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• UK government pumps £100m into self-driving cars

  30-03-2017 18:47
  
  Business Minister Greg Clark has announced a new pot of cash to push the development of the autonomous vehicles industry in the UK.
  Clark used the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ Connected conference to announce an initial £100 million investment, which will also be matched by industry. £55 million will be used to create a connected and autonomous vehicle testing infrastructure cluster between London and Birmingham, offering companies various test tracks and funding
  
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• Infographic: 68% think the telcos have missed the smart home boat

  30-03-2017 18:29
  
  After the launch of Google Home in the UK, the Smart Home is starting to become a commercial reality, but can the operators recoup lost fortunes through this IoT segment?
  How big an opportunity for telco diversification is the Smart Home segment? Have Amazon and Google stolen a march on the industry?
  Find out below…
  The data is the result of snap polls included in our news articles and social media accounts. Check out the results below. If you have any insightful, shocking or fun dat
  
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• 68% think the telcos have missed the smart home boat – infographic

  30-03-2017 18:29
  
  After the launch of Google Home in the UK, the Smart Home is starting to become a commercial reality, but can the operators recoup lost fortunes through this IoT segment?
  How big an opportunity for telco diversification is the Smart Home segment? Have Amazon and Google stolen a march on the industry?
  Find out below…
  The data is the result of snap polls included in our news articles and social media accounts. Check out the results below. If you have any insightful, shocking or fun dat
  
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• Verve Connect Partners With London Broadband Provider Relish

  30-03-2017 17:09
  
  The manufacturer, specialising in mobile connectivity, to roll out its latest 4G/LTE Wireless Indoor Hub across the Relish network in 2017London, UK 30th March 2017 – Verve Connect - a UK-based company specialising in “Connected & Entertained Everywhere” products (including 3.5GHz 4G indoor / outdoor hubs, and mobile handsets & hotspots) - today announced a new partnership with London based wireless broadband provider Relish.Relish will be using Verve Connect’s ba
  
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• Make video a success with Fixed Mobile Convergence

  30-03-2017 14:15
  
  The boundaries between TV and mobile media are blurring as consumers increasingly expect ubiquitous video streaming on every device.
  While traditional Pay-TV operators, normally they own fixed only network, are focused on expanding their presence, operators are feeling the pressure to provide seamless video services for multi-screen and cross fixed mobile network. The evolution from a fixed broadband network to a fixed mobile convergent network has already started within some operators&rsqu
  
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• Huawei Envision Ecosystem Help Operator Succeed in Video Service

  30-03-2017 13:59
  
  Over the past 10 years, countless operators have adopted video as a core service to help improve user stickiness and increase their ARPU. During the same period, the video business has undergone a number of transformations including the migration to HD and now 4K content, the introduction of time shifting features, and most recently the explosion of OTT content offerings around the world. In this new era of constantly changing user expectations, no one vendor can provide
  
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• O2 UK finally joins the VoLTE and wifi calling club

  30-03-2017 13:54
  
  Years after many of its competitors had already done so, O2 UK has finally switched on VoLTE (naming it 4G calling) and wifi calling.
  The accompanying propaganda is pretty standard: VoLTE provides clearer calls and better indoor coverage, while wifi calling provides an alternative source of connectivity in cellular not-spots. Initially, however, both services will only work on eligible iPhone 7 phones, with other devices following in due course.
  This is, at least, proper wifi calling, as opposed
  
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• Well that backfired – privacy advocate threatens to buy lawmakers browsing history

  30-03-2017 13:32
  
  Following the US government’s decision to reverse ISP privacy laws, a data privacy and net neutrality advocate has set up a GoFundMe page with the intention of buying lawmakers’ browsing history.
  Just as legislators, congressmen and executives are giving themselves a pat on the back, Adam McElhaney has kicked of a funding campaign which will aim to raise enough money to dish out a strong case of irony. The initial target for the campaign was $10,000, however at the time of writing, M
  
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• Inoapps Wins Database as a Service Partner of the Year 2017

