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• Orange wants to fork out €62.5 million for science geeks

  19-05-2017 15:18
  
  Orange Business Services has announced it has entered negotiations to acquire a controlling stake in data and digital services specialists Business & Decision.
  The acquisition will broaden OBS’ capabilities in the business intelligence and data science spaces, particularly around data governance and data analysis. Taking a 67% stake in the company at €7.93 per share would value the business at €62.5 million, though this would represent a 34% premium on current share price.
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• New Ofcom cunning plan to ease mobile switching looks promising

  19-05-2017 13:49
  
  UK regulator Ofcom has put forward a set of proposals which look like it actually might make leaving your mobile service provider a bit easier.
  A pessimist might assume providers make leaving as difficult as possible in a last-gasp effort to keep customers, but of course we are not suggesting providers are being obstructive on purpose… That said, the new idea from Ofcom is as simple as sending a text message, as opposed to the hours spent on hold trying to figure out how to leave.
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• AT&T claims nationwide US IoT network, but it’s only LTE-M

  19-05-2017 13:44
  
  US operator AT&T has hitched its IoT wagon to LTE-M, it seems, after announcing the completion of its nationwide LTE-M network ahead of schedule.
  The launch comes a few weeks after rival operator Verizon claimed a similar feat for the low-power WAN technology also referred to as LTE Cat M1. Both operators are positioning LTE-M as a big deal in the context of IoT but many other global operators see NB-IoT as the real end goal.
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• Qualcomm claims dynamic electrical vehicle charging breakthrough

  19-05-2017 13:32
  
  Qualcomm has made the bold claim that it has cracked dynamic electric vehicle charging, allowing the smart car-of-tomorrow to be charged on the move.
  Based on wireless electric vehicle charging technology (WEVC), Qualcomm claims it demonstrated the ability to charge an electric vehicle while travelling at highway speeds along 100-meter FABRIC test track. FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, to justify and improve feasibility of WEVC. FABRIC sta
  
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• EU Parliament approves OTT cross-border portability

  19-05-2017 12:17
  
  A mere three months after the European Commission proposed allowing OTT service subscribers to access their subscriptions when abroad the European Parliament has approved it.
  But don’t start planning your holiday box set streaming binge just yet. The approval of two massive bureaucratic bodies is just the start of the process in Euro-land; the draft law still needs the approval of the EU Council of Ministers. And three months seems to have been viewed in hindsight as needlessly hasty, so t
  
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• FCC takes first steps to deregulate ISPs, but does it actually matter?

  19-05-2017 12:14
  
  The FCC has taken the first step towards ending Title II in the US, serving its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to partly define the roadmap of deregulation.
  The notice itself promises three things. Firstly, to reverse the Title II utility-style government regulation which has been in place for two years now. Secondly, to return to the Commission’s original classification of mobile broadband Internet access service as a private mobile service. And finally, to eliminate the catch-all internet
  
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• US cable, wireless mega-merger could be on the horizon

  19-05-2017 02:00
  "What about, Sprint, T-Mobile [US], and a coalition of Comcast and Charter, and the value-creation that could come out of that?"This was one exciting, and at this moment in time, purely hypothetical scenario proffered by Braxton Carter, chief financial officer of T-Mobile US – the self-styled 'Uncarrier' – at an investor conference on Thursday.Until now, comments from T-Mobile and likewise Sprint about a potential tie-up have been largely limited to telling investors on quarterly co
  
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• Orange to buy systems integrator

  19-05-2017 02:00
  Orange this week entered exclusive talks to acquire consultancy firm Business & Decision (B&D).Based in Paris, and with offices across Europe, and in the Americas, Russia, North Africa, the Middle East and India, B&amp…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ericsson in IoT partnership with Microsoft

  19-05-2017 02:00
  Ericsson and Microsoft on Friday established an Internet of Things (IoT) partnership designed to make it easier for enterprises to launch mobile network-based IoT services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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