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• Qualcomm’s Chinese partners speak out against Broadcom bid

  25-01-2018 22:00
  American chipmaker turns to Chinese regulators to defend against hostile takeover
  
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• Chronicle graduates from the Google School of Moonshot

  25-01-2018 18:59
  Google’s R&D efforts are some of the best kept secrets in the technology world, so a graduate from the Moonshot division is likely to be something of interest.
  The latest company to be unveiled to the world is Chronicle, a new independent business within Alphabet dedicated to cyber security. The venture will be run by Stephen Gillett, a former COO at security firm Symantec, with the ambition of aiding security teams with the power of artificial intelligence and data analytics.
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• Orange aims to make it too painful for customers to churn

  25-01-2018 18:25
  As far as convergence goes, Orange is leading the way in the European telco market, perhaps worldwide, and it’s a sensible strategy; make it so difficult for customers to churn, they don’t bother.
  Convergence is an attractive opportunity for telcos for several reasons. Having one customer consume more services is more cost-efficient operationally than several who consume one. Customers become brand ambassadors. Product and revenue differentiation is paramount to surviving the cut thr
  
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• Sky moves to ditch the dish

  25-01-2018 14:42
  UK premium TV and video content provider Sky has indicated it wants to allow access to all its services over broadband, hence removing the need for a satellite dish.
  The statement was made during Sky’s latest quarterly earnings announcement, in which Group Chief Exec Jeremy Darroch said he plans to introduce ‘Sky over fibre’ in Italy and its first all-IP service in Austria, both of which remove the need to bolt a great big plate to the side of your house.
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• Huawei, DT and Intel claim first ever 5G NR interoperability test

  25-01-2018 13:50
  It’s all kicking off in China at the moment, with Deutsche Telekom, Intel and Huawei teaming up to do what they claim is the first 5G NR interoperability test on a commercial base station.
  No sooner does Qualcomm cozy up to a bunch of Chinese smartphone vendors than Intel moves to steal its thunder. A perennial straggler in the mobile industry Intel has long been telegraphing its intention to make up lost ground in the 5G era. With that in mind it couldn’t have found two stronger all
  
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• Centile Telecom Applications introduces mobile app that gives mobile workers access to their cloud services

  25-01-2018 13:23
  Sophia Antipolis- France - 25 January 2018 - Centile Telecom Applications, one of Europe’s leading providers of unified communications platforms for operators and integrators, has announced the availability of its Mobile application “Mobis” connected to Cloud PBX, FMC and UCC “ISTRA” platform.Intuitive and very easy to use, it allows enterprise end-users to benefit from innovative cloud communication services on their smartphone (Android and iOS). With the app, they
  
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• Qualcomm tries to make friends and influence people in China

  25-01-2018 12:53
  Embattled chip giant Qualcomm is so keen to acquire new allies it has held a special event in China to court its smartphone vendors.
  In common with the rest of the industry it’s all about 5G this year, and for the foreseeable future, for Qualcomm. We’re already all too aware how aroused telcos’ marketing departments are at the prospect of slapping 5G on everything, on the assumption that they’ll flog loads more of it as a consequence. This trend is likely to be most consp
  
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• Melita Ltd. turns to Knowledge Center for support in improving digital customer service

  25-01-2018 11:01
  Möglingen, 25 January 2018 – Melita Ltd. has selected the central knowledge database from the USU division unymira to help the company improve its services for all customer-related issues. Malta’s leading telecommunications company will soon be using the professional comprehensive solution Knowledge Center to provide efficient, cost-effective customer service over all communication channels. The project kick-off is planned for January 2018, going live a few months later.The acti
  
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• Xiaomi usurps Samsung in fast growing India

  25-01-2018 10:33
  Xiaomi has overtaken Samsung as the top-selling smartphone brand in the lucrative Indian market, as total sales fell just short of 30 million devices for the last quarter.
  According to data from Canalys, Xiaomi has been chasing down the Samsung lead for the last couple of quarters, though this year it tops the sales charts with 8.2 million shipments over the three months. Samsung should be a little disappointed, and surprised, with the results as it managed to increase sales 17% year-on-year to
  
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• Telefonica reaches a global agreement with Tutela to benchmark and improve mobile experience

  25-01-2018 10:00
  London, UK - 25 January, 2018 - Tutela and Telefonica have jointly announced today the signing of a global agreement, according to which Telefonica will make use of independently collected mobile network quality data, gathered by Tutela from over 100 million mobile devices in the 17 markets where Telefonica operates. The partnership enables Telefonica to access crowd-sourced network quality data and reports which will assist the company to improve the mobile quality of experience for...Source: R
  
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• Orange quashes talk of merger with DT and Portugal Telecom

  25-01-2018 01:00
  European giant, Orange, has rebuffed recent speculation in the press over its reported intention to acquire or merge with one of its key competitors.In recent weeks, it was revealed that Orange had held talks with Deutsche Telekom over a potential merger…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom, Intel and Huawei complete world's first 5G NR interoperability test

  25-01-2018 01:00
  Deutsche Telekom has joined forces with Intel and Huawei to conduct the world's first 5G interoperability and development testing (IODT) based on the 3GPP R15 Standard with a commercial base station.The tests utilised Huawei's 5G commercial base station combined with Intel's third generation 5G NR Mobile Trial Platform (MTP)…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Colt Technology Services strengthens leadership team

  25-01-2018 01:00
  UK based network tech firm, Colt Technology Services, has strengthened its leadership team, by appointing Andrew Edison as vice president of its Wholesale division. Edison will report directly to Colt's chief commercial officer…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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