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• Why the telecoms industry must get a grip on the Internet of Things

  27-09-2016 18:42
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Richard Stevenson, Telecoms and Data Monetisation Lead, Esri UK explores the importance of telcos fully embracing the opportunities presented by IoT and how they could go about it.
  Establishing a solid telecoms network that can cope with the capacity and coverage required to power the Internet of Things (IoT) is a serious challenge telecoms companies need t
  
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• Vodafone promises not to lie about broadband speeds

  27-09-2016 16:42
  Vodafone UK is trying to make a big deal out of signing up to an Ofcom code of practice most of its competitors joined ages ago.
  The Ofcom voluntary code of practice regarding residential broadband speeds was revised last year. It’s essentially a vow by ISPs not to lie about likely residential broadband speeds in in their marketing. The long-standing practice of framing theoretical maximum speeds that are highly unlikely to be achieved in practice as the headline product was rightly v
  
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• Are telcos ready for the second industrial revolution?

  27-09-2016 16:28
  
  Imagine you could predict the future, how would you use your power? Would you make millions or inform the telco industry how digital will impact telcos in five years?
  Speaking at the Managed Services World Congress in London A1 Telekom’s Slobodan Keseljevic was asked to make his mind up and chose to provide insight into not only the role of digital within the telecommunications industry, but also the opportunities for growth.
  Firstly, the industry needs to understand not only the
  
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• Calix Unveils the AXOS E3-2 Intelligent PON Node; Disrupts the Economics of Fiber Deployment and Network Operations

  27-09-2016 15:09
  
  Revolutionary intelligent deep fiber access node collapses access and service edge functions into a distributed network architecture eliminating up to 80 percent of headend and central office facilities and associated OPEXPHILADELPHIA – September 27, 2016 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX), the world leader in subscriber driven access, today introduced the AXOS E3-2 Intelligent PON Node, a revolutionary system designed to collapse access and service edge functions into a distributed network
  
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• Samsung attempts to snatch victory from jaws of melting Note7 defeat

  27-09-2016 12:55
  
  You’ve got to give Samsung top marks for sheer gall. Less than a month after the Note7 debacle the company is claiming a win from the fact that most people accepted a replacement device.
  In other words Samsung is attempting to steer the story from a catastrophic component failure to a statement of customer devotion and loyalty. Apparently 90% Galaxy Note7 users have accepted a replacement one with a less volatile battery. On the flip side, Samsung has lost 10% of its Note7 customer base, w
  
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• Google has a crack at defining digital transformation

  27-09-2016 12:33
  
  Digital transformation is a buzzword that entrenched itself in the tech the business worlds, but who actually knows what it means? Google’s Yuval Dvir had a go at pinning down a definition.
  According to Dvir, who was speaking at the Managed Services World Congress, the key to digital transformation is change. Now this may seem pretty bloody obvious, but in fact it seems that corporate decision makers the world over are vastly under-estimating the scale of change. This could
  
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• Car, network and chip giants form 5G car club

  27-09-2016 12:23
  
  Even by contemporary partnership standards the cabal of eight major companies that call themselves the 5G Automotive Association is a biggie.
  The first rule of car club is, presumably, to talk incessantly about car club. The three German car companies that bought HERE from Nokia have got together with the three big kit vendors and the two biggest chip vendors to push the connected car industry as we move towards the 5G era.
  Audi, BMW, Daimler, Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia, Intel, and Qualcomm have re
  
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• Phasor successfully completes broadband satellite transmit tests from a moving platform

  27-09-2016 12:06
  
  Flat panel, electronically steered antenna exceeds power and performance targets during milestone product testsWashington D.C. 27 September 2016: Phasor has taken a critical step forward in the productization of its groundbreaking flat panel, electronically steered antenna (ESA) system. The company has demonstrated the transmission of live HD video over the Intelsat 903 satellite from its test site in Essex, UK.The Phasor team has spent several months carrying out detailed beam pattern measureme
  
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• Telefonica picks banks for O2 UK IPO

  27-09-2016 02:00
  
  Report claims Barclays, UBS, Morgan Stanley to take leading role in mobile operator's stock market debut.
  
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• Telco vendors, car makers form 5G connected car group

  27-09-2016 02:00
  
  Audi, BMW, Daimler team up with Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia, among others to accelerate development of connected vehicle tech.
  
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• Disney mulls Twitter bid

  27-09-2016 02:00
  
  Company reportedly working with advisor on offer for social media service.
  
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• All seven applicants approved for Indian spectrum auction

  27-09-2016 02:00
  
  Seven bidders expected to take part when process kicks off in October.
  
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