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• BT loses another senior executive after torrid year

  18-07-2017 19:09 via ft.com
  Chief strategy officer to depart after profit warning and Ofcom fine
  
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• Liberty Global gets into the original content game

  18-07-2017 18:55
  
  Perhaps inspired by the start of the latest series of Game of Thrones, Virgin Media owner Liberty Global is launching its own independent TV studio.
  Liberty is partnering with investor TPG Growth to create the studio, which will be known as Platform One Media and will be run by the former CEO of Gaumont Television, Katie O’Connell Marsh. TPG will be the majority equity investor in the company and there’s no indication the content will necessarily be exclusive to Liberty-owned compani
  
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• Is Openreach seeking the justification to cool off on fibre?

  18-07-2017 18:52
  
  Openreach has weighed into the fibre shouting match, calling for greater collaboration and research into the customer demands of FTTP infrastructure.
  It might be an innocent consultation designed to meet the demands of Ofcom, which has asked the wholesaler to be more transparent with its plans, but it also might be a bit of penny pinching. In a very glorious statement, Openreach has called on greater collaboration from the industry to make Britain great again, and the need to spread the risk of
  
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• Google Fiber loses yet another CEO – connectivity ambitions questionable

  18-07-2017 13:51
  
  The CEO of Access, the part of Alphabet that contains Google Fiber, has reportedly stepped down after just five months at the helm.
  Gregory McCray replaced Craig Barratt, who stepped down after Google significantly watered down its fibre ambitions in October of last year. He presumably, therefore, accepted the gig with his eyes open, so it would be surprising if his departure was the result of a flounce related to Google’s apparent ambivalence about the connectivity game.
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• DT and Adtran reckon the future is still copper

  18-07-2017 13:38
  
  With the world talking about the necessity of fibre, Deutsche Telekom and Adtran has taken a different approach, boldly claiming that G.fast is all you need to worry about.
  The pair have announced a new series of lab tests which will aim to prove G.fast is a technology which is adequate for the digital economy. The claim is essentially based on an upgraded version of the G.fast technology, with the duo believing it will be enough to meet European Commission’s Gigabit Society goals.
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• Qualcomm finds itself in a pickle once again

  18-07-2017 13:33
  
  Qualcomm is upsetting regulators pretty much on a weekly basis, with the chipmaker has lost its appeal against a hefty fine for monopolistic activities.
  The US giant was initially charged by the European Commission for using anti-competitive methods to essentially force British phone software maker Icera out of the market, and subsequently faced a daily fine of €580,000 for not providing enough information to the investigators. According to Reuters, Qualcomm contested the fine, on the groun
  
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• Ericsson shares plunge 10% as turnaround remains elusive

  18-07-2017 12:34
  
  Ericsson’s Q2 2017 numbers contained few highlights and its guidance was mainly downbeat, resulting in a further significant fall in its share price.
  Revenues were down 13% year-on-year, when adjusting for constant currency, and that decline was spread pretty evenly across the world, with EMEA and the Americas all looking especially weak. The Networks business segment accounted for nearly all of that decline, with software sales especially disappointing, although IT & Cloud and Other b
  
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• NewVoiceMedia wins TMC’s 2017 Communications Solutions Products of the Year Award

  18-07-2017 11:40
  
  ContactWorld solution recognised for exceptional innovationLONDON, July 18 2017 — NewVoiceMedia, a leading global provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales technology that enables businesses to have more successful conversations, today announced that its premier solution, ContactWorld, has received TMC’s 2017 Communications Solutions Products of the Year Award.TMC is a global, integrated media company and leading source of news for the communications and technology industries
  
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• Ericsson warns on shrinking telecoms equipment market

  18-07-2017 11:22 via ft.com
  Swedish group’s shares slide as it pledges to speed up cost-cutting plan
  
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• TIM to make San Marino Europe's first 5G state

  18-07-2017 02:00
  TIM this week declared that the tiny state of San Marino will be the first in Europe to have a 5G network, announcing several interim upgrades planned for this year.The Italian incumbent on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the San Marino government paving the way for TIM &ndash…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Openreach formally launches full fibre consultation

  18-07-2017 02:00
  Openreach late on Monday launched its highly-anticipated consultation that aims to gauge demand for so-called full fibre networks.The consultation, which was discussed at Connected Britain last month, will inform the BT-owned infrastructure provider's strategy when it comes to FTTP…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ericsson seeks further savings after dismal Q2

  18-07-2017 02:00
  Ericsson on Tuesday pledged to make further cost reductions and warned that it expects the mobile equipment market to contract more than expected this year.The gloomy forecast was issued alongside a sorry set of financials that saw the Swedish kit maker swing to a second quarter net loss…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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