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• Facebook realises building aircraft is not a core competence

  27-06-2018 15:05
  Social media giant Facebook has come to the conclusion that it might be better to leave the building of aircraft to aircraft-builders.
  Facebook has been very active in exploring novel ways of bringing connectivity to people who don’t have it for a while. In 2016 it unveiled a few initiatives, including the Terragraph fixed wireless access project and the even more ambitious Aquila programme, focused on using huge, high-altitude drones to bring connectivity to remote locations.
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• Qualcomm launches a bunch of chips in China

  27-06-2018 14:05
  Mobile chip giant Qualcomm used the first day of Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018 to launch new chips for smartphones and watches.
  Qualcomm has the market for third party smartphone SoCs sewn up at the premium end, but Chinese chip-maker Mediatek, among others, is giving it a run for its money in the middle and lower tiers. It’s presumably no coincidence, then, that Qualcomm chose this event to make its mass market chip announcements.
  The Snapdragon 800 range is all about the premium ti
  
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• Your professional reputation hangs in the balance

  27-06-2018 12:42
  Marketing managers throughout the telecoms industry are walking a tightrope as they deliberate over entering the only industry awards event worth bothering with.
  Entries to the Global Telecoms Awards 2018 opened a few days ago and we’re seeing frankly shocking hesitation over the easiest decision telecoms industry professionals will ever have to make in their lives. It’s simple: enter the awards and maybe receive the kind of recognition normally reserved for Hollywood actors or sport
  
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• MWC Shanghai: Consumer focused telcos are treading on thin ice – China Telecom

  27-06-2018 08:10
  We are paraphrasing with the headline, but the message from Lui Aili, President of China Telecom was very simple; evolve from a consumer focused business or struggle.
  To demonstrate this message, Aili used a bowl of soup as an example. At the beginning the bowl of soup is full, but every time it is nudged a little spills out. Keeping the bowl steady is impossible, therefore the volume of soup will always be decreasing. The volume of soup is the total revenues in the telco industry, while the nud
  
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• Consumer focused telcos are treading on thin ice – China Telecom

  27-06-2018 08:10
  We are paraphrasing with the headline, but the message from Lui Aili, President of China Telecom was very simple; evolve from a consumer focused business or struggle.
  To demonstrate this message, Aili used a bowl of soup as an example. At the beginning the bowl of soup is full, but every time it is nudged a little spills out. Keeping the bowl steady is impossible, therefore the volume of soup will always be decreasing. The volume of soup is the total revenues in the telco industry, while the nud
  
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• MWC Shanghai: GSMA takes another swipe at regulators

  27-06-2018 06:23
  Bemoaning regulators has become common place in the telecommunications industry, but that hasn’t stopped the GSMA having another dig at the world’s boresome bureaucrats.
  5G is on the horizon, and fulfilling the bold promises made by the industry is going to be an expensive job. For the digital world to be as glorious as we have imagined, or have been told to imagine, there need to be some changes on the regulatory front. Or at least that was the message which came across this morning
  
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• Telefonica defeats Mediapro to win €2.94bn La Liga rights in Spain

  27-06-2018 02:00
  Spanish telecoms giant, Telefonica, has acquired the rights to broadcast most of La Liga's matches from the 2019-2022 season's.The deal cost Telefonica &euro…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Intelsat: Satellite operators must be consulted on 5G standards

  27-06-2018 02:00
  Regulatory bodies must involve satellite operators in their 5G plans to fully maximise the potential of next generation mobile networks, according to industry experts.
  Speaking exclusively to Total Teelecom at the ConnecTechAsia event in Singapore this week, Terry Bleakley, regional vice president for Asia Pacific at Intelsat said that satellite had a major role to play in the rollout of 5G…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei defends itself against Australian 5G allegations

  27-06-2018 02:00
  Chinese tech giant Huawei has defended itself against accusations that it poses a security risk, this time from authorities in Australia. Australia is mulling over a decision to ban Huawei from work on its 5G mobile communications networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Asia Pacific sees exponential growth in LTE usage

  27-06-2018 02:00
  4G LTE data consumption in the Asia Pacific region has grown by 317 per cent this year, according to new research published by Syniverse.Speaking ahead of the ConnecTechAsia event in Singapore this week…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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