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• FCC’s Pai barks up the wrong tree with Apple FM attack

  29-09-2017 12:12
  Ajit Pai, the Chairman of US telecoms regulator the FCC has criticized Apple for not activating FM functionality that the latest phones don’t even possess.
  “In recent years, I have repeatedly called on the wireless industry to activate the FM chips that are already installed in almost all smartphones sold in the United States,” wrote Pai (pictured) in a public statement.
  “When wireless networks go down during a natural disaster, smartphones with activated FM chips can all
  
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• The virtual battle for the soul of the smart home

  29-09-2017 12:08
  Google has made its move in the prolonged battle with Amazon for control of the smart home, but are the speakers a glamourous distraction from the real fight.
  It has been a couple of months of back and forth. Whichever seems to release a new piece of hardware or update to the virtual assistant, it doesn’t seem to be long before there is a counter move from the opposition. It’s one of the longest games of ‘mine is bigger than yours’ we’ve seen in the tech space for a
  
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• The Ericsson and Intel 5G roadshow heads to Tallinn

  29-09-2017 09:00
  Ericsson and Intel are spending so much time together these days that people are starting to talk.
  Having been seen walking hand-in-hand through Beijing earlier in the week, ostensibly in the name of field-testing 5G multi-vendor interoperability over the 3.5 GHz band, the glamourous pair made their way to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia today. By complete coincidence that is also the location of a meeting of the EU’s leaders, so that should ensure a nice lot of paparazzi will be milling a
  
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• TIM names new CEO, announces Canal+ JV, updates governance

  29-09-2017 02:00
  TIM on Thursday, as expected, named Amos Genish as its new chief executive officer, and shared other outcomes from its board meeting, including updated governance and procedures that take account of the Consob control ruling and a vote in favour of a joint venture between the telco and Vivendi's Canal+ business.Genish has been serving as general manager for operations at TIM since July when the telco parted company with former CEO Flavio Cattaneo.
  He joined TIM from major shareholder Vivendi&he
  
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• MTS suspends Turkmenistan operations

  29-09-2017 02:00
  MTS has suspended its operations in Turkmenistan due to a dispute with the country's state-owned incumbent over connectivity.The Russian operator said it was forced to stop operating at midnight on Friday due to the actions of Turkmentelekom…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Making friends and selling minutes, but does wholesale really still exist?

  29-09-2017 02:00
  Since the dawn of times, or at least of telecoms, carriers have liked nothing better than a good natter with their peers, and if the opportunity to flog a few minutes presents itself, well, so much the better. But as we also learned this week, the market is changing rapidly and the lines of distinction between the wholesale and retail markets are blurring to such an extent that the concept of the carrier in its current guise could soon cease to exist.There is currently a two-speed wholesale mar
  
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• Anatel may cancel Oi licences, but postpones discussion

  29-09-2017 02:00
  Brazil's telecom regulator is still considering the possibility of cancelling the operating licences of fixed and mobile operator Oi, but it has pushed back the discussion on that issue in light of the telco's ongoing attempts to agree a recovery plan with creditors.Anatel on Thursday announced it removed the issue from its meeting agenda following Oi's announcement that it had won court approval to delay a creditor meeting scheduled for next month…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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