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• ZTE to pay up to $1.2bn for violating US sanctions

  07-03-2017 19:13
  Chinese telecoms group guilty of criminal charges over its dealings with Iran and North Korea
  
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• ZTE hands over a billion bucks to settle US export sanctions violations

  07-03-2017 18:42
  
  Chinese kit vendor ZTE has settled with US authorities to the tune of over a billion dollars as a result of violating trade sanctions with Iran and North Korea.
  Telecoms.com first reported on this exactly a year ago, following a Reuters report. The news agency noted ZTE was accused of enabling the shipment of some US-made telecoms kit to Iran, in spite of a US embargo on doing just that. Reuters had first reported on the matter back in 2012.
  As a result ZTE was threatened with a trade embargo by
  
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• Android put in the naughty corner again – this time in Turkey

  07-03-2017 18:39
  
  Google has found itself in a bit of bother once again after Android has been called into question over antitrust concerns in Turkey, after a complaint from Yandex.
  According to The New York Times, regulatory authorities in Turkey have opened an investigation to understand whether the operating system has broken the country’s antitrust rules. Lawyers at Google’s HQ must have a template document to use by now, as Turkey is only the latest in a string of countries to have found some iss
  
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• Who cares about London? Doha is where it’s at for smart cities – Orange

  07-03-2017 17:22
  
  While many in the industry are fighting to compete in the battle to the bottom, Orange has taken a slightly alternative route; entering the services arena.
  That’s not to say Orange isn’t competing in the traditional telco market, it certainly is, however, according to Béatrice Felder, CEO for Orange Applications for Business, diversification is one of the true means of success for the telco.
  Diversifying into the services arena is an ambition which we have seen in multiple tel
  
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• Who cares about London? Doha is where it’s at for smart cities

  07-03-2017 17:22
  
  While many in the industry are fighting to compete in the battle to the bottom, Orange has taken a slightly alternative route; entering the services arena.
  That’s not to say Orange isn’t competing in the traditional telco market, it certainly is, however, according to Béatrice Felder, CEO for Orange Applications for Business, diversification is one of the true means of success for the telco.
  Diversifying into the services arena is an ambition which we have seen in multiple tel
  
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• Lithium-ion may no longer be Goodenough after battery breakthrough

  07-03-2017 14:11
  
  94-year old John Goodenough is showing the industry youth isn’t everything as The University of Texas makes a solid step forward for battery efficiency.
  Goodenough, a professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and also the co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery, has now lead a team which has developed the first all-solid-state battery cells. The breakthrough could lead to faster charging as well as longer-lasting rechargeable batteries for a variet
  
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• Nokia doubles down on investment-happy Saudi Arabia

  07-03-2017 14:10
  
  Nokia has concluded a productive trip to the Middle East with a couple of freshly-signed memoranda of understanding, inevitably covering 5G and IoT.
  Just as we were reflecting on Nokia’s prodigious rate of press release production prior to MWC it hit us with three in one day, less than a week after the event has finished. Two of them cover that most fertile of press release ground, the memorandum of understanding, or MoU for short.
  Both Zain Saudi Arabia and STC (Saudi Telecom Company) lov
  
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• Iliad completes odyssey to higher-paying customers

  07-03-2017 13:58
  French telecoms operator reports mobile revenues passed €2bn as Free users upgraded
  
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• Salesforce, IBM, Google and Xiaomi all hit the AI button

  07-03-2017 12:43
  
  With artificial intelligence proving to be the new go-to buzzword for marketers in 2017, Salesforce, IBM, Google and Xiaomi have all stepped up efforts in a variety of different ways.
  Starting with Salesforce and IBM, who have announced a new collaboration to offer joint solutions to capitalize on the growing urge for intelligence in enterprise organizations. As part of the agreement, IBM’s Watson will be integrated into the Salesforce platform, and Salesforce’s own AI solution Einst
  
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• Fujikura Europe to display world’s best splicing technology at Data Centre World London 2017

  07-03-2017 12:00
  
  Worldwide leader of fusion splicing technology will exhibit new 70R and advanced SWR at this year’s showChessington, UK. 07 March 2017: Fujikura Europe will present its unrivalled fusion splicing and connectivity solutions at this year’s Data Centre World London. Among the products on show will be the 70R, the latest addition to Fujikura’s fusion splicer range, specifically designed to resist shock, rain and dust, allowing it to withstand ruggedized conditions and a 30 inch dro
  
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• EU caught in middle of autonomous vehicles standards row – Nokia

  07-03-2017 10:44
  
  The sides are stacked in the battle for standardization, and poor little Europe is stuck in the middle as the US pulls one direction, and China the other.
  Connectivity consistency is one of the main problems in the IoT-driven world according to Thorsten Robrecht, Nokia’s VP of Advanced Mobile Networks Solutions, speaking to Telecoms.com at MWC 2017, especially when you consider use cases such as the autonomous vehicle.
  “To be as effective as possible, we need to ensure that connectiv
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER expands footprint in Japan, announces two new sales partners

  07-03-2017 10:00
  
  Partnership with M-RF will strengthen the company’s services in the communications sector while the partnership with RIX Corporation will strengthen services in the marine industry.Global connectivity supplier HUBER+SUHNER is extending its sales partner network in Japan, strengthening its services in the communication and marine industries. The two new partnerships –M-RF and RIX Corporation – mark the company’s expansion into developing high-technology niche markets in No
  
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• Vodafone in the mooo-d for IoT

  07-03-2017 01:00
  Vodafone this week shared how its U.K. IoT network is reducing the mortality rate among calvesand cows.A company called Moocall has developed a tail-mounted sensor that can predict the onset of calving…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• US fines ZTE $1.2bn for shipping kit to Iran, North Korea

  07-03-2017 01:00
  ZTE has been fined $1.19 billion (€1.24 billion) by the U.S. government for illegally shipping network equipment to Iran and North Korea.The Chinese kit maker was also found to have lied to investigators and destroyed evidence of its misdeeds in order to cover its tracks.As part of a settlement with U.S. authorities, ZTE has agreed to active audit and compliance requirements designed to prevent and detect future violations. If ZTE steps out of line, a seven…read more on TotalTele.co
  
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• Iliad full-year revenue jumps on mobile growth

  07-03-2017 01:00
  Iliad on Tuesday reported a 7% increase in revenue for full-year 2016, driven by continued strong growth at its mobile business.The France-based telco ended the year with 12.7 million mobile customers, good enough for an 18% share of the market. By comparison, at the end of 2015…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• China operators to scrap roaming fees by October

  07-03-2017 01:00
  China's operators have all agreed to scrap domestic roaming charges from 1 October.As part of a range of government measures aimed at reducing tariffs and incentivising the uptake of high-speed Internet services, China Mobile…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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