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• Goldman fund backs new £2.5bn UK broadband network

  23-10-2018 23:00 via ft.com
  CityFibre project aims to reach 5m homes in 37 cities by 2024
  
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• Huawei’s SmartWi-Fi Solution Enables Batelco to Achieve Premium Home Wi-Fi Coverage

  23-10-2018 18:03
  [Bahrain, October 23, 2018] Batelco announced that it will adopt Huawei’s SmartWi-Fi solution to provide customers with intelligent and seamless high-speed Wi-Fi coverage, and enhance users’ home broadband experience through remote cloud management and intelligent troubleshooting systems.
  As a major digital communications service provider, Batelco is dedicated to innovating and evolving home network solutions. It has released 500 Mbit/s ultra-broadband (UBB) and video services includ
  
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• Learning From HKT’s Digital Transformation

  23-10-2018 17:58
  HKT is the incumbent operator in Hong Kong with slightly over 50% share of the residential fixed broadband market and around 30% share of mobile subscribers, placing it ahead of the three other MNOs. HKT’s revenue (excluding handset sales) rose 1% year on year in the six months ending June 2018 to US$1,749 million while EBITDA margins (excluding handsets) increased one percentage point to a healthy 42%.
  As the first half report shows, HKT has been building on its heritage of tradition
  
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• A Phased Approach to AI Adoption in Network Operations & Maintenance

  23-10-2018 17:46
  Here’s a story that will seem familiar to many operators across the world: Not so long ago, China Mobile was struggling to simultaneously ensure network quality and improve customer experience while at the same time reduce its operational costs.
  A key enabler to achieve these goals was its shift from reactive maintenance not just to preventative maintenance, but increasingly to predictive maintenance. China Mobile divided its intelligent operations and maintenance (O&M) evolution into
  
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• Only Digital Transformation Can Unlock Value of 5G & AI – Experts

  23-10-2018 17:34
  Telecom operators need to carry out digital transformation in order to be able to seize the benefits of 5G and AI – that was the verdict from the latest Huawei Operations Transformation Forum (OTF).
  “The telecom industry needs to adopt new ways of working. It is the only way to join the digital economy and leverage the power of 5G, AI, and the cloud,” Huawei chairman Liang Hua said in a keynote address.
  Going digital will enable rapid service innovation, intelligent operations
  
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• BBWF 2018: Telefonica Germany pitches case for FWA

  23-10-2018 16:20
  Telefonica’s UK business O2 might be avoiding convergence like the plague, but for its cousins in Germany, FWA is one of the biggest drivers for the adoption of 5G.
  Speaking at Broadband World Forum in Berlin, Cayetano Carbajo Martín of Telefonica Germany is not fearful of the convergence distraction. In fact, it might just save the country from a connectivity embarrassment.
  “5G implementation will be driven by different needs from fixed wireless access to ever increasing eMBB
  
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• Verizon might have launched 5G, but new iPhone pulls subscribers

  23-10-2018 15:57
  Verizon published Q3 results, beating market estimates on earnings and subscriber adds.
  Verizon published Q3 results today, narrowly beating market expectations. On the wireless side, Verizon Wireless added 510,000 net postpaid smartphone subscribers, with the postpaid churn rate at 0.8%. The strong marketing activities following the launch of the new iPhone, including an offer of up to $750 off new models, has helped attract new subscribers. As an important operation landmark right at the end o
  
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• ProLabs at Cable-Tec Expo: “Upgrade smarter, not harder, with interoperable SWDM4 technology”

  23-10-2018 15:00
  Atlanta, 23 October – With operators feeling the pinch when it comes to upgrading network infrastructure to support speeds from 100G, global leader in compatible optical solutions, ProLabs, has presented an all-encompassing solution which bolsters existing multi-mode fiber infrastructure. Speaking on the first day of SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Atlanta, Georgia, Ray Hagen, Americas Product Manager at ProLabs, stressed the importance of deploying an affordable solution that is both future-proof
  
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• Verizon axes growth targets for AOL-Yahoo business

  23-10-2018 14:45 via ft.com
  Telecoms group admits media unit disappointment as strategy shifts to 5G
  
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• BBWF 2018: Autonomous cars are progressing, but still a lot of work to do

  23-10-2018 14:04
  Predicting when self-driving cars will hit the streets is turning into a real-life version of roulette, which is always a worrying sign.
  Last year, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond set out his bold ambitions; autonomous vehicles to be on UK streets by 2021. If you listen to those testing out the solutions across the world, this is certainly achievable. But then again, there are always the neigh-sayers.
  At Broadband World Forum in Berlin, Alexandros Kaloxylos, Assistant Professor at
  
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• Suntech Signs Global Partnership Agreement with Cyient

  23-10-2018 11:57
  Cyient is a global provider of engineering, manufacturing, geospatial, digital, network and operations management solutions to industry leaders Germany/India, October 23, 2018: Suntech, a leading provider of innovative OSS (operations support systems) solutions, has announced that it has signed a non-exclusive business alliance agreement with Cyient, a global provider of engineering, manufacturing, geospatial, digital, network and operations management solutions. Through this agreement, Cyient a
  
