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• Sprint: Not pocket change

  27-06-2017 19:23
  Assets go from cheap to expensive in no time
  
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• BT tries to reinvent the phone box

  27-06-2017 19:02
  
  Former UK telecoms monopoly BT has decided it’s time to bring back the phone box in the form of the new InLink public wifi hubs.
  There can be few objects more symptomatic of the rapid evolution of the telecoms industry than the classic red telephone box. Until recently it was a ubiquitous piece of UK street furniture but now that everyone has a mobile phone those few remaining seem to serve either as impromptu public toilets or as advertising hoardings for the sex trade – often both.
  
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• Orange uses silver screen to create USP

  27-06-2017 18:58
  
  Every operator needs a USP to make itself prominent. In the UK, BT has sport. In the US, Verizon has dated media brands. Over in France, Orange seems to be making a play for the silver screen.
  Orange has recently announced a new initiative which will see the telco control exclusive pay TV rights for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. OCS will be the only TV channel to broadcast the film in France from the end of May 2018, while fans will be abl
  
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• Telefónica commits to UK as spectrum auction looms

  27-06-2017 18:51
  Spanish operator is sticking with O2 mobile network and investing in Britain
  
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• AT&T goes big on another fixed wireless 5G trial

  27-06-2017 18:00
  
  AT&T has made a play to launch itself to the top of the wireless standings with a new trial in Austin where the team hope to deliver speeds up to 1 gigabit per second using mmWave spectrum.
  The trial will make use of Ericsson’s 5G RAN and the Intel 5G Mobile Trial Platform, with the team aiming participants will be able to stream premium live TV via DirecTV Now, all over a fixed wireless 5G signal. This trial follows up a previous one in Intel’s Austen office, where the trio test
  
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• Chinese telecoms: G forces

  27-06-2017 16:31
  Equipment makers should do better from 5G-related business than mobile operators
  
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• Five Forces in Commercialization of 5G Push the Rise of Trillion Yuan-Level Industries

  27-06-2017 15:54
  Unlike any other industry, the communications industry needs to achieve a consensus on a global scale in order to set up a network that can be interconnected globally. The consensus involves the development of standards and specifications, the planning and use of spectrum frequencies, and the full cooperation of all parties in the industrial chain. The fifth-generation mobile communication technology (that is, 5G) has become the focus of the global mobile communications industry. Countries, stan
  
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• Rajant displays secure and fast seaport technology at TOC Europe

  27-06-2017 15:00
  
  Amsterdam. 27 June 2017 – Rajant Corporation, world leader of innovative mobile mesh technology for private wireless networks, is displaying its latest solutions for port connectivity at this year’s Terminal Operations Conference (TOC) Europe event, demonstrating how its Kinetic Mesh® networks can improve productivity and decrease downtime. As the exclusive provider of private wireless networks powered by Rajant’s BreadCrumb® network nodes and patented[1] InstaMesh®
  
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• Sprint reportedly flirts with Charter and Comcast

  27-06-2017 13:54
  
  The Sprint/TMUS troubled courtship has hit another bump in the road with Sprint rumoured to be in talks with Charter and Comcast to boost the two companies’ wireless offerings.
  According to the Wall Street Journal, Sprint has entered into a two-month period of exclusive negotiations with Charter and Comcast to sort out a network-resale agreement on better terms. As a result, merger talks with T-Mobile US have been put on hold until the end of the period.
  For the moment, it is all rumour, a
  
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• UK broadband speeds still short of the mark

  27-06-2017 13:43
  
  New findings from Which and Speed Checker have revealed our super-fast internet ambitions are not as far along in many parts of the the UK as TV adverts would have you believe.
  Despite a glut of advertising campaigns promising internet speeds that you won’t know what to do with, the research has highlighted a worryingly high number of regions across the UK which don’t meet minimum government requirements. Scotland would appear to be one of the worst areas in the UK for coverage, thou
  
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• Europe shakes down Google to the tune of €2.42 billion for search bias

  27-06-2017 13:39
  
  Internet giant Google has received its anticipated spanking from the European Commission, but the fine is significantly larger than expected.
  Earlier this month the word on the street was that Google was likely to get fined around €1 billion for abusing its dominant position in search by favouring its own shopping comparison service in some search results, so the eventual fine of €2.42 billion is a fair bit more. As ever with the EC this case has been dragging on for a while, but havin
  
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• 1st Touch Unveils First Details Of V6 Digital & Mobile Platform Development

  27-06-2017 12:30
  
  1st Touch (www.1sttouch.com), the UK’s leading system innovator for the social housing sector, has unveiled details of its upcoming V6 Digital and Mobile Platform. Hailed as a major sea-change, the new version which is due out across Europe from Q4 2017, represents a multimillion-pound development investment by parent company Aareon. The new product is expected to drive market growth and to establish 1st Touch as the digital development platform of the group. The launch will...Source: Real
  
