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• Yahoo data breach will delay $4.8bn Verizon deal

  23-01-2017 23:32
  Mayer says ‘future looks bright’ but acquisition will not close on schedule
  
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• Sprint: zero hour

  23-01-2017 18:58
  US telecom laggard unafraid to acknowledge inferiority
  
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• Vodafone launches first NB-IoT network in Spain

  23-01-2017 18:37
  
  Vodafone has confirmed its first commercially available Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network is now operational in Spain, and is celebrating with a glass or two of sangria.
  The network itself has been deployed in the existing 800 MHz spectrum, with the team claiming it can increase signal coverage up to seven times, or 20 decibels (dB), compared to existing GSM technology. The technology itself has been designed to accommodate the increased demand for new connected devices, such as sma
  
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• Sprint hopes to ride the Tidal wave

  23-01-2017 18:29
  
  US challenger MNO Sprint has belatedly jumped on the content bandwagon by acquiring a third of music streaming service Tidal for a reported $200 million.
  The apparent consensus in the US is that operators need to become content owners too if they want to prop up their drooping ARPUs. Verizon has already snapped up AOL and, for some reason, seems determined to get Yahoo too. AT&T, meanwhile, will absorb Time Warner if Donald Trump gives it half a chance.
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• Q&A with Joe Hou of Huawei and board member of OPEN-O

  23-01-2017 17:03
  
  OPEN-O is an open source unified orchestrator project for telecoms virtualization launched at Mobile World Congress 2016 by the Linux Foundation. The stated aim at launch was to bring the industry together to develop the first open source software framework and orchestrator to enable agile software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) operations.
  A major contributor to this project is Huawei, with strategy director Joe Hou on the OPEN-O board and the internal champi
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Meet The New Boss

  23-01-2017 16:56
  
  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: The Moment of Truth
  
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• SEC Yahoo investigation could open door for Verizon exit

  23-01-2017 14:02
  
  Yahoo is reportedly being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to decide whether the team was quick enough in disclosing the hacking scandal to investors.
  The investigation will help the SEC decide whether Yahoo complied with civil securities laws, appropriately disclosing information regarding the security breaches, according to the Wall Street Journal. Verizon executives are have continued to maintain their silence with regard to the $4.8 billion acquisition of the inte
  
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• Evolved Intelligence announce they are working with Sky Mobile, the new MVNO who are already rocking the UK market

  23-01-2017 14:00
  
  Evolved Intelligence today announced the supply of their Welcome SMS value added service to Sky Mobile, the newest UK MVNO. Sky Mobile look set to shake up the populated UK mobile market, using O2’s 2G, 3G and 4G mobile network across the country. They will be offering innovative and unprecedented services, including Roll, which allows customers to roll over any unused data into their online ‘piggybank’ each month, to use whenever they need for up...Source: RealWire
  
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• Apple and Qualcomm declare war on each other

  23-01-2017 13:56
  
  Two of the world’s biggest mobile tech companies have directed their respective legal armies at each other over the amount Apple has to pay Qualcomm for its cellular patents.
  Apple filed a complaint against Qualcomm (see below) late last week, just days after the US Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted to take action against Qualcomm too. Both complaints essentially focus on the same topic – the amount Qualcomm charges for its standard-essential patents and the FTC even explicitly
  
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• Xiaomi rethink continues as Hugo Barra jumps ship

  23-01-2017 13:46
  
  Xiaomi VP of International Hugo Barra has announced on Facebook he will be leaving the smartphone brand after Chinese New Year celebrations in February.
  Barra has not confirmed where he will be working following the move back to California, though the news will come as a blow to the Xiaomi team, which has been having a bit of a tough time in recent weeks. While executives leave companies all the time, the timing couldn’t be worse for Xiaomi which seems to be faltering in the international
  
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• New HomeGrid Forum paper discusses coexistence and interoperability in a mixed vendor PLC environment

  23-01-2017 13:02
  HomeGrid Forum releases educational white paper as a service to consumers and service providersLondon, England. 23 January, 2017News highlights:HomeGrid Forum publishes educational white paper on coexistence and interoperabilityPaper explains these important concepts for powerline communications (PLC) and the role of certification and compliance programs in ensuring usability and good performanceThe whitepaper can be downloaded here http://www.homegridforum.org/uploads/resources/aJ4K/M5ga.pdf Ho
  
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• Vodafone NB-IoT network goes live in Spain

  23-01-2017 01:00
  Vodafone's first commercial NB-IoT network went live in Spain on Monday.The network is available initially in Spain and Valencia. Coverage will be extended to Barcelona, Bilbao, Malaga and Seville by the end of March, as part of a nationwide rollout…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Samsung blames faulty batteries for flaming Note 7s

  23-01-2017 01:00
  Samsung on Monday confirmed it has made the not-particularly-surprising discovery that malfunctioning batteries were to blame for the Galaxy Note 7's proclivity for spontaneous combustion.An investigation carried out by Samsung and three independent industry organisations found that faults in the manufacturing process caused the batteries to short circuit…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• AT&T warns of $1bn Q4 loss

  23-01-2017 01:00
  AT&T late last week revealed that it swung to a $1 billion pre-tax loss during the fourth quarter of 2016, due to a reassessment of its pension and benefits obligations…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Apple sues Qualcomm for $1bn

  23-01-2017 01:00
  Apple late last week sued Qualcomm for $1 billion (€932.26 million), accusing the mobile chip maker of wresting excessive royalties from it.The lawsuit was filed just days after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) claimed Qualcomm was guilty of various anticompetitive practices.Qualcomm insists all the complaints are baseless.Apple's lawsuit, filed on Friday, claimed that Qualcomm has adopted &quot…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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