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• UK and US move on Chinese group citing national security

  16-04-2018 19:16
  Telecoms company ZTE hit by sanctions amid growing backlash in west
  
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• US takes technology battle up a notch with ZTE export ban

  16-04-2018 17:32
  The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has imposed a denial of export privileges order against ZTE, after coming to the conclusion it lied to the committee on numerous occasions.
  The false statements allegedly occurred while the US was investigating ZTE exports to Iran and North Korea, a bit of business which landed the firm in hot water to start with, collecting a $1.2 billion fine in the process, but buying US components, incorporating them into ZTE equipme
  
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• CTIA uses China 5G lead to goad Trump into concessions

  16-04-2018 17:27
  Research commissioned by US wireless trade association CTIA reckons China is a bit ahead of Korea, the US and Japan when it comes to 5G readiness.
  The report, compiled by Analysis Mason, frames 5G as a global race – the implication being that whoever starts doing it in real life first will have a big advantage over everyone else. There’s much talk of wireless leadership and how important it is to win and lead and generally trample your competitors underfoot. All good, healthy corpora
  
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• A new roaming playing field makes Quality of Service and LTE paramount

  16-04-2018 14:37
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Kyle Dorcas, Vice President, Portfolio Market Development at Syniverse, examines the opportunities and challenges presented to operators by the abolition of roaming charges in Europe.
  Imagine, it’s just two years ago, 2016, and a frequent business traveler from Germany decides at the last minute to take a weekend vacation to Spain. Although she’s typically
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Mind your language

  16-04-2018 14:35
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• Nokia and KDDI demonstrate 4G can be used for connected car

  16-04-2018 14:08
  Autonomous vehicles and the connected car have been one of the front-runners for 5G investments, but in demonstrating 4G can be used as low-latency connectivity for vehicles, has Nokia undermined its 5G mission?
  This is part of the issue for the telcos when it comes to investments for 5G; the messaging is very messy. It will be an expensive mission to upgrade the world to the fifth generation of mobile networks, therefore sound business cases for ROI are needed, with autonomous vehicles and the
  
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• UK Gov is the biggest hurdle to infrastructure rollout – report

  16-04-2018 13:42
  A report from law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has highlighted industry concerns that the UK Government is proving to be more hindrance than assistance for the rollout of future-proofed infrastructure.
  While it might come as little surprise to some, the government is proving to be a clunky machine, with policy frameworks and regulations the main reason for the stuttering rollout of full-fibre and 5G networks across the UK. And this is not just the opinion of a bureaucracy-bashing hater, 50% of t
  
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• UK Lords committee says generic things about AI

  16-04-2018 13:16
  A UK parliamentary committee on artificial intelligence has concluded we should try to do good things with it, and not bad things.
  Politicians all over the world are keen to be seen to on top of the latest technological trends, ever more so since everyone started freaking out over political campaigning over social media. We get regular virtue-signalling from UK politicians on telecoms stuff such as fibre and 5G and now they’ve decided to show how all over AI they are.
  There is, believe it
  
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• 40% revenue plunge at India telcos show transformation is not always nice

  16-04-2018 12:24
  India has proved to be one of the tougher markets for telcos over the last few months, and the misery is set to continue according to a report from Crisil Research.
  The twists and turns experienced by the sector have had two very contradictory outcomes. Consumers are living the dream, while the telcos are getting toasted. The introduction of Reliance Jio was laughed off by some in the early months, but the impact has been profound with few smiles remaining.
  The estimates from Crisil Research are
  
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• Sterlite Launches ‘The Power of 1′ Campaign to Help Operators Grow

  16-04-2018 11:39
   
  
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