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• Google sacrifices Android partners in Apple conflict escalation

  04-10-2016 20:46
  Eight years after the first Android device Google has finally decided to lead the crusade against Apple itself, to the likely detriment of other Android phone makers.
  This escalation took the form of the Pixel smartphone. Google made frequent veiled references to the iPhone during the launch, including a barbed comment about not removing the headphone jack. The Pixel comes in regular and XL sizes, just like the iPhone, and Google seems to have taken extra care over the design – indulging i
  
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• BT rivals answer Openreach pension issues

  04-10-2016 19:42
  Report says deficit and transfer problems are surmountable for broadband arm’s split
  
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• IF YOU DON’T READ THIS STORY I’LL CRY

  04-10-2016 18:33
  According to new research from BT, Brits are becoming more needy as less time is spent in the real world and more time on social media.
  The research highlighted the average Brit now has three social media accounts, spending two hours and 12 minutes a day posting and sharing statuses, pictures and videos. Although as Brits we claim to be some of the friendliest and welcoming in the world, in reality more time is being spent on social media with the average person checking social media accounts 17
  
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• Dear Sharon, throw us a frickin bone here – UK telco challengers

  04-10-2016 16:47
  
  A cabal of UK telecoms underdogs have implored Ofcom to level the playing field by capping the amount of spectrum owned by any single company.
  In an email to Ofcom boss Sharon White, the CEOs of Three, TalkTalk, CityFibre, the Federation of Communication Services and UK Broadband-owned Relish implored her to address what they said is the largest imbalance in spectrum distribution across mobile operators of any developed country. This in spite of the fact that only one of the gang is an MNO itsel
  
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• Zain Secures 15 Year License Extension in Saudi Arabia

  04-10-2016 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Saudi Arabia's telecoms regulator has extended the operating license held by Zain's local subsidiary by a further 15 years, until 2047. Click here for more.
  
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• Vodafone to Shut-Down its GSM Network

  04-10-2016 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Vodafone Australia has announced that it will shut-down its legacy GSM network next year due to lack of use by consumers who mainly use 3G and 4G networks now. Click here for more.
  
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• Vodafone Fined for Unauthorised Roadworks

  04-10-2016 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Vodafone UK has been fined for the second time this year by London's transport authority for unauthorised roadworks. Click here for more.
  
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• VimpelCom and Cisco Jasper Ink IoT Deal

  04-10-2016 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Russia's VimpelCom has selected Cisco Jasper to be the Smart Connectivity management platform across its global network operator properties. Click here for more.
  
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• Scrap Taxes on Smartphones Says Sri Lankan Minister

  04-10-2016 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sri Lanka's telecoms minister, Harin Fernando has called for the scrapping of taxes on the sale of smartphones. Click here for more.
  
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• RCom's CEO quits

  04-10-2016 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  The CEO of India's Reliance Communications has unexpectedly resigned from the company with immediate effect. Click here for more.
  
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• New Zealand Consumers are Over the Hype of Wearables

  04-10-2016 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Despite smart watches and fitness wearables adoption growing year on year, IDC's findings suggest New Zealand consumers may already be over the initial hype of these devices. Click here for more.
  
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• MTN Denies Illegal Cash Transfers out of Nigeria

  04-10-2016 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  MTN has been forced into issuing a denial that it has smuggled US$14 billion out of its Nigerian subsidiary illegally. Click here for more.
  
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• Huawei Declined Offer to make Google's Smartphone

  04-10-2016 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ahead of the anticipated launch of Google's latest Android smartphone, it is being reported that Huawei declined an approach from the search engine giant to manufacture the handset. Click here for more.
  
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• Ericsson Announces 3,000 Job Losses in Sweden

  04-10-2016 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ericsson has announced that it is cutting some 3,000 jobs at its operations in Sweden, out of a workforce of 16,000 - representing just under 19% of the total staff. Click here for more.
  
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• 25% of APeJ Organizations Have Launched IoT Solutions - 62% See IoT as Strategic

  04-10-2016 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  There will be more alignment between IT and business as projects are jointly owned and driven by IT departments alongside functional departments. Click here for more.
  
