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• Vodafone nears €18bn deal for chunk of Liberty Global

  08-05-2018 19:31
  UK group to take Germany-based Unitymedia and three smaller eastern European assets
  
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• White House looks to get ahead of AI

  08-05-2018 18:20
  The White House is set to host a conference with Silicon Valley’s best and brightest to learn how laws and regulations should be adapted to fuel the growth of artificial intelligence in years to come.
  Google, Amazon and Intel are among the big names to be invited to Washington as the US government tries to get ahead of the trends, according to the Huffington Post. While building a framework which grants flexibility for innovation, rigidness for accountability and protections for the liveli
  
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• £20 for 38 Mbps broadband – not bad from Vodafone UK

  08-05-2018 17:51
  Vodafone has been playing around with its broadband packages, continuing its aggressive quest to steal customers off competitors.
  Aside from being cheaper than most deals around, the offer also includes minimum speed guarantees, phone line rental, six months of free anti-virus software and a free wireless router. On the surface it does seem like a good deal, we haven’t found uncovered anything scary just yet, and could provide a suitable challenge to the mainstays of the current UK broadba
  
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• Vodafone nears €18bn deal for Liberty cable assets in Europe

  08-05-2018 17:34
  Transaction for non-UK systems would mark John Malone’s retreat from continent
  
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• Innovation’s what you need, if you want to be a smartphone player

  08-05-2018 15:09
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Biju Nair, CEO at HYLA Mobile, looks at the current smartphone market and urges OEMs to keep innovating to prevent stagnation, and maintain the current commercial momentum behind pre-owned devices. Industry analysts CCS Insight, very recently gave a global summary of the smartphone market. It made my heart sink. Not least because it revealed what we all feare
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Analyse this

  08-05-2018 15:06
  Now with added video! 
  
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• Italtel and Open Fiber extend contracts to develop ultra-broadband network

  08-05-2018 15:00
  Projects include fiber optic and wireless technologies, with the value of activities included in the deals equating to more than €200 millionMilan, Italy, May 8, 2018 - Italtel - a multinational ICT company, of which 81% is controlled by Exprivia, a company listed on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange [XPR.MI] - and Italian Fiber-to-the-Home wholesale operator Open Fiber have extended their contracts related to the development of an ultra-broadband network in underserved...Sourc
  
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• Interoute to support global social media company's European network expansion

  08-05-2018 14:27
  Interoute to supply over 4,000KM of diverse dark fibre routes across 8 countries. London, 08 May, 2018 – Interoute, the global cloud and network company, announces today that it has been selected by a global social media networking company to provide over 4,000 kilometres of dark fibre in Europe. This will see Interoute deliver diverse long-haul dark fibre routes in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.Services to consumers and businesses...S
  
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• Ericsson, Intel and Telstra deliver 5G low-latency to gamers FTW

  08-05-2018 14:26
  As 5G demos move into their practical phase, Ericsson, Intel and Telstra decided to show how 5G will enable gamers to compete over mobile with no performance penalty.
  A lot of professional gaming relies on quick movements and reflexes to get one step ahead of your opponent, a characteristic it shares with physical combat sports. So any technological factors that delay a gamer’s actions, even by a fraction of a second, can prove virtually fatal. The latency experienced by mobile networks ha
  
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• American Tower expands in Africa with acquisition of 723 towers

  08-05-2018 14:20
  Telkom Kenya has announced it has reached a definitive agreement to sell up to 723 towers to American Tower, expanding the latter’s footprint to a fifth country in Africa.
  The transaction, which will be completed in the second-half of 2018, will give the telco a bit of breathing room and cash to invest in its 4G network. Kenya Telkom has been performing adequately to date, though has struggled to get anywhere near market leader Safricom. It is hoped the funds will give the telco a boost to
  
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• Samsung and Verizon edge into the lead in 5G race

  08-05-2018 13:25
  Samsung’s 5G home router has been the first to win approval from the FCC, edging itself and Verizon into the lead, as the telco pushes forward with plans to launch commercial 5G services in late 2018.
  The certification, which you can see here, gives the green light for the Samsung indoor 5G router, after the FCC previously approved it’s access unit and outdoor 5G router. With all the right boxes now ticked, Samsung has the first ‘end-to-end system’ ready for commercial 5G
  
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• South Wales Police facial recognition software boasts 8% success rate

  08-05-2018 12:37
  The South Wales Police Force is defending the decision to trial NEC facial recognition software during last year’s Champions League Final as it is revealed only 8% of the identifications proved to be accurate.
  The project was announced last year as the South Wales Police Force outlined plans to use NEC’s NeoFace Watch facial recognition software platform to increase the efficiency of police work during a weekend which saw 170,000 football fans in Cardiff. The promise of the technolog
  
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• Nokia invests in its IoT portfolio with SpaceTime Insight acquisition

  08-05-2018 11:35
  Networking vendor Nokia has snapped-up machine learning-powered analytics firm SpaceTime Insight, which it says will augment its IoT offering.
  SpaceTime Insight specialises in the use of predictive analytics to manage and optimize the use of enterprise assets. It has packaged all this cleverness into an IoT platform and it’s this application that seems to have caught Nokia’s eye. Specifically Nokia is going to integrate SpaceTime into its IoT software portfolio and expects to produce
  
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• Elliott purges TIM boardroom but keeps hold of valuable Genish

  08-05-2018 11:30
  Despite activist investor Elliott leading a coup d’état in the Telecom Italia boardroom, Vivendi man Amos Genish has confirmed he will continue as CEO, providing some much need stability for the Italian telco.
  Elliott’s slate of nominees for the board winning the shareholder vote is perhaps nothing we should be surprised about, though securing the continued services of Genish was a bit more tenuous. With Elliott pushing the ‘pump and dump’ strategy, decimating the
  
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• Weekend Round Up - South Korea announces 5G spectrum auction

  08-05-2018 02:00
  South Korea – The South Korean government has confirmed that it will hold its 5G spectrum auction on the 15th June 2018. The country's Ministry of Science and ICT confirmed that it will auction in the 3.5GHz and 28GHz spectrum range. South Korea's big 3 operators, SK Telecom, KT Corp and LG U+ will all bid in the auction. South Korea had been expected to launch its first commercialised 5G services in March 2019…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Vivendi loses control of TIM board following crucial shareholder vote

  08-05-2018 02:00
  Telecom Italia has reappointed Amos Genish as CEO, while Fluvio Conti will take on the role of chairman, after votes were cast at the company's annual shareholder meeting. 49.84 per cent of shareholders approved a list of board changes proposed by activist shareholder fund…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Synchronoss to acquire honeybee

  08-05-2018 02:00
  Global technology firm Synchronoss is set to acquire US based software firm honeybee, according to a company release.
  honeybee provides a range of digital solutions which focus on optimising customer experience for telcos…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Sckipio Gfast investment reaches $50 million

  08-05-2018 02:00
  Gfast chip manufacturer, Sckipio, has revealed that it has raised close to $50 million, with its latest round of funding generating $10 million.
  The additional investment will help Sckipio to support the rollout of Gfast with tier one service providers across the road…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Indian telcos receive a much-needed shot in the arm

  08-05-2018 02:00
  India's beleaguered telcos could see new legislation, aimed at reinvigorating investment in the sector, passed by the end of this month, according to an Indian government spokesman. 
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