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• Vodafone starts banging on about NB-IoT again

  19-10-2016 18:33
  
  It has been a few months since Vodafone last told everyone how great NB-IoT is so it’s time for another round of evangelising.
  The first half of this year saw an unrelenting torrent of incremental NB-IoT announcements from Vodafone, which seems to have adopted the nascent LPWAN tech as a bit of a personal crusade, despite the fact that it will require broad consensus from hundreds of companies across many industries to succeed.
  That all culminated in Vodafone IoT boss Erik Brenneis concedi
  
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• VR to tackle buyer’s remorse

  19-10-2016 17:39
  
  As far as virtual reality goes the main challenge which has been voiced throughout VR/AR World is the need for a realistic business case. Addressing buyer’s remorse is the latest.
  One of the more prominent features bursting out of the cloud is personalization. With the data collected on individuals and the computing power available through next generation technologies, personalization is the new battle ground for customer experience. But it would appear this trend is not stopping in the vi
  
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• vCPE technology will create a “win-win” situation for business end-users and network service providers, says ZTE

  19-10-2016 15:00
  
  LONDON. 19 October 2016: Enterprises demand is one of the key driving factors for cloud applications, but businesses must evolve towards vCPE architecture to avoid higher costs and upgrade difficulties, ZTE warned today. Speaking at Broadband World Forum, Mr Francis Yan, CTO of Bearer Network at ZTE, advised how under traditional CPE architecture, the dedicated hardwares are preventing service providers from responding quickly to customer demands.ZTE, a global leader in telecommunications and in
  
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• Minister sides with BT’s rivals on broadband plans

  19-10-2016 14:57 via ft.com
  Matthew Hancock calls for more competition at network level
  
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• UK Gov targets 2026 for proper 5G – that’s goodish. Right?

  19-10-2016 14:26
  
  UK minister for culture, media and sport, Matt Hancock, told the Broadband World Forum audience the government would like to see proper 5G in the mid-2020s. It’s good to see it’s a top priority over in Westminster.
  In an ironically-titled presentation (“The UK as a Global Leader”), Hancock lamented Britain’s fall from digital grace, and said we as a nation rested on our laurels back in the early 2000s when we legislated a minimum access speed for all of 28 Kbps. Tha
  
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• Virtualization key to connected world

  19-10-2016 13:12
  
  Taking a step back from the technical minutia around SDN and NFV, Amol Phadke, Global Lead Network Virtualization, Accenture, reminded the morning keynote audience at Broadband World Forum what NFV and SDN is really all about: connectivity.
  “For every person on the planet, we’ll have five to 10 devices per human being by the end of next year,” said Phadke. “But it doesn’t stop there. 80% of humanity is going to be connected by some network in the next couple of year
  
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• The ultimate question; how do you make money out of VR?

  19-10-2016 12:39
  
  We’re a greedy bunch in the tech world. Whenever a new technology comes along there may be questions as to how it can help humanity, but the ultimate questions is how do we make money off it.
  While it may seem self-serving, the question itself is fair enough, and that was the topic during the opening keynote panel session at VR & AR World this week; how can you commercialize virtual reality and augmented reality technologies.
  VR and AR as technologies have often been relegated to the s
  
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• Rajant Meets Growing Demand For Drones And Broadband Connectivity

  19-10-2016 12:00
  
  Kinetic Mesh Networks Enable AirMast Tethered Drone System to Accomplish More, Travel Further, Communicate with Each Other, and Leverage Variable Payloads across Remote GeographiesLONDON – October 19, 2016 – As the demand for drone usage increases across industry sectors, Rajant’s kinetic mesh networks are equipped to meet the aerial broadband connectivity drones require to maximize business advantage. Industries, such as oil & gas, mining, military, governments and telecom
  
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• Party up in here! G.fest kicks off Broadband World Forum

  19-10-2016 11:42
  
  A G.fast fest dominated the first day’s keynote session at Broadband World Forum here in London, as internet service providers the world over look to make copper sweat.
  It all started with under fire Openreach, whose CEO Clive Selley delivered what could only be described as a meticulously-prepared and heavily PR’d address. Rarely daring to venture up from his script, Selley explained why G.fast is for the time being a more feasible means of delivering superfast broadband to the mass
  
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• Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 5.7 Percent in Third Quarter of 2016

  19-10-2016 11:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.9 million units in the third quarter of 2016, a 5.7 percent decline from the third quarter of 2015, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Click here for more.
  
