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• BT still fails to win over Ofcom with Openreach concessions

  14-02-2017 19:35
  
  UK telco BT has announced the appointment of another non-exec board member of Openreach but regulator Ofcom still insists that’s not enough to ensure its independence.
  The newbie is Liz Benison, who is currently Chief Executive, UK & Europe, Local & Regional Government at Serco, which specialises in public/private partnerships. BT apparent hope that stocking the Openreach board with establishment stalwarts will convince Ofcom it’s nice and independent appears to be forlorn.
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• T-Mobile tops rivals with strong customer gains

  14-02-2017 18:30
  
  Quarterly profits exceed forecasts as group adds 933,000 ‘postpaid’ phone subscribers
  
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• Teraki to use ASPIDER-NGI eSIM eConnect to embed data reduction capability

  14-02-2017 17:45
  
  ASPIDER-NGI delivers eSIM eConnect to support Teraki OEM solutions to automotive OEMs & Manufacturers The Netherlands, Feb 14, 2017: ASPIDER-NGI, a leading provider of MVNE, IoT, eSIM and content solutions, today announced the supply of eSIM technologies to Berlin based Teraki, an innovative leader in data reduction solutions.ASPIDER-NGI is providing its new eSIM eConnect product to Teraki allowing them to control the security and deployment of the Teraki data reduction to its customers via
  
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• Momentum grows for oneM2M standard following third interoperability event

  14-02-2017 15:05
  
  More than 50 participants from major companies took part in first event since Release 2 launchKobe, Japan. 14 February 2017: oneM2M, the global standards initiative for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT), today revealed adoption of its standard is continuing to grow, with more than 20 companies taking part in its interoperability testing event in Kobe, Japan. The Interop 3 event saw more than 50 participants from major companies such as Huawei, HPE...Source: RealWire
  
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• Nokia PR spamfest continues with next-gen fibre fun

  14-02-2017 14:07
  
  Nokia seems to have decided that the best PR strategy for Mobile World Congress is to issue at least one press release a day for the whole of February.
  Today’s bulletin concerned fixed networks, specifically a suite of fibre access goodies including a 10 Gbps PON (passive optical network) technology and point-to-point fibre. One specific claimed benefit is a greater ease of connecting small cells to the fibre network, but inevitably these launches are being positioned at helping operators
  
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• Google in Korea’s sights as Samsung moans about Android

  14-02-2017 13:17
  
  Google has been tangled up in another anti-competition case after allegedly impeding Samsung’s development of its own OS, according to reports in Korea.
  The Korea Times suggests the case focuses around a couple of agreements between Samsung and Google which introduced basic rules and service levels for devices running Android. Supposedly, the Mobile Application Distribution Agreement in 2011 saw both parties agree that a bunch of Google services would be pre-loaded on to devices running An
  
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• Star Micronics joins Kashing! at the B&B & Self Catering Show, Bristol to demonstrate unique Tablet POS Solution

  14-02-2017 13:09
  
  High Wycombe, UK, 14 February 2017 - International POS printer manufacturer Star Micronics announces that it will be joining payment technology provider Kashing! at the B&B & Self Catering Show (22 - 23 February 2017, Severnside Hall Exhibition Centre, Bristol) to demonstrate a tablet POS solution that successfully combines simple and secure payment technology with Star’s unique Bluetooth printer and cash drawer solution mPOP™.Kashing! is smart payments that is focused on the
  
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• Amazon chimes in late to the chat party with UC move

  14-02-2017 12:30
  
  Amazon Web Services (AWS) has decided to take on the incumbents in enterprise unified comms by belatedly launching the Amazon Chime UC portfolio.
  In the mould of Google Hangout, Cisco Webex and Microsoft Lync, Amazon is pushing Chime as your one-stop-enterprise-shop for all things to do with work chat. In a blog post announcing Chime, AWS’s chief evangelist Jeff Barr says Amazon just can’t stop being so darned efficient.
  “This is a new unified communication service that is
  
