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• DT says welcome to the House of Clouds

  06-10-2016 17:27
  
  In a move of consummate German straight-forwardness, Deutsche Telekom has decided not to wait for the rest of the world to catch-up and is simply getting on with its own IoT stuff.
  While IoT will be the biggest thing in technology since ever, the market is currently highly fragmented as standards agencies struggle to keep up with the speed of commercial deployment. Many companies around the world are patiently waiting for an internationally accepted standard before powering forward, bu
  
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• The night a mentalist left me questioning my own existence

  06-10-2016 14:09
  It was a moment that doesn’t happen too frequently in life.
  In Berlin at the Amdocs-hosted Experience 2017 event – a conference that did its best to break away from the dreary normality of niche trade fora – your diligent correspondent was nearing the end of a very long day which began at 4am in a dark and dreary South West London.
  15 hours later, after planes, trains and automobiles got me over to the glitzy Waldorf Astoria down by the Zoologischer Gartens, I was nearing the e
  
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• Samsung says ‘how do you like them apples?’ with Viv acquisition

  06-10-2016 13:42
  That was quick! Just days after Google threw Samsung under a bus by going it alone with the AI-powered Pixel handset, Samsung has got its retaliation in.
  ‘All about AI is it Google?’ Samsung seemed to say. ‘OK we’ll buy our own one then – how do you like them apples?’ It then flounced off to the nearest M&A singles bar and chatted up the first AI platform it could find, which happened to be Viv. The next morning they woke up, hungover and self-concious, ex
  
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• 5G Partnership of the Day: Orange and Ericsson

  06-10-2016 12:21
  
  The latest episode on our long-running series ‘5G Partnership of the Day’ sees Orange and Ericsson joining forces to make the world an even lovelier place.
  The partnership will allow Orange to deliver 5G proof of concepts, and pilots across Europe from 2017. More specifically wireless multi-gigabit internet access in suburban and rural environments, IoT, ultra large mobile coverage solutions and the move towards autonomous vehicles.
  The collaboration will also cover 4G
  
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• How to turn IT from ugly sister to Taylor Swift in four easy steps

  06-10-2016 11:38
  
  The phrase ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’ is one which you hear on a daily basis, but with the drawn-out introduction of cloud computing it does seem quite appropriate.
  The term cloud has been the central point of both consumer and corporate marketing campaigns for what seems like forever, so you’ll be forgiven for assuming it’s now a given. But that is still not the case. Speaking at IP Expo, Microsoft Azure’s CTO Mark Russinovich gave us a run-down of what he
  
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• Canada's Department Of National Defence Selects Newtec For First DVB-S2X Airborne Modem

  06-10-2016 11:10
  
  Newtec’s airborne satellite modem to be deployed on Aurora patrol aircraft for use by the Royal Canadian Air ForceOTTAWA, Canada, and SINT-NIKLAAS, Belgium, 6 October, 2016. Newtec – a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications – today announced it was selected by General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada to provide its MDM9000 Satellite Modem to the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) for use on its Aur
  
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• Small Cell Forum Operator and Vendor Members Collaborate to Combat 5G Fragmentation

  06-10-2016 10:09
  
  Members including AT&T, Cisco, Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia and Vodafone collaborate to lay foundations for next generation networks, targeting industry harmonizationLondon, 6th October 2016 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) has hosted its first dedicated 5G vendor and operator workshop, bringing together leading industry players to progress the enabling technologies for next generation networks. Championing interoperability and consistency in the development of key enabling technologies, SCF has a
  
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• NB-IoT faces off against LoRa at Total Telecom Congress

  06-10-2016 02:00
  
  Vodafone says NB-IoT was a very easy choice; Orange says customers have needs today that it is serving with LoRa.
  
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• Deutsche Telekom prepares for the unknown as it embraces personal data economy

  06-10-2016 02:00
  
  German incumbent is clear there will be a market but is unclear on what it looks like and what a telco's role will be.
  
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• CityFibre says capacity the UK needs is not yet in the ground

  06-10-2016 02:00
  
  CEO Greg Mesch says demand for speed, low latency has outstripped supply.
  
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• Blue Label Telecoms pays ZAR5.5bn for 45% of Cell C

  06-10-2016 02:00
  
  Airtime distributor becomes South African mobile operator's biggest single shareholder.
  
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• AT&T strikes Amazon cloud deal, strengthens IBM partnership

  06-10-2016 02:00
  
  Multi-year AWS partnership centres on cloud networking, IoT, security.
  
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