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• Why Australia banned Huawei from its 5G telecoms network

  29-08-2018 19:07
  Canberra’s hand was forced by overlapping cyber and national security concerns
  
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• Australia’s ban on Huawei in 5G followed review

  29-08-2018 19:07
  Canberra’s hand was forced by overlapping cyber and national security concerns
  
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• Streamlined Small Cell Siting Policies Vital for 5G Success

  29-08-2018 18:00
  5G Americas and Small Cell Forum Industry Associations offer solutions on small cell siting challenges for effective 5G network densificationLondon, UK and Bellevue, WA, USA, 29th August 2018 - 5G Americas and Small Cell Forum believe that if the challenges of siting for outdoor cells are not addressed in a timely manner, many of the benefits which governments, regulators and cities hope to derive from 5G - such as smart city platforms and the Industrial...Source: RealWire
  
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• Collaboration will be key for telcos in an era of shared 5G networks

  29-08-2018 17:31
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Virat Patel, Managing Director of Pioneer Consulting Asia explores network sharing in the 5G era.
  A proposal was recently put forward in the US that its 5G networks should be built and maintained by the US government. In part, this recommendation was made with the view of mitigating espionage risk by Chinese network equipment providers. However, another rea
  
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• Q&A with Indika Walpitage, Vice President, Network Operations & Service Assurance, Dialog Axiata

  29-08-2018 17:29
  Dialog Axiata trialled 5G for the first-time last year. What did you learn from this trial about the technology solutions you will need to build future networks?
  Dialog demonstrated the 5G technology and its applications to the general public, industry and academics in August 2017. This was the first such demonstration in South Asia with multivendor involvement.
  In the past consumption has been driven mainly by consumers for broadband access but 5G brings new paradigms where usage can be driven
  
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• Google rebrands payments app ahead of international assault

  29-08-2018 17:16
  Google has announced it will rebrand its Indian digital payments app, Tez, to Google Pay as the team readies a launch into new international markets.
  Only two years ago many would have considered India a distant, slow-follower of the digital revolution, with the economy still largely being governed by cash (imagine that) and smartphone penetration exceptionally low for its stature. The inspiration of Reliance Jio seems to have tempted the country into the virtual society, and the digital appetit
  
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• Q&A Interview with Renato Andrade Reis, Acqua Telecom

  29-08-2018 17:11
  With the Asia Pacific MVNO market set for significant growth, it was no surprise when the participants of the MVNOs Series annual survey, Shaping the Global MVNO Market 2018, shared that the region is where they expect to see most growth in mobile overall, and that it is also where they see the best opportunities for MVNOs.
  Renato Reis is an independent MVNO consultant at Acqua Telecom, and he previously collaborated with the MVNOs Series on the report Shaping the Asia Pacific MVNO Market, where
  
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• New Business, New Operation, New Networks – Huawei’s HBB Service Drives a Growth in Value

  29-08-2018 15:56
  The number of HBB users worldwide increased by 10% in 2017, higher than the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7% from 2012 to 2016. Carriers realize that broadband-related consumption requirements are increasing exponentially, with an increasing number of devices connecting to networks, and already-connected devices increasing their usage. Despite HBB’s fast growth in emerging markets, it still has a low penetration rate. The bandwidth of most emerging market families is generally lowe
  
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• Housing Development Corporation of Maldives Partners with Calix Services to Create Asia's First 100 Percent Gigabit Enabled Smart City in Hulhumalé

  29-08-2018 14:25
  With deep expertise in next generation networks, Calix Services plays a critical role in making HDC’s vision of a fully fiber-connected city a realityHULHUMALÉ, Maldives – August 29, 2018 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced it has partnered with Housing Development Corporation Limited (HDC) in a multi-year deal in the Maldives to rapidly bring its vision of an all-fiber, state-of-the-art smart city on the island of Hulhumalé to fruition. Hulhumalé is
  
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• UK Gov releases another £95 million for local full-fibre diets

  29-08-2018 13:56
  Over the last year, the UK Government has been proudly preaching of massive investments into digital infrastructure. It’s questionable how much has made its way into reality, but an additional £95 million has been released today.
  The Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) Challenge Fund has announced £95 million has been made available to aid the roll-out of full fibre networks. Local authorities and public sector bodies around the UK can apply to the Local Full Fibre Networks Invest
  
