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• Deutsche Telekom wages war on inefficient parking

  26-06-2017 18:09
  
  Deutsche Telekom has launched its first two NB-IoT tariffs across Germany, alongside a smart parking solution in the city of Hamburg.
  The options will include a pilot plan in the first-instance, to allow customers to test out new ideas before fully committing. In a typically simplistic and efficient German manner, the first tier will be called NB-IoT Access, available from €199 and includes a 6-month activation of up to 25 SIM-cards with 500 KB per SIM pooled in Germany’s NB-IoT netwo
  
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• TIM becomes first ‘official mobile broadcaster’ of Olympic Games

  26-06-2017 17:25
  
  A new partnership between the artist formerly known as Telecom Italia and Discovery Networks to broadcast the Olympics over mobile has the potential to start a bidding war throughout Europe.
  The partnership between TIM and Discovery will see the telco become the exclusive Mobile Broadcaster of the Olympic Games in Italy. TIM  will be able to officially use the Olympic Rings, while also offering customers exclusive content. Customers who subscribe to either a mobile or broadband wi
  
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• Telecoms.com’s 2017 Global Telecoms Awards Program is Now Open for Submissions, Recognising Telecoms Industry Excellence and Innovation

  26-06-2017 15:32
  
  Telecoms.com’s 2017 Global Telecoms Awards Program is Now Open for Submissions, Recognising Telecoms Industry Excellence and Innovation Market-leading news portal for the global telecommunications sector Telecoms.com today announced the Global Telecoms Awards, the telecom industry’s most prestigious awards program, is open for nominations.
  Now in its 5th year, the Global Telecoms Awards, or GLOTELS for short, provides a broad range of opportunities for the te
  
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• Start-ups and telecoms giants among latest additions to Broadband Forum as 15 new members join

  26-06-2017 15:00
  
  Fremont, California, 26 June 2017. The Broadband Forum today announced it has welcomed 15 new members – including three start-ups – as it continues to address the fast-changing broadband landscape. The broad range of industry expertise displayed by the new member companies highlights the continuously expanding breadth of the Broadband Forum’s work which has grown to include a strong focus on next-generation broadband technologies such as virtualization, Software Defined Network
  
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• Genesis Technical Systems joins the Broadband Forum

  26-06-2017 15:00
  
  Genesis Technical Systems has become the newest member of the leading global organisation for broadband standards as it looks to shape the global telecom ecosystemCoventry, UK and Calgary, Canada – 26 June 2017 – Genesis Technical Systems is pleased to announce it is the newest member of the Broadband Forum, the leading industry body that is focused on engineering smarter and faster broadband networks. Joining the Forum will allow Genesis to leverage its shared goals...Source: RealWi
  
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• Customer experience – the new battlefield for mobile operators

  26-06-2017 14:14
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Bill Safran, CEO of Vizolution, examines the growing importance of customer experience for operators in sustaining a viable business model.
  There is no doubt that the mobile industry has gone through massive changes over the last 10 years – from the launch of the first Apple smartphone back in 2007, to innovations in wireless technologies. These changes ha
  
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• Another kicking for the UK in NZ as Vodafone/Sky merger officially collapses

  26-06-2017 13:49
  
  Vodafone is having a similar experience to the UK and Irish Lions in New Zealand as it finally pulls the plug on its troubled merger with Sky in the land of the All Blacks.
  A year ago the two companies announced their intention to merge their NZ operations in order to create the dominant multiplay operator in the country. That ambition was also a major reason for regulatory and antitrust authorities to have a close look at the move and earlier this year the NZ Commerce Commission vetoed the move
  
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• GSMA launches Mobile IoT Initiative – yay!

  26-06-2017 13:45
  
  The GSMA has announced its Mobile IoT Initiative is now officially up and running, with the the world’s operators grateful to finally have someone telling them how to do IoT.
  Next year you can expect Christmas to come early with IoTvent Calendars to be doing the rounds, connected stockings to hang above your router and a fibre wreath to pin to your front door. Can you wait? The excitement is practically oozing out onto the floor over here. We’ve always said that there isn’t eno
  
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• Ericsson celebrates Vodafone UK pre-5G win

  26-06-2017 11:45
  
  Vodafone UK has chosen Ericsson to evolve its 4G networks in southern England and also provide technology to help it prepare for 5G in the region.
  In these trying times for Ericsson any new business is cherished and one that features both a major operator group and the 5G buzzword is a bonus. Ericsson will be even more gratified considering Vodafone recently spoke at length about all the Massive MIMO goodness it was getting from Huawei, since the network evolution also involves that technology a
  
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• SFR gets in on the Huawei MIMO party

  26-06-2017 11:42
  
  Huawei and SFR have jointly announced they have completed France’s first pre-commercial field verification of 4X4 MIMO achieving a downlink throughput of 628.31 Mbps.
  The 4X4 MIMO technology itself has been earmarked as the next step towards 4.5G and one of the building blocks of the 5G revolution. SFR has said it began construction of its LTE network in 2012, while its mobile data traffic has seen an average annual growth rate of as much as 100% over the past two years. In light of these
  
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• Google to make keynote debut at ECOC Conference 2017, joining tech giants from around the world

  26-06-2017 10:01
  
  Early bird registration deadline on July 13thGothenburg, Sweden. 26 June 2017: Google, Nokia Bell Labs, ZTE and Huawei have been announced to join the agenda for ECOC Conference – the largest conference on optical communication in Europe – taking place September 17th - 21st in Gothenburg, Sweden. Co-located with ECOC Exhibition, the conference will see workshops, tutorials and plenary speeches from some of the biggest known optical and technology companies in the world. From professo
  
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• Vodafone UK taps Ericsson for London network upgrade

  26-06-2017 02:00
  Vodafone UK on Monday tapped Ericsson to upgrade its mobile network in London and southern England.Under the deal, Ericsson will supply massive multiple input, multiple output (MIMO)…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Vodafone NZ, Sky scrap NZ$3.44 billion merger

  26-06-2017 02:00
  Vodafone New Zealand and Sky Network Television on Monday abandoned their NZ$3.44 billion (€2.16 billion ) merger in the face of staunch opposition from competition regulator, the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC)…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• France to allocate 5G spectrum in September

  26-06-2017 02:00
  France plans to award 5G spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band in September, and will launch a consultation on the allocation process next month.In a statement last week, regulator Arcep said that existing holders of frequencies at 3…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom launches commercial NB-IoT service in Germany

  26-06-2017 02:00
  Deutsche Telekom on Monday launched its first two NB-IoT tariffs in Germany, and an NB-IoT-based smart parking service.The entry-level package costs €199 and includes a six-month activation of up to 25 SIM cards, each with 500 KB of data. A private APN and IPsec key encryption is available as an optional add…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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