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• Trouble on horizon for satellite industry

  22-09-2016 18:52 via ft.com
  Launchpad failures and a supply glut mean consolidation is likely
  
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• Cisco cheats on Ericsson with Salesforce

  22-09-2016 18:37
  
  A tough day for Ericsson’s collective ego saw strategic partner Cisco get in to bed with Salesforce to make sweet, sweet productivity.
  Cisco and Ericsson moved in with each other back in November of last year but things soon descended into monotonous routine. Ericsson has been really busy at work and in the evening just wants to have a glass of wine in front of the telly and go to sleep. Cisco, on the other hand, is only human and has needs, so it can’t be blamed for playing the fiel
  
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• Openreach pulls a G.fast one with Huawei and Nokia

  22-09-2016 17:37
  
  UK fixed-line alpha BT has announced it will be buying a bunch of shiny G.fast kit from Huawei and Nokia to help with its ‘ultrafast’ broadband rollout.
  The plan is to bring G.fast copper-on-steroids connectivity, and with it speeds of up to 330 Mbps, to 10 million premises by the end of 2020. The first places to get this broadband boost will be parts of Gillingham and Cherry Hinton later this year.
  “Openreach is pioneering G.fast technology because we want to get affordable ul
  
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• Vodafone pumps $7bn into India subsidiary

  22-09-2016 15:43 via ft.com
  Major funding needed for spectrum auction and price war with Reliance
  
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• LTE-U coexistence harder than herding cats

  22-09-2016 14:29
  
  A couple of recent announcements illustrate that achieving industry consensus over LTE-U makes herding cats looks like a walk in the park.
  The Wi-Fi Alliance, a non-profit bankrolled by many (but by no means all) of the world’s biggest tech companies, has released its long-awaited LTE-U Coexistence Test Plan. This most cunning of plans aims to provide a definitive test to ensure LTE-U devices share unlicensed spectrum ‘fairly’.
  LTE-U is contentious because it creates the prospe
  
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• Vodafone proves it’s no nuisance with flurry of announcements

  22-09-2016 13:03
  
  “Good morning, I’m calling to discuss your unclaimed PPI, you could be owed thousands. I’d just like to confirm some details with you, including an address you lived at 20 years ago which we inexplicably have.”
  The nuisance call, widely considered to be the bane of mobile existence, has fallen to Vodafone’s might as the telco confirmed it is now taking the fight to nuisance and spammy calls at the network level. It has set up a bureau to deal with it and everything.
  
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• Allo, is it privacy you’re looking for?

  22-09-2016 11:34
  Google has launched its artificial intelligence inspired messaging app Allo, but seems to have compromised on user privacy in its desperation to compete with WhatsApp.
  Artificial intelligence offers the industry a lot of positives, from predictive analytics through to automation of an employee’s most mundane tasks, however Google has seemingly taken the concept one step further removing the users need to think during a conversation. After all, in a world where Netflix box sets are bei
  
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• Weidmüller and HUBER+SUHNER strengthen cooperation

  22-09-2016 11:09
  
  Specialists in electrical connectivity welcome joint opportunities in the rail marketBerlin / Detmold / Herisau, 22. September 2016 – HUBER+SUHNER and Weidmüller have announced a strategic alliance in the rail technology market during the Berlin trade show Innotrans 2016. A framework agreement was signed by representatives of the Boards of both companies on Wednesday of this week. The aim of the cooperation is to exploit the potential synergies created by the complementary solutions p
  
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• Telecoms.com Road to 5G Outlook 2016

  22-09-2016 11:01
  
  The 2016 Road to 5G Outlook report is now available to download
  This free report, published by Telecoms.com Intelligence, analyses and presents the findings of an in-depth questionnaire answered by 800 members of the telecoms industry involved with 5G today.
  Included in the report are three distinct sections relating to 5G technology, including:
  Industry Attitudes to 5G
  Services and revenue opportunities around 5G
  Radio Access Network requirements of 5G
  The report yields some very interesting re
  
