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• Majority of global roaming still not 4G – Syniverse

  28-02-2017 19:45
  
  Mobile transaction processor Syniverse has tapped its own data reserves to uncover the fact that, even now, only 42% of inter-regional data roaming is LTE.
  Mary Clark, CMO of Syniverse, told us in a briefing at MWC 2017 that she thinks operators are missing a major trick here because inbound roaming is just easy cash straight onto the bottom line without having to do much to earn it. What’s not to like?
  When you put it like that it’s remarkable that operators are still dragging their
  
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• Vodafone chief says Liberty deal still attractive

  28-02-2017 19:17
  Vittorio Colao says combination would challenge telco incumbents
  
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• Bad news for competitors – Huawei might simply be doing everything a bit better

  28-02-2017 19:10
  
  Huawei’s success is often said to have come off the back of aggressive pricing strategies, but word on the floor at MWC is that this isn’t necessarily true.
  It might have been the case once upon a time but after consulting several operators and industry insiders at Mobile World Congress 2017 the general feeling is that Huawei simply delivers a better all-round experience, which is ominous news for its competitors.
  Yes, they are often cheaper, but generally only by a couple of percent
  
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• Telcos are innovative, just not in the areas they need to be – Netscout

  28-02-2017 18:43
  
  With many telcos undergoing a digital transformation journey innovation is a key topic, and while many are innovative, they don’t necessarily focus on the best areas to make them money.
  According to Netscout, the telcos are very creative and innovative in the telecommunications industry, but that’s not enough anymore. Telcos need to be looking to new areas, for example content or data tracking solutions for advertisers, in order to remain competitive in the digital era, but it&r
  
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• Hampleton Partners Report Shows IoT M&A Values Boosted by Telecoms Buyers

  28-02-2017 16:45
  Race to dominate internet of things sector amid strong competition from tech firmsLondon, February 28th, 2017: The latest market report from technology M&A advisory firm, Hampleton Partners, reveals soaring deal values in the Internet of Things (IoT) sector bolstered by strong interest from telecoms investors fighting to gain a foothold in the rapidly growing market. The IoT M&A report, which covers mergers and acquisitions in the period between July 2014 and December 2016, shows that...
  
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• China phonemaker Xiaomi designs its first chip

  28-02-2017 14:05
  Chinese tech companies look to create own IP rather than buy from foreign makers
  
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• Wireless broadband is the answer for Altnets looking to access £150m Government funding for UK rural connectivity

  28-02-2017 14:03
  
  LONDON, UK, February 28, 2017 – Superfast rural connectivity schemes using fixed wireless broadband technology will be pivotal for alternative network providers (Altnets) hoping to win a major slice of the latest BDUK funding programme, operators were told today.Speaking as part of the Independent Network Co-operative Association (INCA) seminar “Bidding For BDUK Projects & The Better Broadband Scheme,” Dan McCarthy, Cambium Networks’ UK sales manager for the UK, Irela
  
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• BT to cut bills for landline-only customers

  28-02-2017 13:01
  Regulator says line rental prices have gone up despite cost to providers falling
  
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• SoftBank/Intelsat: out there

  28-02-2017 12:51
  Buying a distressed satellite group is a leap of faith even for Son
  
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• Tata Sons seeks to settle $1.2bn DoCoMo dispute

  28-02-2017 11:44
  New chairman looks to end spat that blighted reign of predecessor Cyrus Mistry
  
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• French Frequency Regulatory Authority ANFR selects LS telcom for the provision of a national frequency management system

  28-02-2017 11:32
  Paris France, Lichtenau / Baden, Germany - February 28, 2017 - LS telcom announces that the French National Frequency Agency ANFR has selected its automated spectrum management platform SPECTRA to build, in stages, a new unified spectrum management system called SURF.The choice of SPECTRA is the result of a public consultation based on a competitive dialog, during which bidders provided test systems (proof of concept) that were thoroughly tested. The ANFR was able to choose...Source: RealWire
  
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• Ericsson’s big black box full of AI goodness intrigues at MWC 2017

