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• Huawei Helps CMHK Build a 5G-ready Comprehensive Transport Network

  08-10-2018 17:22
  HONG KONG — Recently, China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited (CMHK) announced that it will partner with Huawei to build a 5G-ready comprehensive transport network covering 5G transport, enterprise private lines, and home broadband. This project marks CMHK’s transformation from providing pure mobile services to fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) services, and strengthens the strategic partnership between Huawei and CMHK over network construction.
  CMHK is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China
  
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• Q&A with David Glickman, CEO of Ultra Mobile, & Sarah Neill, VP / GM at Ultra IoT Connected Lab

  08-10-2018 17:21
  As previously reported by the MVNOs Series, it’s been an exciting year for MVNOs in North America. One of the most mature and developed MVNO markets in the world, the region does justice for its reputation of being intensely competitive yet still filled with opportunity. If we look at the US market for example – one of the most diverse, complex and competitive MVNO markets within the region – it has been the home to some of the biggest stories around the North American mobile i
  
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• Facebook eyes up the connected home space

  08-10-2018 17:06
  Facebook has seemingly taken its first steps towards the connected home market with the launch of Portal.
  As it stands, Portal is being marketed simply as a video calling product, though with partnerships with various content streaming channels and a tie-in with Amazon’s Alexa, the future could see Facebook enter the fray as a competitor in the smart home hardware segment.
  Two products will be released to start with, Portal and Portal+. Portal will feature a 10-inch 1280 x 800 display, whi
  
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• Managing the strategic transition from LTE to 5G

  08-10-2018 14:46
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Quah Mei Lee, Industry Principal Analyst at Frost & Sullivan, offers some food for thought for mobile service providers.
  5G is here but it is coming up at a time when customer experience is becoming a key performance metric that will determine not only if a mobile service provider will remain competitive and relevant but also in business. It is an oppor
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Cheeky China, real 5G and net neutrality

  08-10-2018 14:43
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• Google just about manages to avoid another massive fine

  08-10-2018 14:01
  The High Court in the UK has quashed an attempted class-action lawsuit against Google for the illegal collection of iPhone user’s data during 2011-2012.
  The case, which was first heard in May, was brought forward by a group called ‘Google You Owe Us’, headed up by Richard Lloyd, a former Executive Director at Which. Lloyd believes in acting illegally, Google should financially compensate the iPhone users who were affected. The number of affected users has been estimated at 4.4
  
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• Cisco and Huawei inch up the Interbrand top 100

  08-10-2018 13:13
  Brand consultancy Interbrand has published its latest ranking of the world’s strongest brands and given Cisco and Huawei minor promotions.
  In last year’s assessment Cisco had the 16th most valuable brand, while Huawei came in at number 70. In the intervening 12 months Cisco’s brand value has increased by 8% to $34.5 billion, taking it to 15th place ahead of a waning GE. Meanwhile Huawei’s brand has apparently become 14% more valuable and now contributes $7.5 billion to it
  
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• Ranplan releases the world’s first heterogeneous wireless planning tool supporting 5G

  08-10-2018 12:07
  08 October 2018 – Ranplan Wireless, provider of the industry’s only in-building and outdoor wireless planning and optimisation software solution, has announced the release of Ranplan Professional 5.2, offering key functionality to support 5G New Radio (NR).These new 5G NR capabilities allow the telecommunication industry to efficiently plan, design and optimise the next generation of mobile networks, supporting the key features of 5G NR specified in 3GPP Rel 15 for both non-standalon
  
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• DHS and GCHQ join the China spy BS brigade

  08-10-2018 11:43
  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has stated it, and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, are supporting industry denials regarding malicious microchips installed on hardware by China.
  Last week Bloomberg unveiled a weighty report which pointed the finger at the Chinese government for an in-depth and delicate espionage campaign which would have shaken the telco industry’s global supply chain. By allegedly compromising motherboards produced by Super Micro, the security pro
  
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• Telesat and Newtec Successfully Complete Over-The-Air Testing on Telesat’s First LEO Satellite

  08-10-2018 10:39
  Newtec’s high-throughput modems achieved flawless operation, delivering highly reliable services with no packet loss under high Doppler conditions SINT-NIKLAAS, Belgium, 8 October 2018 – Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, today announced its modems have become the first to be successfully tested over-the-air on Telesat’s inaugural Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite. Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite was la
  
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• InfiNet Wireless to introduce Record-Breaking Spectral Efficiency solution for IoT applications at GITEX Technology Week 2018

  08-10-2018 10:39
  Dubai, United Arab Emirates – October 8, 2018 – InfiNet Wireless, the global leader in fixed broadband wireless connectivity, will showcase its record-breaking spectral efficiency solution at GITEX Technology Week, Dubai, UAE to be held from October 14th to 18th.Addressing the increase in Internet of Things (IoT) applications and the rising number of connected devices requiring more reliable bandwidth, InfiNet's brand new 5 GHz Point-to-Point (PTP) solution, the Quanta 5, has been sp
  
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• NetComm's new reverse powered Gfast DPU portfolio delivers a faster, more efficient FTTH roll-out

  08-10-2018 09:00
  8 October 2018 (Sydney): NetComm today announced an expansion to its Distribution Point Unit (DPU) portfolio, with new features that provide network operators the opportunity to connect millions more premises more cost effectively to ultra-fast broadband.NetComm’s new range of DPUs will feature 4-port, 8-port and 16-port models that will enable network operators to service more premises from a single DPU – this will be particularly useful in delivering services to previously problema
  
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• Mobily banned from recruiting new customers following Saudi localisation failure

  08-10-2018 02:00
  Saudi Arabian mobile network operator, Mobily, has been banned from offering services to new customers, after it failed to meet its localisation targets…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Metro to launch pay-as-you-go 5G in the US

  08-10-2018 02:00
  T-Mobile's pre-paid subsidiary, Metro, has committed to launch 5G services in 2019, becoming the first pay-as-you-go brand to do so.Formerly known as MetroPCS, T-Mobile has given its pre-paid subsidiary a makeover and has relaunched it with a range of data sand social media centric tariffs…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Indian regulator defends 5G spectrum pricing

  08-10-2018 02:00
   The Telecoms Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has defended its pricing for its forthcoming spectrum auction that will underpin the rollout of 5G networks on the sub…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei willing to work with government to allay Korea's 5G security fears

  08-10-2018 02:00
  Chinese tech giant, Huawei, has said that it is willing to work with the Korean government to allay any fears it might have over network security, as the country prepares to rollout 5G mobile networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• DT and Telefonica eye closer 5G collaboration ahead of German auction

  08-10-2018 02:00
  Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica Deutschland are to collaborate more closely, ahead of Germany's 5G spectrum auction, according to a company statement.
  Deutsche Telekom has agreed to connect 5,000 of Telefonica's base stations to its fibre network in Germany…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Albanian government blocks Serbia Telekom's plans for Balkan expansion

  08-10-2018 02:00
  The Albanian government has knocked back a bid from Serbia Telekom to purchase a controlling stake in state owned Albania Telekom.
  Serbia Telekom made a bid earlier this week but reports in the Balkan media suggest that the Albanian government has stated that the Serb bid is &quot…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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