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• Liberty Global sells Swiss network to Sunrise in $6.3bn deal

  27-02-2019 22:38
  Cable company says that the restructuring of its assets is complete for now
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Live from MWC 2019

  27-02-2019 21:02
  Now with added video!
  
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• Orange Bank is on a roll

  27-02-2019 18:32
  Cutting through the noise at Mobile World Congress is a tough job but Orange’s play for the financial industry is certainly a good attempt.
  After a successful venture in the French market, Orange Bank CEO Paul De Leusse gave us a brief run-down of future plans for the business. Spain is on the horizon, as is Poland, while the African markets are going to be given some more love.
  “The aim of Orange is to build banks in every country we operate as a telco,” said Leusse. “We
  
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• How Huawei tried to sell itself to Motorola for $7.5bn

  27-02-2019 16:24
  2003 deal between Chinese group and US partner would have changed course of telecoms history
  
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• Don’t let satellite get lost in the 5G buzz – Intelsat`

  27-02-2019 16:01
  With 5G plastered on every wall, floor and door in the Fira, it can be easy to forget there are other important components in the connectivity mix.
  Speaking to Jean-Philippe Gillet, GM of Intelsat’s network business, the message is relatively straight-forward; don’t forget about us, don’t forget about satellites.
  “Does satellite play a prominent role in the developed markets? No,” said Gillet. “But it is important in the developing markets. We are trying to sh
  
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• Cogeco Peer 1 to become standalone market leader backed by Digital Colony

  27-02-2019 15:15
  Creates Canada’s First Neutral-Host Provider of Small Cell and 5G Infrastructure and Enterprise and Wholesale Fiber Connectivity Strengthens Hybrid-Solutions Managed Service Offering for EnterprisesToronto, February 27, 2019 – Cogeco Peer 1, a leading provider of colocation, network connectivity and managed services, today announced plans to become a standalone business following its sale to Digital Colony, a global investment firm dedicated to strategic opportunities in digital infr
  
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• Anthony Collins Solicitors Opts For Zylpha Bundling

  27-02-2019 13:37
  Award-winning law firm, Anthony Collins Solicitors, has chosen Zylpha’s bundling for legal and court documents. The solution will be used in conjunction with the practice’s iManage case management software.With high-quality support for a range of specialist sectors – charities, education, health and social care, social housing, local government, social business, and private individuals – efficient document management systems are crucial to the smooth running of the practi
  
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• Arm warns delaying 5G in Europe would hit GDP

  27-02-2019 13:23
  British chipmaker speaks out as debate rages over Chinese supplier Huawei
  
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• We’re cashing the IoT cheques now – AT&T

  27-02-2019 13:13
  Some telcos are readying themselves for the IoT bonanza, but AT&T is cashing in on the connected dream today.
  With 51 million ‘things’ connected to the network today, three million were added during the last period, AT&T’s Executive Director for Mobility Marketing Mobeen Khan boasts IoT is more than a commercial win for the telco, it is driving diversification.
  “We have a deliberate strategy to go up the stack,” Khan stated at Mobile World Congress.
  While tr
  
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• New entrance for Southwark tube station to be decided next week

  27-02-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Plans for a second entrance to Southwark tube station are set to go ahead following a recommendation from the council’s planning officers that they be approved.
  However, local residents in the housing next to the new entrance have strongly protested against the plans, and it is still possible that the elected Councillors will reject the planning officers advice, and vote against the proposal.
  The site todayThe application follows a previously withdrawn planning application submitted in Feb
  
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• President Trump’s unexpected ally: Finland kick-starts 6G

  27-02-2019 12:58
  A few days after Donald Trump tweeted about 6G, for which he was broadly ridiculed, Finland’s scientists proved he had a point by announcing their plan at MWC 2019 to get started on it.
  The researchers in Finland expect 6G to take shape in about 2030. To gain leadership by that time, the so-called “6Genesis” has been selected as the country’s flagship high-tech project for an eight-year period covering 2018-2026. The project is hosted by the University of Oulu, ranke
  
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• Guide to Superior Cyber Security

