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• Verizon to repurchase debt securities

  11-05-2018 21:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  NEW YORK - Verizon Communications Inc. ("Verizon") (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) today announced that it has delivered a Notice of Repurchase with respect to its Floating Rate Notes due February 21, 2025 (CUSIP No. 92343V DB7; ISIN US92343VDB71). The outstanding $2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of such notes is expected to be repurchased on or before June 11, 2018. Click here for more.
  
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• KDDI to Start Business Trials Aimed at Creating Virtual Character andamp; xR Services For the Coming 5G Era

  11-05-2018 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  KDDI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Chiyoda, Tokyo, President: Makoto Takahashi) plans to begin conducting business trials with various partner companies beginning in May 2018 as we work toward developing new business operations using virtual characters and other xR technologies with the aim of creating new business models for the coming era of widespread 5G use. Click here for more.
  
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• Boston Verizon customers have the #1 Rated Network

  11-05-2018 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  The nation's most rigorous, independent scientific study has recognized Verizon as the #1 wireless network in Boston for the fifth consecutive time. According to a new report from RootMetrics®, Verizon was again unbeaten in every category including overall performance, reliability, data, speed, call and text network performance.  Click here for more.
  
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• Patterson puts on a brave face as BT’s problems mount

  11-05-2018 19:10
  Telecoms group’s chief stakes his future on radical modernisation of former monopoly
  
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• AT&T chief executive says hiring Trump lawyer was ‘big mistake’

  11-05-2018 18:19
  Telecom group’s top in-house lobbyist forced out after employing Michael Cohen
  
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• AT&T states obvious while squirming away from payments scandal

  11-05-2018 17:42
  AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has admitted he might have been in the wrong to shadily pay President Trump’s lawyer for insight into the new administration.
  In a memo seen by Reuters, Stephenson admits paying Michael Cohen’s Essential Consultants LLC $200,000 for ‘advice’ was a ‘big mistake’, while the executive who oversee the dodgy transaction, Head Lobbyist Bob Quinn, has decided this is the right time to retire.
  “To be clear, everything we did was d
  
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• 5G needs to be profitable

  11-05-2018 17:09
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Ray Butler vice president of Wireless Network Engineering at CommScope, looks at how to prioritize your 5G investments.
  A fundamental driver for the evolution to 5G is the gap that has developed between consumer data usage and revenue per user. That gap is widening, making wireless network operators’ profitability challenging to maintain while subscriber demand c
  
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• Finding edge computing’s breakout use case

  11-05-2018 16:47
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece John Reister, SVP Marketing and Product at Vasona Networks talks about how edge computing can be used in the field.
  When people in telecom talk about multi-access edge computing (MEC) and its role in the lead-up to 5G, they often talk in terms of network proximity to the customer, and the best way to process and deliver data. Often lost in these conversations are the r
  
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• AI audio is getting scary

  11-05-2018 14:43
  Google is trying to make machines sound more human and that’s freaking people out.
  Earlier this week Google demonstrated a cool new technology it’s working on called Duplex that is essentially an AI-powered automated voice system designed to enable more ‘natural’ conversations between machines and people. You can see the live demo below and click here for a bunch of audio clips showing how far along it is.
  While there is clearly still a fair bit of fine tuning to be done,
  
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• ZTE seems to be doomed. Who’s next?

  11-05-2018 13:25
  ZTE employs 75,000 people and sold $17 billion of gear last year, but seems to have been wiped out with one stroke of a US regulatory pen. That’s scary.
  We were among the apparent majority of the telecoms industry that perhaps didn’t fully acknowledge the implications of the US slapping an export ban on ZTE. Of course it was bad, and who could help but be moved by ZTE’s existential angst and pleas for mercy, but these things usually sort themselves out in the end don’t th
  
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• TPG attempts to bring the Jio chaos to Australia

  11-05-2018 13:03
  TPG has announced customers who sign-up to the telcos new mobile offering will receive the first six months of data, voice and texts for free in exchange for helping test out the new network.
  In its bid to become the fourth major mobile player in the Australian market, TPG has said its $1.9 billion 4G network is almost ready after a year of waiting, and any customers who sign up will receive the first six months of services for free. After this period, customers will be charged AUS$9.99 a month.
  
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• Jio does it again as new deal sends shares tumbling

  11-05-2018 13:02
  Reliance Jio has unveiled a new postpaid tariff to further undercut rivals plans and reinvigorate the enthusiasm which saw millions of customers flock to the telco.
  The new deal is priced at Rs 199 per month offering 25 GB data, while all phone calls and texts are also included. It is pretty much as low as you can get but still make money (questionable as to how much though), with the added bonus of tumbling share prices for all its competitors.
  Over the last 24 hours, shares in Bharti Airtel dr
  
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• Reimagining Telecommunications With Blockchains – From Concept to Reality

  11-05-2018 11:50
  Most communications service providers (CSPs) are in the midst of large digital transformation programs in response to the disruptions plaguing them. Adding blockchain to this equation offers potential to both rationalize a CSP’s current operations and develop new blockchain-based services. As demands for transparency and trust continue, a robust blockchain foundation can be the springboard for increased ecosystem involvement, enabling new business models for revenue generation. Please fill
  
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• Over 700 Telecom CxOs Have Spoken: Incumbents Strike Back

  11-05-2018 11:48
  The signals are utterly bewildering. As digital technologies transform the world, established telecom operators are adapting. Yet collaborative systems are also flourishing, and even in industries where the competition is shrinking, there’s still plenty of creativity. Little wonder top executives are puzzled.
  Over 700 telecom CxOs have spoken: Find out how successful telcos are deploying AI to transform the customer experience, adopting platforms and blockchains to redefine their industry
  
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• Huawei to launch first smartphone based Bitcoin wallet

  11-05-2018 02:00
  Chinese technology giant Huawei is set to roll out BTC.com's Bitcoin Wallet on its smartphones. The app will allow users to track cryptocurrency mining, and gather blockchain data…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei eyes expansion in the UK, as its European sales boom

  11-05-2018 02:00
  It's been an eventful few months for China's biggest smartphone producer. Huawei has already enjoyed enormous success in Asia and Europe, following the launch of its flagship smartphone the P20 Pro.
  Indeed, a recent survey showed that Huawei has successfully bucked the trend of falling handset sails in Europe, shifting 7.4 million units in Q1 2018 – a year on year increase of 38.6 per cent.
  It hasn't all been plain sailing, however, for the Shenzhen based giant. It's long anticipated move
  
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• EE will pay £120m to Phones4U administrators

  11-05-2018 02:00
  EE has agreed to pay £120 million to former mobile retailer Phones4U, following a ruling in the High Court.
  EE will make the payment to the administrators of the now defunct chain of mobile phone shops…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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