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• 3GPP goes along with 5G NR acceleration, so do most dissenters

  10-03-2017 14:44
  
  The 3GPP has concluded its big RAN pow-wow by accepting the request from multiple telecoms stakeholders to speed up the development of the air-interface part of 5G.
  Somewhat awkwardly referred to as non-standalone 5G new radio (NSA 5G NR), this is an attempt to get an early version of NR up and running before the rest of the 5G standard is, erm, standardised. It was proposed by a consortium of companies at the start of the recent MWC event but was far from unanimous, with Nokia, Telefónic
  
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• 5G standards: keeping it ‘in the family’

  10-03-2017 14:34
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third-party contributors to submit analysis on a key topic affecting the telco industry. In this article Bengt Nordstrom, CEO of telecoms consultancy Northstream, analyses the latest developments in the 5G standardization process.
  The telecoms industry is buzzing with news and analysis on 5G – its capabilities, its impact on the industry and the roadmap that leads to commercial deployments.
  The main 5G standardisation process is driven by the 3
  
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• UK faces relegation battle in fight for digital dominance

  10-03-2017 14:18
  
  If data is going to define the digital economy the UK is screwed, according to fresh research from Teradata.
  Seemingly not happy with the beach, sunshine and general happiness of California, data specialists Teradata has decided to take another dig at the pale and miserable inhabitants of Blighty by pointing out our inability to be geeky. In a survey, which assessed the digital readiness and data capabilities of nine countries around the world (USA, Japan, Australia, Germany, France, Spain, Indi
  
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• Infographic – 0% think the telcos have found place in digital economy

  10-03-2017 14:16
  
  Now that the dust has settled after a busy and frantic Mobile World Congress, we decided to gather the thoughts of Telecoms.com readers regarding confidence in the industry following the event.
  Which technologies are making waves and which are keeping us frustrated? How ready is the telco industry for the digital economy? And what is the future for CSPs? Find out below…
  The data is the result of snap polls included in our news articles and social media accounts. Check out the results belo
  
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• BT/Openreach: still within reach

  10-03-2017 13:47
  A missed opportunity to force improvement on the UK’s broadband service
  
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• BT and Openreach separation is not end of story

  10-03-2017 13:44
  Ofcom has backed away from a formal split — for now
  
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• BT formally capitulates to Ofcom Openreach fudge

  10-03-2017 13:29
  
  The protracted saga concerning the future of BT Openreach seems to have come to an anti-climax with BT agreeing Ofcom’s ambiguous ‘legal separation’ solution.
  The paradoxical situation of broadband suppliers such as Sky and TalkTalk relying on their main competitor to maintain their network has always been problematic. As the former state monopoly BT owns most of the fixed-line infrastructure in the UK, with Virgin Media its only national competitor, and it leases that capacity
  
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• Prysmian Strengthens Its Position In Offshore Wind

  10-03-2017 12:04
  
  Two new inter-array projects awarded in Germany and DenmarkFocus on product innovation and installation capabilities Milan, 10 March 2017. Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded two new contracts for offshore wind farms in Germany (Merkur OWF) and Denmark (Horns Rev 3 OWF). Both assignments are for the development of inter-array cable systems to link among the turbines composing the off-shore wind farms, a growing market segment...Source:
  
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• BT and Ofcom strike deal over future of Openreach

  10-03-2017 10:58
  Legal separation of network division is big shake up of UK telecoms regulation
  
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• UK government details its 5G cunning plan

  10-03-2017 10:53
  
  The UK government has unveiled its 5G strategy, expanding on fairly generic statements in the Spring budget.
  5G and the need for full-fibre were two strong messages which came out of the Spring Budget announcement, though details on how this would be achieved were relatively thin on the ground. The 5G strategy has gone someway to explain how the UK plans on fulfilling its lofty technology ambitions, and to be fair, there is weight behind the ideas.
  “We want to enjoy the benefits of new 5G
  
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• New chairman du Plessis brings his eclectic CV to BT

  10-03-2017 06:01
  South African has worked in several industries, including mining, brewing and tobacco
  
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• BT’s new chairman has led through thick and thin

  10-03-2017 06:01
  Jan du Plessis helped Rio Tinto recover and sold off SABMiller
  
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• Victory for Ofcom as BT agrees to Openreach split

  10-03-2017 01:00
  BT on Friday bowed to Ofcom's demand for it to implement a legal separation of Openreach, a move designed to strengthen its independence.BT's CEO said the restructuring will serve the best interests of U.K. consumers and businesses.Under the agreement, 32,000 staff will transfer to the newly-distinct company, which shall have its own branding. BT will still own Openreach and allocate its budget…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Sprint in live Gigabit LTE demo

  10-03-2017 01:00
  Sprint this week became the first U.S. mobile operator to demonstrate Gigabit LTE on its live network.The operator aggregated three, 20 MHz channels of 2.5-GHz TDD spectrum in combination with 4x4 multiple input…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 5G on a budget

  10-03-2017 01:00
  Telecoms is an industry that is used to dealing in the hundreds of millions, if not billions of euros when it comes to the sums of money ploughed into networks and new technologies.So, when the U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond on Wednesday announced as part of his Spring Budget that £16 million (€18.3 million) of public funds would be spent on a 5G facility, it seemed like a fairly unambitious sum of money.To put that into some kind of context, Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim
  
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