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• BBWF 2018: Telcos are starting to find their voice through openness – TIM

  23-10-2018 11:33
  For years the CSPs have been a fading voice in the telco ecosystem, but control is being wrestled back through the open communities.
  The challenge over the last couple of years has been a lack of control. Standards organizations and technological developments are controlled by the vendors, which in turn results in control the industry’s landscape. The CSPs are no-longer masters of their own fate, which is primarily their own fault, but according to Mauro Tilocca of Telecom Italia the open
  
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• Emtelle Introduces ‘Game-Changing’ 24 Fibre Bundle to Double Operators’ Capacity

  23-10-2018 11:13
  Solution launched at Broadband World Forum 2018 halves blowing costs per fibre for FTTx deployments with rapid installation Berlin, Germany, 23 October 2018 – Emtelle, a leading provider of blown fibre and ducted network solutions for the telecoms industry, today launched its 24 fibre bundle solution at Broadband World Forum, presenting significant cost savings and operational benefits for telecom operators. The new 24 fibre bundle solution forms part of Emtelle’s FibreFlow microduct
  
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• China Mobile selects InfiNet Wireless solution to connect remote 4G base-stations to its core network

  23-10-2018 10:57
  Since an initial deployment in July, the operator has placed further orders for many additional links to be deployed across 16 cities in the regionValetta, Malta. 23 October 2018: InfiNet Wireless, the global leader in fixed broadband wireless connectivity, has been selected by China Mobile to overhaul its network used to connect its remote 4G base stations across the Xinjiang province.To help the world’s largest mobile phone operator deliver optimum capacity over long distances, InfiNet..
  
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• Plume and Samsung Launch OpenSync™ Open Source Initiative

  23-10-2018 09:31
  OpenSync™ creates the first multi-industry, open service curation, delivery, management and support framework; benefits showcased by an eight-participant interoperability demonstration including Liberty Global, Bell Canada and Comcast at the Broadband World Forum 2018BERLIN — October 23, 2018 — Following the large-scale deployment of residential Wi-Fi services relying on its core elements, the cloud managed modern home services pioneer Plume, and the world’s largest consu
  
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• Google helps make more space for selfies and games you’ll only play one

  23-10-2018 08:05
  Can’t save your latest selfie because it’s too difficult to decide which of the food delivery apps needs to go to the bin? Google can help you with that.
  This new update from the team aims to help developers build applications which deliver the same experience to users, but reduces the demand on a device’s limited storage. The announcement was made at Playtime, Google’s developer conference, which isn’t the headline maker of Next ’18 but there are certainly so
  
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• Google helps make more space for selfies and games you’ll only play once

  23-10-2018 08:05
  Can’t save your latest selfie because it’s too difficult to decide which of the food delivery apps needs to go to the bin? Google can help you with that.
  A new update aims to help developers build applications which deliver the same experience to users, but reduces the demand on a device’s limited storage. The announcement was made at Playtime, Google’s developer conference, which isn’t the headline maker of Next ’18 but there are certainly some interesting up
  
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• For 5G to succeed European operators need a new deal on regulation and consolidation

  23-10-2018 05:19
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Bengt Nordstrom of Northsteam explains how regulation, M&A and consolidation in the European telecoms market have divided opinion over the industry’s future direction.
  Europe’s large operators have long argued that anti-M&A measures by regulators undermine their future investments by preventing market consolidation. They contend that fewer national
  
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• Qualcomm hypes 5G one more time ahead of 2019 global roll out

  23-10-2018 04:33
  At a big corporate event in Hong Kong Qualcomm took the opportunity to whip up the 5G hype one more time.
  While we have seen some of the first green shoots of 5G in the wild this year, 2019 will be when the roll out of 5G in real life will explode. Judging by the endless stream of 5G test announcements, each one claiming its own infinitesimally incremental ‘first’, 5G is ready to go. Qualcomm has spent most of this year, when not engaged in corporate warfare with the likes of Broadco
  
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• Vodafone revealed as the UK's best network for video streaming

  23-10-2018 02:00
  Vodafone has been named as the best UK mobile operator for overall video experience in the UK, overcoming stiff competition from EE to claim the crown.OpenSignal has published its latest report…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Qualcomm: 5G handsets to hit stores from early 2019

  23-10-2018 02:00
  International chip manufacturer Qualcomm has said that it expects the first 5G compliant handsets to be released in two waves next year, with the first sets being made available in early 2019…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• India's beleaguered telcos to lose 65,000 staff by year end

  23-10-2018 02:00
  India's ailing telecoms sector could make up to 65,000 people redundant by the end of the current financial year, as the sector continues to grapple with ultra-competitive market conditions…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei's PEACE cable enters manufacturing stage

  23-10-2018 02:00
   Peace Cable International Network and Huawei Marine Networks have announced that the long-awaited PEACE cable has entered the manufacturing stage. The 12,000 kilometre cable system will connect Asia, Africa and Europe and is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2020…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom signs strategic fibre deal with one of Germany's biggest landlords

  23-10-2018 02:00
  German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom has signed a full fibre access agreement with ABG Frankfurt Holding – one of the country's biggest housing companies and key public landlords…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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