  28-02-2017 11:16
  
  It might sound more like the cry from Brad Pitt at the end of Se7en – “WHAT’S IN THE BOX?!” – but Ericsson’s mystery box at MWC gained a fair amount of interest.
  Your diligent correspondent got a cheeky sneak peek inside Ericsson’s big black box, and revealed was a wall-to-wall, 180-degree Artificial Intelligence project.
  While its early keynote saw CEO Ekholm get away without having to answer sustain questioning over Ericsson’s immediate strategic
  
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• Tata Communications Transformation Services launch Digital Transformation Roadmap to derisk CSPs transformation journey at Mobile World Congress 2017

  28-02-2017 11:13
  
  The journey from a Communication Service Provider (CSP) to a digital service provider (DSP) is not easy, nor a linear process. The transformation requirements, extent and priorities will vary for individual CSPs. However, the business outcome should increase revenue and streamline service delivery for CSPs, while customers receive an improved user experience, contextual, real-time service and support.Barcelona and Mumbai, 28 February 2017 – Tata Communications Transformation Services Limit
  
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• Wifi finally an ally not an enemy for operators – Fon

  28-02-2017 11:12
  
  Wifi provider Fon’s CEO has said both fixed and wireless operators are finally seeing wifi in a different light, after nearly a decade of viewing it as a threat to business.
  Speaking to Telecoms.com at Mobile World Congress, Fon CEO explained how the attitude towards wifi has changed over the past decade.
  “If you look at the history of wifi, ten years ago everyone thought it was the only way to get proper access to the internet,” Puregger said. “Now you’ll say wifi
  
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• Samsonite works with Vodafone to develop its innovative luggage tracking solution Track&Go™

  28-02-2017 10:55
  
  Discover the concept case during MWC in Barcelona!Missing or permanently lost luggage is the nightmare of every traveller. Samsonite has been creating innovative travel solutions for over 100 years and also wants to help mediate the problem of lost luggage. Therefore our innovation team is closely following all developments on smart luggage and the technologies available in the market. An important step in this process is to work with leading technology companies. That’s why Samsonite...So
  
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• Mobile World Congress is disconnected from reality

  28-02-2017 10:49
  
  The word on the show floor at MWC 2017 is that the industry has completely got ahead of itself with all the highfalutin talk of remote surgery and sentient cars.
  Such is the desperation of the telecoms industry to hype up the next big thing and sprinkle its dull-but-important masts, ducts and grey boxes with a pinch of utopian fairy dust that many are completely ignoring more immediate, and commercially critical concerns.
  The biggest of these is simply connectivity. It’s frankly comical th
  
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• Openwave Mobility Launches NFV-Based App Monetization for OTT Partnering

  28-02-2017 10:30
  NFV-based app monetization differentiates data, enabling operators to launch OTT partnerships and streaming packagesBARCELONA, MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS AND REDWOOD CITY, CA February 28 2017 – Openwave Mobility, a software innovator enabling operators to manage and monetize encrypted mobile data today launched the industry’s first generic NFV-based application monetization solution. Operators can now identify all individual data flows on their network, including encrypted data, and separ
  
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• Eutelsat Broadband boosts speed and sets the industry standard for data allowance options with latest range of tooway™ Business satellite solutions

  28-02-2017 10:30
  
  Optimised for organisations with slow or no fixed line access and those requiring alternatives for solutions such as disaster recovery or back-up28th February 2017. London, UK. – Eutelsat Broadband today announced an improved range of tooway™ Business satellite broadband services designed to meet the needs of SOHO, SMB and Corporates located across Europe, North Africa and large parts of the Middle East. The new services include boosted download speeds from 22Mbit/s to 30Mbit/s and a
  
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• Aricent Joins the CORD Project to Provide Reference Implementations for Artificial Intelligence, Hardware Abstraction, and Network Programmability

  28-02-2017 10:30
  
  Aricent’s collaboration with the CORD® community will help communication service providers and multi-system operators accelerate their network transformation for the digital era.MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, Barcelona and REDWOOD CITY, California – February 28, 2017 – Aricent, a global design and engineering company, announced today that it has joined the Central Office Re-architected as a Datacenter (CORD) community to contribute software, integration and testing frameworks to th
  
