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• Vestberg volunteers for Verizon venture

  31-03-2017 18:21
  
  In a classic poacher-turned-gamekeeper move, former Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg is going to head up Verizon’s newly-formed Network and Technology team.
  It might not be immediately obvious why an operator would need to hire such a senior vendor-side exec, but on further reflection Vestberg would presumably be a good ally to have during tense contract negotiations with Ericsson and the other networking vendors.
  The hire is part of a general rejig at Verizon that means the company is now split
  
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• Patterson faces more challenging times at BT

  31-03-2017 16:52 via ft.com
  A succession of corporate problems raises questions over chief executive’s future
  
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• Verizon has 4G LTE Cat M1 US IoT acronym-gasm

  31-03-2017 13:44
  
  Verizon has announced it will launch what it claims is the first nationwide commercial 4G LTE Category M1 network in the US.
  The new network will span 2.4 million square miles, built on a virtualized cloud environment, to target customers seeking wireless access solutions for IoT. Verizon claims he Cat M1 is a new class of LTE chipset that is designed for sensors, requiring less power, while supporting an array of use cases in the burgeoning IoT segment.
  “As the natural shift from CDMA-bas
  
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• Huawei 2016 numbers reveal the extent of Ericsson, Nokia and ZTE’s challenge

  31-03-2017 13:41
  
  Giant telecoms vendor Huawei has published its annual report for 2016 and revealed it brought in more money than Nokia, Ericsson and ZTE combined.
  Huawei group annual revenue was around $75 billion, compared to ~$26 billion for Nokia (including Alcatel Lucent), ~$24.5 billion for Ericsson and ~15 billion for ZTE.
  One slight negative was declining profitability, with operating margin falling to 9.1% from 11.6% in 2015, but that’s still a lot better than its competitors and seems to be down
  
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• Busybody bureaucrat meddles gratuitously with UK fibre pricing

  31-03-2017 12:33
  
  Ofcom has continued its role of chief busybody as it releases new initiatives apparently designed to encourage investment in full-fibre networks across the UK.
  The bothersome bureaucrat has targeted more flexible pricing structures for ultrafast and full-fibre networks withe the stated aim of encouraging investment and promoting competition. The new initiatives include wholesale price cuts at Openreach, proposed for superfast broadband service to ensure low prices can be protected for consumers.
  
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• Superfast broadband costs to fall after price cap

  31-03-2017 11:35 via ft.com
  Regulator tells BT’s Openreach to cut prices for rivals accessing its network
  
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• Verizon hires Vestberg to head up tech team

  31-03-2017 02:00
  Verizon on Friday announced it has hired former Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg as executive vice president of its new network and technology unit, one of three new teams created by the U.S. telco.Vestberg, who left Ericsson under a cloud last July, will from 3 April be tasked with further developing Verizon's fibre-centric networks. He will move to the U…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ofcom wants to cut Openreach's wholesale FTTC prices

  31-03-2017 02:00
  Just days after fining BT £42 million for underpaying compensation to wholesale customers, Ofcom on Friday again took aim at its networks arm Openreach, proposing to cut the prices it charges telcos for its fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) service. It is part of a range of measures included in Ofcom's newly-launched Wholesale Local Access Market Review, which aims to encourage investment in ultrafast networks, including fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP).BT warned that Ofcom's proposed price cu
  
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• AT&T bags contract for $46.5bn safety network

  31-03-2017 02:00
  AT&T this week won a 25-year contract to design, build and operate a nationwide broadband network for U.S. emergency services.Called FirstNet, the network will cover all 50 states, five U.S. territories and the District of Columbia…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• After privacy vote, net neutrality is next on Pai's hit-list

  31-03-2017 02:00
  Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai has been a busy man since taking on the role in January, generally living up to the widely-held expectation that he would clip the U.S. watchdog's claws.Based on the events of the last few days, he could soon be about to get a lot busier, by taking aim at net neutrality.The focus on the FCC has been particularly intense this week due to Congress' vote to overturn its broadband privacy rules – a move that has attracted widespread cr
  
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