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• Apple questions Qualcomm’s very existence

  20-06-2017 18:48
  
  The battle between two of the worlds’ most influential technology companies is starting to heat up, and it looks like Apple is not going to settle for any less than taking Qualcomm out.
  What seemingly started as a minor spat has escalated into full-scale war, with the iLeader going for the throat in its latest lawsuit. According to Reuters who have seen the briefing, Apple argues that license agreements that secure Qualcomm a fee for every iPhone manufactured are invalid. Should the courts
  
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• oneM2M's First U.S.-Based Industry Day Will Advance IoT Solutions Development Through Collaboration

  20-06-2017 17:00
  
  Vertical industries encouraged to attend and be part of the standards collaboration that can boost the effectiveness of companies’ IoT solutionsWashington, DC, and Memphis, TN, 20 June 2017: Technology giants and industry-renowned Internet of Things (IoT) experts will come together in Memphis, TN, on July 12, as oneM2M hosts its second Industry Day to further progress the IoT and M2M industries. “As a oneM2M founding Partner, ATIS knows first-hand how oneM2M architecture and standard
  
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• Nokia unveils a bunch of digital health gadgets

  20-06-2017 16:28
  
  The first major set of announcements since the Withings acquisition sees Nokia make its move with a portfolio of devices designed to help people keep an eye on their health.
  Nokia famously got out of the devices game a few years ago when it flogged its handset division to Microsoft, which promptly killed the rest of it off. But a year or so ago the company made a surprising strategic move with the acquisition of consumer IoT company Withings, having apparently decided that was where the devices
  
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• Apple uses Supreme Court decision to attack Qualcomm

  20-06-2017 14:06
  Lexmark ink case shows chipmaker should not be ‘double-dipping’, iPhone maker argues
  
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• The rigours of cell tower riggers

  20-06-2017 13:43
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Kashif Hussain, CellAdvisor Solutions Marketing from Viavi Solutions, explains how the technology in a radio network tower is undergoing dramatic change, presenting tough real-world challenges for the maintenance crews.
  The technology in a radio tower is undergoing dramatic change, which is presenting tough real-world challenges for the crews that carry out work
  
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• London is the world’s most connected city

  20-06-2017 13:20
  
  A study undertaken by HIS Markit on behalf of the Wireless Broadband Alliance has found that, while much of the world remains unconnected to the internet, London is ahead of the rest.
  The study looked at the world’s eight richest countries by total GDP and found that 1.75 billion of their citizens remain unconnected, although India and China account for the vast majority of those. Among the major cities Sao Paulo was the worst with 36% of its population unconnected and London was the worst
  
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• Prysmian aboard the Energy Observer, the first hydrogen vessel to circumnavigate the globe in a 100% green manner

  20-06-2017 13:17
  
  By supplying the cables installed on the catamaran, the group confirms its commitment to developing and promoting renewable energyMilan, 20 June 2017 - Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announced its partnership with the Energy Observer, the world’s first catamaran powered solely by renewable sources, at the Paris Air Show today. Energy Observer and CEA Liten, the research institute that developed the project, have chosen Prysmian as the officia
  
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• Orange thinks BT is a dodgy bet

  20-06-2017 12:38
  
  French operator group Orange has decided to further reduce its stake in BT despite the shares being worth considerably less than when it acquired them.
  Orange is flogging 133 million shares in BT – around a third of its stake in the company – with BT itself snapping up around half of them. Orange is also using another third of its BT shares as collateral on a £520 million bond issue and will offer those shares in place of cash upon the bonds’ maturity in four years, which
  
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• Orange thinks BT is a bad bet

  20-06-2017 12:38
  
  French operator group Orange has decided to further reduce its stake in BT despite the shares being worth considerably less than when it acquired them.
  Orange is flogging 133 million shares in BT – around a third of its stake in the company – with BT itself snapping up around half of them. Orange is also using another third of its BT shares as collateral on a £520 million bond issue and will offer those shares in place of cash upon the bonds’ maturity in four years, which
  
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• Telefonica may still have a piece of the Mediaset action

  20-06-2017 11:18
  
  Telefonica is reportedly getting creative in its battle to reduce debts as it backs Mediaset in an on-going legal battle against Vivendi.
  According to Reuters’ sources, Telefonica has not only grabbed a bit of cash in selling its 11.1% stake in pay TV business Premium back to Mediaset, but it has somehow managed to negotiate a slice of the damages Mediaset could potentially gain in an on-going legal dispute with Vivendi. Telefonica is drowning in over €50 billion of debt; understandab
  
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• Italtel Awarded EU Funding To Advance 5G

  20-06-2017 11:17
  
  Projects will leverage Italtel’s expertise in virtualization, the IoT and edge computingMilan, Italy, June 20, 2017 – Italtel – a leading telecommunications company in IT system integration, managed services, Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and all-IP solutions – today announced it will receive €1.150K in European Commission Research and Development (R&D) funds for its role as one of the companies promoting three Horizon 2020 research projects.MATILDA, 5GC
  
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• Selectra selects NewVoiceMedia as its preferred contact centre partner

  20-06-2017 09:00
  
  Firm replaces telephony infrastructure from Talkdesk with ContactWorld to enhance customer experience throughout EuropeLONDON, 20 June 2017 – NewVoiceMedia, a global provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales technology that enables businesses to have more successful conversations, today announced that Selectra, a leader in energy price comparisons, has chosen its ContactWorld for Service platform to enhance its contact centre operations and customer experience throughout Europe.Sel
  
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• WBA shines a light on urban unconnected

  20-06-2017 02:00
  More than half a billion city-dwellers across eight of the world's richest countries are not online, with quality and affordability the biggest barriers, it emerged on Tuesday.A survey of Brazil, China, Germany, India…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Rural broadband schemes on lookout for healthy suppliers, not just cheap tech

  20-06-2017 02:00
  Local authorities look for more than just the most suitable technology at the lowest price when selecting suppliers for publicly-funded rural broadband deployments.That is according to Zoe Laird, director of Community Broadband Scotland (CBS), a Scottish government initiative that aims to get coverage to locations left behind by Digital Scotland's superfast broadband programme, which will cover 95% of the country by the end of March 2018…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange eyeing exit from BT

  20-06-2017 02:00
  Orange on Tuesday sold a 1.33% stake in BT for £383 million, and announced plans to issue convertible bonds equating to another 1.33%.The transactions will reduce the French incumbent's holding in its troubled U.K. counterpart to 1.33% from 4%. Orange also said it may offload its remaining shares to a strategic investor…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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