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• Ofcom raises concerns over BT’s involvement with Openreach

  14-06-2018 17:41 via ft.com
  Telecoms regulator finds telecoms group still ‘significantly involved’ in strategy
  
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• 3GPP rubber-stamps standalone 5G standard

  14-06-2018 16:55
  The 3GPP TSG #80 plenary meeting has approved the completion of the standalone (SA) Release 15 5G specifications.
  This marks the completion of the next major 5G standardization milestone after the standard for non-standalone (i.e. still reliant on legacy infrastructure) 5G was approved last December. As implied this standard allows the deployment of 5G independently thanks to a new network architecture.
  “The freeze of Standalone 5G NR radio specifications represents a major milestone in th
  
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• It is starting to become obvious why the US is streaming ahead

  14-06-2018 14:22
  When talking about the leaders in the 5G race, Europe is never in the fray. Comparing the attitude of the operators in the US and Europe, it is becoming very clear why.
  A couple of weeks ago we travelled across to Austin to attend Light Reading’s Big Communications Event where several US operators gave their perspective on 5G. It was aggressive, bullish and ambitious. There is a race to be the first, it is a point of pride for the operators, and progress is being made in a very efficient m
  
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• BT targets 2022 for 3G power down

  14-06-2018 13:39
  We’re not too sure whether we missed an announcement over the last couple of months, but BT has now stated it intends to turn off 3G by 2022.
  Speaking at the 5G World event in London, BT’s CTIO Howard Watson has essentially made the 2022 target public. The target isn’t a hard deadline, more of a lofty ambition, fitting into the wider network transformation strategy as the business attempts to enter the digital world.
  “We see 2G and 4G co-existing, but the demand of 3G les
  
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• World first as LINX completes migration to new disaggregated LON2 network model using EVPN routing technology on open network hardware

  14-06-2018 13:15
  The London Internet Exchange (LINX) have announced that it has completed the migration of its LON2 platform to a new disaggregated network model that uses EVPN technology, the first IXP anywhere in the World to do so.The new LON2 architecture employs EVPN over VXLAN, leaf-spine topology, full automation and is 100G ready. The solution, which uses IP Infusion’s OcNOS™ network operating system and switch hardware from Edgecore Networks, became fully operational on 5th June following...
  
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• LADOT Announces a New Digital Playbook for Mobility

  14-06-2018 12:02
  Los Angeles, CA (June 14, 2018) - The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) announces the immediate availability of the Urban Mobility in a Digital Age Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP), and the appointment of Ellis & Associates, and its affiliated partners CityFi, CCgroup, and Lantern Consulting, as the LADOT Product Manager to reposition LADOT as an active partner in the arrival of autonomous vehicles and ongoing explosion of technology in transportation.Los Angeles is in the.
  
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• Sterlite Tech unveils 5G, FTTH enabling network technologies at ANGA COM 2018

  14-06-2018 11:35
  The new offerings provide both high fibre capacity and reduced deployment timeCologne, Germany and Pune, India – June 14, 2018: Sterlite Tech [BSE: 532374, NSE: STRTECH], a global technology leader in web-scale digital networks, unveiled a bouquet of all new 5G-enabling fronthaul and Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network technologies at ANGA COM 2018. The global debut of the Airblown Micro cable, Micro cable - 4mm, Micro Bullet Series Cable and the Riser Cable highlights Sterlite Tech’s c
  
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• Plucky England eliminated in the quarter finals, as Denmark are crowned champions of the Telecoms World Cup

  14-06-2018 02:00
  Denmark has been revealed as the best connected of the 32 nations to take part in this summer's World Cup in Russia.An innovative new report from OpenSignal pits the 32 competing nations against each other, ranking them for 3G and 4G network performance, to reveal the world's best performing nations.
   The Group StageOpenSignal scored each of the 32 nations for its overall download speed…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• O2 signs content partnership with Netflix in the UK

  14-06-2018 02:00
  Mobile network operator, O2, has signed a new content delivery partnership with Netflix in the UK. O2 customers can claim a six or twelve-month Netflix subscription as a gift from O2 on a range of its smartphone…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Indian telcos look to content experts to drive return to profitability

  14-06-2018 02:00
  Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and the soon-to-be-formed Idea Vodafone are set to recruit over 2,000 content specialists to help them monetise India's growing mobile date consumption.A report in the Economic Times of India suggests that India's big three operators will recruit content developers from domestic and international markets to drive data consumption among India's 1…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• FTTH Council for Asia-Pacific names 6 new board members to accelerate regional fibre focus

  14-06-2018 02:00
  The FTTH Council Asia-Pacific has revealed a new board of directors to help it implement its ambitious strategies for full fibre broadband rollouts in the region.
  Six members of the Asian telecoms community have been appointed to the board…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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