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• Nokia launches its own wifi routers

  09-10-2017 18:19
  More than mere routers, Nokia’s ‘carrier-grade, in-home wifi solution’ is positioned as a cure for the CSP broadband blues.
  Nokia reckons a combination of its small cell expertise and Broadcom’s BCM4363 WLAN chipset (featuring Air-IQ spectrum management technology) results in a router portfolio that will out-perform most of those currently being served up by CSPs. Air-IQ apparently helps reduce the interference between multiple wifi signals which, we’re told, is one
  
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• 5G Helps Cloud Native Evolution

  09-10-2017 14:35
  It is no doubt that mobile communication is accelerating its evolution to 5G, all Telecom Powers, mainstream communication operators and manufacturers are making early layouts and researches. How to find the best way to initiate 5G commercialization in its way to 5G?
  Now let’s learn some knowledge.
  What is 5G?ITU defines three kinds of application scenarios for 5G: eMBB, mMTC and uRLLC.ITU believes main business application domains and scenarios of 5G communication network are: eMBB(Enhanc
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Up to no good

  09-10-2017 14:21
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• Microsoft finally gives up on the mobile OS game

  09-10-2017 14:11
  It was certainly prolonged, sometimes awkward and completely foreseeable, but Microsoft has finally accepted it isn’t up to making its mobile operating system work.
  With a series of tweets over the weekend, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President for Windows, Joe Belfiore has seemingly put the final full stop on the obituary for the Windows mobile OS. Windows has not been able to cultivate the same cult-like dedication of Apple, but there might be a few disappointed fans out there. We&r
  
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• Zyxel to show Managed WiFi Solution for service providers at Broadband World Forum 2017

  09-10-2017 13:22
  Latest advancements empower the delivery of seamless WiFi in the home and on the moveHsinchu Taiwan, October 9, 2017 – Zyxel Communications will showcase the world’s leading Managed WiFi Solution – enabling service providers to deliver seamless whole-home WiFi with exceptional user experience quickly and cost-effectively – at this year’s Broadband World Forum. The premium “Multy Pro” Managed WiFi Solution features high performance gateways with WiFi exce
  
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• Ericsson chooses Ronnie Leten as chairman

  09-10-2017 13:18
  Leif Johansson to quit telecom equipment maker after criticism from activist investor
  
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• It’s official – Siri is a simpleton

  09-10-2017 13:07
  It is true, but might be a bit mean to single out the iLeader, as researchers have put various artificial intelligence programmes to the test, figuring out what the IQ of each one is.
  Liu Feng of Beijing Jiaotong University, Yong Shi from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research Center and Ying Liu of from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences have figured out what we’re all been wondering; how smart are AI virtual assistants. And it turns out those who are worried about the technology
  
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• Ericsson picks a new Chairman

  09-10-2017 13:04
  The Nomination Committee is proposing former Atlas Copco CEO Ronnie Leten as the new Ericsson Chairman, replacing Leif Johansson.
  Leten headed up Swedish industrial equipment maker Atlas Copco for eight years, during which its share price seemed to have out-performed the market. Ericsson’s share price, by contrast, has halved in the last couple of years. The 60-year-old Leten stapped down as CEO earlier this year and will also relinquish his chairmanship of Electrolux to take this gig.
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• Telefonica Mexico partners with Tutela to improve network quality

  09-10-2017 13:00
  Based in Canada, Tutela Technologies, Ltd. is the world’s leading company of mobile network crowd sourced data companyTutela’s network collects over 10 billion mobile quality data points every day globally, with over 100 million in MexicoLondon, UK. 09 Oct 2017. Telefonica Mexico, provider of wireless telecommunication, fixed-line, mobile, public, and data services in Mexico, has announced today that it has signed an agreement with Tutela, the world’s largest mobile network cro
  
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• Project Loon gets the green light to help out Puerto Rico

  09-10-2017 12:59
  Google’s Project Loon has been lifted out of the Mountain View crackpot basement lab to provide much needed connectivity in disaster hit Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
  In recent years, Google has been almost as well known for its efforts to remove itself from the pigeon hole, as it has for it thriving search advertising business. Not every idea is a good one, but using hot air balloons as a means to provide emergency connectivity is one which has caught the attention of the FCC.
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• Small Cell Forum Boosts Membership to Accelerate Progress on Path to 5G

  09-10-2017 12:08
  Momentum continues to grow for SCF's work in enabling the digitized enterprise, densification and lighting the path to 5GLondon, 9th October 2017 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) has welcomed nine new members from across the wireless and Internet ecosystems, further expanding its breadth of expertise - especially in key Asian markets - and strengthening its efforts in laying the groundwork for robust and interoperable 5G networks. The Forum’s new members are: Ciena, Druid, Fastback Networks,
  
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• Thingstream launches IoT Starter Kit to simplify global IoT connectivity without the need for the internet

  09-10-2017 10:00
  IIoT connectivity provider Thingstream has launched its own IoT Starter Kit, enabling device manufacturers to rapidly develop globally connected devices and accelerate IoT projects.Leveraging GSM connectivity without reliance on cellular data or SMS, the Thingstream Starter Kit will allow a device to connect to almost any GSM network, worldwide; and communicate with applications via MQTT messaging.The Starter Kit is comprised of both hardware and software, including:The Thingstream IoT Module, b
  
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• New Iskratel white paper highlights specific use cases for software-defined access

  09-10-2017 09:05
  The Hague, The Netherlands, October 9, 2017 – Operators can differentiate their services from over-the-top players’ offerings and create new revenue opportunities if they embrace virtualisation – but this must be done selectively and in the right scenarios. That is the key message of a new white paper published by Iskratel, the leading European infocommunications vendor and solutions provider, ahead of SDN NFV World Congress.Titled ‘Use Cases for Software-Defined Broadban
  
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• Sprint, T-Mo merger seen this month

  09-10-2017 02:00
  Sprint and T-Mobile US will announce plans to merge later this month, it emerged late last week.The two U.S. mobile operators will likely share their plans when they post quarterly results in a few weeks, Bloomberg reported late last week, citing unnamed sources familiar with the situation.Sprint and T-Mobile US have yet to set the date for their next results announcements…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Omantel makes another offer for Zain shares

  09-10-2017 02:00
  Omantel has made an offer for a 12% stake in Zain, less than two months after it bought close to 10% of the Kuwait-based telco…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom reveals name of new T-Systems head

  09-10-2017 02:00
  Deutsche Telekom on Monday announced that Adel Al-Saleh, who until recently headed up a U.K.-based software company, will become the new chief executive of T-Systems from the start of next year.Al…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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