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• Mobile phone operators told to fix ‘not spots’

  15-02-2019 22:55
  Rural districts’ frustration with poor signal spurs push for national roaming
  
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• TfL mulls DLR and Overground extensions to Thamesmead

  15-02-2019 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Long mooted plans to create a cross-river rail link across the Thames in East London are being looked at by TfL.
  The impetus is in part due to a 30-year plan to built 11,500 additional homes in the Thamesmead area by the housing association, Peabody, but also to improve transport links in an area that generally lacks them.
  A presentation by TfL to Greenwich Council included one slide showing a range of possible transport options. As tantalizing as it might be, it’s highly unlikely that all
  
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• Smart but Vulnerable IoT Devices Present an Opportunity for Home Broadband Providers

  15-02-2019 16:48
  Internet-connected “things” are lacking in basic security protections, putting consumers at risk. Home broadband providers are in a unique position to protect their customers’ connected devices through value-added security solutions.
  As the Internet of Things continues its advancement, our world is becoming smarter and smarter. Consumer televisions and security cameras are already connected to the internet. Adoption of connected thermostats, lights, security systems and voice a
  
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• Trump’s Huawei executive order not much more than a power play

  15-02-2019 16:42
  Rumours are swirling around Washington DC suggesting President Donald Trump is on the verge of signing another executive order, this one the final blow to Huawei’s US ambitions.
  While the document itself will actually have very little impact on Huawei’s business, it is more of a symbolic blow to the kit vendor, as well as other Chinese businesses looking to exploit the riches of the Land of the Free. While the rumours were originally reported last week, by the time you get back to th
  
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• Samsung looks to capitalise on Huawei’s woes

  15-02-2019 16:39
  Samsung is reported to be investing heavily in infrastructure business to fill the market gap left by Huawei’s ban from 5G business in the developed markets.
  Sources inside Samsung and other industry executives have told the Reuters that Samsung is pouring resources into its telecom infrastructure business unit, aiming to seize the opportunity created by the ban on Huawei in a number of important western markets. Samsung’s infrastructure business had been insignificant until recently
  
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• Delivering 5G Promises with Efficient and Intelligent Solutions

  15-02-2019 16:35
  5G is one of the defining buzzwords of the telecom industry. After years of lab and field trials, live networks have been switched on in North America and Asia-Pacific, with more expected to follow soon. The industry has high expectations of 5G, with the most important use cases falling into three categories: enhanced mobile broadband, massive IoT, and extreme low latency. The services offered to business users and consumers so far are mainly of the first category.
  To deliver all the 5G promises
  
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• Government to give Ofcom new stick swinging targets

  15-02-2019 14:27
  The UK Government has unveiled a new consultation which will explore how it can encourage Ofcom to snap the whip, making sure telcos get their gears churning to meet connectivity targets.
  Over the next decade, if the government manages to create a suitable amount of urgency across the telco industry, there will certainly be some progress made. The objectives currently set out are nationwide full fibre broadband coverage by 2033, while also increasing geographic mobile coverage to 95% of the UK b
  
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• Three UK’s guerrilla marketing strategy backfires

  15-02-2019 14:23
  Challenger brands need to try harder to get noticed, but this approach can sometimes backfire, as Three UK found out this week.
  Three is hoping to build on its #PhonesAreGood campaign, launched in October last year, that took a tongue-in-cheek look at all the negative press around smartphone addiction by imagining some historical scenarios that would have been changed for the better with the involvement of a smartphone.
  One of those scenarios concerned King Henry the Eighth, who notoriously got
  
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• Big Apple says no to Amazon

  15-02-2019 12:27
  The PR bout between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Democratic Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been settled, with the internet giant cancelling plans to open a New York office.
  HQ2, as it had come to be known, was supposed to be Amazon’s attempt to expand its corporate footprint, opening a new, secondary, headquarters outside of Seattle. After a year-long search, the decision was made to split duties between Virginia and New York, with each eventually playing home to 25,000 employees
  
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• Rajant Delivers CCTV Network Solution for Recent High-Profile Public Safety Events

  15-02-2019 11:24
  The success of these public safety projects was shared at the Police National Technical Surveillance ConferenceMalvern, PA, 15 February 2019. Rajant Corporation, the exclusive manufacturer of Kinetic Mesh® networks, has provided a detailed technology briefing on the success of recent high-profile public safety projects for the United Kingdom monarchy. Rajant’s role in the royal weddings was shared with technical teams from the Police community in December 2018. Rajant worked alongside
  
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• Vodafone drops PwC as auditor after Phones4U dispute

  15-02-2019 09:32
  FTSE 100 telecommunications group chooses Big Four rival EY
  
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• Deportation of MTN unit head compounds African mobile group’s problems

  15-02-2019 09:18
  Company gives no explanation for Wim Vanhelleputte’s expulsion from Uganda
  
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• T-Mobile and Sprint merger could cost 30,000 jobs in the US

  15-02-2019 01:00
  The proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint could result in as many as 30,000 job losses, according to the leader of America's biggest telecoms union.  Speaking to the House of Representative's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Italian state lender set to increase Telecom Italia stake to 10%

  15-02-2019 01:00
  Italy's state lending fund, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, could be set to increase its stake in Telecom Italia (TIM) to up to 10 per cent, according to a report by Reuters.
  CDP's board cleared the way for the Italian lender to increase its stake in TIM to a maximum holding of 10 per cent within the next 12 months…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei: Potential US ban would have no major impact on our business

  15-02-2019 01:00
  Huawei's deputy chairman, Eric Xu, has said that any potential ban on Huawei operating in the US would have little effect on the company's business, as it has only negligible operations in the country. Speaking to a group of journalists in Shenzhen, Xu was responding to questions about President Trump's proposal to ban Chinese network equipment providers from operating in the US' telecoms sector…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• DCMS sets out new strategy to boost FTTH and mobile network infrastructure

  15-02-2019 01:00
  The UK government has reiterated its commitment to improve rural connectivity in both the mobile and fixed line sectors, revealing a new strategy to drive investment across the UK.The government says that the new strategy will be crucial to helping the country deliver 100 per cent fibre to the home (FTTH) fixed line broadband coverage by 2033 and increasing geographic mobile coverage in the country to 95 per cent…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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