exceptional. Big companies win big customers all the time, but the seven year agreement with Workday, one of the world’s largest cloud-based human capital management and enterprise resource planning vendors, does indicate the company is beginning to close the gap on the top three in the cloud market segment
  
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• Argela demonstrates dynamically programmable end-to-end network slicing for 5G on M-CORD

  15-08-2016 17:43
  
  Orchestrated network slicing using Argela’s ProgRAN and RAN-triggered core network slicing technologies is demonstrated on Argela M-CORD, the first operational M-CORD outside ON.Lab. Sunnyvale, CA - August 15, 2016 Argela announced success of a Proof of Concept (PoC) programmable network slicing technology for 5G networks on its M-CORD reference platform. Argela’s M-CORD is the first operational rack outside ON.Lab. Argela’s 5G slicing technology PoC enables the virtual partiti
  
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• Test once, launch anywhere: how close is the device market to reaching this reality?

  15-08-2016 17:11
  
  From time to time Telecoms.com invites third party experts to discuss some of the biggest challenges in the industry today. In this piece, Hemant Minoca, General Manager of TEOCO explains the Open Market Device initiative and what it means for operator lock-in on handset.
  Global OEMs have always enjoyed valued partnerships with the mobile operator community. But it is a relationship that has changed over the years, most notably with the advent of the open market device initiative that began in 2
  
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• TPG goes on $2.25bn spending spree to create new US cable player

  15-08-2016 17:04
  
  Private equity fund TPG Capital has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire broadband providers RCN Telecommunications and Grande Communications for $2.25 billion.
  The deal will see TPG Capital work through two separate transactions with ABRY Partners to acquire the businesses, worth $1.6 billion for RCN and $650 million for Grande Communications. The team has stated the two businesses will be merged to create a larger organization, with the deal expected to complete in the first quarter
  
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• 62% of in-house IT teams say they’ll be using AI by 2018

  15-08-2016 16:20
  
  Research from Narrative Science claims confusion over the definition of artificial intelligence is holding it back, although 62% of enterprise respondents believe it will be place by 2018.
  Although this is an encouraging statistic, the report also highlights there is confusion over the definition of the technology itself (Check out Narrative Science’s explanation of the different facets of AI at the bottom of the story). 62% of those who contributed to the survey said they were not using A
  
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• Pokémon Go tops $300m customer spend but ticks off Iran and Thailand

  15-08-2016 13:15
  
  Pokémon Go is not just a worldwide fad but a money-making machine, according to app data firm App Annie which estimates is will exceed $350 million in consumer spending across iOS and Google Play over the next few days.
  Despite the worldwide popularity of the game and the lucrative earning potential, developer Niantic Labs has seemingly been rubbing a few people the wrong way. The game has already been banned in Iran and now Thailand’s regulator has contacted the Niantic L
  
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• SK Telecom and Verizon create yet another 5G partnership

  15-08-2016 12:43
  
  Not content with the 5G partnership they established earlier this year, Korean operator SK Telecom and US operator Verizon have decided to create another for good measure.
  There’s nothing the telecoms industry likes more than a nice partnership in the run up to the eagerly anticipated 5G standard, with MWC earlier this year dominated by 5G high-fives. Indeed SK Telecom and Verizon were right in the thick of it, conspiring with NTT Docomo and KT to form the 5G Open Trial Specifica
  
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• Europe set to level playing field for operators in OTT battle

  15-08-2016 11:52
  
  The European Commission is set to release new rules in September, which will aim to tighten up how OTT’s such as WhatsApp and Skype are regulated in the European markets, according to the Financial Times.
  How Over-the-top players are regulated has been a point of contention within the European markets in recent years, as it does fall into a grey area currently. Although telcos are under guidance from the European Commission regarding SMS and traditional voice calling, these rules do not di
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast – Crippling Insecurities

  15-08-2016 10:26
  
  Download now or subscribe on iTunes here for the latest podcast every week: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-week-in-wireless-podcast/id1124414975?mt=2
  And in case you missed it, here’s another chance to check out last week’s edition of AWIW: Smashing Handsets
  
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• Nokia, Ericsson trial drones to boost network coverage, 5G

  15-08-2016 02:00
  
  Two vendors team with mobile operators to test the ability of drones to provide network coverage and support 5G developments.
  
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• New 'Gigabit Monitor' launched to track global high-speed network launches

  15-08-2016 02:00
  
  New tool provides database of global '1-Gbps' network launches regardless of the technology that is used.
  
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• European Commission set to impose tighter rules on OTT services

  15-08-2016 02:00
  
  EC could include OTT services such as WhatsApp in new e-privacy regulations.
  
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• European Commission prepares to regulate OTT messaging services

  15-08-2016 02:00
  
  EC could include OTT services such as WhatsApp in new e-privacy regulations.
  
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• DoT may postpone India spectrum auction: reports

  15-08-2016 02:00
  
  Telcos want a bigger gap between a trial auction and the actual start of bidding.
  
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• China Telecom, Nokia sign 4G network expansion deal

  15-08-2016 02:00
  
  Nokia and China Telecom signed an agreement to expand the deployment of 4G technology in 19 provinces in China, ahead of the launch of VoLTE in 20017.
  
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