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• Nigerian senators accuse MTN of exchange violations

  20-10-2016 21:07 via ft.com
  Lawmakers say the mobile phone group illegally took more than $14bn out of the country
  
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• Verizon: Changing channels

  20-10-2016 20:30 via ft.com
  Being boring sometimes is not an option any more
  
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• Sky prepares to muscle into UK mobile market

  20-10-2016 19:51 via ft.com
  Broadcaster tells investors it intends to seize ‘substantial’ share of sector
  
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• Sky: cell division

  20-10-2016 18:39 via ft.com
  Group is diving into a very shallow pool with its entry into the UK mobile market
  
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• Vodafone and Inmarsat take IoT to the skies

  20-10-2016 18:22
  
  It’s all very well banging on about NB-IoT networks but what if your IoT device moves around? Vodafone is convinced satellites are the answer.
  So convinced, in fact that it has committed to a roaming agreement with Inmarsat, which you can tell is in the satellite game because its name ends in ‘sat’. Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Access Network complements Vodafone’s current connectivity portfolio, we’re told, and we would expect no less.
  “Success in IoT de
  
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• Future-proofing spectrum licensing at ACMA with LS telcom

  20-10-2016 18:04
  
  Lichtenau/Baden, Germany – LS telcom’s spectrum management and licensing system, SPECTRA Enterprise, is now fully operational at the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) after a multi-year implementation project. The ACMA chose a SPECTRA Enterprise system from LS telcom to support, enable and enhance the ACMA’s spectrum management capabilities. The system includes software for spectrum licensing, broadcast licence area planning and allocation, technical frequenc
  
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• Samsung wants to be the 5G daddy

  20-10-2016 17:59
  
  Desperate to move the conversation away from incendiary devices, Samsung hosted the first Silicon Valley 5G Summit this week.
  The stated purpose of this event was “…to lay the foundation for an open end-to-end ecosystem for fifth generation (5G) networks.” We must assume Samsung is already aware of the countless initiatives already in place to move 5G along, so what’s different about this one?
  Commercialization, as opposed to implementation, was the name of the game at S
  
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• Verizon braced for drawn out battle on Yahoo deal

  20-10-2016 17:24 via ft.com
  Buyer set to demand discount on $4.8bn price over cyber attack at internet group
  
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• ZTE wins Best Wireless Broadband Innovation award for Pre5G massive MIMO

  20-10-2016 16:39
  
  London, 20 October 2016 – ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for mobile Internet, today announced that it has won the Best Wireless Broadband Innovation award for its Pre5G massive multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) technology at Broadband World Forum in London.Sponsored by Informa, the global business media company, Broadband World Forum is an important event in the broadband industry and this award furth
  
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• Virgin Media CEO calls bullsh*t on government broadband promises

  20-10-2016 13:18
  
  The growing consensus that Britain’s broadband is down the toilet was compounded by Virgin Media CEO Tom Mockridge at BBWF today, as he told the British government to sort its act out.
  Mockridge scathed the government on the vast number of UK bodies confusing matters in the telecoms space. He also cited the “muddled” policy environment, BT Openreach subsidies through BDUK and Brexit confusion as matters needing urgent attention.
  But beyond all of those, Mockridge felt compelled
  
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• UK digital future depends on unfettered telecoms

  20-10-2016 13:05 via ft.com
  Sector needs the same access rights as those enjoyed by water companies
  
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• How business can secure UK’s digital future

  20-10-2016 13:05 via ft.com
  Telecoms sector needs the same access rights as those enjoyed by water companies
  
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• Beam me up Alexa: delivering the Smart home

  20-10-2016 12:22
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Dean Anthony Gratton shares his experiences with the Amazon Echo device, powered by Alexa.
  I covered a story back in July, “The Smart home: Is this is as good as it gets?” and pondered the state of play with regards to smart home technology and whatnot – in short, I wasn’t impressed with the current technology and its lacklustre offe
  
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• Ericsson and Red Hat share some open sauce

  20-10-2016 11:55
  
  Having struggled to come to terms with Cisco’s betrayal, Ericsson has decided to have a rebound fling with Red Hat. Go girlfriend!
  They’re a promiscuous lot, these tech giants, bed-hopping like a cul-de-sac overgrown with pampas grass. The latest one to throw its keys into the bowl is open software company Red Hat, which had the good fortune to make itself available just as Ericsson was looking to give Cisco a taste of its own medicine.
  The overt premise for their ‘partnership&
  
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• Why can’t we be friends – HTC

  20-10-2016 11:50
  
  One area of concern when looking into the development of virtual reality is withdrawal from society, however for HTC development of the platform has to be built on the idea of being social.
  A stereotypical image of VR is a recluse in sweat stained underwear, covered in remnants of last night’s dinner with energy drinks scattered around the room, but this is an image which the team are now trying to change. Speaking at VR & AR World, HTC’s Chris Chin highlighted the idea
  
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• Dynamic Spectrum Alliance announces South African communications regulator as co-host for the 2017 Global Summit and welcomes 11 new members

  20-10-2016 11:00
  
  Eleven new organisations from Africa, Asia, North America and Europe join the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance as the fifth annual Global Summit is announced to take place in Cape Town from 9-11 May 2017Cape Town, South Africa, 20 October 2016: The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) is pleased to announce that its 2017 Global Summit will be co-hosted by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), the South African national spectrum regulator, in Cape Town on...Source: RealWire
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER lightens the load for Swiss rail operator

  20-10-2016 10:00
  
  HUBER+SUHNER’s lightweight RADOX®Tenuis-TW cables are an integral part of Stadler’s design for its large-scale contract with SBBPfäffikon, Switzerland. 20 October 2016: Significant space savings and a weight reduction of several hundred kilos per train have made HUBER+SUHNER’s lightweight, thin-walled RADOX® Tenuis-TW cables the first choice for Swiss manufacturer Stadler’s large-scale contract with SBB. Stadler Rail is delivering 29 new eleven-unit trains fo
  
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• Sprint makes money out of thin air with $3.5bn bond

  20-10-2016 09:27 via ft.com
  US mobile operator to sell bond backed by its $16.4bn spectrum that carries messages, data and calls
  
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• Verizon Q3 revenue falls, customer growth slows

  20-10-2016 02:00
  
  U.S. telco added 442,000 retail postpaid mobile customers.
  
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• T-Mobile Netherlands to beat Vodafone to world's first NB-IoT launch

  20-10-2016 02:00
  
  T-Mobile's network to go live in major cities next week; operator targets nationwide coverage in 2017.
  
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• Orange launches €50 VR headset

  20-10-2016 02:00
  
  French incumbent aims to make virtual reality accessible with affordable device.
  
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• China Mobile nine-month profit rises on 4G customer growth

  20-10-2016 02:00
  
  Company ends September with 481 million 4G customers; fixed broadband business sees strong growth.
  
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