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• Mike Ashley’s ‘highly personalised’ phone service

  07-07-2017 21:17
  Sport Mobile unable to produce tycoon’s text messages
  
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• Blur hires broadband veteran David Rowe in fight for survival

  07-07-2017 17:42
  UK ecommerce group attempts placing after suspension of shares
  
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• Qualcomm seeks US import ban on Apple iPhone

  07-07-2017 13:37
  
  Qualcomm has filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) which claims Apple is infringing six of its patents enabling various features.
  The complaint is just another footnote in the Qualcomm battle against the iChief, though it doesn’t look like the bickering is going to end any time soon. The chipmaker has requested an investigation from the ITC which could lead to a ban on certain iPhones being imported into the US, as well as the sale of said phone
  
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• UN report reveals global cybersecurity holes

  07-07-2017 13:09
  
  We have all suspected the world is not ready for the connected era, though the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) has confirmed it.
  The survey itself is essentially a measurement of a country’s capabilities in the security arena, and while there are some who are exceeding expectations, there are also a worrying number of highly developed nations who are way down the list. Although we should not be surprised by such claims, security is after
  
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• AT&T chucks $200 million at ONAP startups

  07-07-2017 12:21
  
  US operator AT&T has vowed to invest ‘up to’ $200 million in a venture capital fund focused on telecoms startups working on the Open Network Automation Platform.
  ONAP is a Linux Foundation-backed project designed enable the orchestration and automation of both physical and network functions. Essentially it is one of the main initiatives aiming to make the bewilderingly diverse and complex array of technologies contributing to the next generation of networking.
  AT&T has an esp
  
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• Vivendi tries to rein in TIM boss over rural fibre row

  07-07-2017 02:00
  Vivendi on Friday called on Telecom Italia CEO Flavio Cattaneo to take a softer approach to dealing with the government in relation to its dispute concerning rural fibre deployment.Sources cited by Reuters said Vivendi – which is already under heavy scrutiny in Italy due its stakes in Telecom Italia…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Qualcomm files patent complaint against Apple

  07-07-2017 02:00
  There was another twist in the increasingly bitter feud between Qualcomm and Apple this week when Qualcomm filed a patent infringement complaint against the iPhone maker.Qualcomm has petitioned the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to issue a Limited Exclusion Order (LEO) banning the import of Apple products…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Global 100: Putting the world to rights

  07-07-2017 02:00
  Total Telecom's Global 100 report on the world's biggest operators by revenue returns today with a teaser of the 2016 ranking.There is a notable change towards the top of the table, with Japan's NTT overtaking China Mobile to take third spot – the former benefiting from the strong appreciation of the yen during the reporting period.NTT wasn't the only major player to feel the effects of foreign exchange movements…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Bharti Airtel, Tata in early merger talks

  07-07-2017 02:00
  Bharti Airtel and Tata Group have held preliminary talks about a merger that would consolidate Airtel's position as India's biggest mobile operator and defend it against upstart newcomer Reliance Jio Infocomm.According to an Economic Times report on Friday…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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