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• Europe’s biggest telecoms companies warn on growth

  21-02-2019 22:28
  Region’s largest group Deutsche Telekom faces questions over Sprint takeover approval
  
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• See vintage tube trains and buses in London on Sunday

  21-02-2019 21:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  This coming Sunday (24th Feb 2019), a vintage tube train will be running through central London, and out at Epping, vintage buses will travel around the countryside alongside a steam train service.
  38 Stock tube trainThis will be a rare opportunity to see  the beautifully restored art-deco 1938 train as it runs along the District, Circle, Metropolitan and Piccadilly Lines, and it will also be one of the last heritage runs on this route due to signalling upgrades on the Circle Line.
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• ZTE Considerations for 5G Network Deployments

  21-02-2019 18:17
  5G will not only bring much faster access rates, but also penetrate into every corner of the world through flexible network slicing. It will drive the digital transformation of vertical industries and become the cornerstone of digital society.
  With the freeze of R15 standard, the release of 5G spectrum, the maturity of 5G equipment and the accelerated development of 5G terminal chip, 2019 will be the first year for 5G commercialization. At this stage, the focus of mobile operators is gradually s
  
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• Vodafone Spain Makes the First Standard 5G Call

  21-02-2019 18:12
  Vodafone Spain has become today the first operator in the world to make 5G standard calls from 5G mobile phones, after connecting the first smartphones to the 5G network with the specifications of the 3GPP NSA (Non Stand Alone) standard, which will be used later on commercial launch. The mobile phones have been connected to the Vodafone 5G network deployed in the center of Barcelona.
  The operator managed to implement various services, including several video calls to Spanish journalists via the
  
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• Work with Huawei, or us, but not both – US Government

  21-02-2019 17:30
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has upped the ante with the anti-China rhetoric, declaring the US will not partner with countries who work with Huawei.
  According to Fox Business, Pompeo has dropped the inference and made a statement which many countries will be cringing to hear. You no-longer have to read between the lines; it them or us Pompeo is declaring.
  “If a country adopts this and puts it in some of their critical information systems, we won’t be able to share information wi
  
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• Trump tweets about 6G

  21-02-2019 17:23
  Somebody seems to have told US President Donald Trump there’s a mobile industry trade show coming up so he’s using his favoured medium to get involved.
  Trump opened a two-part Tweet by saying “I want 5G, and even 6G, technology in the United States as soon as possible.” This laudable wish was presumably prompted by the imminence of Mobile World Congress 2019 and some kind of need to be seen to be aware of it, but it’s not at all clear what Trump expects them to achi
  
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• Trump appears to offer olive branch to Huawei

  21-02-2019 16:44
  President says he opposes ‘blocking out’ 5G technologies ahead of US-China trade talks
  
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• A10 Networks Ships Industry-leading 100 Gbps NFV Solution for 5G Secure Application Services

  21-02-2019 14:33
  Thunder CFW 100 Gbps Virtual Solution Helps Speed the Transition to NFV and Future-proof Networks for 5GTheale, UK. – 21st February 2019 – A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN) today announced that it has shipped the industry-leading 100 Gbps virtual machine for 5G secure application services with the Thunder® Convergent Firewall (CFW). The solution has already been adopted by a major telco provider in the Middle East for its 5G environment. The 100 Gbps virtual machine provides...Source: Re
  
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• Huawei may have to lift $2bn pledged to fix UK concerns

  21-02-2019 14:19
  British cyber security official says Chinese telecoms group has been slow to address problems
  
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• Vodafone turns to wifi innovation to bolster broadband business

  21-02-2019 13:31
  Vodafone has announced the launch of a new smart home network which it hopes will address a frustration of many consumers around the world; suspect wifi.
  The new routers will not only allow for extenders to be placed around the house, potentially eliminating not-spots hidden in various rooms, but cloud-based algorithms will allow for more dynamic and intelligent allocation of connectivity resources.
  “We know that the vast majority of people’s broadband issues are actually down to poo
  
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• Samsung launches a 5G phone and a tablet you can fold in half

  21-02-2019 13:21
  With the launch of its first 5G smartphone as well as its first foldable screen Samsung has grabbed the pre-MWC headlines but what is the point of either device?
  As is so often the way with new convergent product categories, this first attempt to make something that is both a phone and a tablet seems to have resulted in something that isn’t much good at being either. Essentially it’s a small tablet that can fold in half to make a very chunky phone, with a hefty price tag to match.
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• O2 UK details 2019 5G launch

  21-02-2019 12:29
  Telefonica’s UK business O2 has confirmed it will launch 5G in 2019, though there will be much more of a business twist to the new connected euphoria.
  Mixed in with the management team reporting financial results for the last twelve months, the team announced the network upgrade, which will be fuelled by a £1 billion CAPEX investment over 2019. What is worth noting is the O2 management is pitching 5G with more of a business facade than competitors are offering.
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• telent is awarded traffic signals and ITS maintenance contract by Ringway Jacobs on behalf of the Essex Highways Partnership

