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• An Ode to Huawei – O Smart City! My Smart City!

  20-07-2017 16:44
  
  Huawei and Milton Keynes have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to take forward the regions smart city ambitions, so here’s a poem to tell you about it.
  
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• Cambium Networks renews commitment to DACH region with expansion of Connecting the Unconnected Strategy

  20-07-2017 16:25
  
  Tabatha von Kölichen has been appointed as Regional Sales Director DACH to lead the initiative Munich, GERMANY, 20 July 2017 – Cambium Networks™, a leading global provider of trusted wireless solutions that connect the unconnected, today announced the appointment of Tabatha von Kölichen as its Regional Sales Director for the regions of Germany, Austria, Switzerland (DACH), reporting to Alessio Murroni, Senior Sales Director for Europe.Based in Munich, Germany, von Köli
  
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• ZTE Corporation: smart lines

  20-07-2017 16:10
  Telecom equipment maker somehow bucks the slowdown in China’s smartphone market
  
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• Highlight delivers transparency of Skype for Business performance with control over user experience

  20-07-2017 16:02
  
  Guildford, UK – 20 July 2017: Highlight has enhanced its Applications, Network and Unified Communications (UC) performance management service to deliver visibility and transparency of Skype for Business behaviour across an ICT estate. Highlight presents a graphical management view of Skype for Business and the supporting infrastructure for shared use by Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their enterprise customers. Technical and non-technical teams can now access accurate and impartial e
  
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• Jio says telecoms rivals have made $15bn on back of inflated prices

  20-07-2017 15:10
  Attack is latest salvo in crippling price war that has angered incumbents
  
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• Nokia handset maker HMD loses its CEO

  20-07-2017 14:16
  
  The company trying to resurrect the Nokia mobile phone brand – HMD Global – has announced its CEO is moving on for undisclosed reasons.
  Nokia lifer Arto Nummela was the founding CEO of HMD when it was created a year ago, with the stated aim of bringing the Nokia brand back from the euthanasia imposed upon it by Microsoft’s disastrous acquisition. The thinking was to combine the Nokia brand with lean and mean East Asian manufacturing to beat the odds as a handset startup.
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• TSB eyes up the future of mobile banking with iris authentication

  20-07-2017 13:52
  
  British bank TSB has made a bold step forward by introducing iris recognition to its mobile banking app as an authentication feature.
  From September, customers with the latest Samsung Galaxy S8 will be able to access their account by simply looking at their phone. The software, which will remove the need for passwords or memorable questions, was added as a feature to the latest model earlier this year, alongside face recognition and fingerprint scanning capabilities.
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• Qualcomm quarterlies take a fruity hit

  20-07-2017 13:19
  
  Legal aggro with Apple and BlackBerry contributed to a revenue decline of 11% and a profit plunge of 40% in Qualcomm’s latest quarterlies.
  As you would expect Qualcomm accentuated the positive, dwelling on data points that exceeded expectations and trying to sound bullish about the Apple litigation. “We delivered better than expected results in our semiconductor business this quarter, which drove EPS above the midpoint of our expectations versus our April updated guidance,” sai
  
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• T-Mobile train thunders through Q2

  20-07-2017 13:15
  
  T-Mobile US has continued to defy global trends of a slowdown as it reports another quarter of 1 million net adds as consolidation rumours continue to swirl.
  Top-line numbers were once again very promising and CEO John Legere was enthusiastic as ever in reeling off the talking points. Over the course of the quarter, the team brought in 1.3 million net additions, 817,000 of which were branded postpaid, service revenues grew 8% year-on-year and total revenues were bolstered by 10%. It’s the
  
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• Huawei and Omantel will Deploy the First G fast in the Middle East

  20-07-2017 11:39
  
  On July 3rd 2017, Huawei announced that Huawei will jointly deploy the first G.fast network in the Middle East with Omantel, a leading operator in Oman, at the ninth Huawei User Group Meeting. Huawei’s E2E G.fast solution boosts Omantel to construct ultra-broadband networks efficiently by reusing existing copper lines.
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• Huawei and Openreach Test 25G/100G Symmetric PON Prototype Delivering Speeds of up to 100 Gb/s

  20-07-2017 11:36
  
  Huawei and Openreach have tested a 25G/100G symmetric PON prototype to prepare for 5G speeds, as well as manage network demands from ultra-high definition (UHD) video and high-value enterprise leased lines. The technology will enable operators to increase speeds and bandwidth on existing network infrastructure, helping to future-proof their networks.
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• ETL Systems RF Matrix used by Broadcast RF for golf’s showpiece British Open at Royal Birkdale

  20-07-2017 10:00
  
  Madley, UK. 20 July 2017: ETL Systems equipment is being used by Broadcast RF this week for the 146th British Open, golf’s oldest championship.ETL, a global designer and manufacturer of RF distribution equipment for satellite communications, supplied multiple 16x16 Victor L-band Matrices to Broadcast RF – providers of high quality, state-of-the-art RF technology used in the making of television programmes covering sports, news and light entertainment events – which they are usi
  
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• Tele2 raises outlook after strong Q2

  20-07-2017 02:00
  Tele2 on Wednesday raised its full year outlook following a strong second quarter financial performance.Revenue jumped 20% year-on-year to 7.99 billion kronor (€836.68 million), thanks largely to the acquisition of B2B provider TDC Sweden, and solid growth at its operating units in Kazakhstan and across the Baltics…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• T-Mobile US Q2 profit more than doubles on 1.3m net adds

  20-07-2017 02:00
  T-Mobile US late Wednesday announced it more than doubled its second quarter net profit, as it shook off increased competition from its rivals, adding 1.3 million new customers.It marks the 17th consecutive quarter that T-Mobile has added more than 1 million new customers…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Etisalat Nigeria rebrands, touts itself to potential investors

  20-07-2017 02:00
  Etisalat Nigeria has a new name and is open to the possibility of new investors, it emerged this week.Reuters reported on Wednesday that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approved the new brand…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Altice names Microsoft exec as Portugal CEO

  20-07-2017 02:00
  Altice this week appointed high-ranking Microsoft executive Claudia Goya as CEO of its Portugal arm.Goya most recently served as chief operating officer of Microsoft Brazil. Before that, she spent several years as head of Microsoft Portugal…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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