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• BlackBerry finally puts handset division out of its misery

  28-09-2016 18:36
  
  As the indignity of its descent into incontinence and senility became insufferable BlackBerry was finally forced to confront reality and do what everyone else knew had to be done.
  The BlackBerry handset division has been taken on the last, one-way trip to the vet to be put out of its misery. After decades of faithful service to its parent company the once star division became reduced to a withered husk of its former self, capable of little more than arthritic pacing and plaintive, rheumy stares
  
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• Google tries to show India it’s all cuddly and lovely

  28-09-2016 15:22
  
  Google has launched a number of new India-specific products and features apparently designed to ingratiate the internet behemoth to the lucrative emerging market.
  Just when we were all starting to think the Silicon Valley giants were only in it for the cash, Google has shown its caring side by offering data starved Indians reason to hope. Connectivity within the country has traditionally been poor and data plans offered to customers less than ideal. Google is seizing this opportun
  
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• Ericsson bets on the multiplay experience

  28-09-2016 14:52
  
  Hidden in a relatively obscure software release is a sign from Ericsson that it thinks the future is multiplay and it fancies its chances if that’s the case.
  The somewhat unglamorously named Ericsson Expert Analytics Release 16.1 is the latest iteration of its CEM (customer experience management) platform, featuring all the customary buzzwords and clichés including leading, award-winning, end-to-end, holistic and even the promise of a 360-degree view. So far so standard, but the dif
  
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• AI in customer experience management – the opportunity for telcos

  28-09-2016 14:50
  
  Advances in artificial intelligence presents an opportunity for telecoms operators to entirely revolutionise their approach to customer experience management.
  Customer service, specifically, comes with a standard cost per user – and every time the customer makes contact to discuss a problem that’s a charge to the operator. Therein lies the problem with the existing model, it isn’t pre-empting customer experience issues.
  By introducing elements of behaviour prediction, network c
  
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• Worldwide WLAN Market Sees Robust Growth Across Regions in Q2

  28-09-2016 13:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments increased 6.7% year over year in 2Q16, and increased 6.7% on a sequential basis.Click here for more.
  
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• Worldwide Smartwatch Market Will See Modest Growth in 2016

  28-09-2016 13:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  A year after the launch of the Apple Watch established a new benchmark for the worldwide smartwatch market, new smartwatch shipments are expected to see only modest growth for the rest of 2016 due to late-in-the-year and iterative product releases. Click here for more.
  
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• Mobile Internet Users in Latin America to Grow by 50 Per Cent by 2020

  28-09-2016 13:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  The number of people across Latin America using their mobile devices to access the internet is set to grow by 50 per cent by the end of the decade, according to a new GSMA study. Click here for more.
  
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• Mobile Email-Driven Revenue Jumped 32 Percent Year-Over-Year

  28-09-2016 13:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Thirty-two percent of email-driven revenue came from a mobile device in Q2 2016, jumping 32 percent year-over-year and 80 percent over the past two years,Click here for more.
  
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• iPhone 7 Materials Costs Higher than Previous Versions, Teardown Reveals

  28-09-2016 13:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  The bill of materials (BOM) for an iPhone 7 equipped with 32 gigabytes (GB) of NAND flash memory carries $219.80 in bill of materials costs,Click here for more.
  
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• Ericsson manages Wi-Fi connectivity for high-speed trains in Germany

  28-09-2016 13:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Since July 2016, Icomera and Ericsson have been implementing and supporting a mobile Internet connectivity solution onboard 386 of Deutsche Bahn's high-speed ICE trains in Germany Click here for more.
  
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• Apple Still Leads in Smartwatch Sales; Sector Growth Slow

  28-09-2016 13:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  As of July 2016, 15.2% of US consumers own either a smartwatch or fitness band, with the EU4 following behind at 8.1% penetration. Click here for more.
  
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• ICANN rabble-rousers reveal their ignorance

  28-09-2016 13:28
  
  Paranoid conspiracy-theory types in the States are freaking out again. This time they’re scared they won’t be able to “control the internet” anymore – specifically the domain name system.
  Not that they’ve had a huge amount of success doing it in recent years anyway. The internet has become too great a beast for any one man to control, so some of the fear-mongering horse crap put out there by certain Republicans during the perpetually ongoing and seem
  
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• Digital transformation is a chicken-and-egg thing

  28-09-2016 12:57
  
  Digital transformation was once again at the forefront of another technology conference, although once more things got somewhat circular as people mostly grappled with what the term actually means.
  While the constant stream of buzzwords can irritate those outside of the marketing department, one which Telecoms.com doesn’t mind too much is digital transformation. This is mainly due to the fact the implied projects actually have substance, even though the definition of the term varies depend
  
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• Telkom Indonesia Appoints HAUD For SS7 Firewall And Managed Services

  28-09-2016 11:52
  
  28 September 2016, Naxxar, Malta - HAUD, the industry leader in mobile network security and revenue assurance, has been selected by Telkom Indonesia to provide A2P SMS monetisation and SS7 security managed services to create new sources of revenue and improve subscriber experience for the operator. The managed service agreement with HAUD ensures that Telkom Indonesia will not miss out on any lost A2P revenue, and its subscribers are protected from spam and fraudulent SMS...Source: RealWire
  
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• HK hotel smartphone group raises $125m

  28-09-2016 11:43 via ft.com
  Foxconn is among backers of Tink Labs, one of the city’s best-funded start-ups
  
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• Samsung has exchanged 57% of Note 7s sold in Europe

  28-09-2016 02:00
  
  But a user in China has reportedly claimed that their so-called 'safe' replacement has exploded.
  
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• Incumbent telco CEOs say room for improvement in EU reform package

  28-09-2016 02:00
  
  Leaders of Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, Orange, Telecom Italia, among those calling for reduction in red tape.
  
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• BlackBerry calls time on handset hardware

  28-09-2016 02:00
  
  Company to outsource smartphone development to third parties; new CFO appointed.
  
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• 3UK 'not confident' Ofcom can stand up to BT, Vodafone

  28-09-2016 02:00
  
  Mobile operator claims watchdog is afraid of being sued if it takes on the big telcos.
  
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