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• Vodafone seeks Idea answer to Indian woes

  30-01-2017 20:54
  Merger of two operators would create largest network in country amid Jio competition
  
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• Mobile app fraud: how to fight back to protect against risk

  30-01-2017 18:27
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Carlos Marques, Head of Product Marketing at WeDo Technologies looks at what marketers and operators can do to counter app fraud.
  Across all factions of the mobile industry, fraud is presenting unprecedented problems, with a recent report from BI Intelligence revealing that mobile app marketers are expected to have lost more than $100 million in 2016 due to
  
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• 5G partnership of the day – Nokia and Orange

  30-01-2017 18:24
  
  Nokia and Orange have announced yet another partnership focused on the development of services on 5G networks.
  As part of the agreement, the pair will focus on making the transition from 4G to 5G network connectivity a pain free job, to pave the way for such innovations as smarter cities, connected vehicles and remote healthcare. This work will also include the application of ultra-broadband leveraging new frequency bands, cloud RAN and massive MIMO, IoT, end-to-end network slicing techniqu
  
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• Vodafone India/Idea: tamasha smasher

  30-01-2017 18:09
  Joint-venture plans offer the UK group a way out of a snarl-up — but at a price
  
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• Testing times as Keysight shells out $1.6 billion for Ixia

  30-01-2017 18:02
  
  The testing and measurement industry is set to undergo further consolidation with Keysight adding Ixia to its M&A crusade for $1.6 billion in cash.
  Keysight, which was spun out of Agilent in 2014, makes all kinds of electronics testing gear, while Ixia focuses specifically on the telecoms side of things (one of its past acquisitions having been the N2X product line from Agilent back in 2009). Among the usual talk of synergies and end-to-end solutions Keysight seems to be saying a stronger te
  
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• French regulator throws wobbly over telcos’ spend on content

  30-01-2017 17:59
  
  French regulator Arcep has voiced its concerns over the increasing amount telcos are spending on content, arguing it will have a negative impact on the network.
  Speaking to the Financial Times, Sébastien Soriano, Chairman of Arcep, highlighted the race to bring in content in the on-going game of one-upmanship could see attention and investment drawn away from network infrastructure, the core reason for the existence of these companies. Currently, Arcep is not in a position to control
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Arriving Late to the Party

  30-01-2017 17:33
  
  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: Meet The New Boss
  
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• Huawei bags starring role in Telefónica’s Unica project

  30-01-2017 15:00
  
  Telefónica has announced a new partnership with Huawei which will see the Chinese giant take a prominent role in its Unica project.
  As part of the new agreement, Huawei will assist Telefónica in building a large scale virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) in thirteen countries spread through Latin America and Europe. Unica is one of the industry’s largest virtualization projects, aimed at virtualizing network functions in an automated way across all of Telefónica’s
  
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• Vodafone and Idea cling to each other amid growing Indian market hostility

  30-01-2017 14:58
  
  Vodafone India has confirmed it is in talks to merge with Idea Celluar, which would create the largest Indian mobile operator by number of subscriptions.
  In a short announcement issued in response to media speculation on the matter Vodafone said: “Vodafone confirms that it is in discussions with the Aditya Birla Group about an all share merger of Vodafone India (excluding Vodafone’s 42% stake in Indus Towers) and Idea. Any merger would be effected through the issue of new shares in I
  
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• Prysmian UK to develop the land cable connections for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm

  30-01-2017 13:17
  
  A 220 kV underground cable will link 102 turbines to the grid to power 500,000 homes“We are proud to be involved in a world-leading project of this significance for the UK renewable energy sector,” said Llyr Roberts, Prysmian UK CEOMilan, 30 January 2017 - Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has secured a £ 27 million contract with East Anglia One Limited to supply and install the land cable...Source: RealWire
  
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• ADLV 2017 Predictions Show Fleets Achieving More With Richer Bigger Data

  30-01-2017 12:58
  
  The ADLV’s (Association For Driving Licence Verification’s) 2017 predictions show fleets using richer, bigger data more frequently. They will be using it to drive areas from compliance through to road safety. Amongst the main predictions are:Increased Regularity of Electronic Checking For ComplianceThe best practice frequency for compliance in licence checking by fleets has recently increased to twice a year, on average. Under the recently issued FORS Standard (Version 4.0) twice yea
  
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• UK digital economy under threat as only 16% agree to data sharing

  30-01-2017 11:59
  
  With the emergence of the connected era, gaining buy-in from the everyday man for data sharing is becoming critical, however new research has shown we may not be as far along as we think.
  The research from GfK offers some encouraging statistics, but also some quite worrying ones. Using a scale from 1-7, consumers were asked whether they were “willing to share my personal data (health, financial, driving records, energy use, etc) in exchange for benefits or rewards like lower costs or perso
  
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• Vodafone’s India unit in talks with Idea Cellular

  30-01-2017 10:19
  Potential deal would create one of the largest telecoms companies in the world
  
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• Vodafone in merger talks with India's Idea

  30-01-2017 01:00
  Vodafone on Monday confirmed it is in talks about potentially merging its Indian business with local rival Idea Cellular.In a brief statement, Vodafone said it is in discussions with Idea parent Aditya Birla Group about an all-share transaction with Idea…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telefonica picks Huawei for 13-country vEPC project

  30-01-2017 01:00
  Telefonica on Monday selected Huawei to deploy virtual evolved packet core (vEPC) networks in 13 countries spanning Europe and Latin America.The deal forms part of the Spanish incumbent's long-running Unica programme…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange, Nokia partner on 5G service development

  30-01-2017 01:00
  Orange and Nokia on Monday struck a partnership that will, among other things, enable the operator to show off the benefits of 5G to potential customers.Under the agreement, Orange will tap Nokia's various 5G…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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