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• We’re patient enough to make money from video – MediaKind

  13-09-2018 18:08
  With major players scarpering away from video as quickly as possible, MediaKind is confident there is money to be made, you just have to be patient enough.
  Nokia was the latest to put the venture into video behind it, while Cisco exited in recent months and Ericsson’s divestment in video creating the very subject of this story. With so many industry heavyweights fleeing the scene after investments were massacred, the claim there is money to be made might be something of a surprising one.
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• End-to-end network assurance: the key to the 5G treasure chest

  13-09-2018 17:34
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Richard Piasentin, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Accedian, explores the role of network assurance in the implementation of 5G.
  The mobile industry is gearing up to 5G, and we’re now well aware of the value-added services 5G can and could bring. But these opportunities also come with increased network complexity. Most operators today
  
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• Three geospatial challenges posed by 5G network demands

  13-09-2018 17:24
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Kreg Barrett, Director, Business Development, DigitalGlobe outlines how geospatial data can be used to address some 5G challenges.
  As the telco industry takes on its fifth-generation network, using a particularly sensitive high-spectrum signal, and capacity as well as coverage demands skyrocket, providers face new complex challenges. This article outlines how ge
  
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• End-to-end network slicing will be important for 5G

  13-09-2018 17:16
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Mr. Sun Dong, Marketing Director, ZTE Asia & CIS Region, looks at the significance of network slicing in the 5G era.
  As the key infrastructure of the digital society, 5G will not only serve individuals but also accelerate digital transformation in many aspects of business and life. 5G can become a ubiquitous platform to satisfy diverse requirements for man-t
  
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• Is there still a future for MVNOs?

  13-09-2018 16:39
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Navonil Roy, Managing Partner at Blue Sky Thinking, looks at some of the things MVNOs can implement to ensure they have a future.
  Historically MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) have grown in market situations where there has been an intrinsic growth of telecom usage in the market and the large MNOs (Mobile Network Operators) have not focused efforts at sp
  
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• Nokia joins Ericsson in bailing out of video

  13-09-2018 14:39
  Diversification seems to be out of fashion as Nokia announces the sale of most of its IP video business to Canadian private equity group Volaris.
  The resulting company will be called Velocix, which takes its name not from a member of Asterix’s village, but instead a content delivery specialist acquired by Alcatel-Lucent back in 2009. There is no indication it will launch new products with names like Getafix, Legobrix or Picnix, which is a shame.
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• IBC 2018: Let’s get figital

  13-09-2018 13:42
  We’re not 100% sure how to spell it, or whether it is actually a thing yet, but appealing to the fidgety younger consumer could be the key to cracking the content market
  For many telcos, convergence is a business model which offers a shining light of profitability in the cut-throat digital economy. While connectivity providers should be viewed as the bedrock of the digital economy, capturing revenues has been an increasingly difficult task. The Silicon Valley internet giants have been secu
  
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• X marks the slot as Apple moves to eSIM

  13-09-2018 12:48
  Every new Apple iPhone is an X thanks to the launch of the XR, XS and XS Max, with the pricier ones being the first iPhones to support eSIMs.
  The latest launches mark the upgrade-and-tweak phase of the iPhone cycle, having unveiled the more fundamentally redesigned X last year. So we have the flagship XS, the over-sized XS Max and the cheaper XR (starting at $999, $1,099 and $749 respectively, with exactly the same numbers in pounds despite there being 1.3 dollars to the pound).
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• IBC and TM Forum play match-maker for telco and media ecosystem

  13-09-2018 11:20
  With convergence becoming an unavoidable buzzword throughout the telco industry, the telco and media ecosystems will have to learn to become playmates.
  IBC and TM Forum are stepping in to make sure sparks fly. Like Mobile World Forum for the telco industry, IBC is the annual meeting place for those on the technical side of media. It might seem an odd proposition to have a conference organiser taking the lead in setting the tone, though such is the breadth and depth of the industry these annual m
  
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• Vodafone to double its NB IoT European footprint by 2019

  13-09-2018 02:00
  Vodafone is to double the amount of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB IoT) cell sites that it deploys across Europe, by the end of 2019. The European wide network expansion project will coincide with a sharp uptake in IoT services across the continent…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange and Huawei conduct urban 5G testing in Poland

  13-09-2018 02:00
  Orange has teamed up with Chinese tech giant, Huawei, to conduct urban 5G testing in Poland. The pair have launched a 5G testing station in the Polish city of Gliwice, which will provide valuable insight into 5G network demands outside of the laboratory.   Orange and Huawei will conduct a series of tests that will help Orange Polska to intelligently construct its 5G networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Low cost handsets and data to fuel smartphone adoption in emerging markets

  13-09-2018 02:00
  A sharp reduction in the cost of monthly data tariffs, coupled with the emergence of ultra low cost handsets, will lead to an explosion in smartphone uptake across the developing world, according to new data released by the GSMA.
  In its annual Global Mobile Trends report…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Is blockchain really the next big thing for telcos?

  13-09-2018 02:00
  As the carrier's industry looks for ways to reduce costs and boost revenues, advances in blockchain technology could provide a host of opportunities, according to a panel of industry experts.
  Chairing an exclusive key note panel session at the Carriers World event in London this week…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Intel: Industry must prepare for the sheer scale of 5G

  13-09-2018 02:00
  The mobile telecommunication industry must ready itself for the unprecedented deluge of data traffic that will flood its networks as 5G is rolled out in the coming years.
  Speaking ahead of the Mobile World Congress Americas event in California…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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