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• Robots Take Over Electronic Bundling at Lambeth

  22-09-2016 11:00
  
  Following a customer enquiry from the London Borough of Lambeth, Zylpha (www.zylpha.com) the UK’s leading innovator of electronic document bundling technology, has launched a ‘Bundling Robot’. The new system is the latest addition to the company’s widely acclaimed range of integration tools for LexisNexis Visualfiles. The robot enables high-speed background bundling automation within Visualfiles, whilst allowing the system’s users to carry on with other pressing mat
  
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• Mobile Marketing Association Launches New Chapter In Germany, World’s 5th Biggest Mobile Ad Spend Market

  22-09-2016 11:00
  
  STORY HIGHLIGHTSThe MMA Germany launches with experts and expertise from founding member companies including: adsquare, Coca-Cola, Facebook, Google, SAP XM, Smaato, Telefónica and Unilever.Germany is a powerhouse market for mobile marketing growth, investment and interest, where mobile ad spending is forecast to exceed $2.56 billion, or EUR2.27 billion.The MMA Germany will kick off its program of thought leadership and networking events with Mobile Marketing: Redefined! on October 27 in B
  
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• RiskIQ sees 130% growth in malicious mobile apps leveraging top UK brands

  22-09-2016 10:04
  
  Risks highlighted as malicious apps target businesses and their customers LONDON, UK — 22 September 2016 — New research from RiskIQ, the leader in external threat management, reveals that the number of malicious apps leveraging top UK brands has grown by 130% year on year[1]. The study by RiskIQ, examined mobile apps owned by or leveraging the brands of 45 top UK companies across five vertical sectors, to give a snapshot of the threats facing...Source: RealWire
  
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• TEOCO launches Mentor 9.6 to further enhance LTE network support and optimization

  22-09-2016 10:00
  
  FAIRFAX, VA., USA – 22 September 2016 - TEOCO, the leading provider of engineering, assurance and analytics solutions to communications service providers (CSPs) worldwide, today launched the latest version of its RAN Optimization Software, Mentor 9.6. The new version of Mentor provides enhanced and extended Huawei LTE network support, making it the most comprehensive offering for automated multi-vendor and multi-technology network optimization. Mentor 9.6 also integrates with TEOCO’s
  
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• 40% of today’s organizations will no longer exist in 10 years – Cisco

  22-09-2016 09:38
  
  Digital transformation is one of those ubiquitous buzzwords; everyone offers it and everyone’s doing it, but Cisco’s Bas Boorsma think not many companies get it.
  The internet is a wonderful thing for some and a torment for others. It offers small organizations the opportunity to engage the world, while at the same time removing some of the advantages big business has lauded over entrepreneurs for years. Speaking at the Nordic Digital Business Summit in Helsinki, Finland’s Minis
  
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• New Location and Dates Announced for CommuniCast Myanmar 2016

  22-09-2016 09:00
  
  Third annual event will now take place at Myanmar’s Novotel Yangon Max in December following changes in venue availability22 September 2016 – The organiser of CommuniCast Myanmar 2016 today announced the show will move to a new location and take place later than planned this year due to changes in the availability of the main exhibition venue.CommuniCast Myanmar 2016 will now take place from Tuesday, December 6 to Thursday, December 8, while the associated Myanmar...Source: RealWire
  
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• Telenor praises IPX for helping it serve its most demanding wholesale customers: its own retail operators

  22-09-2016 02:00
  
  Norwegian incumbent says IPX gives its opcos the agility and capability they need to quickly roll out new services.
  
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• Millicom taps Juvo for LatAm top-up app

  22-09-2016 02:00
  
  Emerging markets operator gives prepaid customers access to credit on credit.
  
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• Ericsson to close Sweden plants

  22-09-2016 02:00
  
  Swedish kit maker to reportedly end manufacturing in its home market in line with its cost reduction plan.
  
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• America Movil mulling move for Oi

  22-09-2016 02:00
  
  CEO Daniel Hajj reportedly interested in acquiring some or all of troubled Brazilian telco.
  
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