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• James Murdoch faces new ‘fit and proper’ test

  13-03-2017 19:40
  Sky and its chairman face Ofcom scrutiny at same time as Fox’s £11.7bn bid
  
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• Has nostalgia outsmarted the smartphone?

  13-03-2017 17:52
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Matthew Winters, CEO at Veoo has a crack an understanding why the Nokia 3310 grabbed the spotlight at Mobile Work Congress.
  Recently we saw the coming and going of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – the showcase of the most cutting-edge technology on the planet. Everything from mobile phones to wearables and all things in-between showed off their fantast
  
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• Exceptionally dull Galaxy S8 leaks highlight smartphone stagnation

  13-03-2017 17:28
  
  Samsung has given the mobile industry a whole month extra to obsess about its new flagship smartphone but despite numerous leaks little of interest has emerged.
  The S7 saved Samsung’s year in 2016, with strong sales throughout the year partly compensating for the Note7 disaster. Since Samsung is apparently taking the risk of sticking with the singed Note brand for its likely autumn phablet launch, the S8 could end up having to do all the commercial heavy lifting this year too.
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• Verizon gives Wheeler’s legacy a zero rating

  13-03-2017 17:25
  
  Only a matter of weeks after former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler stepped away the limelight, his net neutrality legacy looks to be dead, buried and already rotting.
  While the last couple of years has seen the likes of AT&T and Verizon bicker with the FCC over zero rating offerings and the implications for net neutrality, both have now been taking advantage of new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s more lenient approach. Most recently, Verizon has launched a new zero rating offer for Fios Mobile
  
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• Malmaison Hotel du Vin keeps guests connected with unlimited WiFi

  13-03-2017 14:26
  
  London, 13th March 2017: Malmaison Hotel du Vin, the leading lifestyle hotel brands, announce significant investment into upgrading its wireless network infrastructure. To manage the upgrade, the group has enlisted the services of Airangel. One of the UK’s leading enterprise guest WiFi solutions firms, it provides safe and secure WiFi that is easy to deploy, simple to manage and allows guests to get online quickly with the minimum amount of effort. The investment reinforces the...Source: R
  
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• Intel bets $15bn on connected cars with Mobileye acquisition

  13-03-2017 12:47
  
  Intel has announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Israeli sensor company Mobileye for a weighty $15.3 billion.
  As a result of the deal, Intel’s autonomous driving business will be headquartered in Israel and led by Amnon Shashua, Mobileye’s Co-founder, Chairman and CTO. Intel’s SVP Doug Davis will have some cause to be slightly aggrieved by the news, as he was tempted out of retirement recently to lead the autonomous vehicles business, but
  
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• Turin promises to be shrouded in 5G by 2018

  13-03-2017 12:45
  
  TIM – the artist formerly known as Telecom Italia – has signed an agreement with the city of Turin to install a bunch of small cells and call them 5G.
  Even by the impatient standards of today’s telecoms industry this seems to be jumping the gun somewhat, with even the accelerated NSA 5G NR not set to be standardized until early 2018. 100 ‘smart cells’ will be installed in some hey locations in the centre of town but no details have been offered regarding spectrum, d
  
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• Vodafone jumps on the job repatriation bandwagon

  13-03-2017 12:40
  
  Vodafone has announced it will be bringing 2,100 new call-centre roles back to UK, replacing current third-party agents who are based in South Africa.
  Anti-globalization moves are currently in-vogue for large companies, as the message of British-jobs for British-people seems to be a USP for BT’s Plusnet, while EE has been trying to extract kudos from repatriating its customer service operations for a year. It’s a PR play which will win applause from politicians, who will mo
  
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• Evolved Intelligence protects Middle Eastern operator against fraud and privacy violations

  13-03-2017 12:00
  
  Deploys signalling firewall to prevent malicious activityBristol, March 13th 2017: Evolved Intelligence today announced that it is working with a rapidly growing operator in the Middle East to secure its network from malicious SS7 signalling. The company said it was now working with many operators – including a Tier One European operator group – to secure their networks from SS7 attacks. The Evolved Intelligence Signalling Firewall protects operator networks against all SS7 attacks d
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER set to make its mark at electronica China with the latest connectivity solutions for industrial, communication and transportation markets

  13-03-2017 10:25
  
  HUBER+SUHNER will display a wide variety of technologies and solutions for the industrial, communications and transportation markets at electronica China 2017.Among these products will be the SUCOFLEX 500 family of test assemblies, which hold unique measurement stability, extreme flexibility and usability, and have zero spring back, guaranteeing the most accurate and reliable performance in test and measurement environments.Other HUBER+SUHNER technologies on show include the Q-ODC-12/24 fiber op
  
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• Vodafone to bring 2,100 call-centre jobs back to UK

  13-03-2017 01:01
  Roles to be transferred from South Africa as telecoms company joins repatriation push
  
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• Vodafone names new external affairs chief

  13-03-2017 01:00
  Vodafone on Monday hired a senior figure at the United Nations to be its next external affairs director.Joakim Reiter was until recently a UN assistant secretary…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• TIM names Turin as Italy's first '5G city'

  13-03-2017 01:00
  TIM late last week announced plans to turn Turin into Italy's first 5G city.During 2017, the Italian incumbent said it will deploy 100 small cells on major streets and squares, as well as at the University of Turin and the Polytechnic University…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Intel buys autonomous driving specialist Mobileye for $15bn

  13-03-2017 01:00
  Intel on Monday continued its push into the connected car market by agreeing a $15 billion (€14.07 billion) deal to acquire Mobileye.Israel-based Mobileye specialises in collision-avoidance sensors for vehicles. Intel plans to combine the company with its Automated Driving Group unit…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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