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• Mobile performance is increasingly better than wifi – OpenSignal

  23-11-2018 19:28
  Mobile analytics company OpenSignal has had a look mobile and wifi performance around the world and concluded mobile is catching up fast.
  In 33 countries, according to the report, smartphone users get faster average download speeds from their mobile network than from wifi. The country with the greatest discrepancy in favour of mobile is Australia, where average speeds are 13 Mbps faster than wifi. In most countries the respective data rates seem to be pretty similar but wifi still prevails in so
  
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• Can telcos stay on top in the era of over-the-top players?

  23-11-2018 18:21
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Deepak Moudgil, Global Head, Go-To-Market, Enterprise Business, Digital Operations and Platforms at Wipro takes a look at the current and future competitive environment between telcos and OTTs.
  The Groupe Spéciale Mobile Association (GSMA) estimated in its recent report that the telecoms industry will be worth a massive USD 3.7 trillion by 2020. With this, telec
  
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• Colindale tube station set for dramatic rebuild

  23-11-2018 18:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  London Underground’s unremarkable shed of a tube station at Colindale is set to be demolished and rebuilt with a dramatic curving wooden landmark for the area.
  (c) TfL
  The funding for the new station is being met from the addition of 350 homes on the site, which has already in recent years seen clusters of new residential towers appearing on the landscape.
  A total of £5 million in funding from TfL’s Growth Fund has been allocated for the new station building with step-free acce
  
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• Apple said to offer discount on iPhone in Japan

  23-11-2018 18:01
  The Wall Street Journal has reported Apple is subsidising operators in Japan to offer discounts on its phones owing to sluggish sales in the country.
  After claiming that the new iPhone models are moving slower than planned through its supplier and manufacturer checks, WSJ reported again that Apple is going to offer discount to its XR model in Japan, which is said to be falling short of plan the most. Due to channel price protection, it needs to compensate the mobile operators to do so.
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• Apple is said to offer discount on iPhone in Japan

  23-11-2018 18:01
  The Wall Street Journal has reported Apple is subsidising operators in Japan to offer discounts on its phones because they’re not shifting as quickly as it would like.
  After claiming that the new iPhone models are moving slower than planned through its supplier and manufacturer checks, WSJ reported again that Apple is going to offer discount to its XR model in Japan, which is said to be falling short of plan the most. Due to channel price protection, it needs to compensate the mobile opera
  
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• A closer look at the space-age “Tulip” skyscraper

  23-11-2018 17:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Earlier this week it was announced that planning permission would be sought for a “Tulip” skyscraper viewing platform in the City of London.The planning application has now been filed, all 181 documents to support the case for the development to go ahead.
  What’s clear is that a lot of work has gone into the application, so they clearly think there is commercial viability for a tower that can be used only as a viewing platform and would have no other purpose.
  They’ve also
  
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• US pressuring allies to veto Huawei – report

  23-11-2018 14:02
  The US government is reportedly lobbying its international allies to pressure their telecoms companies not to do business with Huawei.
  The rumour comes courtesy of the WSJ, which has been chatting to people who reckon they’re familiar with the situation. They say US officials have been hassling both governments and telcos directly in allied countries in Western Europe and Japan. On top of that the US is apparently contemplating using the time-honoured channel of ‘aid’ to bribe
  
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• President Xi doesn’t love the private sector, but he needs friends with benefits

  23-11-2018 13:37
  Beijing has issued a new policy to encourage entrepreneurship, but it will comes with some pretty major strings attached.
  Over the past few months there have been repeated cries in China, ostensibly from some parts of the academia and media, to relegate the private sector further to a second-class role in the economy, to play only a supporting part to the state-owned enterprises (SOEs), despite the former contributing 60% of China’s GDP and creating 80% of the jobs.
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• Reliance Jio announces first 29 cities to get GigaFibre

  23-11-2018 01:00
  Reliance Jio has revealed the first 29 cities to receive full fibre to the home (FTTH) gigabit broadband services, as part of its GigaFiber rollout.
  Reliance Jio has achieved enormous disruption of India's mobile market and is now setting its sights on the country's fixed line sector too &ndash…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange and MTN launch JV to ramp up mobile money services in Africa

  23-11-2018 01:00
  International telcos Orange and MTN Group have launched a new mobile money joint venture in Africa, according to a company release.
  Mowali will enable interoperable mobile payments across the entire continent of Africa, essentially making it possible for users to transfer money via their mobile phones…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Nokia sharpens 5G focus with appointment of new mobile network boss

  23-11-2018 01:00
  Nokia has realigned its organisational structure, as the company looks to boost its resources ahead of 5G rollout.
  The company will consolidate its Mobile Network and Fixed Line Business units under one newly created Access Network Division…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Angola Cables signs MoU to boost connectivity into Africa

  23-11-2018 01:00
  Angola Cables has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South African broadband provider, Broadband Infraco, which it says will help it improve connectivity into Africa.
  Broadband Infraco has more than 14…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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