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• Vodafone warns of danger of ‘artificial’ 5G auctions

  03-10-2018 22:36
  European countries urged not to follow short-term thinking of Italian spectrum sale
  
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• EE shows its 5G ambitions are greater than the smartphone

  03-10-2018 19:47
  EE is set to green light its first 5G trial in London, testing out its fixed wireless access ambitions.
  Five businesses and five homes will have the chance to test out EE’s 5G broadband capabilities as the telco shows us it’s not all about bufferless cat videos on the bus. The trial will see 5G switched on at ten sites around East London in City Road, Old Street, Hoxton Square, St Paul’s and Chiswell Street.
  Although details of the trialists are thin at the moment, EE has hinte
  
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• Is your automated technology a threat to customer relationships?

  03-10-2018 19:44
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Neil Hammerton, CEO of Natterbox looks at the pros and cons of increased automation when it comes to customer service.
  We’ve all been there: trying to call our bank, GP, or local job centre, and having to press an infinite number of keys to get through to an automated voice that will make us wait on the line while letting us know that we’re numb
  
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• Q&A with Bobby Bathia, CEO and Founder at TrakInvest Group

  03-10-2018 19:05
  As discussed in the MVNOs Series report ‘An Introduction to Blockchain’, characteristics such as automation of contracts and transactions, the ability to manage enormous networks of users efficiently, security and speed are just some of the reasons why analysts predict that Blockchain could add $1bn in value to the telecoms industry in the space of five years.In order to discuss these opportunities further and draw a full picture of what Blockchain actually means for the telecoms ind
  
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• Ofcom isn’t happy with EE and Vodafone’s coverage predictions

  03-10-2018 17:57
  UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has opened separate investigations into coverage predictions offered up by EE and Vodafone.
  In what seems like a fairly pedantic move Ofcom has announced it’s looking into information provided by the two MNOs when it asked them to say how much of the country they expect to cover. Bizarrely EE is suspected of overestimating its 3G coverage, while Vodafone may have under-predicted its 4G coverage.
  Why any of this matters is unclear. Ofcom uses these estimates for
  
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• Banning us could hand China victory in the 5G race – Huawei

  03-10-2018 13:30
  Reading between the lines, Huawei is asking the US a new question; banning us will make deployment slower and more expensive, so how will that help in the 5G race against China?
  In a filing with the FCC, Huawei has put forward a pretty in-depth argument against prohibiting it from business in the US. Ranging from economic considerations, such as the price and speed of deployment, to the ‘critical’ support it provides smaller telcos in the rural regions, and questions the basis of why
  
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• Italian 5G spectrum orgy reaches its climax

  03-10-2018 13:22
  The frenzy of bidding for mid frequency 5G spectrum in Italy has come to a climax with operators’ cash reserves apparently spent.
  The hot action took place around the 3.7 GHz band, where the relatively small amount of spectrum on offer – 200 MHz – and the presence of a new fourth player – Iliad – ensured supply outstripped demand. When we last checked in the bidding had already become frenzied, but they still managed to keep it up for another nine days.
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• Whale Cloud Officially Announces Start of Operations, Strategy and Investment to Change the Digital Transformation Landscape

  03-10-2018 12:39
  Whale Cloud Technology Co. Ltd., formerly ZTEsoft Technology Co. Ltd., has officially unveiled its new brand name, market ambitions and strategy at the Alibaba Computing Conference 2018.
  Whale Cloud’s rebranding follows on Alibaba’s acquisition of ZTE’s stake in ZTEsoft and strengthens its strategic partnership with Alibaba Cloud, to become a cloud-native Digital Transformation Provider, capable to offer an unparalleled power of transformation by combining Whale Cloud’s e
  
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• Google sneaks into the chatbot world with Onward acquisition

  03-10-2018 12:30
  Google has made a somewhat sly entry into the chatbot segment with the acquisition of Onward, an automation start-up based out of San Francisco.
  Founded in 2015, Onward states it can parse and extract meaning from complex natural language messages to create customer service chatbots and import data from other sources to ‘empower’ agents to respond based on the metrics that matter most. And to make things even better, customers do not need to know how to code to build advanced flows t
  
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• Connected speakers could refresh smart home euphoria

  03-10-2018 10:31
  Enthusiasm for connected devices is on the rise, but it’s taking the buzz away from smart appliances and the smart home category on the whole.
  According to research from GfK, products which are geared towards improving connectivity and entertainment are gaining traction in the market, though this is replacing the appetite for smart home appliances which are geared towards efficiency and functionality.
  “Take-up of smart home products in the UK continues to rise, with interactive speak
  
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• World-wide WiFi coverage is not a million miles away

  03-10-2018 02:00
  Ultrafast, ubiquitous connectivity may seem like a pipe dream, but world-wide WiFi coverage could be closer than you might think.Speaking at the opening of the IP Expo event in London on Wednesday…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Vodafone to make Milan Europe's 5G capital, following successful spectrum auction

  03-10-2018 02:00
  Vodafone has spent a total of €2.4 billion to acquire the spectrum that will underpin its 5G network rollout in Italy. The company acquired spectrum in the 700MHz, 3.6GHz and 26GHz bands, which will allow it to offer a diverse portfolio of services to its customers when it launches 5G in Italy…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Vodafone to make Milan Europe's 5G capital, following succesful spectrum auction

  03-10-2018 02:00
  Vodafone has spent a total of €2.4 billion to acquire the spectrum that will underpin its 5G network rollout in Italy. The company acquired spectrum in the 700MHz, 3.6GHz and 26GHz bands, which will allow it to offer a diverse portfolio of services to its customers when it launches 5G in Italy…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telekom Serbia eyes Balkan expansion as it mulls bid for Albanian telco

  03-10-2018 02:00
  Serbia's largest mobile network operator, Serbia Telekom, has made a bid to acquire neighbouring Telekom Albania, according to reports in the press…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Reliance Industries eyes Hathway acquisition to speed up GigaFiber rollout

  03-10-2018 02:00
  Reliance Jio's parent company, Reliance Industries, is reportedly in talks to acquire India's largest cable operator Hathway Cable and Datacom. The deal would allow Reliance Jio to expedite the proposed roll out of its GigaFiber full fibre broadband services across the sub…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Netflix gobbles up 15% of global internet capacity, new report finds

  03-10-2018 02:00
  Online video streaming service Netflix has been revealed as the most data hungry application by a new industry study. Sandvine's latest edition of the Global Internet Phenomena Report states that Netflix is responsible for 15 per cent of global internet traffic by volume…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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