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• China reportedly set to open operators to private investment

  16-01-2017 19:18
  
  The Chinese government has released a statement encouraging private investment in the telco sector to drive the country’s competitiveness in the internet-defined economy.
  In a move to reverse the perception that state owned-enterprises are clunky, over-staffed and lethargic operations, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council has issued a notice granting ‘free rein to telecommunications companies in the development of the internet’, according to Reuters. The objective se
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast – The Moment of Truth

  16-01-2017 18:53
  
  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: Predicting 2017 – The New Year Special
  
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• Jio finds another $4bn for Indian mobile market domination

  16-01-2017 17:54
  
  Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani has found another $4.4 billion to invest into the ambitious expansion plans of his challenger mobile brand, Jio.
  At a time where the business’ competitors are claiming the free-services are anti-competitive, Ambani has made a statement with the additional cash to attempt to steal more customers from the likes of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone. According to Bloomberg, the additional funds will be used to enhance its network capacity, offering customers free-for-
  
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• WhatsApp encryption supplier denies ‘backdoor’ but misses the point

  16-01-2017 17:05
  
  Open Whisper Systems, the company behind the encryption features at WhatsApp, has denied there is an open backdoor in its security, but didn’t address the main point of the article.
  Writing on its blog, the team denied there was a fault in the end-to-end encryption, while also taking a pop at the Guardian itself, however it has not specifically addressed the fault which the University of California’s Tobias Boelter pointed out.
  Boelter claims the encryption-flaw exists when the recip
  
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• Evolved Intelligence announces they are working with Oi, Brazil and breaking records on the way!

  16-01-2017 14:00
  
  Evolved Intelligence today announced that they are working with Oi, one of the largest telecom companies in Brazil and South America. Oi have selected Welcome SMS from Evolved Intelligence and their Steering of Roaming service, which will allow them to decide which of their partners will be used by their roaming subscribers. Peter Blackie, Evolved Intelligence’s Commercial Director, said: ‘At Evolved Intelligence we pride ourselves on being able to install every one of our products..
  
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• ETSI has a go at giving IoT some context

  16-01-2017 13:38
  
  ETSI has launched a new Industry Specification Group which will focus on the development of IoT for smart cities applications and beyond.
  The Context Information Management (ISG CIM) will focus on developing specifications for a common context information management API, data publication platforms and standard data models. In other words, it will standardize the technology which will act as a clearing-house for publishing, discovering, monitoring and maintaining data. The aim will be to provide
  
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• New Ericsson CEO Ekholm celebrates first day with major Cisco cloud deal

  16-01-2017 13:29
  
  Börje Ekholm’s first official day as Ericsson CEO coincides conveniently with the announcement of a big win with Cisco to virtualize Vodafone Australia’s network.
  Ekholm was revealed as the new CEO of Ericsson back in October of last year, following the departure of long-time incumbent Hans Vestberg earlier that year. The announcement came just weeks after a profit warning caused Ericsson’s already depressed share price to plummet further and Ekholm’s appointment off
  
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• Jio hints free offer stays in Indian mobile war

  16-01-2017 13:18
  Reliance-backed entrant says promotion may go on till rivals stop limiting calls
  
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• AI set to replace data scientist jobs now too

  16-01-2017 12:52
  
  Research from Gartner has estimated more than 40% of data science tasks will be automated by 2020, highlighting the ambitions of AI.
  While any estimates from analysts should be taken with a pinch of salt, the team at Gartner believes the role of the data scientist will become much more refined as automation becomes more advanced. The more simplistic data analysis models will become automated allowing the data scientists to concentrate on more business critical tasks which are a greater benefit f
  
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• Castor Networks launches new worldwide one stop shop formula for maritime IT and communication after takeover Watum Solutions

  16-01-2017 11:00
  
  The Netherlands, January 16, 2017 – Castor Networks has acquired Watum Solutions effective immediately, a prominent supplier of IT networks and satellite communication for the shipping and offshore industry.Watum Solutions is specialized in designing, installing and maintaining IT and VSAT systems on board of commercial vessels, offshore vessels and drilling platforms and is active in Europe, Africa, the Mexican Gulf, the Caribbean Sea and the Middle-East.By integrating Watum in Castor, a
  
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• The public sector gets mobile with govroam

  16-01-2017 10:13
  
  KHIPU’S ‘govroam in a box’ platform enables seamless WiFi from any public sector sitegovroam WiFi rolled out across Kent to connect council, hospital and blue light organisations Expansion into London enables seamless ‘connect and go’ roaming across countiesLondon-wide roll out planned for February 2017KHIPU Networks Limited today announced that govroam, the WiFi service that is mobilising the public sector, has been rolled out across Kent to over 200+ sites includi
  
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• Vodafone seeks to tweak O2 network-sharing deal

  16-01-2017 01:00
  Vodafone UK and O2 are renegotiating their network-sharing deal, it emerged over the weekend, as Vodafone seeks greater control over its mobile infrastructure.According to a Sunday Telegraph report…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Vodafone Australia taps Ericsson, Cisco to virtualise networks

  16-01-2017 01:00
  Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) on Monday picked Ericsson and Cisco to virtualise its core and IP networks."Ericsson and Cisco are our existing providers of core and routing functions making them good partners to move into a virtualised environment…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Reliance Jio plans €4.2bn rights issue

  16-01-2017 01:00
  Reliance Jio Infocomm on Monday revealed plans for a 300 billion rupee (€4.2 billion) rights issue, the proceeds of which will be spent on its mobile network.The company said it will issue 6 billion non-cumulative, optionally-convertible preference shares (OCPS) at INR10 per share in cash plus a premium of INR40 per share…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Börje Ekholm takes the helm as Ericsson CEO

  16-01-2017 01:00
  The appointment of Ericsson's new president and CEO Börje Ekholm became effective on Monday, marking the beginning of a new and potentially turbulent chapter in the company's history.Ekholm has served on the Swedish kit maker's board since 2006 and was named chief executive in October…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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