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• 7 reasons the Note 7 knocked 7% off Samsung shares

  12-09-2016 16:34
  
  Samsung’s Note 7 nightmare shows no sign of ending, but it seems to be doing a great job of mimicking the function of other objects.
  After the phablet gizmo started exploding, Samsung officially begun a recall and allegedly hired a third party battery provider since its own ventures hardly set the world alight. Hoho!
  Samsung Mobile president DJ Koh told its loyal fan-base to literally drop it like it’s hot and immediately power down the Note 7.  This following Samsung first anno
  
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• SoftBank plans a LoRa LoRa IoT

  12-09-2016 15:59
  
  Japanese operator may have gone abroad to make its massive bet on IoT but its first post-ARM move has been to launch a LoRa network at home.
  As the two CEO’s were kind enough to blog last week, SoftBank dropped £24 billion on ARM with a view to kicking some IoT ass. Alongside some baffling if laudable talk of improving the lot of mankind in general, they painted an intriguing picture of ARM now being shielded from grubby day-to-day commercial obligations to enable it to focus on Camb
  
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• Why Narrow Band IoT can help the ever growing concept truly take-off

  12-09-2016 15:09
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the industry today. In this post, Robin Kent, Director of European Operations at Adax explains the role narrow band IoT can play in the growth of the technology.
  We all know that the Internet of Things (IoT) is the hot topic in the tech world today. From smart homes and connected cars, to intelligent systems in the healthcare and retail sectors, IoT promises to deliver a great deal to both c
  
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• Car makers desperate to prove autonomous cars safer than teenage drivers

  12-09-2016 13:53
  
  Tesla is banking on sonar tech to convince the world self-driving cars are one hundred percent fool proof, while Volvo has gotten into bed with safe-pair-of-hands Autoliv to achieve the same goal.
  In its latest update, Tesla has been focusing more on safety than ever before, following a fatality during a recent road test. Understandably so, for many reasons, not least because the success of self-driving cars lies firmly in the hands of nervy consumers. In something akin to Batman&rsquo
  
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• Nokia shows signs of virtual progress

  12-09-2016 12:24
  
  As the big network players edge incrementally closer so offering something that can reasonably, with a straight face, be described as 5G, Nokia gives an old launch a new airing.
  AirScale was first unveiled back at MWC in February with heavy use of the already hackneyed term ‘pre-5G’. The cliché had evolved to ‘5G-ready’ by the summer, with Nokia claiming the first such network and moving its buzzword crosshairs towards ‘cloud’. As recently as last week
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Cleaning up after the Applegasm

  12-09-2016 11:03
  
  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: Having a Broadbandectomy
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER Cube Optics presents its new extended LAN-WDM at ECOC 2016

  12-09-2016 10:00
  
  HUBER+SUHNER Cube Optics AG presents its latest, ultra-compact, extended LAN-WDM optical components at this year’s European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) in Düsseldorf, Germany (Booth 259). The new optical sub-components – which conform to IEEE 802.3bs 400GBase-LR8/FR8 proposal and are compatible with CFP8 form factor – comprise a compact, directly-reflecting, multiplexing architecture drawn on Cube Optics’ intellectual property and more than 15 years&rs
  
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• Vodafone UK eyes October for TV soft launch

  12-09-2016 02:00
  
  Telco reportedly focusing efforts more on streaming, on-demand content than linear programming.
  
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• Verizon bolsters smart city capabilities with Sensity acquisition

  12-09-2016 02:00
  
  U.S.-based IoT specialist provides sensors that can be deployed on LED light fittings.
  
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• Two in race for Golan Telecom

  12-09-2016 02:00
  
  Former Pelephone CEO, fixed-line telco 018 Xfone reportedly in the frame as Golan looks for quick sale.
  
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• Telenor kicks off VimpelCom stake sale

  12-09-2016 02:00
  
  Norwegian incumbent to offload 8.1% stake in VimpelCom in U.S. public offering.
  
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• Softbank kicks off IoT rollout with LoRaWAN

  12-09-2016 02:00
  
  Japanese telco to complete 'full set' of low power, wide area networks with Cat-M1, NB-IoT in the pipeline.
  
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• Softbank IoT rollout starts with LoRaWAN

  12-09-2016 02:00
  
  Japanese telco to complete 'full set' of low power, wide area networks with Cat-M1, NB-IoT in the pipeline.
  
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