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• Apple sets September 12 date for next iPhone launch

  31-08-2017 19:16
  Debut event at new headquarters announced as stock hits new all-time high
  
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• BT dumbs down digital transformation

  31-08-2017 18:36
  BT Global Services has unveiled its new Business Platform-as-a-Service, which it has given the catchy name of Personalised Compute Management System, or PCMS for the time oppressed.
  It’s essentially a ‘digital for dummies’ guide, which allows some of the more traditional organizations who are being impacted by the digital challengers to keep pace. It’s being billed as the very glamourous and mysterious ‘platform enabling platform’, which BT claims can help the
  
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• T-Mobile US breathes a sigh of relief as first phone to support 600 MHz is launched

  31-08-2017 18:17
  The new LG V30 is the first phone that can use the 600 MHz band, which is especially handy for TMUS following its latest piece of premature triumphalism.
  A couple of weeks ago the magenta army started banging on about how big its spectrum is thanks to winning some nice, long-range 600 MHz band in the recent auction. At the time this was an especially pointless piece of posturing – even by Legere’s lofty standards – since there were no devices that supported that band.
  Now LG ha
  
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• Vodafone to launch Voxi mobile youth brand in UK

  31-08-2017 16:22
  SIM-only service aimed at data-hungry millennials will be restricted to those aged up to 25
  
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• Exfo set to snap up Astellia

  31-08-2017 13:48
  Test and measurement specialist Exfo has announced it will acquire a 33% stake in Astellia, and will soon be launching a voluntary takeover bid of the company.
  The purchase of Astellia will eventually take Exfo into new waters, as the organization is primarily focused on testing new solutions prior to commercial launches. With Astellia in its armoury there is potential for the team to move into the on-going network management space as Astellia focuses on performance analysis of mobile
  
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• IFA 2017 is more connected than ever

  31-08-2017 13:46
  The world’s second biggest consumer electronics show is increasingly all about connected devices as IoT becomes endemic.
  IFA has always been a strange event to report on, with sexy smartphones sitting incongruously alongside washing machines and other frumpy domestic appliances. But with the irresistible ubiquity of connectivity those two words are increasingly colliding in a more substantial way. IFA technically opens tomorrow, but just as with MWC most of the juicy stuff comes out early.
  
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• Vodafone launches VOXI sub-brand to get ‘down with the kids’

  31-08-2017 12:25
  Vodafone has launched a new SIM-only deal for people aged 25 and under. Welcome to the party VOXI, innit!
  The service itself follows the unveiling of Three’s new Smarty proposition, which targets a similar audience of youngsters. Like Smarty, it’s a month-by-month contract, which offers various data packages, with several apps not being included in the monthly data allowance. The idea here seems to be flexibility, an important factor in the lives of younger generations. Many want the
  
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• KBR and Cambium Networks gear up to take Tour of Britain online

  31-08-2017 10:04
  Wi-Fi specialist selects cnPilot e500 access points to provide eight networks in eight cities for all eight stages of the cycle race LONDON, UK, 31 August, 2017 – Cambium Networks, a leading global provider of wireless broadband networking solutions, and Wi-Fi specialist KBR today announced they will help keep thousands of people online during each stage of cycling’s Tour of Britain.Cambium Networks will provide 16 of its cnPilot™ e500 outdoor access points to KBR for...Source:
  
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• TEOCO extends analytics partnership with TPx Communications

  31-08-2017 10:00
  TPx deploys TrUNC for flexible reporting and automated capacity forecastingFAIRFAX, VA., USA – 31 August 2017 – TEOCO, the leading provider of analytics, assurance and optimization solutions to over 300 CSPs and OEMs worldwide, today announced the extension of its relationship with managed service carrier TPx Communications. The partnership will now include TPx’s use of TrUNC, TEOCO’s end-to-end trunk analytics solution, to better understand the utilization of trunks in i
  
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• T-Mobile US launches 600 MHz LTE device

  31-08-2017 02:00
  T-Mobile on Thursday presented the first device that will be compatible with the 600 MHz LTE network it began lighting up a fortnight ago.The U.S…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Smartphone prices to rise by 7% this year

  31-08-2017 02:00
  The increase in smartphone prices worldwide will outstrip volume growth this year, according to new data from IDC.Smartphone shipments will grow to 1.5 billion in 2017, an increase of around 2% from 1.47 billion in 2016, the analyst firm said.That's a smaller increase than in 2016…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• India holds back on BSNL sale

  31-08-2017 02:00
  The Indian government is holding off on making a decision around a proposed privatisation of state-owned telco BSNL due to the current state of the country's telecoms market, Reuters reported on Thursday.The newswire cited unnamed government officials as saying that the BSNL sale is on the back burner to enable the authorities to concentrate on the privatisation of Air India…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Bouygues claims to lead French market in mobile net adds

  31-08-2017 02:00
  Bouygues Telecom claims to be leading the French market when it comes to adding new mobile customers, a crown that rival Free Mobile has worn for the past umpteen quarters, but M2M clearly accounted for a substantial portion of its growth.The announcement came as the French operator, owned by conglomerate Bouygues, posted a solid set of first-half financials…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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