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• Who is Jeremy Wright, the man in charge of the UK’s digital future

  23-07-2018 18:21
  With the release of the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, the UK is now theoretically positioned to tackle the challenges of the digital economy. But who is the man in charge of the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, leading the charge to the connected era?
  After Matt Hancock took his partying over to the Department of Health and Social Care (where his experience might actually be useful), Jeremy Wright has taken over DCMS. But one question remains; who is Jeremy Wright? Is he
  
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• Qualcomm claims 5G NR mmWave antenna breakthrough

  23-07-2018 18:20
  A new set of antenna modules announced by Qualcomm promise to bring the power of millimetre wave to devices soon.
  The catchily-named Qualcomm QTM052 mmWave antenna module family is designed to join forces with the Snapdragon X50 modem to enable smartphones, tablets etc to live the 5G dream. Qualcomm also launched the QPM56xx sub-6 GHz RF module family to offer devices the use of a full range of 5G spectrum.
  “Today’s announcement of the first commercial 5G NR mmWave antenna modules an
  
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• INCA welcomes Government's Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review

  23-07-2018 18:02
  CEO Malcolm Corbett says new report reinforces the central role altnets will play in realising new digital networksLondon, UK, July 23, 2018: The Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) has today offered support for the Government’s Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review (FTIR) and welcomed the emphasis placed on full-fibre, 5G and the role alternative network operators (altnets) play. Designed to transform the UK telecoms industry, the FTIR aims to open up access to world-class
  
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• Chinese IPOs: China Tower struggle

  23-07-2018 15:43
  Potential investors hoping for growth surprises will be disappointed
  
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• UK government opens door to mobile market consolidation

  23-07-2018 14:59
  Infrastructure review acknowledges 4-player market may be unable to justify 5G investment
  
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• Happy birthday roam like at home: Impacts and opportunities one year on

  23-07-2018 14:46
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Mikaël Schachne, VP Mobility Solutions at BICS, takes a look back at the first year of no roaming charges in Europe.
  The EU has again picked June for a well-timed summer-holiday-coinciding telecoms-themed announcement. At the start of the month, governors and lawmakers in the European Union proposed capping the cost of calls and texts between Member States.
  The ye
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Drinking with CEOs

  23-07-2018 14:33
  Now with added video!
  
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• BrightEdge, Searchmetrics GmbH and its US subsidiary settle all legal claims between them

  23-07-2018 14:20
  San Mateo, July 23, 2018 ‒ BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. (“BrightEdge”), Searchmetrics GmbH, and Searchmetrics, Inc. (collectively, “Searchmetrics”) dismissed all legal claims between them as a result of a settlement which became effective on July 9th, 2018.The settlement, terms of which were not disclosed, resolves legal claims brought between BrightEdge and Searchmetrics concerning the misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, trade libel and patent i
  
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• ICO report shows UK is starting to take privacy and data protection seriously

  23-07-2018 13:11
  The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has released its annual report for 2017/18 which hints the UK is starting to present the right attitudes to privacy and data protection.
  Privacy and data protection are areas of the technology world which everyone seems to deeply care about, but few seem to want to do anything. Consumers are constantly shocked about the lack of protections offered to their personal information by leaky organizations, but the same consumers are always more than willi
  
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• Trump on the receiving end of Twitter moans over ZTE compromise

  23-07-2018 12:56
  Any decision surrounding the ZTE saga was going to attract criticism, but now that the US has finally decided to let it off the hook, President Trump is starting to receive a dose of his own Twitter-tirade medicine.
  On one side of the coin, should the ban have remained in place numerous companies featuring in ZTE’s supply chain, including a few US ones, also faced the threat of extinction, though lifting the ban perhaps suggests an air of negligence around national security, and maybe
  
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• UK government unveils its cunning plan for future telecoms

