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• Prysmian to realise a new interconnector between France and the UK through the Channel Tunnel

  23-02-2017 17:34
  
  The project, awarded by ElecLink to a consortium of Prysmian and Balfour Beatty is worth approximately 219 m € in totalThe HVDC interconnector will increase the energy exchange between the two countriesMilan, 23 February 2017 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new important contract - in consortium with the leading international infrastructure group Balfour Beatty - for the realisation of a new High Voltage...Source: Rea
  
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• FCC gives green light to controversial LTE-U

  23-02-2017 16:40
  
  FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has given telcos in the US the green-light to turn on LTE-U in their basestations, allowing devices to access the less-trafficked, unlicensed parts of the 5 GHz frequency band.
  T-Mobile will be the first carrier to test out LTE-U in the spring, following the FCC’s certification of equipment from Ericsson and Nokia. T-Mobile customers will now be able to tap into the first 20 MHz of unlicensed spectrum on the 5 GHz band and use it for additional LTE capacity. The FCC a
  
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• India just got a little too much for the Norwegians as Telenor withdraws

  23-02-2017 16:16
  
  With the battle for India’s mobile market continuing to escalate, it seems it’s all got a little bit too much for Norway’s Telenor which will sell its operations to Bharti Airtel.
  The light at the end of the tunnel was that Jio’s offer of free services could only go on for so long, but even that brief glimpse of hope was taken away following the company’s announcement that it would better any competitor’s data plans by 20% while also matching on price. The Nor
  
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• The seven faces of MWC – Update

  23-02-2017 15:03
  
  On this page we had originally published what was intended to be a light-hearted look at some of the characters you might meet at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona.
  Following feedback on the article we have decided to remove it and apologize to anyone who was offended by it.
  
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• Regulator rejects Vodafone merger in New Zealand

  23-02-2017 14:15
  Watchdog says combined company would enjoy a monopoly in pay-TV sports
  
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• Successful virtual IMS pilot testing announced by Iskratel ahead of demonstration at Mobile World Congress 2017

  23-02-2017 14:03
  
  Barcelona, Spain, February 23, 2017 – Iskratel, the leading European infocommunications vendor and solutions provider, today announced it will demonstrate its virtual IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution at Mobile World Congress, following the success of a pilot project with Russia’s major Tier-1 operator.As part of its project of core-network transformation to vIMS, the operator successfully deployed Iskratel's vIMS solution, with a geo-redundant setup of vIMS core in geographical
  
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• Telefónica upbeat as O2 performance improves

  23-02-2017 13:58
  Sponsorship of The O2 arena extended while telecoms group weighs UK operator’s options
  
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• ZTE on Its Best Way to 5G

  23-02-2017 12:42
  In 2016, ZTE was named as a leader for its 4G LTE solution in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for LTE Network Infrastructure report, its cloud networks were widely recognized in the industry, and its award-winning Pre5G was to go into commercial use. ZTE also kept ahead in its 5G research and tests. With significant improvements in technology innovation, market expansion, stable operation and other great contributions to the industry, ZTE has become a leader in the global wireless arena.
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• Arris takes Ruckus in from the cold for $800 million

  23-02-2017 12:36
  
  Like a drifter just looking for a place to belong, Ruckus Wireless has been bought for the second time in less than a year. This time Arris has chucked $800 million at Broadcom to pick up Ruckus as well as its ICX switch biz.
  This time last year everyone at Ruckus and Brocade were getting all excited about what was about to happen – a $1.2 billion transaction combining a networking hardware specialist with a feisty and exciting wireless tech gang. All was looking rosy; but then Broadcom st
  
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• Vodafone, Sky NZ merge gets slapped down

  23-02-2017 12:02
  
  The proposed merger of Vodafone and Sky in New Zealand has been denied by the New Zealand Communications Commission.
  Back in June last year the two decided to get their merge on. It looked like a relatively complicated affair, with Sky offering up nearly $900 million in cash plus shares to own just about 51% of the joint entity. However, ownership of the venture would come under minority shareholder Vodafone. Weird – but it’s not for us to judge.
  The proposition was quite clear: NZ&r
  
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• Telefónica UK celebrates a solid scrum in 2016

  23-02-2017 11:55
  
  Telefónica UK has reported its full year figures for 2016, attracting more customers to the brand, though revenues were down 1.5% to £5.6 billion.
  Full year net contract mobile additions stood at 584,000, with churn rate down to 0.9%, service revenue is up 1.2% year-on-year on a like-for-like basis, excluding O2 Refresh. O2’s total mobile base now stands at 25.5 million customers, a year-on-year increase of 1.8%, though the number of 4G customers was up 36% to 10.4 million, dr
  
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• AdaptiveMobile launches Signalling Protection Gateway, decoupling security from the limitations of legacy network infrastructure

  23-02-2017 09:00
  
  Company enables mobile operators to deploy industry-leading Signalling Protection independent from legacy STP based protectionDUBLIN and DALLAS – 23rd February 2017 – AdaptiveMobile, the world leader in mobile network security, today announced its Signalling Protection Gateway (SPG) – expanding its core security offerings with powerful new network integration, deployment and routing capabilities to allow their industry-leading Signalling Protection to be deployed independently
  
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• Telenor to exit India with sale to Bharti Airtel

  23-02-2017 08:33
  Reliance’s new Jio service fuelling competition and potential wave of defensive deals
  
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• Smartphones to find their voice again in Barcelona

  23-02-2017 06:00
  Mobile World Congress set to show how voice AI advances will reshape handset design
  
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• Broadband bosses demand business rate reform

  23-02-2017 06:00
  High taxes will deter inward investment, claim Virgin and BT in letter to chancellor
  
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• New Zealand blocks Vodafone/Sky merger

  23-02-2017 01:00
  New Zealand's Commerce Commission on Thursday blocked the proposed NZ$3.44 billion (€2.33 billion) merger of Vodafone and Sky Network Television.The regulator concluded that the tie-up would have harmed competition in the broadband and mobile markets, on the grounds that Sky's monopoly on premium sports content would have made it harder for rivals to attract customers…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT, Huawei to research 5G network slicing

  23-02-2017 01:00
  BT and Huawei this week announced they will undertake joint research into 5G network slicing.Network slicing is when a single physical network is divided, or sliced, into several virtual networks. The parameters of each slice are then tailored to address specific use cases…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Bharti Airtel to buy Telenor India

  23-02-2017 01:00
  Bharti Airtel on Thursday agreed to acquire 100% of Telenor's Indian operation, a deal that enables the former to strengthen its competitive position in seven key telecom circles, and the latter to retreat from a market in the grip of an intense price war.Bharti Airtel will take over Telenor's spectrum, subscribers, licences and operations, including its employees. Telenor India currently has 44 million customers across the circles of Andhra Pradesh…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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