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• Huawei’s Eric Xu: 5G Polar Codes Were a 70-Year Relay Race

  03-08-2018 16:58
  On July 26, 2018, Huawei held an award ceremony at its headquarters in Shenzhen, where they presented a special award to the inventor of 5G polar codes, a Turkish professor named Erdal Arikan. Speaking at the event, Huawei’s Rotating Chairman Eric Xu said, “We are well aware that the birth of 5G standards is only the beginning of a new journey. We will continue to work hard to ensure that 5G technologies – including polar code – creates greater value for society, and soon
  
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• FCC unveils plans for US 5G spectrum auctions

  03-08-2018 16:26
  The FCC has released the procedures for the upcoming spectrum auctions in the US, across various bands ranging from 24 GHz through to 47 GHZ.
  Looking at the 28 GHz (27.5-28.35 GHz) and 24 GHz (24.25-24.45, 24.75-25.25 GHz) bands to start with, licenses will be available through two auctions with separate application and bidding processes for each auction. Bidding for licenses in both bands will begin on November 14, starting with 28 GHz, with the 24 GHz auction starting immediately afterwards. W
  
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• Cisco forks out $2.35bn for Duo – the acquisition train thumps on

  03-08-2018 16:09
  Cisco has announced its intent to acquire Duo Security for $2.35 billion in its quest for more subscription based deals.
  Michigan-based Duo Security was founded in 2010, growing to 700 employees with offices across the US and in London. The company’s cloud-based two-factor authentication is becoming a much more common tool for employees around the world who want to access sensitive information from multiple devices, in various locations. The deal is expected to be completed in the first qu
  
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• Hyperoptic unveils UK expansion plans after raising £250mn

  03-08-2018 12:33
  Full-fibre broadband provider Hyperoptic has unveiled plans to expand its services to an additional 50 towns and cities through the UK after it completed a debt raise of £250 million.
  Claiming this is the largest single investment in the UK for a full-fibre optic network provider, companies like Openreach don’t fall into the full-fibre definition, the plan is to reach five million homes by 2025. Hyperoptic claims to currently have nearly half a million homes and businesses using its
  
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• Huawei ships 95mn smartphones in H1 and start eyeing up No.1 spot

  03-08-2018 11:43
  The Huawei Consumer business unit has had a bit of a boast, claiming to have shipped more than 95 million smartphones across the first six months as it leap-frogs Apple to second place in the market share rankings.
  According to recent estimates from IDC, Huawei now accounts for 15.8% of global market share, but will have some work to do to catch Samsung in first place, with the Koreans holding down a 20.9% share. That said, while Huawei is gathering steam, Q2 shipments saw a year-on-year increas
  
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• Huawei eyes No.1 spot after shipping 95m smartphones

  03-08-2018 11:43
  The Huawei Consumer business unit has had a bit of a boast, claiming to have shipped more than 95 million smartphones across the first six months as it leap-frogs Apple to second place in the market share rankings.
  According to recent estimates from IDC, Huawei now accounts for 15.8% of global market share, but will have some work to do to catch Samsung in first place, with the Koreans holding down a 20.9% share. That said, while Huawei is gathering steam, Q2 shipments saw a year-on-year increas
  
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• Apple makes minor dent in smart speaker segment after £1 trillion valuation

  03-08-2018 10:57
  While Apple CEO Tim Cook was declaring the company is now the first to exceed the mystical $1 trillion market valuation, new research suggested its HomePod speakers were nothing more than an also ran.
  Estimates from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners suggest Amazon is clearly in the lead with 70% market share in the US, unsurprising perhaps, Google is in a solid second on 24%, while Apple is down in third with 6%. Considering Apple’s HomePod has just been on the market for a few month
  
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• MVNO Europe: Germany must consider MVNO access at forthcoming 5G auction

  03-08-2018 02:00
  Germany's telecoms regulator must ensure that adequate licencing provisions are in place when it holds its next spectrum auction, or risk jeopardising the rollout and scalability of 5G in the country and across Europe…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Hyperoptic raises £250m to rollout gigabit broadband in 50 UK cities

  03-08-2018 02:00
  Hyperoptic is to rollout hyperfast, gigabit capable broadband services to 2 million people across 50 UK cities, after the company secured a £250 million financing package.
  The finance will be drawn from a group of eight international banks and will help Hyperoptic rollout its ambitious plans for the UK at scale…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Bell launches 1.5Gbps FTTH services in Canada

  03-08-2018 02:00
  Bell Canada has announced that it intends to rollout the world's fastest commercialised broadband packages to 4.2 million customers across Canada when it launches its 1.5Gbps internet service.
  The service will launch this month in Ontario and will then become available in Quebec…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Apple becomes the world's first $1 trillion publicly traded company

  03-08-2018 02:00
  US technology manufacturer Apple has become the first publicly traded company to be valued at over a trillion dollars.
  The announcement came as shares in the company reached an all…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Hyperoptic raises £250m for ‘gigabit speed’ broadband rollout

  03-08-2018 01:00
  Biggest UK investment from a full-fibre network provider will extend services to 50 towns
  
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• Hyperoptic raises £250m for ‘gigabit speed’ broadband

  03-08-2018 01:00
  Biggest UK investment from a full-fibre network provider will extend services to 50 towns
  
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