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• TIM flips on the 5G switch in San Marino

  17-12-2018 18:20
  Telecom Italia has confirmed it has switched on 5G in San Marino, claiming to have covered 99% of the population and territory.
  While this is certainly something to brag about, we feel we might have to put things in perspective. San Marino has a total land-mass of 23.6 square miles, ranking it 192nd worldwide in terms of size, with a population of roughly 33,000. The population density is roughly 1,300 per square mile, making it the 23rd most densely populated state worldwide. These might be con
  
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• France goes solo in quest to hold Silicon Valley accountable

  17-12-2018 18:11
  With some European nations unable to summon up the courage to tackle the infamous creative tax strategies of the internet giants, France has decided to write its own rules.
  The topic of a digital tax which would span the length and breadth of the European continent was initially a popular one. Perhaps it was the camaraderie which swept the states into the tides of change, or maybe there as a brief window to score political PR points, though the momentum has not carried through. Initial plans wer
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: 2019, digital media and coffee mishaps

  17-12-2018 17:01
  Now with added video!
  
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• Internet Exchange Operators LINX and STC Establish Strategic Partnership

  17-12-2018 14:38
  London Internet Exchange (LINX) and Saudi Telecom Company (STC), on December 7th 2018 marked the start of JED-IX driven by LINX, an Internet exchange in Jeddah (JED-IX), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).John Souter, CEO of LINX, said: "JED-IX driven by LINX is a real step forward for the Internet community in Saudi and the GCC as a whole. The exchange will allow networks to stop 'tromboning' traffic to London and back again, and will help...Source: RealWire
  
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• Openreach talks fibre in Edinburgh

  17-12-2018 13:54
  With fibre becoming an increasingly politicised topic, fixed infrastructure wholesaler Openreach decided to hang out with a couple of Scottish politicians.
  Ian Murray MP and Daniel Johnson MSP got to hang out with some engineers in Liberton, a suburb of Edinburgh, where Openreach has been laying some serious fibre down. Specifically this is of the FTTP variety, which enables Openreach to use emotive phrases such as ‘ultrafast broadband’ and ‘future-proof technology’.
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• T-Mobile/Sprint edge towards finish line following Huawei snub

  17-12-2018 13:19
  T-Mobile US and Sprint are reportedly rubbing regulators the right way, in the continued effort to get the prolonged merger approved, by overtly shunning Chinese kit vendor Huawei.
  The statement should be viewed as more symbolic than anything else, as considering the clauses which have been inserted into the Defense Authorization Act during August, it would have been highly unlikely the pair would have considered Huawei for any meaningful work in US networks. What this could be viewed as is a PR
  
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• Germany takes an innocent until proven guilty approach to Huawei

  17-12-2018 12:30
  Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has made a bold statement, bucking global trends, saying it will not ban Huawei from its borders unless someone can table some evidence of espionage.
  With the world turning against Huawei, and China on the whole for that matter, the statement is surprising, unsurprising and somewhat reassuring as well.
  Western governments tend to follow each other in terms of regulation and legislation, therefore this stance from Germany might sound s
  
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• Vivendi doesn’t think the TIM board is independent enough – hmm

  17-12-2018 12:28
  As promised Vivendi has written to the board of Italian operator group TIM in a bid to replace Elliott-nominated members with its own proposed ones.
  Here’s the entire text of the letter, dated 14 December 2018: ‘As announced on December 11, 2018, Vivendi wrote today to the Telecom Italia Board of Directors to urge it to convene a Shareholders’ Meeting as soon as possible to vote for the appointment of new financial Auditors.
  ‘Vivendi also asked that the agenda of the Shar
  
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• Omnichannel is a real thing after all – Nielsen

  17-12-2018 11:30
  It is becoming increasingly difficult to capture the attention of customers nowadays, but short-attention spans and multiple screens might turn out to be an advantage.
  Omnichannel marketing and experiences are up there with the buzziest of buzzwords, and while some might believe it is nothing more than a consultant’s invention to justify their existence, there might be some substance to it after all.
  According to the most recent Nielsen Total Audience Report, more US adults are engaging co
  
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• London’s Alleys: Magdalen Passage, E1

  17-12-2018 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A narrow open passageway that creates a convenient cross passage in the middle of two otherwise long unremitting roads.Although surrounded by relatively modern buildings, the passage is fairly old, emerging from fields and housing into a defined route around the 1800s.
  This part of London first appears in the records as an area of farmland described by Stow’s Survey of London in 1603 as Goodman Fields.
  Braun and Hogenberg’s map of 1572 shows the area around the alley as open yards to
  
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• Sky: Regulator's latest proposals will harm rural connectivity in Ireland

  17-12-2018 01:00
  Sky Ireland is to appeal against a recent ComReg directive, which allows Eir to charge retail providers up to €170 every time a customer switches between providers.   Ireland's telecoms regulator made the recommendation as part of its recently published Broadband Market Review…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Project Earth: Delivering a truly digital transformation

  17-12-2018 01:00
  Last month, Huawei and Hong Kong Telecom were awarded the Digital Transformation award for their Project Earth initiative. The campaign overcame a number of key challenges to deliver a complete overhaul of HKT's digital offering. The WCA judges commended the pair's efforts for their single-minded vision and provision of a future proofed, digital solution. “I see in the companies’ plans the marks of a correct future vision. They are aware of the deep architectural changes t
  
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• Ofcom allows Three to merge spectrum ahead of 5G launch

  17-12-2018 01:00
  The UK's telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has stated that it will allow Three UK to merge two separate blocks of spectrum ahead of the company's 5G launch next year.
  Three UK's wholly owned subsidiary, Broadband UK, holds two distinct sets of spectrum in the 3…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• India's DoT rules out further spectrum auctions until late 2019

  17-12-2018 01:00
  India's Department of Telecoms has said that it will not be in a position to hold further 5G spectrum auctions until at least the second half of 2019, according to a report in the Economic Times of India…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• German watchdog finds 'no proof' of 5G security threat from Huawei

  17-12-2018 01:00
  Germany's Information Technology watchdog says that there is no evidence that Huawei's 5G network infrastructure could pose a threat to Germany's national security.German newspaper, Spiegel, reported that the country's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) had found no proof that Huawei's network infrastructure was any more or less secure than that of its competitors…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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