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• Record fine puts BT’s Openreach arm back in focus

  27-03-2017 19:47
  Ownership of unit under scrutiny after serious breaches connecting rivals to network
  
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• NTT and Toyota get join forces to create broad connected car platform

  27-03-2017 19:15
  
  Japanese telco giant NTT is getting together with the world’s largest car company Toyota to develop a broad range of technologies designed to enable the connected car era.
  The collaboration doesn’t lack ambition as it’s looking to cover pretty much everything the utopian car might need. Having said that NTT seems to be doing most of the heavy lifting regarding technology, with Toyota mainly researching the underlying platform and, presumably, providing the cars to try all this
  
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• BT: tough customers

  27-03-2017 18:08
  Penalty imposed by Ofcom on the telecoms group is a light kick in the shins
  
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• Regulators to address international spectrum issues at DSA Global Summit as policy makers look to define universal service in the 5G world

  27-03-2017 15:00
  
  Cape Town, South Africa, 27 March 2017: Regulators from around the world are set to attend the fifth annual Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Global Summit, to continue discussions on effective spectrum management and the role of dynamic spectrum access in enabling new connectivity solutions. The Summit, which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from 9-11 May 2017, will welcome regulators from around the world, including: Mr. Pakamile Kayalethu Pongwana, CEO, Independent Communications Authority
  
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• Privacy fears boost Deutsche Telekom cloud service

  27-03-2017 14:33
  Keeping data within German borders proves popular in wake of US snooping allegations
  
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• Mobile malware attacks at an all-time high – Nokia

  27-03-2017 14:05
  
  The Nokia Threat Intelligence Report reckons there was a sharp increase in compromised smartphones in 2016 and warned about IoT device vulnerabilities.
  Smartphones comprise the vast majority (85%) of all mobile device infections, according to Nokia, and 2016 saw a 400% increase in smartphone malware attacks, meaning that over 1% of all smartphones had been infected by October last year. This comes at a time when the roll-out of IoT devices is ramping, many of which have insufficient security we&
  
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• BT takes heavy financial hit over historical Openreach breaches

  27-03-2017 13:30
  
  UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has found BT guilty of a ‘serious breach’ of its rules regarding compensation payments for late installations to Openreach customers.
  As a result Ofcom has hit BT with a record £42 million fine, reduced from £60 million due to BT’s acceptance of full liability and its agreement to make up the difference in compensation owed to those customers, which could amount to £300 million, according to BT’s estimates of how the subsequen
  
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• Three Group gets into bed with Cisco Jasper to resell Control Center

  27-03-2017 13:04
  
  Enterprise customers of CK Hutchison-owned Three Group will be able to access Jasper through national networks and the Hue services division.
  Cisco has been relatively hands-off with Jasper since the acquisition but, as Jasper told us at MWC 2017, being part of such a large multinational has enabled Jasper to scale much more rapidly than it was previously capable of. This deal with a global telecoms group seems a good illustration of Cisco’s gran plan for IoT.
  “Speed, flexibility and
  
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• InfiNet Wireless to take centre stage at 8th annual International Partners’ Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka

  27-03-2017 11:36
  
  The conference will provide exclusive access into InfiNet’s vision of the future and allow partners to network with various participants and InfiNet’s teams Valletta, Malta. 27 March 2017: InfiNet Wireless, the global leader in fixed broadband wireless connectivity, will host its 8th International Partners’ Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 11th and 12th.This annual, invitation-only event encourages interaction between each attending partner and InfiNet’s executi
  
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• BT hit with record £42m Ofcom fine

  27-03-2017 02:40
  Group also agrees to pay rivals £300m for breaking compensation rules at Openreach
  
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• Telia Estonia adds Sigfox network to IoT offering

  27-03-2017 02:00
  Telia Estonia on Monday added Sigfox's low-power Internet of Things (IoT) technology to its IoT offering.The telco has struck a deal with Connected Baltics O&Uuml…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Nokia charts meteoric rise of mobile malware

  27-03-2017 02:00
  The rate at which smartphones became infected with viruses rocketed by 400% in 2016, revealed Nokia on Monday.According to the kit maker's latest Threat Intelligence Report…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Indian operators to spend €140m verifying customers

  27-03-2017 02:00
  India's mobile operators face a hefty bill over the next 12 months in order to comply with a recent government order to verify the identity of their customers, according to local press reports that put the total bill at in excess of €140 million.India's longest established operators will be hardest hit…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT fined £42m for underpaying compensation

  27-03-2017 02:00
  BT was fined £42 million (€48.56 million) on Monday after its networks arm Openreach underpaid compensation owed to other telcos for failing to deliver Ethernet services on time.Under U.K. telco regulator Ofcom's rules, Openreach is obliged to compensate wholesale customers if it does not install a leased Ethernet line for a business user within 30 working days…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 3 Group taps Cisco Jasper for IoT platform

  27-03-2017 02:00
  3 Group on Monday selected Cisco Jasper's connectivity management platform to underpin its global IoT services.From mid-2017, the Hong Kong-based telco's enterprise customers will have access to Cisco Jasper's Control Center solution…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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