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• Nokia uses the force to promote its VR offering

  24-04-2017 18:27
  
  Nokia has announced a multi-year virtual reality technology agreement with The Walt Disney Studios, built around the release of ‘Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ later this year.
  The multi-year agreement between Nokia and The Walt Disney Studios is designed to show off Nokia’s capabilities in virtual reality. As part of the partnership, Nokia will provide production staff with an OZO VR camera and software solutions to create the new content for future marketing camp
  
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• Reliance Jio losses triple after months of freebies

  24-04-2017 17:03
  
  Disruptive Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has revealed its losses for the last six months were three times greater than the same period a year ago.
  This is hardly surprising as, since its launch last September, Jio has been giving most of its service away with a classic ‘freemium’ strategy aimed at creating a massive installed-base first and then worrying about how to monetize it later. This resulted in Jio taking just 170 days to acquire 100 million subscribers, 72 million of
  
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• ETL Systems RF equipment selected by major U.S. broadcast network

  24-04-2017 15:00
  
  The company is exhibiting its latest broadcast solutions this week at NABMadley, UK. 24 April 2017: ETL Systems, a global designer and manufacturer of RF signal distribution equipment for satellite communications, has been selected by a major US broadcasting network in a top 10 Designated Market Area (DMA) to upgrade its satellite infrastructure.ETL will provide two of its best-in-class 64x64 Vortex L-band matrix systems and six of its 16-port LNB PSU (Low Noise Block Power...Source: RealWire
  
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• Android security solution test: Secucloud app gets top ranking with 100 per cent detection rate

  24-04-2017 14:32
  
  Secucloud’s detection rate gives it number one spot among all the solutions that use CPU resources most sparingly when tested under realistic conditions (median score 0.00 per cent) Hamburg, Germany. 24 April 2017 – This is already the second time that the independent IT security institute AV-TEST has examined the cloud-based mobile security solution from the German provider Secucloud. And it is also the second time that the solution convinced the testers with its excellent...Source:
  
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• Tackling the identity crisis delaying financial inclusion

  24-04-2017 13:50
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Steve Polsky, Founder and CEO of Juvo, addresses the unfulfilled promise of mobile financial services.
  Ten years since the inception of mobile financial services, there are now over 500 million mobile money accounts globally. Moreover, with 277 live services in 92 countries, mobile money is available in 66% of low- and middle-income markets (GSMA, 2017). Th
  
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• BT takes legal action against former execs over Italy accounting scandal

  24-04-2017 13:44
  
  BT is looking to distance itself further from last years’ accounting scandal, filing a criminal complaint against executives who oversaw the saga, according to a Reuters report.
  In the complaint, BT accuses several former Italy executives and other employees of breaking corporate governance rules and unlawful conduct. BT said “We cannot comment on the ongoing investigation,” when asked by Telecoms.com, though the move is consistent with moves by the telco to put some air betwee
  
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• SK Telecom and Samsung launch LTE-R in Korea

  24-04-2017 13:33
  
  Next-generation train-to-train wireless communications service LTE-R is being given the chance to prove itself in South Korea thanks to a collaboration between SK Telecom and Samsung.
  The new LTE-R service was launched along the 41km-long Busan Metro line 1 that covers 40 stations. It replaced an existing analogue wireless system for the Busan Transportation Corporation (BTS), indicating how overdue the new technology is.
  LTE-R needs to combine capacity, security, reliability and low-latency &nd
  
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• Orange indicates strategy of monopolizing household services

  24-04-2017 12:39
  
  At its recent annual technology showcase Orange offered some interesting hints towards a long-term strategy to create a single household bill for customer.
  Like Facebook and Google, Orange is seemingly making a play to control access to the customer, through monopolizing services to the household, while also creating the living room gateway through the introduction of Djingo, its own virtual assistant.
  Diversification is the holy grail which every telco is moving towards currently, tho
  
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• Samsung capitulates to Google over music player

  24-04-2017 12:07
  
  Starting with the Galaxy S8 the default music player on all new Samsung mobile devices will be Google Play Music, not Samsung’s own app.
  For most Android OEMs this would not be exceptional news as the Android model has always made the bundling of Google software and services a precondition of its use. But Samsung has historically resisted this, striving to establish its own alternatives at the default on its devices. This has had at best mixed results and this news implies Samsung has thro
  
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• InfiNet Wireless 8th International Partner Conference highlights success of its growing team

  24-04-2017 10:00
  
  Malta, April 24, 2017 - InfiNet Wireless, the global leader in fixed broadband wireless connectivity, brought together 72 partners and customers from over 25 countries to Colombo, Sri Lanka, for its annual International Partner Conference last week.The two-day conference, with a mix of presentations, success stories, practical workshops and team-building activities, gave the InfiNet team an opportunity to share its financial results for 2016, global strategy for 2017 as well as some exciting new
  
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• T-Mobile Netherlands wins zero-rated music decision

  24-04-2017 02:00
  T-Mobile Netherlands has scored a victory in its bid to offer zero-rated music streaming, after the Rotterdam Court ruled that the service does not violate European net neutrality rules."This statement is a breakthrough in the Netherlands and in Europe…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• China Unicom Q1 profit jumps 79%

  24-04-2017 02:00
  China Unicom late last week reported a sharp recovery in first quarter profit, driven by mobile customers upgrading to 4G services.Profit attributable to shareholders for the three months to 31 March grew by 79.3% year-on-year to 862 million yuan (€115.21 million)…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT presses charges against former Italy execs

  24-04-2017 02:00
  BT has filed a criminal complaint against ex-staff at its scandal-hit Italian business.According to Reuters on Saturday, the U.K. incumbent has accused former executives and employees, including former BT Italy CEO Gianluca Cimini, of unlawful conduct and breaking company rules…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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