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• Inmarsat/Eutelsat: making waves

  26-06-2018 21:14
  French group folds, giving EchoStar chance to show hand for UK satellite group
  
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• Telefónica beats Mediapro in €2.94bn football rights sale

  26-06-2018 19:13
  Spanish group ousts rival as holder of broadcast rights for country’s top league
  
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• Call recording and GDPR: a UK legal perspective

  26-06-2018 16:03
  London, 26th June 2018 – While there is a growing need to record mobile calls, non-compliance of General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) could lead to substantial fines. Resilient plc is pleased to announce a new eBook to help guide organisations around the challenge. Organisations are increasingly looking to record staff telephone calls, whether in response to specific regulatory requirements, for dispute resolution or quality assurance. The GDPR will apply because recordi
  
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• TIM moves to limit damage from inevitable clash between CEO and board

  26-06-2018 14:43
  TIM CEO Amos Genish has been moaning about his executive board, which has prompted the inevitable damage limitation exercise.
  In early May a battle to control the TIM boardroom between major shareholders Vivendi and Elliott resulted in victory for the latter. In spite of that Amos Genish, who seemed to be clearly favourable towards the Vivendi side, decided to hang around and was confirmed in the role immediately.
  A brave face was put on things from all sides, but it was hard to imagine Genish w
  
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• Eutelsat thinks about buying Inmarsat, then decides not to

  26-06-2018 14:04
  You know when something seems like a really good idea but then you sleep on it and wake up wondering what on earth you were thinking?
  That seems to have been what happened at the top of EMEA satellite operator Eutelsat when it thought it might buy rival UK satellite operator Inmarsat (it’s apparently a legal obligation for every satellite company to have ‘sat’ at the end of its name). Yesterday it announced it was seriously considering it but today indicated it just can’t
  
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• Wifi Alliance introduces next WPA security generation

  26-06-2018 12:52
  We’ve been securing our wifi connections with WPA2 for far too long, so the Wifi Alliance has introduced certified WPA3 to make things one better.
  The Wifi Alliance is one of those organizations, like Qualcomm and Intel, that seems really hung up on legal protection, so it’s WPA3™ and even the word wifi seems to be a registered trade mark, although maybe that’s only when it’s written this way – Wi-Fi® – which is another good reason not to muck about
  
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• DSA sets out 5G action plan ahead of CommunicAsia

  26-06-2018 10:03
  Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, 26 June 2018: As the path towards 5G begins to gain momentum, the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance has today set out its vision for a 5G future and the opportunities and challenges that will arise from deploying it. On the opening day of CommunicAsia – one of the most established telecommunications events – DSA President Kalpak Gude highlighted the challenges and barriers that need to be overcome if the potential of 5G...Source: RealWire
  
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• ProLabs at NGON: "The entire network needs to evolve in order to support 5G"

  26-06-2018 10:00
  The company is showcasing a range of products enabling networks to support 5G speedsNice, 26 June 2018: Optical transceiver specialist ProLabs today addressed how evolving architectures are key for 5G rollout at Next Generation Optical Networking 2018 (NGON) in Nice.Speaking on the opening day of NGON, Anthony Clarkson, Technologist at ProLabs, recommended three simple steps that should not be ignored by operators when accommodating the fifth-generation mobile network.“The entire network n
  
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• Eutelsat rules out bid for British satellite rival Inmarsat

  26-06-2018 09:10
  A deal would have faced significant political resistance in UK
  
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• Huawei lobbied Australian MPs with China trips

  26-06-2018 07:55
  Chinese group behind more than 20% of all trips sponsored by companies since 2010
  
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• Will Vodafone usher in a new culture of customer service for telcos?

  26-06-2018 06:36
  Either customer service is an afterthought for the telcos, or they are just genuinely terrible at it, but Vodafone’s new 30-day service guarantee sets to challenge the status quo of sub-standard service in the telco arena.
  For new or upgrading customers, a 30 day trial period will be offered allowing consumers and small businesses the opportunity to cancel contracts without penalty if they are not totally satisfied with coverage, customer service or the performance of a new device. While c
  
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• AT&T network revealed as the most useful asset of spymaster NSA

  26-06-2018 04:57
  AT&T has been unveiled as one of the NSA’s biggest assets as the intelligence agency proves to be a difficult rash to get rid of.
  In years gone by, the NSA has not been the shining light of the intelligence community. What started off as a little bit of spying on leaders of movements protesting the Vietnam War and economic espionage, evolved into warrantless wiretapping, illegally obtaining evidence against US citizens and various different examples of unethical data mining. Now it has
  
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• Openreach rolls out gigabit connectivity to 370,000 properties in the UK

  26-06-2018 02:00
  Openreach has announced that it has boosted connectivity for 370,000 properties in the UK by rolling out a combination of Gfast and full fibre services.
  The UK's incumbent broadband network infrastructure provider has come under fire in recent months as the UK looks to sharpen its focus on gigabit capable…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Netflix cosies up to telcos as it eyes Asian expansion

  26-06-2018 02:00
  Close relationships between telcos and content providers will become increasingly important, as network operators look to devise new strategies to monetise the vast amounts of data that pass through their networks.
  In many ways, Netflix rise to promisnence can be seen as the perfect example of convergence between the media and telecommunications industries…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Minister: Singapore will lead ASEAN Smart Cities network

  26-06-2018 02:00
  Singapore will lead a collaborative network of South East Asian nations looking to speed up the deployment of Smart City initiatives, according to the country's Minister of Communications and Information.
  Speaking at the opening of the ConnecTechAsia event in Singapore earlier today…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Minister: Singapore will lead ASEAN Smart Cities boom

  26-06-2018 02:00
  Singapore will lead a collaborative network of South East Asian nations looking to speed up the deployment of Smart City initiatives, according to the country's Minister of Communications and Information.
  Speaking at the opening of the ConnecTechAsia event in Singapore earlier today…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Matthew Hare steps down as CEO of Gigaclear

  26-06-2018 02:00
  Gigaclear founder Matthew Hare is to step down from his role as chief exec at the rural broadband specialist firm, according to a company announcement.Hare will pass the CEO torch to Mike Surrey…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• INCA: Ofcom must consider spectrum sharing before 5G rollout

  26-06-2018 02:00
  The UK's telecoms regulator Ofcom should radically re-evaluate the way it allocates spectrum, or risk inhibiting the rollout of 5G in the UK, according to the Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA).Ofcom currently sells spectrum to network operators on an exclusive basis, meaning that winning bidders have the right to sit on any unused spectrum that they own and are under no obligation to use it…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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