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• The smartphone identity crisis continues

  10-02-2017 13:53
  
  Mobile World Congress 2017 looks set to be the most underwhelming yet for smartphone launches, but what can be done to change that?
  Samsung isn’t even bothering to launch its new flagship phone at the show this year, with the WSJ reporting the launch will happen a month later than usual in New York. One major reason for the delay can safely be assumed to be an extra month of testing and QA in acknowledgement that absolutely nothing can be left to chance after the Note7 calamity.
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• Nokia tries to bring global IoT under its WING

  10-02-2017 12:56
  
  Nokia has announced the launch of a worldwide IoT-network-as-a-service which it will debut at Mobile World Congress later this month.
  The offering, which it has dubbed WING (worldwide IoT network grid), is designed to act as a borderless IoT network, enabling customers to ‘seamlessly’ connect business units around the world under one proposition, Nokia claims. One of the current drawbacks of the IoT world is an inability for multi-nationals to offer IoT services asthere is not yet a
  
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• Infographic: 41% fear job will be lost to AI during their career

  10-02-2017 12:25
  
  Artificial intelligence looks set to be a critical technology for the technology industry but also one of the most controversial topics telcos have faced in years.
  The below infographic, a new weekly feature on Telecoms.com, uncovers the aspirations, excitement and fears of our readers with the impending AI takeover. In fact, the majority actually believe the human race will eventually fall to the powers of artificial intelligence!
  The data is the result of snap polls included in our news a
  
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• Top telco stories this week – 10 February 2017

  10-02-2017 10:39
  
  Catch up on Telecoms.com’s top five stories of the week!
  Nokia drops €347 million on Comptel to kick-start software pushNokia fancies itself as a software player, so what better way to start than the acquisition of a Finnish OSS company?
  70% of digital transformation projects expected to failThe rise of the digital economy has created both opportunities and threats, giving rise to one of the industry’s most popular buzzwords; digital transformation.
  Nokia reckons Cloud Packet Co
  
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• We now know what 5G looks like

  10-02-2017 01:00
  After all the hype; the ambitious proclamations about performance; and the future-gazing at all the wonderful services to come, this week, we finally learned what 5G actually looks like.It looks like a large, black number five, next to a slightly smaller, black letter G that has three green, curved lines above it. The letters are slightly italicised. That's right, 3GPP on Tuesday unveiled its official 5G logo."The new logo…is a development of the existing LTE waves, using the green of th
  
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• Vodafone Portugal in 1 Gbps LTE test

  10-02-2017 01:00
  Vodafone Portugal this week reached 1 Gbps over LTE in a demonstration with hardware partners Ericsson and Qualcomm.The operator said in a statement on Thursday that the throughput was achieved by aggregating three carriers…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telecom Italia defends Fastweb deal as watchdog opens probe

  10-02-2017 01:00
  Telecom Italia on Thursday defended its actions with regard to its fibre broadband deal with rival Fastweb after Italy's antitrust watchdog launched an investigation into the pact, looking specifically at whether it will harm competition in the market."TIM confirms that it has behaved correctly and the industrial project is valid…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Nokia gives IoT WINGs

  10-02-2017 01:00
  Nokia on Friday took the wraps off a managed IoT service that gives enterprises seamless connectivity across borders and network technologies.In addition to connectivity, the Finnish vendor's worldwide IoT network grid (WING) offers subscription and device management…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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