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• ETSI plots the obsolescence of mankind with new Working Group

  15-01-2018 18:09
  ETSI has unveiled a new Industry Specification Group: Zero Touch Network and Service Management, which will aim to accelerate network automation; humans beware.
  The idea here is relatively simple. With the introduction of new technology such as SDN, NFV and MEC, as well as network slicing just around the corner, the network is becoming increasingly complex. As human error is the most common root cause of any disaster in a business, not just telecoms, higher levels of automation are critical to m
  
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• ETSI plots the end of mankind with new Working Group

  15-01-2018 18:09
  ETSI has unveiled a new Industry Specification Group: Zero Touch Network and Service Management, which will aim to accelerate network automation; humans beware.
  The idea here is relatively simple. With the introduction of new technology such as SDN, NFV and MEC, as well as network slicing just around the corner, the network is becoming increasingly complex. As human error is the most common root cause of any disaster in a business, not just telecoms, higher levels of automation are critical to m
  
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• Are telcos being honest with consumers?

  15-01-2018 15:49
  The ‘up to’ metric in broadband advertising has been a point of irritation for a notable number of people for a while now, but the Advertising Standards Authority will soon be doing away with it.
  While it is certainly positive to see the ASA actually doing something to protect the consumer in the murky world of broadband advertising, it might be worth considering whether such ‘creative’ advertising practises have impacted brand credibility.
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• What do we actually use our smartphones for?

  15-01-2018 15:41
  We all see more and more people glued to the blue-screens for an increasing amount of time, but what are they actually doing on there is they aren’t talking to anyone?
  Thanks to Adobe, we have a bit of a clearer idea.
  Now, the primary use of a smartphone will be to either call someone or send a text. That is a given, although calling seems to becoming an increasingly unpopular way to communicate, so these haven’t been included. But what is clear is that the smartphone is fast becomin
  
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• The future of smart homes

  15-01-2018 15:36
  A mirror which gives you skincare advice or a device which tells you what your dog is saying; how ready are you for the home of tomorrow? Here, Heshaam Hague, Outreach Executive from Service Octopus give us a view into what the smart homes of the future will look like.
  The clean, green and connected – how the kitchens of tomorrow will communicate like never before.
  Although all areas of the house are becoming increasingly high tech – take the bed that automatically adjusts
  
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• What Brits think of the smart home

  15-01-2018 15:34
  The smart home is proving to be one of the most hotly contested areas of the burgeoning technology industry, but how do we actually feel about the idea of a connected home.
  One thing we can guarantee is the tide is turning one way, and there’s no going back now. Even if you resist the most obvious technologies in the connected society, just by using a smartphone you are already contributing to it. Whether it is Facebook or Google Maps or Clash of Clans, you have already aided the data econ
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Raising your voice

  15-01-2018 15:00
  Now with added video! 
  
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• US Congressman moves to ban Huawei and ZTE

  15-01-2018 14:04
  There might have been some optimism from Huawei and ZTE that the US market was about to open up, but Congressman Mike Conaway is looking to kill that ambition off completely.
  Chinese companies have long been the target of US politicians when it comes to communications infrastructure, though Conaway’s ambitions would be to write into law a ban from any government employee from using any device or telecommunications equipment from one of the vendors. It certainly has been a rollercoaster wee
  
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• Softbank might IPO its Japanese telecoms unit, then again it might not

  15-01-2018 13:42
  In response to a report claiming it’s going to flog $18 billion of shares in its Japanese mobile units. Softbank has said it might, but no decision has been made yet.
  The report was brought us by Japanese business title Nikkei, which chatted to someone who reckons SoftBank Group aims to list its Japanese mobile phone unit in Tokyo and overseas this year. The un-named source also reckons the amount of money raised by such an IPO is likely to be in the region of two trillion yen, which is ab
  
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• Carillion liquidation creates Openreach headache

  15-01-2018 13:39
  UK headlines have been dominated by the compulsory liquidation of construction group Carillion, a company that holds pretty significant contracts with fixed-line infrastructure provider Openreach.
  12 months ago the share price stood at £236, but following three profit warnings the decline was extraordinary. The Financial Conduct Authority has temporarily suspended the Carillion listing following the compulsory liquidation announcement, with the share price at £14. One company that wi
  
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• ZTE wants to launch a 5G smartphone this year

  15-01-2018 12:28
  Lixin Cheng, the CEO of ZTE’s mobile device business, has said his company’s first 5G smartphone could make an appearance later this year.
  In an interview with Bloomberg Cheng indicated that ZTE is keen to get a 5G phone to market ASAP and that it intends to do so as soon as the chipsets and infrastructure are available. This stance concurs with the views of 5G standards contributor Interdigital, which revealed in a recent interview with Telecoms.com that it was not unreasonable to e
  
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• SoftBank: legacy issue

  15-01-2018 12:06
  Selling the mobile phone unit is not conducive to corporate immortality
  
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• Orange throws millennials a Pickle

  15-01-2018 11:26
  French telco Orange has launched a new TV offering targeting the elusive and lucrative millennials demographic, known as Pickle.
  Most organizations around the world will have a wary eye on securing the millennials as customers due to their potential over the next couple of years. A millennial is defined as someone who enters young adulthood in the early 21st century, and over the next couple of years, this group will soon emerge as the powerhouses of consumer spending. Unfortunately for the telc
  
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• SoftBank targets $18bn spin-off listing of telecoms business

  15-01-2018 05:54
  Japanese group seeks to capitalise on buoyant market and get ahead of Toshiba float
  
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• SoftBank targets $18bn listing of telecoms business

  15-01-2018 05:54
  Japanese group seeks to capitalise on buoyant market and get ahead of Toshiba float
  
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• SoftBank set for $18 billion telecoms spin off

  15-01-2018 01:00
  Japanese firm SoftBank could be set for an $18 billion IPO as it looks to spin off its domestic telecoms business units as a separate entity.In a statement to the Tokyo stock exchange…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• France to invest $3.7 billion in boosting 4G coverage

  15-01-2018 01:00
  France is to generate $3.7 billion in investment in its 4G networks, with the aim of eliminating coverage black spots by 2020, according to a government minister.The French government's plan would see each of France's major operators install around 5…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom brings superfast broadband to 358,000 new customers

  15-01-2018 01:00
  Deutsche Telekom has connected 358,000 people to superfast broadband in 2018, thanks to its network vectoring programme. The programme has dramatically boosted speeds in Deutsche Telekom's fibre to the curb networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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