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• Turkcell and Ericsson hit 25 Gbps in 5G test

  17-01-2017 18:49
  
  Turkcell and Ericsson have announced the completion of the first 5G trial in Turkey, achieving transmission speeds of 24.7 Gbps using the 15 GHz band.
  The tests, which were conducted at Turkcell’s Kucukyali Plaza in Istanbul, was claimed by Ericsson as evidence of its commitment to the standardization of 5G technologies, etc, etc. Following the success of the trial, commercial deployment expected as soon as 2020 in the country.
  “This test on the 15GHz spectrum is also very
  
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• AI could claim 30% of jobs in next seven years

  17-01-2017 18:30
  
  With the growth of artificial intelligence, the fears of many have started to become a reality as jobs start falling to the machines.
  Many technologists and government officials will see the emergence of the digital era as a chance to score political points through job creation, however one has to ask whether the scale of the challenge is appreciated. For Dik Vos, CEO at SQS, the rapid evolution to the connected economy could see as many as 30% of the population being made redundant and in need
  
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• Jio continues to cause chaos in India

  17-01-2017 16:31
  
  Jio has continued it quest to ruin the day of operators throughout India, hinting its free data offer may continue beyond March 31.
  Much to the dismay of the more traditional telcos in the country, Jio’s New Year’s message to customers was a confirmation the free data offer would continue through to the end of March, and it’s not done yet. According to the FT, the additional $4.4 billion investment in the company will be used to ensure customers are fully satisfied with the Jio
  
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• Oracle insists it’s serious about the cloud

  17-01-2017 14:32
  
  Oracle has ramped up its cloud ambitions with the launch of three new regions over the next six months as well as a new developer event and enhancements to its Cloud Platform.
  While AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud have been relatively quiet over the first few weeks of 2017, Oracle is stepping up in the cloud arena with new data centres in Virginia (US), the UK and Turkey. The team state the new regions will be online in mid-2017, taking the footprint to 29 globally. Additional regions are
  
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• MulteFire unveils wifi on steroids with release 1.0

  17-01-2017 14:23
  
  Over a year after it was first announced MulteFire release 1.0 is completed, promising to bring LTE-like connectivity over unlicensed spectrum.
  Qualcomm first mentioned MulteFire back in the middle of 2015 as a bid to combine the best of LTE and wifi, using unlicensed or shared spectrum. Today we have a clearer picture of what this entails thanks to the first release of the technology.
  “MulteFire is the best of both worlds, combining the quality of service of LTE with the simplicity of wif
  
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• Huawei and China Unicom verify MASSIVE MIMO!!!

  17-01-2017 13:07
  
  Huawei and China Unicom have completed field verifications of FDD-based Massive MIMO technology – a totally huge event, the biggest ever in the whole world. Ever.
  Using the existing two-antenna receiving terminal on the 20MHz spectrum, the pair claim to have achieved a peak network rate of 697.3Mbps. Massive MIMO has been touted as a technology capable of enhancing wireless network capacity and user experience, using resources already available to operators.
  “Our goal is to bring con
  
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• Focus on innovation and project execution for offshore wind farms in northern Europe

  17-01-2017 12:19
  
  The interconnection between the Veja Mate offshore wind farm and the BorWin2 platform in the German North Sea has been successfully plugged inThe project was awarded to Prysmian Group by TenneT, the Dutch-German grid operatorMilan, 17 January 2017 - Prysmian Group, world leader in energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces that the interconnection between the Veja Mate offshore wind farm and the offshore grid connection system BorWin2 in the German North Sea has been...Source: RealWire
  
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• Intel’s IoT shopping spree continues

  17-01-2017 11:59
  
  Intel has continued its ride on the ever-growing IoT wave as it announced a new platform to introduce the technology to the world of retail.
  To say that Intel disappeared from the technology world would be ignorant, though it would be fair to state missing out on the smartphone revolution impacted its influence on the world. The launch of its Responsive Retail Platform is just another facet of its IoT armoury, as the chipmaker is beginning to reclaim its former PC glories from the 80s and 90s.
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• Intel takes its IoT unit to the shops

  17-01-2017 11:59
  
  Intel has continued its ride on the ever-growing IoT wave as it announced a new platform to introduce the technology to the world of retail.
  To say that Intel disappeared from the technology world would be ignorant, though it would be fair to state missing out on the smartphone revolution impacted its influence on the world. The launch of its Responsive Retail Platform is just another facet of its IoT armoury, as the chipmaker is beginning to reclaim its former PC glories from the 80s and 90s.
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• VoLTE & virtualization beyond voice – the challenge Is exponentially ‘V-squared’

  17-01-2017 11:47
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Ashish Jain, Director of Solutions Marketing at Genband looks at the challenges telcos face tackling the industry’s ‘big Vs’.
  We are seeing accelerated adoption of two transformational trends in the real time communications industry – VoLTE (Voice over Long Term Evolution) and NFV (Network Functions Virtualization). One of the keys t
  
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• Aricent is Recognized as an Established and Expansive player for Product Engineering Services by Zinnov

  17-01-2017 11:41
  
  Aricent is rated a leading player in five industries including semiconductor, telecommunications and enterprise software
REDWOOD CITY, California - January 17, 2017 - For a record fourth year, Aricent has been recognized as an established and expansive player by Zinnov within its annual Zinnov Zones 2016 Product Engineering Services (PES) report. The in-depth report is part of Zinnov Zones (formerly known as Global Service Provider Ratings (GSPR)). Aricent has been placed in the Leadership
  
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• XCellAir launches Home Wi-Fi Advisor for ISPs to assess consumer Wi-Fi needs

  17-01-2017 10:00
  
  San Diego, 17 January 2017: XCellAir™, the expert in Wi-Fi Quality of Experience (QoE), today announces the availability of its Whole Home Wi-Fi Advisor. The free tool, available on XCellAir’s website, demonstrates how internet service providers (ISPs) and multi-system operators (MSOs) can engage residential customers in creating a customised Wi-Fi service. It calculates the optimum Wi-Fi service configuration to ensure ISPs and MSOs provide reliable Wi-Fi performance and coverage to
  
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• Turkcell hits 24.7 Gbps in 5G test

  17-01-2017 01:00
  Turkcell this week said it has achieved a 24.7-Gbps connection speed in what it claims is Turkey's first 5G test.The operator didn't give much away in terms of how it reached this milestone, only that it did so in partnership with Ericsson…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Austria gets to work on 5G frequency auction

  17-01-2017 01:00
  Austria's telco regulator, the Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR), this week announced it has begun work on allocating 3.4-GHz-3.8-GHz spectrum for 5G services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Australia invites bidders to 700-MHz auction

  17-01-2017 01:00
  Australia's telco watchdog, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), has invited bidders to its upcoming 700-MHz auction, which it expects to begin on 4 April.Going under the hammer are 2x15 MHz of spectrum that remained unsold following the 2013 digital dividend auction. It is comprised of two lots…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 5G could give $3trn boost to global GDP – Qualcomm

  17-01-2017 01:00
  5G could create as many as 22 million jobs enable the creation of $12.3 trillion (€11.5 trillion) worth of goods and services by 2035.This is according to a new study evaluating the potential economic impact of 5G that was commissioned by chip maker Qualcomm, and carried out by research firm IHS Markit…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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