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• Can we ever hope to eliminate mobile notspots in London?

  18-07-2018 18:58
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Roberto Valerio, Brendan Gill, Co-founder and CEO of OpenSignal looks at the state of London’s mobile notspots and what can be done about them.
  This summer we’ve seen the launch of the ambitious Connected London programme, which hopes to drive improvement in the UK’s capital through digital technology and data. This includes tackling mobile broad
  
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• Google continues infrastructure investment with trans-Atlantic cable

  18-07-2018 17:48
  Google has continued its cloud infrastructure quest with its first private trans-Atlantic subsea cable connecting Virginia Beach in the US to the French Atlantic coast.
  The cable, named Durant, is expected to become available in late 2020, adding network capacity across the Atlantic, supplementing one of the busiest routes on the internet. This will be the 13th cable Google has invested in, though it is the first Atlantic asset which will be privately owned in its entirety.
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• A ticket to ride is just a Whim away

  18-07-2018 17:47
  The subscription based mobile app Whim aims to replace car ownership. It is getting closer to that aim but is not quite there yet.
  The app, and the Finnish startup behind it, MaaS Global (standing for “Mobility as a Service”), drew broader attention outside of Finland when Whim won the European Startup Prize for Mobility earlier this year. The concept is to consolidate journey planner, ride booking, and payment of customers’ travels on public transport (bus, metro, tram, and lo
  
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• Europe hits Google with €4.3bn fine for Android antitrust violations

  18-07-2018 14:40
  Google has been handed a record €4.3 billion by the European Commission, with the bureaucrats claiming the search giant abused the dominant position of Android to bully consumers into using its search engine.
  The European Commission, hereafter known as the Gaggle of Red-tapers, has given Google 90 days to end the activities, or face non-compliance payments of up to 5% of the average daily worldwide turnover of Alphabet, Google’s parent company. Google has been bundling its search engi
  
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• Ericsson shares jump after another quarter of quietly delivering the numbers

  18-07-2018 14:28
  At first glance Ericsson’s Q2 2018 numbers don’t look all that great, but they’re clearly better than investors expected because its shares have jumped.
  Net sales were down 1% year-on-year to SEK 49.8 billion. And Ericsson’s quarterly loss increased to SEK 1.8 billion. But Ericsson and, apparently, its investors, are more interested in things like gross margin and operating income. Gross margin was up to 34.8%, cementing the positive trend initiated in the previous quarte
  
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• Streaming officially overtakes traditional Pay TV in UK

  18-07-2018 14:20
  It’s been a watershed moment on the horizon for some time, but new figures from Ofcom confirm subscription numbers for streaming services have overtaken the ‘traditional’ pay TV market in the UK.
  The Media Nations Report claims there are now more subscriptions in the UK to Netflix, Amazon and Now TV than there are to ‘traditional’ pay TV service providers. Traditional pay TV subscriptions totalled 15.1 million, while it was 15.4 million for the streaming subs. While
  
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• Zylpha Selected For G-Cloud 10

  18-07-2018 12:15
  Leading legal systems innovator Zylpha (www.zylpha.com) has been approved as a supplier on G-Cloud 10, the Crown Commercial Service's procurement framework for Cloud based computer services, hosted via the Digital Marketplace. The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) works with departments and organisations, such as Zylpha, across the public sector to ensure that maximum value is extracted from all commercial relationships and to improve the quality of service delivery. Zylpha is the leader in the sup
  
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• PwC says AI is actually a good thing for jobs in the UK

  18-07-2018 12:05
  Global accountancy firm PwC has defied logic and contextual awareness by declaring artificial intelligence will actually have a positive impact on the UK’s employment numbers, creating more jobs than it destroys.
  According to its latest UK Economic Outlook Report, PwC predicts 7 million jobs will be displaced over the next twenty years, as AI plays a more influential role in business and society, though 7.2 million jobs will be created. The impact will be largely neutral, though there will
  
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• Korean operators make pact to avoid undermining each other on 5G

  18-07-2018 12:03
  SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus have all agreed to launch 5G services at the same time to avoid the potentially blood-thirsty race in pursuit of the ‘first’ accolade.
  According to The Korea Herald, the three telcos came to the agreement in a meeting with Yoo Young-min, the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Science and ICT, with the targeted launch date set as March 2019. While it is certainly a nice gesture, whether the telcos are able to stick to such a commitment remains to be seen
  
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• INCA launches ‘The INCAs’ to honour altnet A-listers

  18-07-2018 10:00
  Gongs will be presented for technical and commercial innovation, rural and urban impact and best community and public sector projects London, UK, July 18, 2018: The Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) today launched a search for the heroes of the UK’s digital infrastructure industry as it announced The INCAs, its inaugural awards scheme which will recognise alternative network providers (altnets). Celebrating the best of the UK’s independent network builders and opera
  
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• Broadband speed map reveals Britain’s new digital divide

  18-07-2018 06:00
  Postcode comparison shows more than just an urban-rural gap as inner city areas are left behind in internet access
  
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• Britain’s digital divide: how inner cities are left behind by patchy broadband

  18-07-2018 06:00
  The FT’s interactive broadband speed map reveals more than just an urban-rural divide in internet access
  
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• Virgin Media sent to the MVNO naughty step, after Ofcom report

  18-07-2018 02:00
  Virgin Media has emerged as the most complained about network operator in the UK, according to a new report by regulator Ofcom.Virgin Media averaged 11 complaints per 100,000 customers on its network, more than double the industry average of 5…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Verizon to extend its ultrafast broadband network to an additional 47,000 New Yorkers

  18-07-2018 02:00
  Verizon has struck a deal with state regulators to revamp its broadband networks and repair its telephone infrastructure in upstate New York.
  In a statement released to the press, the New York Public Service Commission announced that Verizon intended to make its high…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Google's new subsea cable will boost connectivity between the US and Europe

  18-07-2018 02:00
  TE Subcom has been selected by Google to work on its Dunant submarine cable system, according to a company release.
  The new subsea cabling system will connect the US' Eastern Seaboard with mainland Europe…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Globe Telecom: We welcome competition from a 3rd telco

  18-07-2018 02:00
  Globe Telecom says that it would welcome the competition from a prospective third telco, if and when the Filipino government succeeds in creating one. “As repeatedly stated before, Globe is not opposed to the entry of a third player…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• European Commission slaps Google with €4.34bn anti-competition fine

  18-07-2018 02:00
  The European Commission has fined global internet giant Google €4.34 billion for breaching anti-trust legislation in European markets.
  The Commission successfully argued that since 2011, Google had placed illegal restrictions on Android device manufacturers and had unfairly leveraged its size and scale to further cement its market position…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 5G focus revitalises Ericsson, as Swedish kit maker returns to profitability

  18-07-2018 02:00
  Ericsson has beaten analysts' expectations and posted a strong set of financials for Q2 2018, thanks to its renewed focus on 5G projects across the globe.Ericsson has embarked upon a high-profile cost saving initiative, which is responsible for returning the company to a more sound financial footing by 2020…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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