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• DT/Tele2 tie up could smooth path to industry consolidation

  26-11-2018 18:01
  For years the telco industry has condemned the EU’s approach to competition, though green-lighting DT’s acquisition of Tele2’s Dutch business could indicate a loosening grip on the idea of four operators.
  According to the European Commission, each market should ideally have four operators to ensure the consumer has choice, though this has been challenged in recent years due to market economics. In short, the telcos do not feel they are making enough money to continue network in
  
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• Germany green lights 5G plans despite industry protest

  26-11-2018 17:04
  German regulator Bundesnetzagentur has said it will move ahead with the proposed 5G auction plan, despite German telcos and industry lobby group GSMA slamming the plans as a commercial nightmare.
  The auction, which will take place in early 2019, requires minimum data rates of 100 Mbps available by the end of 2022 in 98% of households in each state as well as along all major transport paths. Each of the telcos must also install 1000 5G base stations and 500 other base stations, and by 2024, the d
  
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• Race under way to back UK fibre broadband ventures

  26-11-2018 14:51
  ‘Altnet’ groups such as CityFibre win funding after push to reclassify sector
  
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• Openreach announces another one million GFast homes

  26-11-2018 13:42
  Openreach has continued to push forward in its GFast mission, announcing it will connect another one million homes in 81 areas across the UK by next summer.
  Despite evidence pointing towards a fibre connectivity diet as the only future-proof solution, Openreach will add the horde of homes to the GFast connectivity frenzy, seemingly in an effort to create a halfway house for the on-going quest.
  “Currently, the UK is a world leader in digital infrastructure and services, but as the digital r
  
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• Phones 4U reaches from beyond the grave to claw back millions

  26-11-2018 12:50
  Phones 4U administrator PwC has appointed one of the UK’s leading insolvency experts to assess whether there are grounds to make a claim against mobile operators for unlawful collusion.
  According to the Telegraph, PwC has pulled in Paul Copley to read the lay of the land and decide whether there is enough evidence to launch a lawsuit against the operators which could be worth ‘hundreds of millions’. The MNOs must have thought they had seen the back of Phones 4U considering the
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER to showcase latest infrastructure solutions for tomorrow's industry at SPS IPC Drives 2018

  26-11-2018 12:09
  Alongside a full range of solutions for smart applications, the company will also debut its SENCITY® Omni-S MIMO antenna Herisau, 26 November – Leading international manufacturer of components and system solutions for optical and electrical connectivity, HUBER+SUHNER, will be presenting its latest infrastructure innovations for digital transformation at SPS IPC Drives, 27-29 November, Nuremberg. Under the motto “today, tomorrow, connect”, HUBER+SUHNER will showcase its capa
  
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• UK goes through the gears in autonomous driving race

  26-11-2018 11:13
  The US, China and Japan have been moving ahead swiftly in the race to put autonomous vehicles on public roads, but new trials in West London perhaps indicate the UK is not that far behind.
  Following successful trials through Oxford town-centre, a new initiative has been announced by the DRIVEN consortium, an Innovate UK funded initiative focused on introducing Level 4 autonomous vehicles. This project will be mapping the streets of Hounslow, expecting to launch trials in the area by this Christm
  
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• Mobile data could get even costlier after T-Mobile and Sprint merger

  26-11-2018 10:34
  Report by Rewheel showed Americans already have the most expensive mobile data among all four-operator markets. A move to reduce the number of them could make it worse.
  According to the 2H2018 release of its mobile data price monitoring report, the Finland-based research firm Rewheel focused on the US market, which is likely to see the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint closing in the first half of 2019. The report showed that among the 41 countries it analysed (OECD34 + EU28, with seve
  
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• London’s Alleys: Fernsbury Street alley, WC1

  26-11-2018 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Officially, this charming little alley has no name, but I am naming it Fernsbury Street Alley, as it was almost an extension of Fernsbury Street itself.The alley exists thanks to 1920s slum clearances, and a later change of mind about what to do when building replacement homes.
  Where we are standing is part of the Lloyd Baker Estate, which was laid out in the mid 1820s as upper middle-class homes, but next to it was a 3-acre block of housing, which was rather cheaper for workers.
  Closely packed
  
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• Blavatnik’s Norwegian telecoms group Ice to float

  26-11-2018 05:00
  One of Europe’s fastest-growing telecoms companies aims to raise £275m
  
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• UK seizes Facebook docs as MPs investigate data security breach

  26-11-2018 01:00
  The House of Commons has invoked seldom used powers to seize a cache of documents relating to Facebook's involvement in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to reports in the British press.
  The Observer newspaper said that the document s related to Facebook's internal privacy controls…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Openreach to roll out ultrafast Gfast services to 1 million customers

  26-11-2018 01:00
  Openreach has announced plans to extend its ultrafast network footprint by rolling out Gfast services to a million homes and businesses across the UK.
  Openreach will provide speeds of up to 330Mbps to customers in 81 new locations across the UK…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• O2 and Nokia launch massive MIMO trials in London

  26-11-2018 01:00
  O2 and Nokia have teamed up to launch two massive MIMO trials in London, as the mobile network operator steps up its preparations for 5G. The two trials will take place in London's Kings Cross and Marble Arch, locations which were selected specifically for their high levels of data traffic…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Mobile networks outstrip WIFI for speed in 33 countries worldwide

  26-11-2018 01:00
  Mobile networks are providing faster download speeds than those experienced on WIFI in 33 countries across the world, according to a new industry report.
  OpenSignal's State of WIFI vs Mobile Experience Report found that the introduction of LTE services had dramatically increased mobile network speeds in a number of key markets…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• GSMA: Middle Eastern telcos will lead on 5G

  26-11-2018 01:00
  Telcos from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are set to lead the world on 5G rollout, according to the GSMA.5G mobile services are expected to be launched in all 6 of the GCC states (namely, the UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait) within two years…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Airtel Africa appoints international banks to oversee IPO

  26-11-2018 01:00
  Bharti Airtel's African subsidiary, Airtel Africa, has appointed a number of international firms to work on its initial public offering (IPO) on an as yet unspecified international stock exchange.Airtel has nominated Citigroup…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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