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• Intelligent Printing for modern Cloud Retail, Hospitality and Logistics printing with Star Micronics at Apps World 2016, ExCeL

  19-10-2016 11:26
  
  High Wycombe, UK, 19 October 2016: At Apps World 2016 (19 - 20 October, ExCeL, London) international POS printer manufacturer Star Micronics (Stand D18) will be demonstrating its new HI X Connect interface. Star has a full range of solutions for app development and this latest product demonstrates the manufacturer’s focus on providing Cloud connectivity at every level. With Star’s unique hardware upgrade path users have the flexibility to grow as the market and their...Source: RealWi
  
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• BlueJeans and Arkadin Elevate Partnership to Make Video Meetings More Enjoyable and Productive with Integrated Voice

  19-10-2016 11:22
  
  Arkadin’s Premium Audio Ensures a Seamless Video Experience from any Device, Location or End-pointLONDON UK, October 19, 2016 – Arkadin, an NTT Communications company and one of the largest and fastest growing providers of Unified Communications and Collaboration solutions, and BlueJeans Network, the global leader in cloud-based video communications services, increased their on-going collaboration by integrating Arkadin’s premium audio into BlueJeans’ video conferencing o
  
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• Purple and Ruckus Wireless team up to deliver NBA's Indiana Pacers with guest WiFi and fanalytics

  19-10-2016 10:30
  
  October 19, 2016: Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announced the signing of a three-year contract to supply the Bankers Life Fieldhouse with Ruckus Wireless and Purple’s guest WiFi solution.Together, the companies will combine to provide 437 Ruckus access points at the Fieldhouse’s Indianapolis home to the NBA Indiana Pacers and WNBA Indiana Fever. Overall the Fieldhouse hosts more than 200 events annually, including college and high school basketball, concerts, the circ
  
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• Verizon uses drones for site inspections in wake of Hurricane Matthew

  19-10-2016 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Verizon is using drones to help with cell site inspections from the air in North Carolina and South Carolina to survey areas impacted by severe flooding from Hurricane Matthew.Click here for more.
  
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• Small Cell Forum calls upon telecoms regulators to enable rapid deployment of dense HetNets for 5G

  19-10-2016 10:00
  
  Industry body lobbies for globally consistent and supportive regulation for small cells London - October 19th 2016 - Small Cell Forum (SCF) today called upon industry regulators to help build a consistent and supportive regulatory environment for the deployment of dense HetNets worldwide. In the absence of the necessary frameworks to enable next generation network roll-outs, SCF warns that 5G deployments are likely to be significantly impacted.To support this initiative, SCF is developing differ
  
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• Mobile Payment Becomes a Daily Activity in China

  19-10-2016 08:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mobile payment has become a daily activity in China with the mobile wallets of AliPay and WeChat dominating those from handset makers like Apple, Huawei and LG Click here for more.
  
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• Market Bright for Power Amps in Phones

  19-10-2016 08:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  LTE smartphones led to a bump in sales of RF power amplifiers in 2015 and the first half of 2016, Click here for more.
  
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• China networking market grew 27% in 2016H1, with Huawei and H3C making gains

  19-10-2016 08:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  China's networking market expanded by 27% year-on-year in the first half of 2016, with over 80% of the gain going to Huawei and H3C, leading to a further increase in market concentration, Click here for more.
  
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• Android Grows in Major Markets; iOS Rises in China

  19-10-2016 08:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  The latest smartphone OS data shows that for the three months ending August 2016, market share for both Android and iOS grew in EU5, representing 78.1% and 17.3% of smartphone sales Click here for more.
  
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• Yahoo posts solid Q3 financials in wake of hack

  19-10-2016 02:00
  
  Struggling Internet company reports jump in profit, but core revenue declines.
  
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• Vodafone reveals NB-IoT rollout plan

  19-10-2016 02:00
  
  Dedicated IoT networks to go live in Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain during first quarter of 2017.
  
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• Swisscom launches Europe's first G.fast service

  19-10-2016 02:00
  
  Swiss incumbent to use new copper tech for final drop in fibre-to-the-street network.
  
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• Liberty Global to acquire Multimedia Polska for €694m

  19-10-2016 02:00
  
  Deal will create cableco serving 2.2 million unique subscribers.
  
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