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• Flint and Plessis lead race to be BT chairman

  24-02-2017 23:49
  Appointment expected soon amid moves to strengthen board following scandal in Italy
  
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• 76% think regulators will never catch up with technology: Infographic

  24-02-2017 18:12
  
  In the same week the FCC gave the thumbs up for LTE-U in the US, we decided to gather the thoughts of Telecoms.com readers on regulators in the telco and tech industries.
  Will regulators ever catch up with the rate of change in the telco and tech space? What areas should the rule makers be focusing on? Do they have too much influence in the M&A space? Find out below…
  The data is the result of snap polls included in our news articles and social media accounts. Check out the results bel
  
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• HPE had a nightmare Q1

  24-02-2017 17:49
  
  HPE has reported its earnings for the first period of 2017, ending January 31, with revenues of $11.4 billion, a 10% year-on-year decrease.
  Wall Street was looking for earnings of $12.07 billion in revenue, with HPE missing the market by roughly $600 million resulting in a 6% drop in share price. If you don’t like the sound of those numbers, brace yourself, it isn’t going to get any better.
  In the Enterprise Group revenues stood at $6.3 billion, down 12% year-on-year. Server revenues
  
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• Digital Transformation Operator Survey Report

  24-02-2017 15:45
  
  Telecoms.com and Openet operator survey results on revenue and network assurance for digital services
  With tighter margins and the threat of declining ARPU the last thing service providers need is more revenue leakage. But according to the findings of a new telecoms.com and Openet operator survey, this is exactly the prospect facing many service providers.
  Download the results of this survey of 117 operators to find out:
  How revenue is at risk from leakage as operators roll out new digital servi
  
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• Omni here and now – a trip down mobile messaging lane

  24-02-2017 13:25
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Silvio Kutic, founder and CEO of Infobip, looks at the evolving nature of mobile messaging and what this means for operators.
  Let’s dispel the myth that in the past it was easier to reach consumers than it is today. It’s never been easy and there have always been complications, nuances, and best practices that make different approaches necessary at d
  
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• Exclusive – Mycom OSI lands O2 Germany E-Plus network integration gig

  24-02-2017 12:46
  
  Network assurance vendor Mycom OSI is set to announce it has won the business to make sure the integration of the O2 Germany and E-Plus networks goes according to plan.
  The O2 Germany E-plus merger has not been a rapid affair. KPN accepted a bid of €5 billion from Telefónica for E-Plus back in the summer of 2013, which the European Commission then took a year to approve – pretty quick by its standards. Even then it took another year-and-a-half before Telefónica Deutschla
  
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• Arqiva, Samsung to trial 5G fixed wireless in London soon

  24-02-2017 12:40
  
  In the wake of announcing 5G trials in the US, Samsung has confirmed it will be deploying a 5G fixed wireless trial in London in the second half of 2017.
  The trial will be conducted alongside communications provider Arqiva and will see an early 5G prototype deployment come to the UK’s capital. Interestingly, Samsung is positioning the trial as a potential replacement for residential and commercial fibre – an ominous sign for BT’s bedraggled Openreach.
  Fixed wireless does pretty
  
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• Deutsche Telekom will launch NB-IoT in 8 countries this year

  24-02-2017 12:32
  
  Deutsche Telekom is expanding its footprint in the NB-IoT by announcing a Europe-wide rollout across the course of 2017.
  In Germany, Deutsche Telekom will commercially launch NB-IoT in the second quarter of 2017, which will be followed by the Netherlands, Austria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The Netherlands is looking like an interesting market as the team has already confirmed several customers including indoor climate specialist Itho Daalderop, railway maintenance specialist
  
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• Italtel And Exprivia To Launch New Telemedicine System

  24-02-2017 12:00
  
  Jointly developed smart health solution integrates Italtel’s DoctorLINK and Exprivia’s eLifeCare platformsMilan, February 24, 2017 – Italtel, a leading telecommunications company in IT System Integration, managed services, Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and all-IP solutions, and Exprivia, an international group enabling the digital transformation process through added value solutions today announced they will launch an advanced telemedicine solution. The solution brings
  
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• Mobile World Congress 2017: Orange invites cloud security specialist Secucloud to its booth

  24-02-2017 10:49
  
  German IT security specialist to present its innovative security concept on the Orange booth at MWC 2017Hamburg, Germany. 24 February 2017 – Whether we use our smartphones and tablets for online shopping, mobile banking or payments – even for financial transactions they have become an essential part of our everyday lives – and a very attractive target for hackers and cyber-criminals. The threat situation is growing continuously in Europe as in other parts of the...Source: RealW
  
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• Ad-blocker Shine switches to being ad platform

  24-02-2017 09:55
  Israeli company to rebrand as Rainbow and allow consumers to opt in to ads
  
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• Ad-blocker Shine swaps roles to become ad network

  24-02-2017 09:55
  Israeli company to rebrand as Rainbow and allow consumers to opt in to ads
  
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• Arqiva to test 5G broadband in UK with Samsung

  24-02-2017 06:01
  Central London trial could lead to wireless alternative to BT Openreach fibre service
  
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• Orange, Telefonica report similar fortunes in fourth quarter

  24-02-2017 01:00
  Orange and Telefonica this week reported broadly similar fourth quarter financial performances in terms of revenue and earnings, and both predicted modest growth in 2017.OrangeThe French incumbent generated revenue of €10.52 billion in the three months to 31 December…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MWC 2017: Modern classic

  24-02-2017 01:00
  Artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous vehicles, virtual/augmented reality, and the ultrafast networks that underpin all these technologies are heralding the fourth industrial revolution.More importantly though, for attendees at next week's Mobile World Congress it seems, some fondly-remembered old phone makers are going to unveil some new handsets.You can keep your self-aware, self-driving, self-percolating, self-fulfilling watchamacallit: speculation is rife that Fi
  
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• Italy's new telco leader sees earnings rise

  24-02-2017 01:00
  Italy's newly formed mobile market leader Wind Tre this week shared its first set of financial results as a combined company, highlighting EBITDA and revenue growth in the fourth quarter of last year and in 2016 as a whole.Wind Tre, created from the merger of CK Hutchison and VimpelCom's Italian assets &ndash…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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