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• Virgin Mobile thinks the word OOMPH can win over subscribers

  13-02-2017 18:42
  
  UK MVNO Virgin Mobile is taking to the telly for the first time in eight years with an ad apparently aimed at children or anyone with a short attention span.
  The unique ingredient Virgin would have us believe sets its 4G apart from all others is, we’re told, OOMPH. To non UK readers, or indeed anyone inclined to use actual words rather than comic sound effects, oomph can be used to describe emphasis or charm. It is also, Wikipedia tells us, a German band and pioneer of the Neue Deutsche H&
  
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• Telco and tech M&A to hit $415bn in 2018 – report

  13-02-2017 17:24
  
  With a Trump administration potentially opening the door for a flurry of M&A activity, new research from Baker McKenzie claims this is only going to be a slice of the bigger pie.
  M&A activity in the telecommunications and technology sector is expected to rise to $415 billion in 2018, as the emergence of disruptive cloud, mobile, social and Big Data analytics technologies begin to carve their way into mainstream. 2016 continued the rising trend of M&A activity, however 2017 is looking
  
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• Vodafone says EE should map out new UK network

  13-02-2017 15:43
  Rivals in the dark about mast locations for £1.2bn emergency services network
  
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• Nokia goes mental for 5G with yet more ‘firsts’

  13-02-2017 15:00
  
  Like the rest of the mobile industry, Nokia isn’t exactly hanging around in declaring to the world it’s definitely going to be ‘first’ to 5G.
  As we get another day closer to the imperious Mobile World Congress, vendors throughout the telecoms market need to make sure everyone knows how busy they are in preparing for 5G. The rest of the year sees a constant jostle among vendors to show they’re the ‘first’ to launch an era-defining, ‘end-to-end&rsquo
  
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• Huawei promises loads of cloud and video goodness at MWC 2017

  13-02-2017 14:18
  
  Huawei hosted its pre-MWC 2017 event in London and its message will be all about the operator video opportunity and how it’s made possible by the ‘full cloud’ model.
  A consistent trend in Huawei’s messaging over recent years has been an emphasis on big-picture concepts such as operational transformation, full-cloud and big video, and this year will be no exception. At the show there will be no fewer than seven cloud product launches, which are summarised below.
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• GPS 2U Splitter with Dual Antennas Available Now From GPS Source

  13-02-2017 14:00
  
  GPS Source, Inc. is pleased to announce they have been selected by a Scandinavian multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company to supply GPS rackmount splitters for their new tech centers.PUEBLO, Colorado, USA (February 2017). GPS Source announced today they would supply GPS/GNSS splitters to a Scandinavian multinational telecommunications equipment and services technology company. The RMS232 splitter will be supporting this company’s overall goal of effic
  
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• Iskratel looks to improve in-home Wi-Fi coverage and speeds as it launches new home gateway

  13-02-2017 13:03
  
  Marseille, France, February 13, 2017 – Iskratel, the leading European infocommunications vendor and solutions provider, today announced it has launched the Innbox G69 – a new home gateway which will give operators more control over the services being delivered and provide customers with superior Wi-Fi performance and coverage.Iskratel’s Innbox G69 allows additional managed access points to be added to the home gateway, increasing the number of Wi-Fi channels that can be accesse
  
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• Ford drops a cool $1 billion on AI firm

  13-02-2017 12:49
  
  Ford has upped the stakes in the race towards autonomous vehicles with a $1 billion investment in AI and robotics firm Argo AI.
  The investment will take place over the next five years, and will give the car giant a majority holding in the business. Argo AI will assist in developing a virtual driver system as Ford moves towards its ambitions of fully autonomous vehicles by 2021, an innovation which the team also hopes to monetize through software licensing agreements also.
  The cash injection repr
  
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• Apple CEO cooks up AR with cryptic hints

  13-02-2017 12:42
  
  Doom and gloom may surround the smartphone market, but something as small as market trends isn’t going to stop Apple as it turns its attention towards augmented reality.
  CEO Tim Cook has been at it again, and he’s been at it in the typical cryptic fashion that we’ve become used to. Speaking to The Independent, Cook has been talking up the potential surround augmented reality, at times comparing it to the impact the iPhone had on the world. Cook is too wizened to come straight o
  
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• #MWC17 – What Can We Expect?

  13-02-2017 12:33
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third party commentators to give us their verdict on the current state of play of the market. In this piece, Dean Anthony Gratton writes about his expectations ahead of Mobile World Congress 2017.
  So, CES has passed – did anyone notice or was it just me? Yep, that’s right! Another year filled with lacklustre malarkey, probably at the expense of those who attended, right?
  Piquing interest with rumours
  I don’t necessarily want to be the harbinger
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Awkward Endings

  13-02-2017 12:25
  
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• Hold the ‘fone! Voda hits gigabit LTE in Portugal

  13-02-2017 11:53
  
  While the rest of the telecoms pack talks big about 5G and all that, Vodafone has just supercharged its LTE network to give a good bit’a gigabit.
  Telstra might have gone and crammed some mega-sized gigabits through its LTE pipes on the underside of the world, but Voda’s Portuguese operations just smashed through that fabled gigabit barrier to bombard its customers with gargantuan mobile speeds.
  Some might argue that having a 1 Gbps connection on your mobile is just straight up unnece
  
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• InfiNet Wireless to Showcase New Carrier-Grade Point-to-Point Wireless Solution at MWC 2017

  13-02-2017 10:00
  
  Valletta, Malta. 13 February 2017: InfiNet Wireless, the global leader in fixed broadband wireless connectivity, today announced it will be showcasing its brand new InfiLINK XG 1000, the fastest Point-to-Point wireless solution available in the marketplace today, to the global market at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017. The InfiLINK XG 1000 is designed specifically to meet the backhauling needs of service providers of all types, as well as enterprises from all industry sectors, whether deployed.
  
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• Telefonica aims to offload 49% of Telxius

  13-02-2017 01:00
  Telefonica is in talks with several private equity firms and a sovereign wealth fund about offloading a 49% stake in its infrastructure arm Telxius.According to sources cited in a Reuters report last week…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• HKT bemoans Hong Kong's lack of mobile spectrum

  13-02-2017 01:00
  HKT has taken Hong Kong's government to task, accusing it of failing to draw up a spectrum policy that will support future 5G services.Hong Kong's telco regulator, the Office of the Communications Authority, said the criticisms are reckless and unreasonable.HKT warned in a paper published last week that the requirements of 5G cannot be met by simply refarming existing frequencies…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• FCC completes incentive auction, raises $19.6bn

  13-02-2017 01:00
  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has completed its long-running 600-MHz incentive auction, raising $19.63 billion (€18.49 billion).Television broadcasters that relinquished their 600-MHz frequencies during the reverse stage of the auction will collectively receive $10…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 3UK taps Nokia for cloud native core network

  13-02-2017 01:00
  3UK has partnered with Nokia to deploy what it claims will be the world's first cloud native core network.The Finnish vendor said the upgrade will give 3UK's network massive scalability and better reliability, enabling it to respond rapidly to customer demand…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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