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• Proposed Huawei ban seen hitting Australian 5G push

  13-08-2018 23:00
  Block on Chinese company may raise costs, delay rollout and cause market ‘chaos’
  
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• 5G could open us up to digital terrorism – GCHQ

  13-08-2018 18:01
  Connecting our toothbrush to the internet might sound like a futuristic dreamland, but are we fast becoming the architects of our own downfall.
  Writing for the Sunday Times, Head of GCHQ Jeremy Fleming has aired his concerns about the digital economy. Yes, it has the potential to create a sophisticated and efficient society with opportunity for all, but also runs the risk of a new form of danger with terrorists hijacking the very same 5G networks which are supposed to make our lives so wonderful
  
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• Shaping the Asia Pacific MVNO Market 2018

  13-08-2018 15:49
  MVNOs Series explores the latest developments in the Asia Paficic MVNO market. With contributions by Gary Bhomer, Tel-Consult, and Renato Reis, Acqua Telecom, this report offers you a snapshot of the market, the impact of regulation and the latest business trends in the region.
  Comprising more than 50 nations and territories, two continents and an area equivalent to more than a third of the total landmass of the Earth, the Asia-Pacific APAC) region boasts around 60% of the global population, inc
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Scraping the barrel

  13-08-2018 15:48
  Now with added video!
  
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• Internet giants approach the censorship point of no return

  13-08-2018 14:25
  The apparently coordinated banning of conspiracy site InfoWars has brought to a head the role of social media companies in censoring public discussion.
  InfoWars is headed by Alex Jones, a polemicist who likes to shout his often highly questionable views and theories at the camera. He has a large following and frequently says things that are offensive to many but, to date, he seems to have been accepted at part of the public debate mix, albeit a relatively extreme one.
  However last week YouTube,
  
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• Fortnite’s Google Play bypass could be free money for Tencent

  13-08-2018 13:31
  Epic Games has taken the somewhat unusual move of distributing the mobile-version of its popular Fortnite title through its own website, potentially saving up to $50 million according to app economy analyst firm State Tower.
  Few developers will have the option to bypass the powerful Google Play distribution network, though such is the popularity of Fortnite, Epic Games could make some serious savings by avoiding the platform fees. Fortnite Battle Royale is currently in beta mode on Android, begi
  
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• India defies global trends as smartphone shipments grow 20%

  13-08-2018 12:26
  IDC has released its quarterly estimates of smartphone shipments for India, claiming 33.5 million units were sold across the period, a year-on-year increase of 20%.
  While this is great news for Indian telcos and smartphone manufactures, capitalising on the country’s late charge towards the digital economy, global trends are not as positive. Broader estimates from IDC put global smartphone shipments down 1.8% over the course of the second quarter, though in shipping 95 million devices, the
  
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• Microsoft CEO and other execs offload $47 million of shares

  13-08-2018 11:56
  It might be nothing, but it is always intriguing when major amounts of stock in public companies start shifting around, especially when it’s owned by senior executives of that same company.
  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, President Jean-Phillipe Courtois and Executive Vice President of Business Development Margaret Johnson have collectively pocketed more than $47 million between July 26 and August 10 through disposing of Microsoft stock. Executives are of course entitled to sell shares t
  
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• The true cost of SIP downtime; what is the impact to your business?

  13-08-2018 10:00
  London, 13 August 2018 - When your voice network goes down, it impacts every aspect of your business and has serious financial consequences. Service disruption interrupts staff ability to communicate and creates angry, frustrated customers that ultimately results in financial loss. The smartnumbers service from Resilient plc monitors every call and automatically routes them around disruption, such as a SIP network failure, so you can continue to answer your critical calls. The actual cost of...S
  
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• Rome to welcome tech giants Facebook, Microsoft, Huawei, China Mobile and Ericsson as ECOC Exhibition reveals Market Focus speakers

  13-08-2018 10:00
  Entire ecosystem – including operators, service providers, standards organisations and equipment manufacturers – will come together to discuss fibre optic advances Rome, Italy, 13 August 2018: The ECOC Exhibition 2018 has revealed the names of the companies that will feature at this year’s Market Focus, with some of the technology industry’s biggest names among the line-up.Sponsored by Inphi, the 29-strong Market Focus agenda will feature the likes of Facebook, Microsoft,
  
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• Smart and Ericsson to rollout 5G in the Philippines by 2019

  13-08-2018 02:00
  Filipino telco Smart Communications has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with international tech giant Ericsson, to deploy the first 5G pilot network in the Philippines. Under the terms of the agreement, the pair will deploy a 5G test network in Luzon…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Samsung considers Chinese factory closure, amid falling sales

  13-08-2018 02:00
  Electronics giant Samsung is considering suspending production at one of its biggest production facilities in China, according to a report by Reuters.
  The report cites falling sales and increasing labour costs for the decision…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• RCom offloads spectrum to Reliance Jio in a bid to cut debt

  13-08-2018 02:00
  Reliance Communications (RCom) is set to sell an additional 65 MHz of spectrum in the 800MHz band to Reliance Jio, according to reports in the Indian media. According to estimates published by the Economic Times of India…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• China Mobile Hong Kong completes ned-to-end 5G testing

  13-08-2018 02:00
  China Mobile Hong Kong has become the first mobile operator to successfully test end to end 5G network testing by using customer premise equipment (CPE), according to a company release…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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