  30-03-2017 13:30
  
  London, 30th March: Oracle Platinum Partner Inoapps (www.inoapps.com) has won the award for Database as a Service (DBaaS) Partner of the Year at the Oracle UK & Ireland Specialized Partner Awards 2017, held in Park Lane, London. Inoapps had been short-listed in an impressive five categories at the awards, more than any other partner this year.The Awards celebrate the vital relationship Oracle has with its Partners, recognising those who have demonstrated outstanding innovation, passion, comm
  
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• Vivendi said to be looking for further control over Telecom Italia

  30-03-2017 13:06
  
  French conglomerate Vivendi is thinking of making its own Chief Exec – Arnaud de Puyfontaine – Chairman of Telecom Italia, according to a Reuters report.
  Vivendi owns 24.9% of TIM’s (the artist formerly known as Telecom Italia) shares, the maximum allowed before a formal takeover bid is required, and seems to have adopted a strategy of controlling the company without having to buy it. A year ago it installed de Puyfontaine as deputy Chairman, a move that apparently played a par
  
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• TIM And Italtel Modernize Voice Over IP Services For Poste Italiane

  30-03-2017 12:28
  
  Infrastructure upgraded using Network Functions Virtualization logic, enabling innovative services and functionsMilan, 30 March 2017 – TIM, Italy’s leading ICT company, and Italtel, a leading telecommunications company in Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), managed services and all-IP communication, have jointly designed and deployed - within a Raggruppamento Temporaneo di Imprese (temporary group of companies) in which TIM is the lead - an evolved Voice-over-IP (VoIP) infrastruc
  
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• UKFast tries to take the cloud fight to AWS

  30-03-2017 11:51
  
  Managed hosting provider UKFast has put on its big boy pants and taken a swipe at AWS.
  Aside from criticizing AWS’ customer service capabilities, UKFast has also questioned data sovereignty and whether it is a play thing of the US government, as well as highlighting it’s substantially lower prices than the American giant.
  UKFast does in fact charge £32/month for 10TB of bandwidth out to the public internet, which is in fact cheaper than AWS, though the UK outfit does not have a
  
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• White Paper – Digital Transformation Requires a “Subscriber-First” Approach

  30-03-2017 11:13
  
  CSPs around the globe are under competitive pressure from OTT players to increase revenues and strengthen subscriber loyalty—driving the need to undergo digital transformation and deliver more innovative services, enhance the digital experience and improve service agility. This report from Ovum’s team of researchers, based on a global survey of 100 service providers, examines the benefits CSPs gain from leveraging DNS to enable their digital transformation efforts. It explores the ch
  
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• Samsung S8 is clean, sleek and a multitasker’s dream

  30-03-2017 02:41
  Behind the gold suits and gaudiness of New York launch, the flagship phone shines
  
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• Vivendi CEO could be nominated as Telecom Italia chairman

  30-03-2017 02:00
  Vivendi is mulling whether to nominate its CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine for the position of Telecom Italia's next chairman.This is according to sources cited by Reuters on Wednesday, who said that were de Puyfontaine to become chairman…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telecom Italia to contact possible fibre partners next week

  30-03-2017 02:00
  Telecom Italia plans to contact a shortlist of prospective partners for its rural broadband network next week.Il Sole 24 Ore reported on Tuesday that Rothschild has already reached out to 20 potential investors on behalf of the incumbent…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MTN South Africa plans 4x4 MIMO upgrade in 2017

  30-03-2017 02:00
  MTN South Africa said this week that it plans to upgrade its LTE network with 4x4 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) this year, following a successful trial with Huawei and Qualcomm."MTN is confident in MIMO technology. We plan to roll out the largest 4x4 MIMO 4…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Another year, another new CEO for Telecom Egypt

  30-03-2017 02:00
  Telecom Egypt (TE) this week appointed a new CEO in Ahmed El Beheiry, after Tamer Gadallah stepped down after only 12 months in the role.El Beheiry began his career as a design engineer at Alcatel…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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