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• It’s all go on AT&T’s 5G network

  18-12-2018 18:14
  If you’re lucky enough to live or work anywhere near one of the flashy new AT&T 5G cell sites, and have won the telco lottery, you’ll only have to wait until Friday to live the dream.
  On 21 December AT&T will become the first telco to cross the finish line and offer a mobile 5G service over a commercial, standards-based mobile 5G network. It’s been years getting to this point, but the green button is about to be struck for the first time in a meaningful way.
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• The cloud is booming but no-one seems to have told Oracle

  18-12-2018 17:47
  Revenues in the cloud computing world are growing fast with no end in sight just yet, but Oracle can’t seem to cash in on the bonanza.
  This week brought joint-CEOs Safra Catz and Mark Hurd in front of analysts and investors to tell everyone nothing has really changed. Every cloud business seems to be hoovering up the fortunes brought with the digital era, demonstrating strong year-on-year growth, but Oracle only managed to bag a 2% increase, 1% for the cloud business units.
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• European utilities: Grid block

  18-12-2018 16:43
  Investors getting cold feet about UK electricity groups should look to continent
  
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• Huawei says it is victim of geopolitical attacks

  18-12-2018 15:41
  US has lobbied several countries to ban Chinese telecoms group over security concerns
  
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• Google has apparently pulled the plug on its censored search engine for China

  18-12-2018 14:44
  Google bowed to pressure by terminating its data analysis system that is vital to its planned re-entry into China with a censored search engine.
  Dragonfly, the Google project to develop a search engine that would satisfy China’s censorship requirements relies on pre-empting the appearance of search results that the Chinese authorities may find offensive. To do so, Google has used 265.com, a Chinese internet portal based in Beijing it purchased in 2008, two years before it pulled out of Chi
  
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• Ofcom eyes rural coverage for next spectrum auction

  18-12-2018 13:55
  With another spectrum auction creeping up on us, Ofcom has started to throw its weight around with the terms and conditions.
  While 4G and call coverage is certainly improving in the UK, Ofcom has pointed towards the difference between urban and rural environments as a concern. This is partly to be expected, denser environments are simpler places to improve connectivity and much more commercially attractive, though Ofcom has been banging this drum for a while. We’re not too sure anyone is p
  
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• Strikes on the London Underground over the Christmas

  18-12-2018 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Over the next few weeks, there’s going to be a cluster of strikes on the London Underground.
  Potential strike action on the Bakerloo, Central and Waterloo & City lines will affect services, with disruption expected across several days.
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  The strike action on the Central and Waterloo & City lines would mean little or no service on those lines from 9pm on Friday 21 December until Night Tube on Saturday 22 December. This also means that there would
  
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• T-Mobile/Sprint merger heads towards final two hurdles

  18-12-2018 12:46
  With the CFIUS giving a green light on the $26 billion merger of TMUS and Sprint, attention can now be turned to the final hurdles presented by the Department of Justice (JoJ) and FCC.
  According to the Wall Street Journal, the CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the US), which has been assessing the security implications of the deal, has given the go ahead. There has been no official statement made just yet, the CFIUS has abruptly pointed out it has no legal requirement to do so, though at
  
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• Seven success factors for partnering in the age of open source

  18-12-2018 12:22
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Susan James, Senior Director of Telecommunications Strategy at Red Hat, explores the ideal balance of in-house and outsourced talent in order to make the most of open source opportunities.
  The breadth of technology knowledge that service providers now require has increased exponentially, as the number of employees is stable or in decline in most service providers,
  
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• Samsung and LG set to launch 5G smartphones in February

  18-12-2018 10:17
  The Korean media has reported that the world smartphone leader Samsung and its struggling compatriot are going to launch the first 5G smartphones at MWC and ship in March.
  According to a report by the Korean media outlet Pulse, citing its industry source, that both Samsung and LG will debut their 5G smartphones in February next year. Volume shipment is expected to start in March, which will synchronise with the start of 5G service for consumers by the three operators. All three of them launched
  
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• China’s Huawei claims 5G dominance despite security concerns

  18-12-2018 08:23
  Telecoms group touts ‘clean’ security record and forecasts over $100bn in 2018 sales
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: St Stephen Walbrook’s Churchyard Garden

  18-12-2018 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hidden in a side alley behind the back of Mansion House is a gated, and often locked pocket park.Like many parks in the City of London, it’s a former graveyard, but unlike most of them which are looked after by the City of London, this one is still managed by the Diocese of London.
  There’s been a church on this site since around the 7th century, although the current church is one of Sir Christopher Wren’s post fire buildings. It was badly damaged during WW2 and re-dedicated in
  
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• T-Mobile and Sprint win US regulatory approval for $26bn merger

  18-12-2018 01:00
  T-Mobile and Sprint have won regulatory backing for their proposed merger from two key security watchdogs, according to a company release.
  The $26 billion merger would see the US' third and fourth biggest telcos come together to create a newly formed entity capable of challenging US telecoms giants AT&amp…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ofcom to put more 5G spectrum up for auction in 2019

  18-12-2018 01:00
  The UK's telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has said that it plans to put more spectrum up for auction in the second half of 2019, as the UK looks to ramp up its preparations for 5G.
  Ofcom plans to put two distinct blocks of spectrum up for auction…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• CityFibre secures £1.12bn debt package to fast-track UK fibre rollout

  18-12-2018 01:00
  CityFibre has announced a £1.12 billion debt package to fund the first part of its £2.5 billion nationwide full fibre rollout plans in the UK.The facility was provided by a consortium of 7 major international banks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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