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• Legere and T-Mobile running riot again

  07-02-2019 18:47
  He might be wild-eyed, egotistical and unconventional, but you can’t argue with the results T-Mobile US CEO John Legere is delivering shareholders.
  Reporting 2018 full year financials, T-Mobile US has continued the rip-roaring success of the last few years. Total revenues for 2018 finished at $43.3 billion, up 7% year-on-year, alongside 7 million net customer additions, 4.5 million of which were in the lucrative branded postpaid segment.
  “This never gets old,” Legere proclaimed
  
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• Apple steps up in-house modem efforts – report

  07-02-2019 18:47
  Its dispute with Qualcomm seems to have pushed Apple towards developing its own modem in-house so it no longer has to rely on external suppliers.
  Apple has been making its own application processors for years thanks to the ARM IP licensing business model and the acquisition of PA Semi not long after the iPhone was launched. Making a competitive modem is a much trickier proposition, however, which is why Apple continued to pay Qualcomm for the job however deeply it resented doing so.
  Following th
  
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• Germany has a swing at Facebook advertising platform

  07-02-2019 16:31
  German regulator Bundeskartellamt has made a fresh attempt to curb the powers of the internet giants, this time targeting the data processing capabilities of Facebook.
  The case built by Bundeskartellamt is based on what it has deemed market abuses by the dominant social media player in Germany. With Google+ shutting down, the regulator believes Facebook has a dominant position in the market, though it has not effectively informed users about the process of combing third-party data sets with info
  
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• Potential return of roaming premiums causes latest Brexit flap

  07-02-2019 13:47
  UK parliament has drafted new legislation that would release UK operators from their commitments not to charge extra for roaming in Europe.
  The scoop was grabbed by the Huffington Post, which notes that the government will probably release operators from this obligation in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit. The apparent rationale is that, since the UK will no longer be able to oblige European operators not to charge UK operators a wholesale premium for roaming, it wouldn’t be fai
  
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• Signs not looking positive for Huawei and ZTE in Italy

  07-02-2019 13:00
  Reports in local press suggest Italy could be the next country to bow to pressure from the US, banning Huawei and ZTE from contributing to communications infrastructure.
  Although many telcos across the bloc have been taking precautionary measures against Huawei and ZTE, Telecom Italia (TIM) has previously stated it would continue to work with the vendors until the government told it otherwise. This is a market which looked relatively safe for the both parties, but things are starting to look qui
  
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• Semafone appoints new CEO Gary E. Barnett to fuel global growth

  07-02-2019 12:02
  Boston, MA and Guildford, UK – Feb.7, 2019 – Semafone, the leading provider of data security and compliance solutions for call and contact centres, today announced the appointment of Gary E. Barnett to the role of chief executive officer as the company prepares to expand its presence in the U.S. market. Effective immediately, Mr Barnett will replace Tim Critchley who, as CEO of Semafone since 2009, has led the company from a UK start up...Source: RealWire
  
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• Germany’s 5G auction has not got off to a flying start

  07-02-2019 10:25
  Telefónica Deutschland has filed an urgent appeal against the country’s 5G auction terms. Deutsche Telekom may follow suit.
  Telefónica Deutschland was seeking to halt the country’s 5G auction by filing an appeal for injunction at an administrative court in Cologne on Tuesday 5 February. Germany was scheduled to hold the 5G auction by the end of March and was expecting to raise up to €5 billion. The key items on the terms issued by the Federal Network Agency being c
  
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• Premier League giants take baby steps toward digital economy

  07-02-2019 09:00
  If you’ve ever been on any sports’ club website you would be forgiven for thinking these guys are technophobes, but Intel is predicting a new era for sports broadcasting and fan engagement.
  “We’re going to find ourselves in a couple of years’ time looking back and wondering how we ever got by,” said XXX of Intel.
  The sports industry, and football in particular, has never really been at the forefront of technology. For an industry which defines itself, and almo
  
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• The surprising reason for London Underground’s new heritage signs

  07-02-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  You might have seen some new signs popping up around the tube stations recently showing off London Underground’s heritage.You might have thought they are a nice touch and enjoyed reading them. Some of you might have grumbled that TfL should spend the money on improving the service and not wasting money on showing off its heritage.
  But, there’s a very surprising reason for the new posters.
  Look carefully at the posters — they all replaced tube maps. Every single one of them fill
  
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• Broadband groups cut capex despite net neutrality win

  07-02-2019 06:00
  US industry had argued that scrapping Obama-era rules would unleash investment boom
  
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• Vodafone, Ericsson and Qualcomm push 5G smartphone development in the UK

  07-02-2019 01:00
  Vodafone UK has joined forces with Qualcomm and Ericsson to conduct 5G testing and further develop prototype smartphone devices.
  Vodafone has begun a series of lab tests using a 5G smartphone form factor device…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Turkcell and Red Hat collaborate to fast track digital services innovation

  07-02-2019 01:00
  Turkcell has unveiled its Unified Telco Cloud, which will allow it to launch new services at scale up to three times faster and process up to 1.8Tbps of traffic on its regional mobile networks.
  Turkcell's Unified Telco Cloud was built on Red Hat's OpenStack Platform and is supported by the company's Ceph Storage…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Germany cracks down on Facebook over data harvesting

  07-02-2019 01:00
  Germany's consumer watchdog has cracked down on Facebook's data gathering processes, saying that the company must seek explicit user consent before it continues its operations.The Budeskartellamt said in a statement to the press that the US social media giant must modify its behaviour in Germany…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Brits will kiss goodbye to free EU roaming in the event of a no-deal Brexit

  07-02-2019 01:00
  Consumers in the UK will face the immediate reintroduction of roaming charges within the EU, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to a government notice.
  A House of Commons memo reveals that the government will revoke the current legislation that allows UK mobile subscribers to use their data allowance within the EU at no extra cost…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei tells suppliers to move production to China as US ban looms

  07-02-2019 00:00
  Company calls on partners to relocate operations to avoid tech wall
  
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