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• Huawei/EU telecoms: red army friction

  02-01-2019 18:05
  Besieged business faces Europe and Asia-Pacific rout
  
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• DT takes German regulator to court over 5G auction

  02-01-2019 17:10
  Deutsche Telekom has joined its main competitors in court, filing its own lawsuit against the German regulator over the 5G auction pre-conditions.
  According to German newspaper Die Welt (in German), DT has found enough wrong with the pre-conditions set out ahead of the 5G auction that it will be taking the regulator to court. Some might suggest this is simply a market incumbent throwing a temper tantrum, but Telefonica and Vodafone already beat DT to the punch.
  While there have been se
  
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• DT takes German Gov to court over 5G auction

  02-01-2019 17:10
  Deutsche Telekom has joined its main competitors in court, filing its own lawsuit against the German government over the 5G auction pre-conditions.
  According to German newspaper Die Welt (in German), DT has found enough wrong with the pre-conditions set out ahead of the 5G auction that it will be taking the government to court. Some might suggest this is simply a market incumbent throwing a temper tantrum, but Telefonica and Vodafone already beat DT to the punch.
  While there have been several po
  
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• Jio bags another 10 million – how was your October?

  02-01-2019 15:49
  The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the subscription data for October and it’s another familiar story as Reliance Jio grows its subscription base again.
  Looking at the market on the whole, India now has 1.17 billion wireless subscriptions, having added another 720,000 during October. Amazingly, market penetration is now up to 87%. While growth has been staggering since Reliance Jio shunted the status quo, if the country follows what would be considered the traditi
  
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• Huawei enters 2019 swinging with $108.5 billion revenues

  02-01-2019 12:44
  To say 2018 was a rollercoaster ride for Huawei would be somewhat of an understatement, but the New Year’s message from Rotating Chairman Guo Ping is one of defiance.
  Ping has proudly stated the business has reached record sales revenues in 2018, $108.5 billion, signed 26 5G commercial contracts with telcos, shipped more than 10,000 5G base stations, tempted 160 cities and 211 Fortune Global 500 companies into digital transformation contracts and shipped more than 200 million smartphones.
  
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• FCC readies ‘Out-of-Office’ emails as budget looms

  02-01-2019 12:06
  With President Donald Trump and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi going toe-to-toe over funding for a controversial wall, the FCC has warned it will run out of money on Thursday afternoon.
  The inability for the Republicans and Democrats to come to an agreement on federal funding has meant numerous agencies throughout the country are facing closure, the FCC being one of them. Considering FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has been doing his best to lighten the regulatory influence of the agency during his
  
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• Privacy International points GDPR finger at Facebook

  02-01-2019 10:49
  An investigation from privacy advocacy group Privacy International on the flow of personal information has questioned whether Facebook and its advertisers are violating Europe’s GDPR.
  To date there have not been any major challenges using the data privacy regulation. There have of course been numerous violations of user privacy, but as these incidents occurred prior to the implementation of GDPR, the old-version of the rules and punishments were used. This investigation from Privacy Intern
  
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• The biggest stories of 2018 all in one place

  02-01-2019 10:14
  2018 has been an incredibly business year for all of us, and it might be easy to forget a couple of the shifts, curves, U-turns and dead-ends.
  From crossing the 5G finish line, finger pointing from the intelligence community, the biggest data privacy scandal to date and a former giant finally turning its business around, we’ve summarised some of the biggest stories of 2018.
  If you feel we’ve missed anything out, let us know in the comments section below.
  Sanction, condemnation and ex
  
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• London Public Art: The traffic light roundabout

  02-01-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In London’s docklands is a roundabout, and in the middle a tree, blinking and flashing away — made from a cluster of traffic lights.This is sometimes shown up online as evidence that it’s next to a crazy road junction, but it’s art, not traffic control, and being in the middle of a roundabout, would be unnecessary for traffic control anyway.
  Officially known as Traffic Light Tree, it was originally installed 20 years ago on a roundabout next to Westferry and stands 8 metr
  
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• Reliance Jio increases market share with 10.5m net adds

  02-01-2019 01:00
  India's disruptive telecoms provider, Reliance Jio, has consolidated its position as the country's third biggest mobile network operator, adding 10.5 million new customers in October 2018, to bring its total subscriber base to 263 million…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MTN resolves $8.1 billion tax dispute in Nigeria

  02-01-2019 01:00
  MTN Group has reached an agreement with the Nigerian government over a high-profile taxation dispute that has weighed heavy on the pan-African telcos' share price for months.The Nigerian government originally accused MTN Group of improperly repatriating $8…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei aims for 'more resilient' business model in 2019

  02-01-2019 01:00
  Chinese tech giant, Huawei, will focus on building a more resilient business structure and capitalising on strategic business opportunities across the globe, as it looks to shake off a tumultuous end to 2018, according to its rotating chairman, Guo Ping. Last year saw exponential growth for the Chinese kit manufacturer…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom launches legal appeal against German 5G regulations

  02-01-2019 01:00
  Deutsche Telekom has launched legal proceedings against the German government over obligations it has imposed on telcos looking to rollout 5G services across the country. Germany has stated that any telco purchasing spectrum at its 5G auctions must also commit to meeting minimum coverage areas…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Amazon in Prime position to launch MVNO services in the UK?

  02-01-2019 01:00
  New research suggests that US web giant Amazon could capture a quarter of the UK's mobile market, if it decided to launch its own brand of mobile network services in 2019. Research conducted by Decision Technology (Dectech) showed that 25 per cent of UK consumers would opt for Amazon as their mobile network operator of choice…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Amazon in Prime position to launch mobile services in the UK?

  02-01-2019 01:00
  New research suggests that US web giant Amazon could capture a quarter of the UK's mobile market, if it decided to launch its own brand of mobile network services in 2019. Research conducted by Decision Technology (Dectech) showed that 25 per cent of UK consumers would opt for Amazon as their mobile network operator of choice…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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