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• Verizon jumps on the AI-security bandwagon

  27-06-2017 11:54
  
  Verizon’s venture capitalist arm has started throwing its weight around the security arena, pumping cash into artificial intelligence start-up SparkCognition.
  Alongside the likes of Boeing HorizonX and other investors, Verizon has aided SparkCognition to close its initial $32 million funding round. The company has developed a machine-learning based platform to bolster security capabilities for a number of different industries including aerospace, defence and telecommunications.
  “Havi
  
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• Prysmian Secures A Project For Submarine Power Cable Links In The Venetian Lagoon

  27-06-2017 11:21
  
  The Group also built the previous high voltage submarine cable link connecting Venice, Murano and MestreMilan, 27 June 2017 - Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces that Terna Rete Italia has confirmed a series of additional works — originally included as an option — to be added to the Venetian Lagoon submarine power cable links project, a contract awarded to the Group last year following a European bid.These...Source: RealWire
  
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• Certification of Yealink new T4S series IP phones and the T58V Smart Media phone with Centile ISTRA platform

  27-06-2017 10:31
  
  Sophia Antipolis – France – June 27, 2017 – Centile Telecom Applications, the leading European developer of unified communications and fixed-mobile convergence platforms for operators and integrators, and Yealink, the global leading unified communication (UC) terminal solution provider, together announce the certification of Yealink new T4S series IP phones and the T58V Smart Media phone with Centile ISTRA platform.The seamless integration with Centile ISTRA platform enables se
  
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• Bond location shakes up its WiFi offering by partnering with Purple and Unico Data AG

  27-06-2017 10:10
  
  Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announced its collaboration with Unico Data AG as part of a guest WiFi and analytics deployment at various locations on the cableway and mountaintop of Schilthorn, Switzerland.The famous Swiss peak can be reached by boarding the longest aerial cableway in the Alps and offers panoramic views of over 200 peaks. The summit is also home to Piz Gloria, the world’s first revolving mountaintop restaurant, which was also a James...Source: RealWire
  
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• The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance supports the European Commission’s European Electronic Communications Code

  27-06-2017 10:00
  
  Official comments from the Dynamic Spectrum AllianceBrussels, Belgium, 27 June 2017: The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) welcomes the European Commission’s proposed European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) and has suggested recommendations to ensure the Code’s spectrum provisions extend connectivity for Europe’s citizens now and in the future. The EECC is part of the European Commission’s plans for improved connectivity in Europe through Wi-Fi, 5G, and high-speed Gi
  
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• ETL Systems provides RF equipment for Timeline Television’s first UHD production truck

  27-06-2017 10:00
  
  Madley, UK. 27 June 2017. ETL Systems, a global designer and manufacturer of RF signal distribution equipment for satellite communications, has helped Timeline Television build its first UHD production/uplink truck – designated “RF1” – for use with major UK broadcasters. To meet its high demand in services, Timeline Television – a market-leading provider of broadcast technology – decided to build the RF1 as a six camera UHD production truck that is also able t
  
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• Kinnevik looks to build on family and TMT ‘bloodlines’

  27-06-2017 06:28
  New chief charged with refocusing tech investor as Cristina Stenbeck finds new role
  
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• Cristina Stenbeck shakes up big European tech investor

  27-06-2017 06:28
  Board changes show shift by Kinnevik’s main shareholder
  
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• TIM becomes official mobile broadcaster for the Olympics

  27-06-2017 02:00
  Telecom Italia, also known as TIM, was this week designated as Italy's official mobile broadcaster for the Olympic Games.The operator has struck a deal with Discovery Communications…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• SFR trials MIMO, eyes 99% 4.5G coverage by 2018

  27-06-2017 02:00
  SFR this week said it aims to provide 4.5G coverage to 99% of its customers by 2018, after successfully trialling 4x4 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) technology with Huawei…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Google slapped with €2.4bn EU fine

  27-06-2017 02:00
  Google on Tuesday was fined €2.42 billion by the European Commission for abusing its dominant position in the online search market to favour its comparison shopping service, Google Shopping.Google said it is considering an appeal.According to the EU's antitrust watchdog, from 2008, the Web giant systematically gave prominent placement to Google Shopping in Google search results…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT begins offering free 1-Gbps public WiFi in London

  27-06-2017 02:00
  BT on Tuesday began offering a free, 1-Gbps public WiFi service in London, having replaced some of its ageing phone boxes with new high-speed Internet kiosks.The service, called InLinkUK, is funded by advertising displayed on the kiosk's two 55-inch screens. Available initially on Camden High Street…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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