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• Telefónica delays €1.2bn Telxius IPO

  29-09-2016 20:17
  Listing was part of Spanish telecoms group’s plan to cut its €53bn debt
  
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• Telenor warns Ofcom over splitting BT

  29-09-2016 19:17
  Move highlights how European telcos are worried over implications of separating Openreach
  
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• Ending the Digital Transformation paradox

  29-09-2016 18:35
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to discuss the biggest challenges facing the telecoms industry today. In this post, Gary Messiana, CEO of Nominum looks to demystify digital transformation and how DNS can help end the paradox.
  In recent years, the incredible increase in demand for online connectivity, fueled by the mobile internet boom, has created an overwhelming challenge for communication service providers (CSPs), resulting in a market situation we call the “digita
  
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• Qualcomm and SK Telecom trial LAA on steroids

  29-09-2016 18:34
  
  Just because Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) is still very much a work in progress, that’s no reason not to try and pimp it up a bit regardless.
  That seems to be the philosophy adopted by Qualcomm and SK Telecom in trialling ENHANCED LAA (eLAA) which, just to be clear is LAA, but enhanced. The need to demonstrate incremental progress towards 5G on a daily basis has required the creation a bunch on prefixes and suffixes such as ‘advanced’, ‘pro’, ‘ultra’ a
  
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• So your IoT’s that big, check mine out LOLZ – Cisco

  29-09-2016 18:26
  VimpelCom has selected Cisco Jasper to be the smart connectivity management platform across its network operator properties globally.
  The announcement is ultimately a bit of chest-beating from Cisco, but does demonstrate there is a bit of substance to this IoT thing. It’s a busy day for the IoT sub-sector following SAP’s announcement this morning that it was growing its connected portfolio, however a client win does indicate the market is becoming a commercial reality, even if it is
  
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• SAP tries to show us how big its IoT is

  29-09-2016 14:10
  
  Posturing in the technology industry is nothing new, but it can be slightly awkward when it’s a company which is still trying to justify its place in the cloud era.
  SAP is one of those organizations that has had to work hard to remain relevant in the cloud defined world. Like Oracle, IBM, Intel and many others, the German enterprise software giant has had to redefine its business model to remain competitive in the new digital economy. There has been progress but oc
  
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• Apple sees Deloitte on digital transformation

  29-09-2016 13:52
  
  Gadget giant Apple has persuaded consulting firm Deloitte to dedicate 5,000 of its strategic advisors to flogging iPads to businesses.
  That’s not how Apple is positioning it, of course. The official announcement says they’ve teamed up to ‘accelerate business transformation on iPhone and iPad’. As ever Apple doesn’t use the definite article or plural when describing its products, with the apparent aim of inferring they are people or natural phenomena rather than the
  
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• Prysmian To Launch The Most Powerful Cable Solution Ever For Power Transmission Grids

  29-09-2016 13:36
  
  New P-Laser 600 kV HVDC System Allows A Cost Reduction Of Up To 30% Per Transmitted MWP-Laser Is The First Fully Recyclable Environmentally Friendly HVDC Cable SystemMilan, 29 September 2016 - Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, is ready to launch a new breakthrough cable technology for the development of power transmission grids that will ensure higher electrical performances, lower costs and better environmental sustainability. The Group announces tod
  
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• US tech giants look to call the shots on AI

  29-09-2016 13:11
  
  Facebook, Microsoft, IBM, Google and Amazon have joined forces to form a new super-club with the aim of managing the development of artificial intelligence.
  We do like a working group in the technology industry, if only for what they symbolise. The fact five of the worlds’ largest and most influential organization have come together indicates artificial intelligence is a real thing, and there is progress being made.
  The appointments are no joke either. Ralf Herbrich is Director of Mac
  
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• IoT ecosystem expands significantly with new global standards from oneM2M

  29-09-2016 12:00
  
  Sophia Antipolis, France, 29 September 2016: The full potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) advanced significantly today as oneM2M, the global standards initiative for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications and the IoT, published a new landmark set of specifications, Release 2. Based on contributions from more than 200 member companies, Release 2 builds on oneM2M’s initial set of official specifications, which enable basic connectivity between applications and devices. The new specifi
  
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• 21st ECOC Exhibition in Germany draws crowds of more than 5,200

  29-09-2016 11:00
  
  London, 29 September 2016: The European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) 2016 Exhibition organised by Nexus Media Events Ltd, has once again secured its position as Europe’s most influential event for the fibre optic communication industry after enjoying yet another record-breaking year. Attracting more than 5,200 visitors and 314 exhibitors from 78 countries, ECOC 2016 ran between Monday, September 19 and Wednesday, September 21 at the CCD Congress, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
  
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• Anam's A2P SMS Firewall a hot favourite with MNOs

  29-09-2016 10:00
  
  ROCCO’s independent survey of 170 Mobile Network Operators (MNO) places Anam’s ASSURE solution at the top. Anam’s ASSURE solution has shot into a leading position in a survey of MNO opinions on A2P SMS Firewall vendors, as well as earning a coveted Tier 1 supplier status. The comprehensive study asked MNOs to rate 16 leading vendors on 40+ KPIs across multiple aspects of the solution including Business Understanding, Technological Capability, Performance, Reporting and Leadersh
  
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• Telefonica, Vivendi strike mobile content deal

  29-09-2016 02:00
  Operator to offer music video platform, mobile TV app to LatAm customers from October.
  
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• NBN ditches Optus HFC network

  29-09-2016 02:00
  
  Australia's national broadband network to roll out FTTdp to 700,000 premises instead.
  
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• MTN denies illegally channelling $14bn out of Nigeria

  29-09-2016 02:00
  
  Embattled telco's CEO insists allegations it colluded with banks to transfer funds are unfounded.
  
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• 5G represents €113.1bn opportunity for EU countries

  29-09-2016 02:00
  
  Study claims 5G investment will create €141 billion worth of trickle-down benefits, create 2.3 million jobs.
  
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