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• UK space industry ponders life without Galileo

  27-04-2018 20:01
  Suspicions that EU will use exclusion otherto catch up with UK’s commercially-minded approach
  
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• UK space industry ponder life without Galileo

  27-04-2018 20:01
  Suspicions that EU will use exclusion otherto catch up with UK’s commercially-minded approach
  
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• TIM poaches Ericsson lifer Elisabetta Romano for CTO role

  27-04-2018 17:46
  Italian telco TIM has appointed former Ericsson networks exec Elisabetta Romano as its new Chief Technology Officer.
  Romano (pictured) fills the vacancy left when Giovanni Ferigo left TIM to become the CEO of TIM’s INWIT infrastratructure arm, as announced on 13 April. She had been at Ericsson for 12 years, most recently as EVP & GM, Packet Core & Identity Management and prior to that heading up media solutions and OSS divisions.
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• The trend of social media news feeds is starting to become dangerous

  27-04-2018 17:41
  Social media is turning a one-stop-shop, with consumers using the platform for every aspect of their lives, including news. At some point we have to question whether this is healthy way for an individual to stay informed.
  Following the questioning of Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer, where the executive was asked to go into detail on the way the social media giant targets users with advertising and content, we’ve been questioning whether consuming news through the platform is a good idea.
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• T-Mobile and Sprint fling starts to get serious again

  27-04-2018 13:11
  Rumours surrounding the will they/won’t they tie up between T-Mobile US and Sprint have started swirling again, with some claiming the deal could be done as early as next week.
  According to Reuters, sources have stated talks are progressing steadily with a potential deal on the cards for next week. There is no certainty of a deal as egos clash over voting rights and control of the board room, but it does look like the inevitable merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint could finally happen.
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• Chinese smartphone market is shrinking but we can’t agree on how much

  27-04-2018 13:10
  A slew of Chinese smartphone numbers have been churned out by leading educated-guessers and the only thing they agree on is that it’s declining.
  Counterpoint reckons Q1 2018 Chinese smartphone shipments declined 8% annually, but Canalys has a much bigger decline of 21%, while GfK is going for a more modest 6% decline. Counterpoint and Canalys will derive their intelligence from the supply-side – i.e. manufacturers, supply chain, etc, while GfK uses point-of-sale terminals to get a de
  
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• Cloud fuels Amazon, Microsoft and Intel, but best is yet to come

  27-04-2018 13:05
  The quarterly results from Amazon, Microsoft and Intel show profits are certainly in the cloud, but with 5G just around the corner this might only be the start of a cloud renaissance.
  Amazon’s AWS business unit grew 49% year-on-year, Microsoft’s Azure revenues shot up 93%, while Intel’s data centre group saw 24% jump compared to the same period 12 months ago. These are all very promising numbers, but when you considered the promises of 5G and the prospect of a more influential
  
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• Negotiations advance on Sprint, T-Mobile merger

  27-04-2018 08:14
  Combined group would have a market capitalisation of more than $80bn
  
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• T-Mobile and Sprint to merge by next week

  27-04-2018 02:00
   A proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint could be completed as early as next week, according to reports in the press.
  Sources close to the deal told news agency Reuters that both sides were hopeful of a speedy resolution…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ofcom: BT must fibre up or risk fading away

  27-04-2018 02:00
  Ofcom's chief executive, Sharon White, has warned BT to "fibre up, or risk fading away".
  Speaking at an industry event in London on Thursday, White said that incumbents who relied on copper based, legacy networks, risked being left behind in the race to deliver next generation gigabit connectivity…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Cross boarder consolidation no silver bullet for European telcos

  27-04-2018 02:00
  A recent industry report claimed that Europe has seen a 600 per cent increase in LTE roaming, since the implementation of the Roam Like At Home initiative, but what impact will this have on the way that telcos view data going forward? Kurgan believes that this statistic is merely the beginning of a worldwide data explosion. "Roam Like At Home has unleashed the potential of LTE roaming. Our view is that it will continue to grow massively. The data roaming is still going to see massive, mass
  
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• Chinese chip shop – China to invest heavily in domestic chip production

  27-04-2018 02:00
  China is set to invest close to $19 billion in domestic chip production, as the country looks to wean itself off of US made tech in its telecoms manufacturing sector. &nbsp…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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