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• BT names Mike McTighe as chairman of Openreach

  28-11-2016 23:15
  Move to appease regulator Ofcom’s concerns over independence of unit
  
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• Three decides one way to have a moan isn’t enough

  28-11-2016 16:43
  
  Seemingly not content with the noise been made by the ‘Fix Britain’s Internet’ campaign, Three has stepped up its whining this Christmas with a new crusade known as ‘MakeTheAirFair’.
  The MakeTheAirFair cause will aim to ensure more choice and better quality in the mobile sector and curb BT’s dominance by applying pressure on Ofcom to make sure no one mobile network can own more than 30% of the spectrum. The new club brings together Three UK, TalkTalk, CityFibr
  
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• Deutsche Telekom warns on cyber attack

  28-11-2016 16:22
  German telecoms group investigates whether hackers caused network outages
  
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• New Phase for Dynamic Spectrum Alliance as New President Appointed

  28-11-2016 14:30
  
  Washington, D.C., USA. 28 November 2016: The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance today announced a new phase in its history, with the appointment of Kalpak Gude as the Alliance’s President. This exciting development comes at a time when the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance is witnessing continued growth, including the recent addition of 11 new members across four continents. At the same time, policy makers and regulators are recognizing the critical role that spectrum sharing now plays in helping...Source:
  
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• Major Samsung Electronics reorg imminent amid existential crisis

  28-11-2016 13:58
  
  The serious-yet-perpetually-hilarious fire burning around Samsung’s fudged Note 7 crises, coupled with growing political scandal, has allegedly forced Samsung to consider divvying up its Electronics biz.
  Top brass from Samsung and activist investors will be having a very serious conference call tomorrow morning to discuss the future structure of the division. Samsung has confirmed the call via its Investor Relations services, which has been positioned as a “Samsung Electronics Strate
  
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• Google AI translation tool starts to teach itself

  28-11-2016 13:16
  
  Don’t worry, Google’s AI hasn’t created its own language to hide evil intentions from its human masters, but it has started to teach itself how to translate without a human directly teaching it.
  This is another one of those incremental advancements to a technology which has the potential to impact the industry is a hugely significant manner, but Google has come up trumps again with another machine learning win. The news is focused around what is has described as ‘Zero-Sho
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast – BeeTeeHeeHee

  28-11-2016 13:04
  
  Download now or subscribe on iTunes here for the latest podcast every week: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-week-in-wireless-podcast/id1124414975?mt=2
  And in case you missed it, here’s another chance to check out last week’s edition of AWIW: Meanwhile in Africa
  
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• Deutsche Telekom joins mile-high club with in-flight wifi win

  28-11-2016 12:24
  
  Deutsche Telekom and its friends with benefits have helped joined the mile-high club following trials to bring LTE-based connectivity to the skies.
  The trial, in partnership with Inmarsat, Nokia and Thales, relate to the European Aviation Network project being run between the foursome. The EAN is an integrated satellite and air-to-ground network dedicated to in-flight wifi across Europe. Currently, in-flight wifi only really exists on a handful of airliners and a handful of airlines – and
  
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• Trump advisor wants to dismantle the FCC

  28-11-2016 11:57
  
  The industry is well aware Trump and the majority of the Republican party are not fans of net neutrality, but could this ultimately lead to the demise of the FCC?
  Originally uncovered by Ars Technica, one of President-elect’s key advisors Mark Jamison has written a blog post which essentially calls for the end of the majority of the FCC. The message was posted last month, entitled ‘Do we need the FCC?’, argues the majority of the functions should be transferred to other agencie
  
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• 365squared selected by Smart Axiata to provide A2P SMS monetization and control services

  28-11-2016 11:14
  
  Malta, 28 November 2016: Smart Axiata Co., Ltd. (Smart), the leading mobile telecommunications operator in Cambodia, has partnered with 365squared, an international managed services provider specialized in revenue assurance and managed solutions, to remove the effects of spam for Smart’s subscribers and monetize its application-to-person (A2P) SMS traffic through the 365secure service. This service was successfully deployed for Smart in Cambodia in October 2016 to help deliver a better ser
  
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• Opensource: Walking the line between crowdsourcing and a captain-less ship

  28-11-2016 10:21
  
  Over the course of the last four or five years, the idea of opensource has become more prominent but is this taking the industry down the best path.
  Opensource is a fantastic idea, one which has launched new subsectors and opened the doors for innovators around the world. Some of the industry’s most innovative concepts would not have arisen if not for the principles and acceptance of opensource. It has also moved the industry away from vendor lock-in, encouraging competition and negating t
  
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• Mobile Operators Choose 4G LTE Outdoor Small Cells to Manage Escalating Traffic Demand

  28-11-2016 10:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  Last year, the challenges of backhaul, power, permitting and siting, which previously stalled small cell rollout, were overcome with Small Cells as a Service (SCaaS) solutionsClick here for more.
  
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• CommunicAsia and EnterpriseIT 2017 to Showcase Growing Ecosystem of Innovations for Asia’s Smart Cities

  28-11-2016 10:00
  
  Emerging technologies to feature at New Startup Alley, Cyber Security Zone and bigger AR/VR segment SINGAPORE, 28 November 2016 – As Asia continues down the path of digital transformation and its cities get increasingly connected, CommunicAsia and EnterpriseIT 2017 will add brand new feature zones to address the growing need for data security and the budding startup culture in the region. In addition, the event will also see a bigger augmented reality (AR) and virtual...Source: RealWire
  
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• Three campaigns for fairer share of UK mobile

  28-11-2016 06:04
  Operator warns prices will rise for consumers unless regulator Ofcom acts
  
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• Telenor could face NOK906m antitrust fine

  28-11-2016 01:00
  Telenor could face a 906 million kroner (€99.71 million) antitrust fine, after the competition watchdog accused it of deliberately impeding the entry of a competing mobile network…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Mexico mulls countersuit against Rivada

  28-11-2016 01:00
  The Mexican government is considering filing a countersuit against Rivada Networks, the company disqualified from bidding for the country's shared mobile network tender.In a report last week by El Economista…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• EC mulls more changes to free roaming rules

  28-11-2016 01:00
  The European Commission is considering yet more changes to its roaming fair usage policy (FUP) that could see wholesale roaming rates used as the basis for placing limits on the volume of data that consumers can use while abroad.According to a Financial Times report on Sunday…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom warns of potential router hack

  28-11-2016 01:00
  Deutsche Telekom on Monday warned of the possibility that nearly 1 million broadband routers have been hacked.In a statement, the German incumbent said that around 900,000 of its 12.8 million fixed broadband customers with &quot…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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