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• BT adds further legal hurdle to UK spectrum auction

  19-10-2017 20:57
  New technicality could mean additional delay for auction needed to enable 5G networks
  
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• European telco chiefs protest over proposed new rules

  19-10-2017 19:16
  Letter from 30 chiefs says European Parliament changes would deter network investment
  
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• Ericsson shows it’s Hungary for 5G

  19-10-2017 18:30
  Hungary might not be the most advanced telecoms market in the world but a 5G first is still a 5G first, and this one has been claimed by Ericsson.
  In partnership with Magyar Telekom, Ericsson claimed Hungary’s first demo of 5G New Radio at its R&D centre in Budapest. Using 800 MHz of spectrum over the 15 GHz frequency band the demo apparently achieved a whopping download speed of 22 Gbps.
  Gábor Éry, Country Manager Ericsson Hungary, says: “This demonstration is a re
  
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• ZTE launches a ‘total pre5G solution’

  19-10-2017 17:48
  Chinese vendor ZTE is hoping to position itself as a one-stop-shop for operators looking to dip their toes into 5G.
  As we get closer to the finalisation of the 5G standard and the inevitable race to claim marketing kudos from being the 5G first mover, operators must be puzzling over how much money to chuck at it. You have to be seen to be getting involved but how much return are those initial investments likely to yield.
  Perhaps in anticipation of this ZTE has launched what it calls ‘a tot
  
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• oneM2M deployments accelerating IoT to be showcased at ETSI IoT Week

  19-10-2017 15:28
  Interoperability, interworking and security will be main focus of eventSophia Antipolis, France, 19 October 2017: Real-world deployments using oneM2M specifications will be demonstrated as part of ETSI IoT Week, giving attendees first-hand insight into how oneM2M is helping grow mass adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. The event will be held at ETSI’s headquarters, in Sophia Antipolis, France, from Monday, October 23 to Thursday, October 26. oneM2M will lead the first day of
  
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• SK Telecom extends its AI management system to mobile network

  19-10-2017 14:01
  Korean operator SK Telecom has announced it has applied its TANGO AI-driven network management system to its entire network.
  Initially TANGO (T Advanced Next Generation Operational Supporting System) had only been used on the fixed network since last December, but that presumably went well so it has now been rolled out to the mobile one too. It’s all about using AI, predictive analytics, etc, to automate and thus improve network management and optimization.
  “The AI-assisted network o
  
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• Nokia gets into bed with Amazon

  19-10-2017 13:19
  Nokia has announced a ‘strategic collaboration’ with Amazon Web Services, with the stated aim of helping telcos move to the cloud.
  These seems to be quite a wide ranging partnership in which Nokia will help service providers migrate to AWS and AWS enterprise customers will be offered Nuage SD-WAN services. Additionally the two companies will collaborate on 5G and IoT use cases for service providers and other enterprise customers.
  Here’s how they put it:
  Nokia will support servi
  
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• Self-taught Google AI programme trounces previous human-taught one

  19-10-2017 11:47
  Is it OK to start worrying yet?
  Google has proudly announced that a new version of its computer programme designed to play the Chinese game Go, called AlphaGo Zero, has beaten the previous version 100-0. That previous version, in turn, had beaten 18-time world Go champion – Lee Sedol – by three games to nothing last year. It then went on to beat an even more powerful version.
  The big difference between new, improved AlphaGo and the previous ones is that humans have been taken out of
  
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• NewVoiceMedia wins AI Global Excellence Award for inside sales technology

  19-10-2017 10:00
  LONDON, 19 October 2017 – NewVoiceMedia, a leading global provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales technology that enables businesses to have more successful conversations, has won a 2017 AI Global Excellence Award in the Best Sales Software category.The awards programme was launched by Acquisition International to recognise and reward the firms and individuals whose commitment to sustained outstanding performance has seen them leading the way, not only in their own sector or indu
  
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• ZTE predicts 2017 profit hike

  19-10-2017 02:00
  ZTE will report a 36.58% increase in net profit in the first three quarters of 2017 and expects its full-year bottom line to exceed previous years' profits by some margin…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Verizon will not launch online TV this year

  19-10-2017 02:00
  Verizon is facing further delays in its plans to launch an online TV service, which is now unlikely to come to market before the end of the year, it emerged this week.The U…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Verizon reports 603K postpaid mobile adds in Q3

  19-10-2017 02:00
  Verizon added a net 603,000 retail postpaid connections at its mobile business in the third quarter of the year, driving revenue and earnings growth, but like arch-rival AT&T, the operator is also losing traditional video customers to online offerings.The U.S. telco saw operating revenues in the three months to the end of September grow by 2…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telia still aims for 2017 Fintur sale

  19-10-2017 02:00
  Telia Company on Thursday said it still aims to sell its stakes in operations in a number of Eurasian markets by the end of this year, although it accepted that this might not be possible.The announcement came alongside the publication of the Sweden-based operator's third-quarter financial results, which saw earnings and sales dip slightly, while the telco talked up its ongoing cost…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Brazil approves AT&T/Time Warner deal

  19-10-2017 02:00
  Brazil's competition watchdog has given the green light to AT&T's proposed acquisition of Time Warner, subject to certain conditions, but without requiring asset sales.The approval from the Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE) came on Wednesday, as expected…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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