  27-02-2019 12:37
  Best practices and tips for protecting your business! 
  Cyber security is simple enough on paper– maintain the integrity of your systems while keeping the attackers at bay. Things get much more complicated once you get down to practice, however. Limited budgets, lack of skilled personnel and low awareness on various security topics can all serve as barriers to achieving protection against modern cyber attacks.
  One of the most pressing issues relates to visibility and clarity. Where are
  
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• Mobile World Congress 2019: Exprivia | Italtel, Cisco, FANUC and Elettric80 present collaborative robot

  27-02-2019 11:32
  At the event in Barcelona, the first results of a collaboration on IoT, Machine Learning, Intuitive 5G, AI and computer vision to enable Industry 4.0 use cases were revealedMilan, Italy, February 27, 2019 – Exprivia | Italtel – an international group of Information and Communication Technology, in partnership with Cisco - has launched a strategic collaboration with FANUC, a Japanese multinational which specializes in the production of industrial robots, and Elettric80, a company spec
  
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• Openwave Mobility Video and Data Management Technology Deployed in 8 out of 10 of the Leading Operator Groups Worldwide

  27-02-2019 09:00
  Major North American Operators deploy Openwave Mobility technology as forecasts show that 90% of 5G traffic will be videoREDWOOD CITY, California – February 27th 2019 – Openwave Mobility, the market leader in mobile data traffic management solutions, today announced that its technology has been deployed in 8 out of the 10 largest multi-territory mobile operator groups in the world and now has a footprint of over 2 billion subscribers. This comes hot on the heels...Source: RealWire
  
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• Tickets Alert: First ever opening of the King’s Observatory

  27-02-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The King’s Observatory, a Palladian style building commissioned by King George III as an observatory for the transit of Venus is for the first time ever letting the public inside.The Observatory, just outside Richmond town centre passed from royal hands in 1840 when it was taken over by the British Association for the advancement of Science. From 1910 to 1980, the Observatory was the home of the Meteorological Office. Instruments were sent from all over the country to be tested and from 18
  
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• The US attacks on Huawei betray fear of falling behind

  27-02-2019 06:00
  Proliferation of our technology hampers American efforts to spy on whomever it wants
  
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• Qualcomm launches state of the art, 7Gbps 5G chipset at MWC2019

  27-02-2019 01:00
  US chipset manufacturer, Qualcomm, has launched its brand new Snapdragon X55 modem at MWC 2019 in Barcelona. The X55 chipset has been designed to power the next generation of 5G smartphone handsets and other compatible devices such as tablets…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange: Enterprise sector to account for 60% of data demand by 2025

  27-02-2019 01:00
  With 5G rollout in Europe set to be fuelled by the evolution of industry 4.0 use cases, Europe’s enterprise telecoms sector is preparing for an exponential rise in da traffic across its mobile networks.
  Orange Business Services’ chief technology officer, Phillipe Ensarguet, believes that data traffic will have increased ten-fold by the year 2025, with a huge portion of that growth being driven by demand in the enterprise sector…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• KT and STC partner up to deliver gigabit connectivity in Saudi Arabia

  27-02-2019 01:00
  South Korean telecoms giant, KT has joined forces with Saudi Telecom Company (STC) to redevelop and upgrade telecoms infrastructure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ericsson cleans up in MENA with a trio of 5G deals

  27-02-2019 01:00
  Ericsson has been awarded a trio of commercial rollout contracts for 5G networks in the Middle East, according to a company release.
  At MWC 2019 in Barcelona this week, Ericsson revealed that it has signed 5G partnerships with Saudi Telecom in Saudi Arabia…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 5G handsets arrive en masse in Barcelona – MWC 2019 day three round-up

  27-02-2019 01:00
  Way back on day one of MWC 2019, Huawei’s CEO for the Carriers Business Unit, Ryan Ding, joked that there would be more time spent discussing 5G smartphone handsets at this year’s event than anything else. He was not wrong, as the world and his wife rushed to get their brand new smartphone handsets in front of the 100,000+ visitors who stampede through the exhibition floors here in Barcelona.  “At MWC this year, you may see that 5G phones are a more popular topic tha
  
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