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• Three steps to network virtualization

  03-07-2018 17:54
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Massimo Fatato, Managing Partner at Cartesian, offers the CSP guide to accelerating progress towards the next era of communications.
  Despite the hype around network virtualization, the road to transformation is proving to be a complex one to navigate. This is something operators and Communications Service Providers (CSPs) are quickly discovering as they start roll
  
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• Hutch buys Veon out of Wind Tre for €2.45 billion

  03-07-2018 16:19
  CK Hutchison has doubled down on the Italian market by giving Veon €2.45 billion for the half of Wind Tre it didn’t already own.
  Labelling it Italy’s leading operator, Hutch wittered on about how this is a key step in consolidating its telecoms assets, how this would allow it to continue driving synergies and bits of corporate gibberish. In fact, according to Ovum’s WCIS, Wind Tre is the second Italian MNO by subscriber with 28.5 million, while TIM has 31 mil.
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• Throttling video streaming is not criminal but Xfinity has botched the move

  03-07-2018 15:47
  Comcasts’s Xfinity Mobile is going to limit video streamed over cellular to 480p resolution and cap hotspot speeds at 600 kbps unless customers pay more.
  In a letter sent to current customers, which inevitably got posted online for all to see (on Reddit), Xfinity Mobile announced two changes to its service: it will limit the resolution of video streaming over cellular networks to 480p (so-called “DVD quality”), and it will cap the speed of hotspots powered by mobile device to 6
  
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• Orange picks Transylvania for 5G FWA demo

  03-07-2018 15:40
  Operator group Orange took its mate Cisco and Samsung on a road-trip to northern Romania to show off its 5G multi-vendor fixed wireless access skills.
  Orange says the test is the first of its kind in Europe and is a key step in the development of 5G in the region. At its core it seems to be a classic FWA set up, but using 5G architecture and millimetre-wave spectrum. The radio base station of the virtualized access network connects through fiber to the virtualized Core network installed in the O
  
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• ZTE’s prostration at the feet of US regulators continues

  03-07-2018 13:55
  As the future of Chinese kit vendor ZTE continues to hang in the balance, it’s doing everything it can to demonstrate contrition to its US tormenters.
  ZTE had its 2017 AGM recently and it was presumably not a light-hearted affair. Among the fun items on the agenda were the resignation of 14 directors and their replacement with eight new ones. The old guard were presumably sullied by association with all the transgressions that incurred the wrath of US regulators and getting rid of them see
  
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• CETel expands service portfolio with SatADSL

  03-07-2018 13:24
  Latest partnership will deliver cost-effective VNO flex services across Africa and the Middle EastCologne, Germany, and Brussels, Belgium, July 3, 2018 – SatADSL, a provider of professional VSAT services via satellite has joined forces with CETel – a leading provider of global satellite, fiber and wireless-enabled communications solutions – to deliver an expanded range of services in Ku- and C-band across Africa and the Middle East.Under the agreement, SatADSL will provide CETe
  
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• CUJO AI Awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum

  03-07-2018 13:11
  World Economic Forum on Thursday announced its selection of the world’s most promising Technology Pioneers 2018, the most diverse class of such pioneers ever.
  Companies were selected for their potential to “transform society and industry” and “shape the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” Fulvia Montresor of the World Economic Forum said.
  CUJO AI is an artificial intelligence company that develops a multi-solution AI-driven software platform. It creates safe, private an
  
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• Aareon Managed Services Enable WHG to Add Additional Housing Systems More Quickly And To Drive Value For Money

  03-07-2018 12:59
  One of the Midlands most successful housing associations, whg, has extended its use of housing technology through the deployment of Managed Services from Aareon UK (www.aareon.co.uk). By choosing this route, whg has not only boosted Value For Money (VFM) but also significantly reduced the time taken for new services to become fully operational. Sound System FoundationsThe first phase of whg’s technology investment was the Aareon 1st Touch mobile responsive repairs system. This is currently
  
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• CK Hutchison to take over Italy’s Wind Tre for €2.45bn

  03-07-2018 09:44 via ft.com
  HK group to buy 50% of telco it does not already own from Amsterdam’s Veon
  
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• Trump set to deny China Mobile access to US market

  03-07-2018 06:48 via ft.com
  National security concerns raised after jump in cyber attacks against US
  
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• TIM curbs costs with procurement deal

  03-07-2018 02:00
  TIM on Tuesday announced it has signed a procurement deal with various Italian infrastructure suppliers as part of a bid to curb costs.The companies in question are Sirti…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• TalkTalk cans B2B business sale

  03-07-2018 02:00
  TalkTalk has confirmed that it will not pursue the sale of its direct B2B business to Daisy Group.In a short stock exchange announcement, the U.K. telco said the decision to cancel the sale was a joint one between itself and Daisy Group…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• New leader for Hawaiian Telcom as Cincinnati Bell deal closes

  03-07-2018 02:00
  Following the completion of its acquisition by Cincinnati Bell, Hawaiian Telcom has named a new leader in the shape of company insider John Komeiji.Komeiji steps up from the post of chief administrative officer and general counsel to become president and general manager of the Hawaiian telecoms operator…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Magyar Telekom in Budapest 5G trial

  03-07-2018 02:00
  Magyar Telekom has carried out a live trial of 5G technology at its Budapest headquarters using pre-standard kit and devices from Huawei.The Hungarian operator said it rolled out a test network using 3…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Industry veteran becomes new Sprint CFO

  03-07-2018 02:00
  Andrew Davies took up his new role as chief financial officer of Sprint on Monday, bringing a wealth of industry experience to the U.S. mobile operator.Sprint named Davies as its new CFO last week, announcing that he would replace Michel Combes…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Hutch buys Veon out of Wind Tre for €2.45bn

  03-07-2018 02:00
  CK Hutchison will take sole control of Italian mobile joint venture Wind Tre with the acquisition of partner Veon's stake for €2.45 billion.The Hong Kong firm and Veon merged their Italian mobile businesses, Tre Italia and Wind respectively, in late 2016, each taking a 50% stake.Veon said its exit from Wind Tre will allow it pay down debt and increase its focus on emerging markets…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• China Mobile caught in political crossfire in US

  03-07-2018 02:00
  China Mobile's application to offer telecom services in the U.S. has been blocked by the government at a time of growing tensions between Washington and Beijing…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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