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• Qualcomm gives Snapdragon a facelift

  17-03-2017 14:02
  
  The Snapdragon chip brand no longer refers to a mere processor; now it’s a platform, don’t you know.
  Qualcomm was early to the branded mobile chip game, establishing the Snapdragon brand at around the time the modern smartphone era kicked-off. It has not always had a coherent vision for the brand, often using sinister lizardy imagery designed to play on the ‘dragon’ part of the name, despite a Snapdragon actually being a type of flower. It was presumably concluded that pi
  
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• Nokia has a cabinet reshuffle, Elhage moves on

  17-03-2017 13:06
  
  With the apparent aim of boosting its services business, Nokia has made some changes to its organizational structure and had a consequent reshuffle of its executive team.
  The most significant change is the separation of the services part of the Mobile Networks business unit into a new one called Global Services. The previous head of Mobile Networks, Samih Elhage, has chosen this moment to leave the company, possibly indicating displeasure at the pillaging of his business unit, although that&rsqu
  
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• Space — the final frontier for investors

  17-03-2017 09:33
  From satellites to specialist funds to galactic tourism
  
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• Nokia restructures Mobile Networks division

  17-03-2017 01:00
  Nokia on Friday restructured its mobile networks business and announced that the division's president, Samih Elhage, will leave the company.The Finnish kit maker is separating the unit into two organisations: Mobile Networks, which will focus on hardware and solutions; and a dedicated services business, called Global Services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• LTE-A Pro: Where hype meets reality

  17-03-2017 01:00
  Following on from last week's excitement from the U.K. government about 5G test hubs, it was Italy's turn this week to pedal merrily along on the 5G hype-cycle.On Monday, TIM declared that Turin will become the country's first 5G city. The incumbent signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Turin's administration, paving the way for the deployment of small cells this year, and the conducting of many exciting 5G technology trials next year…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Italy selects five 5G test cities

  17-03-2017 01:00
  Italy has revealed a list of five cities that will play host to pre-standard 5G trials.The Ministry of Economic Development has chosen Milan, Prato, L'Aquila, Bari and Matera. The government plans to make spectrum in the 3…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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