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• Qualcomm makes its 802.11ax wifi move – it’s all about capacity

  14-02-2017 11:53
  
  Qualcomm has unveiled a couple of chips that support the new 802.11ax wifi standard, which puts an emphasis on increasing capacity.
  The IPQ8074 is designed for network infrastructure, including routers, and the QCA6290 is for client devices like smartphones. The 802.11ax standard claims significant increases in capacity and consequent speed and efficiency gains, thanks to more efficient use of spectrum.
  A key development is the support of 8×8 MU-MIMO, which allows eight devices to be serve
  
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• Aricent and Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity Unveil a Unique Bandwidth Control Solution to Enhance Customer Experience for Mobile Operators and Network Equipment Providers

  14-02-2017 11:00
  
  Aricent Traffic Detection Function (TDF) provides communication service providers an opportunity to capitalize on analytics for traffic optimization, charging and content manipulation, working hand in hand with the policy management system.REDWOOD CITY, California/ Leipzig, Germany — February 14, 2017 — Aricent, a global design and engineering company, and Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity, leading vendor of network analytics solutions, have announced a technology solution to further
  
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• Prysmian Group Academy Celebrates Five Years

  14-02-2017 10:37
  
  Created in 2012, it has trained over 1,500 individuals worldwideMilan, 14 February 2017 – Prysmian Group Academy — the corporate university of the world leader in the energy and telecom cable industry — is now in its fifth year of operation. Created in 2012, also thanks to a partnership with the SDA Bocconi School of Management, it has allowed over 1,500 individuals of various nationalities to receive training from 50 SDA Bocconi faculty members, an...Source: RealWire
  
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• Calix and Northpower Fibre Showcase World’s First Multi-wavelength NG-PON2 Service Delivery in a Live Service Provider Network

  14-02-2017 10:19
  
  The widely-deployed AXOS E7-2 Modular Access System demonstrates rapid new service turn-up; Points to a future of faster time-to-revenue over a converged infrastructure with dramatically reduced costsMARSEILLE, FRANCE – February 14, 2017 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX), the world leader in Subscriber Driven Intelligent Access, today announced that NG-PON2 has made the leap from promising technology to business transforming reality with the world’s first NG-PON2 demonstration in a li
  
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• Operators must learn new tricks when it comes to profitable business models

  14-02-2017 09:00
  
  Marseille, France, February 14, 2017 – The time has come for local operators to embrace the new business models being created by fiber networks and virtualization techniques, with those that ignore these opportunities likely to miss out on their share of the market, Iskratel’s newly appointed Chief Technology Officer proclaimed today.Speaking on the opening day of FTTH Conference 2017, Damijan Slapar said that operators which continue to rely on box equipment for fiber networks will.
  
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• ZTE braces itself for US fine

  14-02-2017 01:00
  ZTE revealed on Tuesday it expects to be fined by U.S. authorities for selling network equipment to Iran, in violation of export controls.In a statement, ZTE chairman Zhao Xianming said his company is currently negotiating a settlement with the Commerce Department…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Verizon, AwesomenessTV cancel content JV

  14-02-2017 01:00
  Verizon and AwesomenessTV have scrapped plans to launch a premium content service, it emerged late on Monday.Variety reported that Samie Kim Falvey, who joined AwesomenessTV from ABC in August 2016 to head up the project…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telekom Austria launches digital services unit

  14-02-2017 01:00
  Telekom Austria on Tuesday officially launched its new digital services arm, A1 digital.The unit aims to help businesses undertake digital transformation; its initial focus areas are the IoT and cloud ICT services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• T-Mobile US revenues, earnings rise on strong net adds

  14-02-2017 01:00
  T-Mobile US chief executive John Legere on Tuesday pledged to continue his self-styled 'Un-carrier' revolution in 2017, after the operator reported healthy fourth quarter and full year results.T-Mobile added 2.10 million customers during the three months to 31 December 2016, of which, 933,000 were branded postpaid phone customers. In the same quarter a year ago, the company added 917,000 branded postpaid phone customers…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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