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• Newtec Expands HTS and DVB-S2X Wideband Product Portfolio

  28-02-2017 10:01
  
  New Release of Newtec Dialog® 2.1: Including DVB-S2X Wideband Hub (Newtec Dialog XIF Hub) and Wi-Fi-enabled modem (Newtec MDM2210 IP Satellite Modem) supporting up to 500 MbaudSINT-NIKLAAS, Belgium, 28 February 2017. Newtec – a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications – today unveiled a number of new DVB-S2X wideband products for use in High Throughput Satellite (HTS) and global networks.The wideband DVB-S2X and
  
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• Deutsche Telekom assures Corporate IP Broadband with MYCOM OSI

  28-02-2017 09:18
  
  Deploys MYCOM OSI ProAssure™ digital services quality managementMobile World Congress, Barcelona, 28th 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 Deutsche Telekom has deployed MYCOM OSI’s digital Service Quality Management (SQM) solution to assure its next generation corporate broadband service.Deutsche Telekom is one of th
  
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• Turkcell selects TEOCO’s HELIX 9.0 for network service assurance

  28-02-2017 09:00
  
  Turkcell’s #1-rated network will benefit from TEOCO’s unified service assurance suite FAIRFAX, VA., USA – 28 February 2017 – TEOCO, the leading provider of analytics, assurance and optimization solutions to over 300 communication service providers (CSPs) and OEMs worldwide, has been selected by Turkcell, who will use TEOCO’s HELIX 9.0 unified service assurance suite to reduce costs and increase the efficiency of its multi-vendor network.Turkcell serves over 66.7 mil
  
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• Small Cell Forum Helps Mobile Industry Deliver Practical and Profitable 5G

  28-02-2017 09:00
  
  Forum’s work helps operators plot path to densification for today’s 4G and future 5G networksMobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain – 28th February 2017 – SCF has today published a series of practical working guides to make densification using small cells a commercial reality, both for today’s 4G and for future 5G networks. These latest outputs go further than ever before in articulating the work the Forum is undertaking to increase the success of current small...S
  
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• AdaptiveMobile now enables Advanced Messaging Classification for mobile operators

  28-02-2017 07:00
  
  Company’s intelligent messaging support opens new revenue opportunities for operators worldwide MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, Barcelona, Spain – 28th February 2017 – AdaptiveMobile, the world leader in mobile network security, today announced the release of advanced messaging classification capabilities for mobile operators and aggregators. These classification capabilities provide enhanced differentiation between the various types of commercial A2P generated messaging and consumer me
  
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• MWC 2017: Telefonica CEO has an Aura about him

  28-02-2017 01:00
  Telefonica CEO José María Álvarez-Pallete this week detailed his plan to use artificial intelligence in order to put customers in control of their experience.Called Aura, it harvests information from the Spanish incumbent's networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MWC 2017: Telcos cannot afford another 'OTT' in the IoT age – NEC

  28-02-2017 01:00
  NEC this week emphasised the importance for telcos to avoid allowing over-the-top (OTT) service providers to elbow their way to the top of the value chain when it comes to the IoT.In the traditional communications market, telcos have been relegated to connectivity providers, while OTTs make use of the underlying network infrastructure to generate revenues from voice…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MWC 2017: Syniverse laments lack of inter-regional LTE roaming

  28-02-2017 01:00
  Syniverse is using this year's Mobile World Congress to draw attention the fact that LTE accounts for only 42% of inter-regional data roaming worldwide, and therefore operators are missing out on a golden opportunity to differentiate.The IPX provider analysed global roaming traffic gathered from its 1,000-strong operator customer base, and found that 81% of inter…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MWC 2017: Masayoshi Son is smart, but machines will soon be smarter

  28-02-2017 01:00
  Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son took to the stage at Mobile World Congress this week to share his vision of a world where computers are several orders of magnitude smarter than humans.In the next 30 years…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• FCC chairman calls for ‘regulatory humility’ on 5G

  28-02-2017 00:41
  Ajit Pai starts to repeal regulations introduced in US related to net neutrality
  
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