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• BT switches from copper upgrades to full-fibre broadband

  09-08-2018 17:55
  Decision comes as government changes internet strategy for UK
  
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• BT creates 1k jobs as customer services shifts back to the UK

  09-08-2018 17:48
  BT has announced the creation of 1,000 new jobs as it continues the pursuit of answering customer calls in the UK and Ireland by the end of 2020.
  Having brought 1,100 jobs back over 2017, BT has stated it will no longer use contract roles and has created these new permanent positions across a number of locations including in Blackburn, Canterbury, Dundee, Sandwell, and South Shields.
  “We’re continuing to invest across the UK to give our customers the best connections, service, and ex
  
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• AI is a $200bn opportunity, and Intel has already grabbed $1bn of it

  09-08-2018 17:21
  The newly emerging artificial intelligence market will be a money-maker, that is no secret, though Intel appears to have taken an early march on the prospering technology.
  The challenge which the technology industry, and all the technology teams in the industrial verticals, are facing is the astronomical amount of data which is flowing around the digital society. To realise revenues associated with the data economy, companies have to make use of this information. That means collecting, storing a
  
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• BT reduces target for delivering ‘ultrafast’ broadband lines

  09-08-2018 15:30
  Decision comes as UK telecoms operator shifts to invest more in full fibre lines
  
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• China Mobile adds 18mn mobile subs in first half – and that’s not a typo

  09-08-2018 13:50
  China Mobile has reported its numbers for the first half, with the ridiculous figures just demonstrating how much potential there is for those who can crack the Great Firewall of China.
  Total revenues stood at roughly $57 billion for the first six months of the year, a 2.9% year-on-year increase, while service revenues accounted for approximately $52 billion of that total. Amazingly, the company also saw net adds of 18.61 million mobile customers over the period, 27.32 million of which were 4G s
  
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• How Your Capacity Provider Can Help Address the Demands of the Digital-Driven Economy

  09-08-2018 13:35
  Network operators are the backbone of today’s digital economy. Led by explosive demand for bandwidth and connectivity from consumers and businesses, the opportunities available to them are numerous.
  However, finding the right balance between meeting this demand, stimulating further revenue growth via new services, and maintaining a consistent quality of experience throughout, will not be straightforward.
  To tackle the challenge ahead, the existing relationship between service provider and
  
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• DT blames dodgy results on toll roads

  09-08-2018 12:50
  Profits might have plummeted but that hasn’t stopped Deutsche Telekom from raising its full-year outlook as subscriber gains in the US business drags the rest of the group forward.
  Total revenues for the last three months stood at €18.367, down 2.8% year-on-year, though profit nose-dived to €495, a decrease of 43%. The team has blamed this drop on a one-off payment of €600 million to the German government, settling a long-running legal dispute over the delayed implementation
  
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• Europe might force Apple to ditch Lightning Cable

  09-08-2018 12:18
  A leaked email suggests the European Commission will revive efforts forcing manufacturers to standardize smartphone chargers, after previous commitments were simply disregarded.
  Back in 2009, 14 smartphone manufacturers signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) committing themselves to switch to a common charging port for handsets released from 2011. The deadline passed, and while similar letters of intent emerged in 2013 and 2014, the frustration of iPhones and Androids having different charge
  
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• China is clear leader in the 5G race – Deloitte

  09-08-2018 11:54
  Consulting firm Deloitte claims China has taken pole position in the 5G race, owing to a continued focus on network infrastructure and future investments which are matched by no other nation.
  While US telcos are galloping towards 5G for the bragging rights in advertising campaigns, the technology presents so much more than an ego boost for national economies. The US can partially thank its leadership position in the global economy today to the telecommunications industry and the efforts to rollo
  
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• NTT DoCoMo to say farewell to Italy’s Buongiorno

  09-08-2018 06:02
  Japanese mobile group in fresh retreat from international ambitions
  
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• Vodafone boosts full fibre connectivity in West Africa

  09-08-2018 02:00
  Vodafone Ghana is to expand its fibre optic network, linking Ghana with a number of its West African neighbours.
  The expanded network will provide full fibre connectivity between Ghana…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange Polska signs fibre agreement with Inea

  09-08-2018 02:00
  Orange Polska has signed an agreement with regional cable operator Inea to gain access to its fibre network, giving the company access to 40,000 fibre to the home connections…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Indian regulator reappoints Sharma as chairman, despite security blunder

  09-08-2018 02:00
  The Telecoms Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has extended the term of its chairman, RS Sharma until September 2020, despite Sharma's recent high-profile gaff on cyber security…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom looks to US expansion, as European revenues wobble

  09-08-2018 02:00
   Deutsche Telekom has posted a challenging set of financials for the first half of 2018, with net revenues, EBITDA and net earnings per share all falling on a year-on-year basis.
  Revenues stood at €36.2 billion for the period, down 3.3 per cent from €37…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT creates 1,000 jobs as it brings its customer service ops back to the UK

  09-08-2018 02:00
  BT is to create 1,000 jobs in the UK, as part of its commitment to bring 100 per cent of its customer service roles back to the UK by 2020.
  The roles will be for customer service positions in BT's Consumer division…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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