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• A post-Brexit Ofcom worries us – Vodafone

  08-03-2019 14:58
  With the anti-China rhetoric dominating the headlines in recent months, Brexit chatter has become unfashionable. But with the deadline fast approaching, what will Ofcom look like in the future?
  Speaking at a breakfast briefing in London, Vodafone UK Chief Counsel and External Affairs Director Helen Lamprell let loose on the UK regulator. Cell tower height, rural roaming, potential reintroduction of international roaming charges, dark fibre and auction dilemmas, there seemed to be a lot of ventin
  
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• Less than 1% users ready to switch to 5G would be able to do so – report

  08-03-2019 13:43
  According to a recent Deloitte consumer research, 5.8 million UK mobile users are happy to move to 5G networks but only 50,000 5G phones will hit the market.
  The consulting firm surveyed 4,150 respondents aged 16-75 in the UK to produce the country section of their latest report, Mobile Consumer Survey 2018. One of the responses that stood out was on the consumers’ willingness to switch to 5G when it becomes available. 12% of the respondents said yes, a further 19% said they would if the w
  
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• How carriers can grab a piece of the billion-dollar mobile-gaming pie

  08-03-2019 13:02
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece John-Paul Burke, Country Manager UK, Ireland and the Nordics for Gameloft, has some tips for how operators can grab a bigger piece of the mobile gaming action.
  You only have to look around your train or bus home from work to see how many of your fellow commuters are playing a game on their smartphone, to know that mobile gaming is absolutely huge.
  The global
  
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• Softbank turns its attention to Latin American start-ups

  08-03-2019 12:53
  Softbank has announced the launch of yet another investment fund, this time turning its eyes towards the unfulfilled promise of Latin America.
  Alongside the fund, the SoftBank Latin America Local Hub will also be created, an operating group which will help companies in the other Softbank portfolios enter Latin America, navigate the local markets and broaden their geographic reach. Yet again, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son is attempting to prove he wasted decades in the telco space and should have be
  
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• China backs Huawei for “refusing to be victimised like silent lambs”

  08-03-2019 12:47
  Any remaining doubt that Huawei has become a pawn in a broader geopolitical game have been dispelled by the Chinese state’s direct involvement in its case.
  At a press conference on the sidelines of the big National People’s Congress jamboree in Beijing China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi made it clear that he has got Huawei’s back in the legal action it has taken against the US government. This appears to be the first time the Chinese state has decided to get publicly involv
  
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• Germany outlines its 5G security requirements

  08-03-2019 11:44
  Short and to the point, did we expect anything from the German 5G security requirements other than: meet our standards and you can operate in our country?
  “We regularly adapt the applicable security requirements to the current security situation and the state of the art,” said Jochen Homann, President of Bundesnetzagentur. “The security requirements apply to all network operators and service providers and they are technology-neutral, covering all networks, not just individual s
  
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• Vodafone: UK MNOs must have access to Openreach's dark fibre

  08-03-2019 01:00
  The UK's mobile network operators must be granted access to the dark fibre in Openreach's networks, if the country is to fully capitalise on the huge opportunity of 5G, according to Vodafone.
  Vodafone's general counsel and external affairs director, Helen Lamprell, said that lack of access to dark fibre remained the biggest inhibitor of progress for the deployment of next generation mobile networks in the UK…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• SoftBank to take Latin America by storm with creation of $5bn Innovation Fund

  08-03-2019 01:00
  Japanese telecoms giant, SoftBank, has created a $5 billion investment fund, designed to streamline investment and development of Latin America's growing technology sector.
  In addition to the creation of the $5bn Innovation Fund…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Handset hold up could delay Korea's 5G launch until April

  08-03-2019 01:00
  The South Korean government has confirmed that the country's 5G launch could miss its end of March deadline, as smartphone manufacturers struggle to get their product to market…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Germany ignores US lobby on 5G security

  08-03-2019 01:00
  German telecoms regulator, the Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA), has published a series of security requirements to govern the rollout of 5G in Europe's biggest economy. The guidelines represent a tightening of security legislation around the country's telecommunications networks but resist US calls for a ban on Chinese network equipment provider…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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