  21-02-2019 11:49
  Warwick, 21 February 2019: telent Technology Services Ltd (telent), a leading UK technology and network services company, today announced that it has been awarded an eight-year contract for the provision of maintenance services for traffic signals and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) on behalf of the Essex Highways Partnership, an award-winning Strategic Partnership between Essex County Council and Ringway Jacobs.The latest in a series of contracts won by telent over the previous twelve month
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER to present intelligent connectivity solutions to master 5G challenges at Mobile World Congress 2019

  21-02-2019 11:24
  Solutions on display underline the company’s expertise in lean and efficient solutions for 5G network densificationHerisau, February 21, 2019 – HUBER+SUHNER, leading manufacturer of components and systems for electrical and optical connectivity, will unveil its solutions for mobile network densification at booth #6G20 at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The company’s presence at the show will focus on the forthcoming topology changes necessary to prepare fo
  
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• HERE adds mobile operators to its monetisation map

  21-02-2019 11:08
  The location and mapping service company HERE, in partnership with data analytics company Continual, launched two new data services, HERE Cellular Signals and HERE Traffic Analytics, aiming to increase its value for mobile operators in addition to the transport and autonomous car industries.
  HERE Cellular Signals is generated by overlaying a radio map crowdsourced from its users on top of its in-house road map. The outcome of such a mesh will provide a snapshot of the network coverage, carrier p
  
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• MYCOM OSI Demonstrates End-to-End Assurance for Red Hat virtual central office solution

  21-02-2019 10:53
  Will showcase carrier-grade service assurance at MWC BarcelonaLONDON, UK – 21st February 2019 – MYCOM OSI, the Assurance Cloud Company™ and leading independent provider of Assurance, Automation and Analytics solutions to the world’s largest Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced that it is providing carrier-grade service assurance for the Red Hat® virtual central office solution.Central offices, located at the edge of CSPs’ networks and the las
  
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• Cerillion Named as a Visionary in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Integrated Revenue and Customer Management for CSPs for Third Consecutive Time

  21-02-2019 10:01
  London, 21st February 2019 – Cerillion (AIM: CER), an innovator in digital monetisation and customer management solutions, today announced that it has again been recognised by Gartner as a Visionary in the latest edition of the highly respected Magic Quadrant for Integrated Revenue and Customer Management (IRCM) for CSPs*. This is the third time in a row that Cerillion has been named as a Visionary and the fifth consecutive time that the company has been...Source: RealWire
  
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• Leonardo da Vinci defying death at UCL

  21-02-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Perpetual motion and the perpetuity of life are the topic of two very different exhibitions within yards of each other within UCL’s campus in central London.
  Leonardo da Vinci and Perpetual Motion: Visualising Impossible Machines
  This is a curious exhibition, being part a collection of images of his drawings blown up to a huge size, and small models of the same.
  The designs of perpetual motion machines are intriguing applications of Leonardo’s understanding of the laws of motion and
  
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• Vivendi used Elliott tactics that it attacked

  21-02-2019 05:00
  French group also built its Telecom Italia stake with equity derivatives
  
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• Vivendi locks horns with Elliott over derivatives

  21-02-2019 05:00
  French group and US hedge fund both built stakes in Telecom Italia through “collars”
  
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• Telecom Italia sets sights on being a ‘normal company’

  21-02-2019 05:00
  Chief Luigi Gubitosi to unveil new strategy amid battle between group’s biggest shareholders
  
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• How Huawei lost its PR battle in the west

  21-02-2019 05:00
  Foreign advisers say they were ignored and undermined by Chinese management
  
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• Trump urges the US to focus on 5G

  21-02-2019 01:00
  US President Donald Trump has said that the US must lead the world on 5G rollout in order to cement its position as a world leader for technology and innovation.&nbsp…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• O2 confirms UK 5G launch in 2019

  21-02-2019 01:00
  Telefonica has announced that its UK based mobile network operator, O2, is to launch 5G services in the UK by the end of 2019.
  O2 will launch 5G services in the UK's four national capitals, namely London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, with other areas expected to receive coverage in early 2020…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei reaffirms its commitment to UK investment

  21-02-2019 01:00
  Chinese tech giant, Huawei, has reiterated its commitment to investing in the UK's mobile and fixed line telecoms sectors, as the country looks to fast track its 5G and FTTH rollout programmes…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Converged service offering drives European growth for Orange

  21-02-2019 01:00
  Orange Group has posted a strong set of financials for 2018, recording a 1.3 per cent growth in revenues to €41.3 billion.Sales of converged services rose to 10.9 million customers in 2018, a 5.5 per cent increase on the previous year…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• RCom’s troubles leave Anil Ambani fighting for his empire

  21-02-2019 00:00
  Tycoon’s complex web of companies could unravel if lenders sell stock pledged as collateral
  
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