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• UK Ministry of Defence to use LS telcom’s spectrum management system SPECTRA through contract with CGI

  04-10-2016 14:47
  
  London, United Kingdom – LS telcom, the leading worldwide provider of spectrum management systems, today announces that the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) will be using its SPECTRA spectrum management system as part of the MOD’s contract with CGI. The commercial off the shelf SPECTRA system will build upon the Ministry’s existing Spectrum Portal to extend and improve the MOD’s spectrum planning, engineering and enforcement capabilities.The extended, entirely integrated, and
  
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• Microsoft forecasts a cloudy future for Europe

  04-10-2016 14:09
  
  Microsoft has claimed on numerous occasions to be investing more in its cloud than anyone else, but what is it actually spending money on?
  Speaking in Dublin at the start of a four-day European tour Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlined where the benefits of the $3 billion Microsoft has invested on cloudy things in Europe will be seen, as the team continue to chase down incumbent industry leader AWS.
  “We continue to invest heavily in cloud infrastructure to meet the growing demand from Euro
  
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• Europe finally gets the 5G memo

  04-10-2016 13:33
  
  The European Commission has supported a survey which has concluded 5G is going to have a bunch of socio-economic benefits – no sh*t Sherlock!
  It would appear whenever there is a major advancement in the telecommunications industry that requires support and regulation from official bodies, there is also a requirement to commission a cosmetic survey to justify it, and tell the industry what it already knows. As with any public body the fear of failure and consequent waste
  
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• Ericsson succumbs to salami slicing in Sweden

  04-10-2016 12:42
  
  The networking giant continues to respond to challenging times by restructuring, streamlining, right-sizing and countless other euphemisms for shrinking the company.
  The long and short of it is that Ericsson will be getting rid of 3,000 jobs in Sweden, with around a third coming from production, a third from R&D, and a third from sales and admin, though a mix of forced and voluntary redundancies. Borås, Göteborg, Karlskrona, Kumla, Linköping and Stockholm sites will all be af
  
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• Zuckerberg gets bored and dabbles with ecommerce

  04-10-2016 12:19
  
  Is there anything Facebook can’t do? With Zuckerberg seemingly not busy enough curing all the worlds’ diseases by the end of the century he’s decided to take on the competitive world of ecommerce.
  The move should hardly come as a surprise to the industry as a number of Facebook’s 1.7 billion users have been using the platform as an informal car boot sale for years.  Last year, buy and sell features were introduced to Facebook Groups and the company now claims more th
  
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• WatchGuard Releases Industry’s Fastest Full UTM Tabletop Appliance

  04-10-2016 12:00
  
  New WatchGuard T70 Network Security Appliance Delivers Over 1 Gbps UTM Throughput4 October 2016 – WatchGuard® Technologies, has announced its new Firebox T70 hardware appliance, which sets a new standard for tabletop UTM performance. According to Miercom, an independent testing lab, the T70 delivers the fastest throughput available in the industry today, with speeds over 1 Gbps when operating in full Unified Threat Management (UTM) mode. This means that customers don’t have to co
  
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• Italtel To Showcase Enhanced SDN And NFV Products At SDN & OpenFlow World Congress

  04-10-2016 10:28
  
  The Hague, The Netherlands, October 4, 2016 – Italtel – a leading telecommunications company in all-IP communication, Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) – today announced it will demo both its SDN application Netwrapper and the enhanced version of its Session Border Controller NetMatch-S Cloud Inside with Virtual Network Function (VNF) Manager at SDN & OpenFlow World Congress. Netwrapper - part of Italtel’s Dynamic Admission C
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER launch new high flex battery cables

  04-10-2016 10:00
  
  New cables are highly flexible as well as robustHUBER+SUHNER, leading international manufacturer of components and systems for optical and electrical connectivity, is expanding its product range for battery cables in road vehicles by introducing new highly flexible, robust cables.These new cables meet ISO 6722-1 and LV112-1 standards as well as the new IVECO specification (No. 11-847).“Flexibility can have its disadvantages, including compromising durability and sturdiness,” said Mar
  
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• What is 5G? We don't have a clue, says Orange

  04-10-2016 02:00
  
  Next-gen mobile tech is response to consumer demand, rather than need.
  
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• Vimpelcom says telcos must think like OTTs when rolling out services

  04-10-2016 02:00
  
  Operator questions telcos' logic of constraining services behind geographical boundaries.
  
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• KPN simplifies to become more complicated

  04-10-2016 02:00
  
  Dutch incumbent overhauling back office systems, networks so it can offer ever-increasing portfolio of services.
  
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• European telcos 'have turned a corner' – Credit Suisse

  04-10-2016 02:00
  
  Societe Generale sees 'clear improvement' in financials; doesn't expect fresh wave of M&As.
  
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• Ericsson confirms 3,000 job cuts in Sweden

  04-10-2016 02:00
  
  Kit maker to make 'significant reductions' at Borås, Kumla plants; 900 external consultants to go.
  
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• 5G unlikely to replace fibre – Deutsche Telekom

  04-10-2016 02:00
  
  Consumers will not know which technology they are connecting through.
  
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