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• Amazon could cause Google search advertising problems – Openet

  27-02-2017 19:47
  
  The smart home segment is beginning to gather pace and the leaders are already comfortable. But for every winner there will likely also be a loser so where does Google fit into the mix?
  Google’s rise to prominence came fast and furiously. The effectiveness of its search engine beat the competition into submission, so much so, the phrase ‘Google it’ is commonplace. Like Hoover and Sellotape, it is a company whose dominance is so clear the brand has dwarfed the industry itself. B
  
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• O2 says UK needs more fibre in its broadband diet

  27-02-2017 15:46
  
  Mobile chief puzzled at lack of competition, slow progress by Ofcom on cable to homes
  
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• Prysmian Group launches “Sell It”, the recruitment programme dedicated to the sales and marketing area

  27-02-2017 12:45
  
  50 talented young people will be selected and trained to join the GroupMilan, 27 February 2017 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, launches the first “Sell It”, the international recruitment programme aimed at selecting young sales and marketing professionals, with a view to providing them with a three-year professional development path in sales and marketing through dedicated annual training steps. The requirements include a de
  
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• ARM set to do for IoT what it did for smartphones

  27-02-2017 12:20
  
  Speaking at MWC 2017 ARM explained how it’s doing things differently since it was acquired by Softbank last year.
  The most obvious change is that ARM itself is no longer listed as a public company, which means it’s no longer constrained by the short-termism that comes with having to placate investors four times a year. This is perfect for a company like ARM, which bases its entire business model around enabling the latest technological trends.
  We spoke to Ian Ferguson, VP of Corporat
  
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• ‘World’s cheapest smartphone’ creator accused of fraud

  27-02-2017 11:46
  India detain Mohit Goel, founder of $3.70 handset group, over fraud allegations
  
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• Tech isn’t the issue for self-driving cars, we are – Interdigital

  27-02-2017 11:42
  
  Autonomous vehicles are not far away from a grand entry into the real world, but there are still a couple of hefty hurdles to negotiate according to Interdigital.
  Over at Interdigital’s stand at MWC the team are taking on the next big challenge for autonomous vehicles; us. There is a huge amount of risk associated with self-driving vehicles but perhaps the biggest is one which cannot be fixed by technology. Sensors will become more advanced, connectivity will become more seamless and artif
  
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• Telecoms chief Mittal calls for end to roaming rates

  27-02-2017 11:29
  GSMA chairman to tell Mobile World Congress high rates are disaster for industry
  
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• Tata Communications Transformation Services deliver Network Assessment as a Service to Microsoft channel partners to facilitate digital workspace collaboration

  27-02-2017 11:01
  
  Partners deploying Office 365 and Skype for Business can gain a strategic advantage in white-labelling Tata Communications Transformation Services NAaaS offer and services built under the Skype Operations Framework to help enterprise customers improve employee productivity and operational excellence Mumbai, 27 February 2017 – Tata Communications Transformation Services Limited (TCTSL), a leading Telco transformation and managed services provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Communic
  
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• Lumata Digital Leverages its AI Driven Digital Engagement Solutions to Monetize Telco Assets

  27-02-2017 10:45
  
  Lumata Digital will demonstrate its inventive Artificial Intelligence driven Digital Engagement Solutions at the Mobile World Congress, Feb 27 to March 3, 2017 at Hall No. 6, Booth 6K 15Feb 27, 2017: Barcelona: The expansive growth of the mobile users & data usage across the world has resulted in a digitally engaged active user base across enterprises. The advent of stagnating ARPU (Average Revenue per User) sets the context right for the Telco’s to capitalise...Source: RealWire
  
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• In Seven Months, Seven Mobile Operators Turn to Openwave Mobility to Manage Encrypted Mobile Data

  27-02-2017 10:30
  100 million additional subscribers come as Google’s QUIC encryption protocol increases by 200% MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS AND REDWOOD CITY, CA 27 February 2017 – Openwave Mobility, a software innovator enabling operators to manage and monetize encrypted mobile data today announced that seven mobile operators have deployed its optimization technology, Secure Traffic Manager (STM), in the past seven months. This crowns a remarkable half-year for Openwave Mobility whose solutions have been s
  
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• Aricent Launches Cognitive Services to Bring Artificial Intelligence into the Customer Experience of Products and Services

  27-02-2017 10:30
  
  In collaboration with design and strategy leader frog, Aricent offers customers a product life cycle approach to deliver AI-enabled products and servicesMOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, Barcelona and REDWOOD CITY, California, February 27, 2017 — Aricent, a global design and engineering company, today announced the launch of Cognitive Services to enhance customer engagement and brand loyalty in a digital era. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is top of mind today for most business leaders who seek to prov
  
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• Purple and Smarter WiFi stir up business for Wok&Go

  27-02-2017 10:00
  
  Purple, the intelligent spaces company, Smarter WiFi and TP-Link have today announced their collaboration with Wok&Go, serving its thousands of diners across the UK with a seamless WiFi connection. Wok&Go, the popular noodle bar franchise, sought the services of Purple and Smarter WiFi having realised that free connectivity was something that paying diners now expect. With no guest WiFi in place prior to Purple, Wok&Go required an efficient WiFi solution for customers that also captu
  