  23-07-2018 12:55
  Some UK officials had a bit of a think about telecoms infrastructure and were so pleased with the outcome they wrote it down and published it.
  Whitehall’s condensed telecoms wisdom has manifested itself in the form of the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review – a 90-page brain dump full of top tips on how to make the UK better at telecoms, with a heavy emphasis on ‘full fibre’. Only this, it seems, will keep our national pipes healthy and regular.
  We want everyone in the
  
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• Singtel and Ericsson boast about another 5G ‘first’

  23-07-2018 12:48
  While press statements claiming a ‘first’ in 5G are becoming somewhat repetitive, Singtel and Ericsson have paired up to milk the increasingly tiresome claim once more.
  The duo claim Singapore’s ‘first’ 5G pilot network will go live in the final quarter of the year at one-north in Buona Vista, the city state’s science, business and IT hub. Using trial spectrum allocated by Singapore’s Info-Communications Media Development Authority (IMDA), the trial will
  
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• SpaceX hits the skies with the launch of another comms satellite

  23-07-2018 12:46
  Elon Musk’s SpaceX completed another successful launch this weekend, delivering the 7,000 kg Telstar 19 Vantage satellite from Cape Canaveral to offer connectivity across the Americas.
  The launch, which was partially under threat due to adverse weather conditions, took place on Sunday morning with the satellite deployed 32 minutes after lift-off. Following the separation, the Falcon 9 launch vehicle was successfully landed on the ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ drone ship, an auto
  
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• Ultra-fast broadband target set for all areas within 15 years

  23-07-2018 08:49
  Ministers promise legislation to speed up installation of full fibre networks
  
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• UK sets target for ultra fast broadband rollout within 15 years

  23-07-2018 08:49
  Ministers promise legislation to speed up installation of full fibre broadband networks
  
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• China Tower seeks to raise up to $8.7bn in Hong Kong listing

  23-07-2018 08:19
  Float by world’s largest telecoms tower group is a break in stream of China tech IPOs
  
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• China Tower seeks $35bn valuation in Hong Kong IPO

  23-07-2018 08:19
  Traditional mobile infrastructure group’s listing marks break in pipeline of tech flotations
  
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• China Tower seeks $35bn valuation in $8.7bn Hong Kong IPO

  23-07-2018 08:19
  Traditional mobile infrastructure group’s listing marks break in pipeline of tech flotations
  
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• UK government launches its vision for a full fibre future

  23-07-2018 02:00
  The UK government has launched its Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review (FTIR), which it hopes will set out a clear path for the UK to achieve 100 per cent fibre to the home (FTTH) penetration by 2033.
  Amongst the report's key recommendations is that all new build accommodation in the UK should have full fibre optic connectivity laid in…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Singapore to launch 5G pilot network in Q4 2018

  23-07-2018 02:00
  Ericsson and Singtel will launch its 5G pilot network in Singapore's business, science and IT hub, Buona Vista, later this year, according to a company release.
  The pair have hailed the move as a significant step towards full commercial rollout of fifth generation mobile networks in the country…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Proximus to rollout next-gen network in Flanders

  23-07-2018 02:00
  Belgium's biggest operator, Proximus, has signed an agreement to rollout a superfast next generation network, to transform connectivity across Flanders.
  Last year, the Flemish government announced that it wanted to see the region transformed into one of the connectivity centres of Europe…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Filipino President seeks foreign and domestic investors to form third telco

  23-07-2018 02:00
  Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has said that his bid to launch a third telco in the country would be "open to all interested parties, both foreign and local".President Duterte has long courted China Mobile as his favoured international player…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Europe's top wholesale FTTP specialists form new alliance

  23-07-2018 02:00
  Europe's leading full fibre wholesale and open access network operators have formed a new alliance to help accelerate the rollout of gigabit capable broadband networks across Europe.
  The chief executive officers of Cityfibre (UK), Open Fiber (Italy), Deutsche Glasfaser (Germany)…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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