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• Ofcom abandons plans to make ‘bundled’ switching easier

  14-07-2017 18:52
  Warning of higher costs for consumers in packaged phone, TV and internet market
  
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• Is Three going to scupper the UK’s 5G plans?

  14-07-2017 18:09
  
  UK operator Three’s continued flounce over not getting its own way could extend to legal action, resulting in the delay of the 5G spectrum auction.
  The threat of legal escalation has lurked in the background throughout auction consultation period, in which Three has resorted to ever more bizarre publicity stunts to try claim public support for its assertion that no one operator should own more than 30% of the available licensed spectrum.
  This week Ofcom decided to impose a cap but not as d
  
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• Ericsson shows off its NB-IoT credentials in Taiwan

  14-07-2017 13:55
  
  Ericsson has built IoT trial system for Chunghwa Telecom based on NB-IoT LPWAN technology to let it try out a bunch of IoT devices and applications.
  Advanced but geographically compact market like Taiwan are a good place to try out new wireless technologies as they offer greater control of the environment. Chunghwa Telecom is Taiwan’s largest mobile operator and refers to itself as an integrated telecommunications services company. It will use Ericsson IoT RAN software and a network-sliced
  
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• Vertu signals the end

  14-07-2017 12:14
  
  Bafflingly expensive mobile handset brand Vertu seems to have finally called it a day following numerous reports of its demise.
  You could be forgiven for not being familiar with the brand created by Nokia in 1998 because it’s not aimed at you, or indeed anyone for whom money has any finite meaning. By encrusting an otherwise bog-standard feature phone with gems and general bling, the idea was to tap the ultra top-end of the market occupied by oligarchs, oil barons and the compulsively oste
  
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• Poland’s Play finalises €1bn IPO at low end of range

  14-07-2017 11:21
  Mobile network will still have the country’s biggest private flotation
  
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• Australia has a go at removing citizens’ security

  14-07-2017 10:46
  
  The Australian Government is developing its own anti-encryption legislation, modelled on the UK’s Snoopers Charter, a set of rules deemed unfit by the European Court of Justice.
  The move, which was announced by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, has been built on anti-terrorism messages, as yet another government uses the element of fear in an attempt to lessen citizens online security and damage rights to privacy. According to Reuters, the idea could be passed by Parliament and made la
  
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• EE announces plans for more retail stores

  14-07-2017 02:00
  The expansion will see EE, which is part of BT Group, extend its existing partnership with Sainsbury’s to create 400 customer service roles in Sainsbury’s and Argos stores across the UK. The move will see EE’s retail presence reach 700 stores and forms part of an ambition to provide 95% of the population with access to an EE store within 20 minutes&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Czech 5G spectrum granted to two new operators

  14-07-2017 02:00
  CTU, the Czech communications regulator, has completed the auction phase of a tender to grant rights of use for radio frequencies in 3.6-3.8 Ghz band or high-speed data networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Chunghwa Telecom selects Ericsson for NB-IoT network

  14-07-2017 02:00
  The end-to-end NB-IoT system will comprise a range of Ericsson offerings including the Ericsson Radio System, Massive IoT radio access network (RAN) software, virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC)…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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