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• In-flight WiFi battle over Europe takes off

  05-03-2018 19:43
  Continent is biggest prize for satellite companies racing to put broadband on planes
  
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• Qualcomm Broadcom descends from soap-opera to farce

  05-03-2018 19:25
  One day the attempted acquisition of Qualcomm by Broadcom will be taught at business schools as an example of what happens when M&A goes bad.
  The last time we checked in with these two wacky chippies we concluded the whole saga was just getting silly, after Broadcom decided to reaffirm its commitment to the acquisition by lowering its bid. Against all odds and reason, after taking a day or two off for MWC, the two of them have managed to raise the silly stakes by a further order of magnitude
  
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• Is Silicon Valley’s culture of creativity slowly dying?

  05-03-2018 16:50
  Silicon Valley is currently known as the centre of the world for innovation, but perhaps the philosophy of acquisition is starting to kill off the creative ambitions of this generation’s dreamers.
  This idea is based on the endless quest of the technology industry’s giants to find for the next big thing. Companies like Google, Amazon, IBM or Intel, are constantly on the search to purchase new businesses, people and IP to fuel growth and capture new revenues, but is this acquisition tr
  
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• Ericsson continues to bang the IoT drum

  05-03-2018 15:41
  Ericsson looked to capture the headlines over MWC with a big focus on IoT, and the trends have continued with two new announcements in Saudi Arabia and Greece.
  Starting in the Middle East, Ericsson has bagged a new customer in STC as part of a nationwide expansion of its 4G network in Saudi Arabia, including the deployment of LTE Advanced and Narrow Band-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) in Radio Access Network.
  “At STC, our main goal is to ensure that the country’s Saudi Vision 2030 ambit
  
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• Mobile network experience in Scotland – in order to get it right we need to understand what is wrong

  05-03-2018 14:49
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Brendan Gill, CEO of OpenSignal, looks at the complexities of accurately measuring mobile signals.
  Scotland has been struggling to keep up with the rest of the UK in terms of digital connectivity for many years. Official figures from Ofcom show that a mere 17% of Scotland has 4G mobile coverage, compared to 60% in England. And although there have been several init
  
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• Pressure mounts on European spectrum allocation

  05-03-2018 14:36
  Now that 5G is within reach the urgency to make enough spectrum available is increasing significantly, especially in Europe.
  Everyone seems to be doing a pretty decent job of R&D, collaboration, testing, etc, but you can have all the base stations, virtualized cores and whizzy devices you want and they won’t be much use without the spectrum to carry the signals. For 5G to work we need a lot more spectrum than we currently do and that requires a lot of effort across the board to pull of
  
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• Lack of transparency could cause problems for digital economy – Here Technologies

  05-03-2018 13:29
  New research from mapping and location platform provider Here Technologies claims there is a lack of trust between consumers and technology companies when it comes to sharing and handling of personal information.
  The focus of the research was location data, as you might expect from Here, but the results were perhaps more pessimistic than some would have expected. Only 20% feel they have full control over their personal location data, while 76% of the respondents are left feeling stressed or vuln
  
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• CityFibre hits out at UK fibre advertising rules

  05-03-2018 12:18
  CityFibre has rubbished research from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that inferred consumers aren’t that bothered by fibre, and claimed other providers are directly misleading potential customers.
  While such posturing should always be taken with a pinch of salt, as any research which doesn’t say CityFibre is the most important company on the planet will always be rubbished by CityFibre, the loud Northerner does have a point. Just because the consumers aren’t that bot
  
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• The BariMatera5G project seeks to exemplify the potential of 5G

  05-03-2018 12:16
  A collaboration between TIM, Huawei and Fastweb to create one of the first 5G antennas is designed to show why it’s worth the effort.
  The BariMatera5G project is a high-profile piece of 5G virtue-signaling by these three tech players. It has left the lab and officially hit the airwaves today with some kind of symbolic switch having been flicked, no doubt. As a result the Italian cities of Bari and Matera will be among the first in Europe to live the 5G dream, or at least be ready for it on
  
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• France leads Europe’s tax charge against Silicon Valley

  05-03-2018 11:40
  The European Commission is on the verge of kicking off a tax raid on Silicon Valley, unveiling a directive within weeks which would set the tax rate on tech companies between 2% and 6% of revenues.
  French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire told Journal du Dimanche the rumoured tax reforms are just around the corner, with the directive focusing on revenues derived from specific countries as opposed to profits. Taxing the likes of Facebook or Amazon has always been a complicated job but a draft docum
  
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• US national security regulator delays Qualcomm vote

  05-03-2018 10:47
  Treasury orders delay to shareholder meeting to allow bid to be investigated by Cfius
  
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• Weekend Round Up - Ericsson selected for 4G and LTE+ expansion in Saudi Arabia

  05-03-2018 01:00
  Saudi Arabia -The Saudi Telecom Company has chosen Ericsson to assist with a nationwide expansion of Saudi Arabia's 4G and LTE Advanced networks. “By making digital transformation real and effective for STC through 4G expansion, we will enable their customers to enjoy enriched experiences, whether that means lightning speed video and media access for subscribers, or IoT business innovation and opportunities for enterprises…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• How video thrilled the radio stars

  05-03-2018 01:00
  Let's face it, telcos don't really exist anymore.Just take a look at the headlines generated at Mobile World Congress 2018. Alongside the endless posturing around 5G rollout, which admittedly is traditional telco territory, much of the talk from the show centred on opportunities in IoT, driverless cars, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the like. Where extending network connectivity was once the end goal, now it is a means to an end and the real revenues lie elsewhere. Generating massive
  
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• CityFibre takes legal action against ASA over use of the term 'fibre'

  05-03-2018 01:00
  CityFibre will take legal action over the Advertising Standards Agency's ruling which allowed the continued use of the term 'fibre' to describe broadband services that are partially delivered over copper based networks.
  “You could hardly expect an automotive manufacturer to get away with advertising an &lsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• African insight - Cultivating Investment in Africa's telecoms sector

  05-03-2018 01:00
  With a booming population of over 500 million people, spread across almost every conceivable landscape, from arid desert to verdant rainforest and sprawling savannah's, Africa is arguably the world's most diverse continent. It is also the poorest, home to 19 of the 23 poorest countries in the world.
  Digitalisation of the continent's telecoms infrastructure has the potential to revolutionise the lives of more than half a billion people, but there are sizable challenges to be overcome, particular
  
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