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• EE and ITV data shows football watching is coming home

  05-07-2018 15:33
  EE reported sharp drop in broadband traffic when World Cup matches are on, while ITV registered the highest viewership on England’s match against Colombia.
  The ongoing FIFA World Cup is pulling users away from the internet and pushing them back in front of the television, it seems. If they have to go outdoors while the match is on, then people switch to live streaming on mobile. The chart below shows how viewers followed the matches on Tuesday 03 July:A few factors may have contribute
  
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• ZTE insiders left in control despite senior-level overhaul

  05-07-2018 15:20
  Chinese tech group agreed to replace top management as part of US settlement
  
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• China’s ZTE replaces CEO in sweeping management change

  05-07-2018 15:20
  Move follows decision by US Commerce Department to ease some restrictions on ZTE
  
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• "Future of Broadband - Beyond Consumer Broadband" at the 23rd Annual Spectrum Summit

  05-07-2018 14:47
  180 delegates from 28 countries worldwide attended Europe’s largest Annual Spectrum Summit, hosted by LS telcom in conjunction with PolicyTracker in Lichtenau / BadenLichtenau/Baden, Germany – “Future of Broadband – Beyond Consumer Broadband” was the theme of the 23rd Annual Spectrum Summit concluding yesterday at LS telcom’s headquarters in Lichtenau/Baden Württemberg, Germany. The conference featured presentations and panel discussions on 5G services, n
  
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• Eurocrats lose vote to ‘break the internet’

  05-07-2018 14:25
  The European Parliament has voted to reject a new Copyright Directive that many feared would critically damage the way we use the internet.
  The Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market is positioned as an attempt to harmonise online copyright laws with offline ones and, of course, to standardise these across the continent. The key distinction seems to be around the republishing of copyrighted material, which happens all the time online via memes, mash-ups and all kinds of other u
  
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• Italtel honored with Cisco Technical Readiness Brazil award

  05-07-2018 14:00
  Commitment to new services and technologies was recognizedMilan, Italy, July 5, 2018 – Italtel, a leading telecommunications company in IT system integration, Managed Services, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and all-IP solutions, which together with Exprivia constitutes a new large Italian ICT group, today announced its Brazil team has won the Technical Readiness Brazil award at Cisco’s latest Technology Leadership Council. The accolade recognizes Italtel’s strong and re
  
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• Ofcom wants 57-71 GHz band to be free for fixed wireless

  05-07-2018 12:58
  UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has reserved a bunch of unlicensed high frequency spectrum to be used for fixed wireless links.
  Following the usual exhaustive consultation process the 57-66 GHz band has been cleared of interlopers so that the telecoms industry can use it for things like wireless backhaul, video transmission and fixed wireless access. At the same time it’s also in the process of freeing up the 66-71 GHz band and has launched a new consultation designed, it seems, to harmonise t
  
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• Hit Rail joins International Union of Railways (UIC)

  05-07-2018 12:51
  Company to strengthen its support for UIC activities and to bring its expertise in pan-European networking and interoperability through membershipUtrecht/Brussels, 05 July 2018 – International rail networking and interoperability specialist Hit Rail B.V. has gained approval to join the International Union of Railways (UIC). Membership as affiliates of the UIC is open to companies involved in the railway transport chain or whose activity is linked to railway operations. As a leading provide
  
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• Nokia ties the knot with Tencent for 5G R&D

  05-07-2018 12:36
  Nokia has entered into a partnership with China’s internet giant Tencent to undertake 5G related R&D for webscale companies.
  An MOU was signed in MWC Asia in Shanghai between the two companies to set up a full-fledged 5G lab in Shenzhen, China, where Tencent’s headquarters are. WeChat, the crown jewel of Tencent’s plethora of apps and services, is more a platform at the centre of an ecosystem than a standalone app. It has more than 1 billion monthly active users who make pa
  
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• Sandwell Council awards traffic signal maintenance contract to telent

  05-07-2018 10:00
  The deal marks the third win for telent’s traffic business in 2018, following wins with Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Oxfordshire County CouncilWarwick, 05 July: telent Technology Services Ltd (telent), a leading UK technology and network services company, has announced that it has been awarded a four-year contract to provide maintenance services to Sandwell Council’s traffic signal network.The latest in a series of contracts won by telent this year, the deal sees the company retai
  
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• Germany’s top telecoms regulator has US tech groups in its sights

  05-07-2018 05:00
  Watchdog says providers of messaging and email services should be regulated
  
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• Vivendi's TIM-Mediaset appeal decision due 'after summer'

  05-07-2018 02:00
  Vivendi won't find out until after the summer whether it must cut its stake in either TIM or Mediaset, it emerged this week.In April 2017, Vivendi was given 12 months to reduce its holding in one of the two…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Reliance Jio pledges simultaneous FTTH rollout in 1,100 cities

  05-07-2018 02:00
  Not satisfied with shaking up India's mobile market, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday confirmed plans to turn his attention to the fixed-line sector.Addressing his company's annual general meeting, Ambani said his telco arm Reliance Jio aims to deploy fibre…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange, Bouygues trumpet latest 5G trials

  05-07-2018 02:00
  Orange and Bouygues ramped up their respective 5G test programmes this week, announcing new trials in new locations.Following tests in Lille and Douai…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Nokia, Tencent team up on 5G R&D

  05-07-2018 02:00
  Nokia and Chinese Internet giant Tencent on Thursday struck a partnership that will see them jointly research 5G applications aimed at various industry verticals.Under the agreement, the two companies will establish a lab in Shenzhen…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• German watchdog ramps up rhetoric against US Web giants

  05-07-2018 02:00
  Germany's telco watchdog on Wednesday reiterated its conviction that US Web giants like Google and Facebook should be subject to the same regulations as operators.The Bundesnetzagentur is in the midst of a protracted legal battle with Google after it ordered the company to register Gmail as a telecoms service…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Aircel liquidation looms large

  05-07-2018 02:00
  Aircel faces the real possibility of going into liquidation owing to a lack of meaningful progress on reaching a deal with lenders.The Indian operator, which filed for bankruptcy protection in March…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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