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• Ookla says Telenor is the world’s fastest mobile operator

  29-08-2018 13:38
  Telenor Norway registered an average download speed of 72 Mbps in Q2 2018 according to measurement service Ookla.
  In a blog post Ookla, which has Telenor as an enterprise client, was able to shed some light on how such speeds are achieved. There doesn’t seem to be anything too surprising; carrier aggregation , 256QAM, 4×4 MIMO and all that jazz all add up to a nice lot of bandwidth. On top of that it seems to have largely shifted voice traffic over to LTE, which presumably frees up m
  
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• CWA, Dish and Altice USA join the T-Mobile/Sprint opposition

  29-08-2018 13:34
  With conflicting predictions on the outcome of the industry’s biggest will-they/won’t-they flying everywhere, opposition to the deal from a communications union, Dish and Altice has started to scrap for attention.
  The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union, satellite operator Dish and MVNO Altice USA have all aired their grievances, as the industry seemingly turns against the prospects of reducing competition across the US. While we suspect politically-minded individuals actua
  
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• Japan is reportedly thinking about blocking Huawei and ZTE too

  29-08-2018 12:19
  Hot on the heels of the Australia ban it is now being reported that Japan is thinking of taking similar action.
  This definitely needs to be filed under ‘unsubstantiated rumour’ at this stage, but is also far from inconceivable, given the current momentum acting against Chinese kit vendors. GB Times reported in English about a Japanese language story alleging the Japanese government is thinking of blocking Huawei and ZTE from bidding on public contracts for building information system
  
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• Net neutrality resistance continues to gain PR support

  29-08-2018 11:52
  There is usually resistance towards anything the ruling party does in the US, but net neutrality is proving to be a very bad smell for the Republicans as the Writers Guild of America West and small businesses join the push back.
  FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has erased the rules and is now moving onto the classification of telcos as common utilities to kill off any return route, but that has not prevented a horde of legal cases. The Attorney Generals of 23 jurisdictions are making a nuisance of themselv
  
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• Taurus Clearer Communication Becomes BlackBerry Platinum Partner

  29-08-2018 10:51
  Exeter, UK – 29th August, 2018 – Taurus Clearer Communication Ltd, today announced it is partnering with BlackBerry Ltd. to deliver mobile security solutions for organisations in the United Kingdom and across Europe. As a Platinum Partner, Taurus Clearer Communication is demonstrating its commitment to providing businesses with an integrated software platform that addresses the entire enterprise with an unparalleled standard of security. As more organisations seek comprehensive solut
  
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• oneM2M Industry Day to highlight rapid IoT adoption in South Korea

  29-08-2018 09:00
  Fifth Industry Day as part of IoT Week Korea 2018 will take place the same week oneM2M plans to publish its latest set of specificationsSeoul, South Korea, 29 August, 2018: The benefits of interoperability and interworking in advancing the Internet of Things (IoT) will be highlighted by oneM2M, the global IoT standards initiative, during IoT Week Korea in September.oneM2M will mark its fifth Industry Day in South Korea as the number of South Korean IoT...Source: RealWire
  
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• UK government releases £95m for local FTTH initiatives

  29-08-2018 02:00
  The UK government has encouraged local authorities to submit their applications for funding, as it makes £95 million available for full fibre to the home (FTTH) schemes.
  The funding is part of the government's Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) initiative…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Nokia lands €500m funding from EIB as Europe gets serious on 5G

  29-08-2018 02:00
  Finnish tech giant, Nokia, has secured €500 million of funding from the European Investment Bank, to fast track the development of key 5G infrastructure. Nokia will pour the cash into a number of research and development initiatives aimed at accelerating 5G rollout across Europe. "We are pleased to land this financing commitment from the EIB, who shares our view of the revolutionary nature of 5G …read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• ADTRAN signs deal to boost connectivity in Rural America

  29-08-2018 02:00
  ADTRAN will supply gigabit broadband solutions to a number of US based electricity cooperatives, to help improve connectivity in rural America.Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC), Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative (MLEC), North Alabama Electric Cooperative (NAEC) and Tombigbee Electric Cooperative will all utilise ADTRAN's access solutions and FiberRise engineering services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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