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• Telefonica Germany integrates O2 and E-Plus networks with MYCOM OSI

  27-02-2017 09:57
  
  MYCOM OSI PrOptima™ helps optimize performance, QoS and capacity of consolidated network Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 27th February 2017 – MYCOM OSI, the leading independent provider of Assurance, Automation and Analytics solutions to the world’s largest Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced that Telefonica Germany is realizing Europe’s largest network merger project using its Network Performance Management solution to optimize network performance,
  
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• “Rookie” Ericsson CEO ducks strategy update at MWC 2017

  27-02-2017 09:42
  
  New Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm opted to completely avoid the topic of his company’s urgently-needed strategic overhaul in his maiden MWC media event.
  “I’m a rookie at Mobile World Congress,” he announced at the start of an 8am briefing that was short on detail. It was mainly top-line, aspirational, corporate fare with lots of the usual talk about how 5G will change the world and so forth.
  This was the best we got on strategy: “We at Ericsson are working on our s
  
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• Türk Telekom and Argela Announce that Türk Telekom will use Argela’s Virtual Probes to Monitor Türk Telekom’s Virtual Network

  27-02-2017 09:29
  
  Argela and Türk Telekom announced that they have decided to utilize Argela’s Virtual Probes (vProbe) to monitor the Türk Telekom’s virtual network. This will enable Türk Telekom to have end-to-end, real-time, and complete intelligence on its traditional network as well as its virtualized network which they are in process of transitioning into. Türk Telekom, Turkey’s leading communication and entertainment technologies provider, and Argela, a leading provider
  
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• Sony improves slo-mo for smartphone edge at MWC

  27-02-2017 09:01
  Xperia XZ launched with enhanced video function and as first phone with 4K HDR screen
  
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• Sony improves ‘slo-mo’ for smartphone edge

  27-02-2017 09:01
  Xperia XZ launched with enhanced video function and as first phone with 4K HDR screen
  
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• TEOCO Brings Cutting-edge Data Analytics Solution to Market

  27-02-2017 09:00
  
  Providing real-time quality of experience and consumption analytics across video, VoLTE, and mobile broadband vis-à-vis the network and the deviceFAIRFAX, VA., USA – 27 February 2017 - TEOCO, the leading provider of analytics, assurance and optimization solutions to over 300 communication service providers (CSPs) and OEMs worldwide, today launched its new suite of customer experience analytics solutions, INsync and INsync Mobile.Designed to help global operators optimize and monetiz
  
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• Phonemakers at Mobile World Congress pin hopes on 5G

  27-02-2017 06:01
  Equipment makers may find it hard to deliver on new network’s utopian promise
  
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• MWC 2017: Samsung thinks inside the box to win over customers

  27-02-2017 01:00
  Samsung made an effort on Sunday to build bridges with customers who may be wary about flaming batteries, by bundling a detachable keyboard and S Pen stylus with its new tablet line-up.Three new devices were unveiled: the consumer-oriented Galaxy Tab S3, which runs Android, and comes with quad-stereo speakers; and the Galaxy Book, which runs on Windows 10 and comes in two versions…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MWC 2017: Nokia 3310 feature phone set to steal the show

  27-02-2017 01:00
  If Nokia's brief hiatus from the handset market wasn't over before this year's Mobile World Congress, it certainly is now.The Finnish company – HMD Global, that is, which has the rights to use the Nokia brand – showed off three new Android phones on Sunday…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MWC 2017: Deutsche Telekom CEO predicts end of smartphones

  27-02-2017 01:00
  Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges on Monday predicted that the smartphone will be superseded by new form factors that make accessing information and communicating more intuitive.He made his prediction as he revealed that the German incumbent is collaborating with optics specialist Carl Zeiss on augmented reality glasses…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MWC 2017: Blackberry Mercury gets new name, April launch date

  27-02-2017 01:00
  Blackberry on Saturday officially launched its latest smartphone, the Mercury. Except that it isn't called the Mercury anymore, but 'KEYone' instead.It was certainly called the Mercury when it was shown off at CES in January, but Blackberry has clearly gone in a different direction since then.Priced at €599 and released by Hong Kong…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MWC 2017: 5G is no longer a buzzword, but it isn't real either

  27-02-2017 01:00
  The existence or otherwise of 5G appears to be a matter of perspective, judging by comments made at Mobile World Congress by senior figures from Ericsson and T-Mobile US on Monday…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Nokia stands alone on ‘5G non-standalone’ standards

  27-02-2017 00:43
  
  Nokia kicked off MWC 2017 with the announcement of a new comprehensive 5G solution but the vendor was conspicuous by its absence from a new industry collaboration designed to speed up the 5G standard.
  At a pre-event launch bash in Barcelona, CEO Rajeev Suri confirmed Nokia is readying itself to launch 5G FIRST – an ‘end-to-end’ (for a change) proposition consisting of RAN, packet core and transport solutions. The announcement is a precursor to a live rollout alongside Intel lat
  
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