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• US warns Berlin on intelligence sharing over Huawei

  11-03-2019 19:38
  Envoy tells Germany co-operation will drop if Chinese company wins 5G work
  
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• US threatens intelligence sharing with Berlin over Huawei

  11-03-2019 19:38
  Envoy tells Germany co-operation will drop if Chinese company wins 5G work
  
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• Vodafone Italy set to cut 1,130 jobs

  11-03-2019 18:20
  Vodafone has decided its Italian arm needs a new cunning plan and, as is so often the case, it’s likely to involve a bunch of redundancies.
  Right now we’re dependent on a press release written in Italian and the best efforts of Google Translate, so bear with us. Vodafone Italia seems to be announcing a new industrial strategy, that special kind that requires immediate consultation with trades unions. Since unions only tend to get involved when there are mass lay-offs, that can only m
  
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• US reportedly pressures Germany over Huawei

  11-03-2019 18:01
  After diplomacy failed to convince those pesky Europeans Huawei should be banned, the US has reportedly moved onto the tried and tested tactic for getting its way; being a bully.
  It was never going to be long before the blunt hammer of political persuasion came out, and according to the Wall Street Journal, the White House is huffing, puffing and about to start swinging. The German Government has reportedly been told to ditch Huawei kit or it will be barred from accessing US intelligence databas
  
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• Ryanair and KT face stock turmoil over removal from indices

  11-03-2019 16:20
  MSCI considers ejecting low-cost airline and telecoms group in shake-up
  
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• Open-top underground railway tunnel tours

  11-03-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Not in London (wails!), but in Berlin — where they run a small number of special open-top tours through their underground train tunnels.These two hour subway cabrio tours are notable for the carriage you ride in – totally open top, with no glass reflections or ceilings to get in the way. Unsurprisingly, you’ll be wearing a hard hat on the trip.
  The tours take place in on Friday evenings so as to avoid disrupting the normal service between April and September. Some background in
  
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• Nvidia wins the Mellanox courtship for $6.9 billion to boost datacenter offering

  11-03-2019 14:00
  InfiniBand and ethernet technology company Mellanox has been attracting attention from a range of different suitors over the last few months, but Nvidia has won the prize.
  Nvidia and Mellanox have officially announced the pair have reached a definitive agreement under which will see the GPU giant sign a cheque for approximately $6.9 billion, or $125 per share. After Microsoft, Intel and Xilinx were reported courting Mellanox, Nvidia comes home with the goods.
  “The emergence of AI and data
  
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• Nick Clegg defends Facebook’s business model from EU’s privacy regulation

  11-03-2019 13:53
  Facebook’s head of PR reportedly had a series of meetings with EU and UK officials aiming to safeguard the social network’s business model heavily relying on targeted advertising.
  Sir Nick Clegg, the former UK Deputy Prime Minister, now Facebook’s VP for Global Affairs and Communications, met three EU commissioners during the World Economic Forum in Davos and shortly after the event in Brussels, according to a report by the Telegraph. These commissioners’ portfolios inclu
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Samsung, 5G, AI and Huawei

  11-03-2019 13:49
  Now with added video!
  
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• Huawei Unlocks Early 5G Opportunities for Mobile Operators

  11-03-2019 13:28
  As MWC Barcelona 2019 approaches, the buzz over 5G – the next-generation of mobile technology – is reaching fever pitch. The real question though, for consumers and business alike, is whether 5G will arrive in 2019, and if it does, what that means for them.
  Huawei, the world’s biggest supplier of telecoms equipment and a powerhouse of technology innovation, is working with telecom operators across the world to make 5G a commercial reality this year.
  Having spent a decade resear
  
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• Tickets Alert: Take a virtual flight to the moon

  11-03-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Antony Gormley and Dr. Priyamvada Natarajan’s first virtual reality collaboration, Lunatick, uses data collected by NASA to map a real and interactive journey, leaving Earth to pass through atmosphere, stratosphere, the asteroid belt, and into outer space.
  Wearing an immersive headset, viewers begin their journey on the deserted island of Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the Pacific Ocean – an island which, due to rising sea levels, is in danger of disappearing. After discovering a l
  
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• Investment bank backs the BT waiting game

  11-03-2019 12:52
  Don’t expect BT to give too much away over the next couple of months, but investment bank Jefferies thinks there is enough there to make the telco a good bet.
  The arrival of new BT CEO Philip Jansen has sparked the prospect of the telcos revival, at least from a share price perspective, though Jefferies believes cards will be held very close to the chest for the moment. Don’t expect too much insight on future strategies over the near-future, but the foundations seem steady enough to
  
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• The custody battle for TIM between Vivendi and Elliott gets personal

  11-03-2019 12:49
  Vivendi says a recent TIM auditors report shows dodgy behaviour from Elliott, which in turn reckons Vivendi is a negative influence on the company.
  Every new phase of the battle for control of Italian operator group TIM (the artist formerly known as Telecom Italia) is increasingly taking on the characteristics of an acrimonious custody fight. Each party takes turns in publishing claims of what a bad parent the other is, while at the same time insisting that it only wants what’s best for ti
  
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• Pioneers in NB-IoT Testing: The Most Important Facts and Solutions

  11-03-2019 12:48
  This eGuide summarizes what you really need to know about NB-IoT. It talks about the IoT market, use cases, technologies and the importance of a complete test solution for proper network planning, deployment and optimization. Register to download and get insights. Please fill in the short form below to receive a copy of this whitepaper.Name*FirstLastCompany name:*Job title*Organisation Type*---Please select---Fixed/Cable operatorMobile Network Operator/MVNOInternet Services/OTTHardware OEMCompon
  
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• The big promise of politics just got bigger

  11-03-2019 11:58
  The Senator Elizabeth Warren campaign roadshow is officially underway, and the tech giants are sitting in the crosshairs.
  We might be slightly protected from it in the UK, but politics in the US has become much more about theatre than concrete issues of today. For every campaign launched, there needs to be a monumental promise made which will shake the foundations of society. For Donald Trump, the wall proved to be that divisive point, and for Warren, it is the spearhead of US political and econ
  
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• ProLabs to urge service providers not to discount CWDM technology in their upgrades at FTTH Conference 2019

  11-03-2019 11:05
  Cirencester, UK, 11 March - Whilst there is an industry-wide shift towards DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) for 10G and beyond, it is important for operators to not discredit CWDM (Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing) technology in the move. At the 2019 FTTH conference,12-14 March, ProLabs will counter the industry’s position on CWDM, by offering a new sub-channel CWDM portfolio that will allow operators to provide more bandwidth within a single CWDM channel and the potent
  
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• Iskratel enhances FTTH offering in France with new Telenco Distribution partnership

  11-03-2019 10:44
  Moirans, France and Kranj, Slovenia, 11 March 2019 – Iskratel, the leading European provider of broadband access solutions, today announced its partnership with French telecommunications engineering company Telenco Distribution as it continues to expand its activity in the French market.As part of the new partnership, Telenco Distribution will provide Iskratel’s full range of innovative GPON solutions for future-proof upgrades of Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) networks across France. This
  
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• London’s Alleys: Patten Alley, TW10

  11-03-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A long narrow brick lined path, Patten Alley marks one of the original paths through the open fields of 17th century Richmond.
  It seems to be a remainder of a much longer path that used to run in a direct line from the main church, although today about half of it is in fact a road, the other half remains as a narrow path.In 1696 the line of the path was diverted to the east slightly at its south end by the owner of Clarence House, Nathaniel Rawlings to make room for a more respectable forecourt.
  
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• Vodafone boosts 4G coverage in Australia

  11-03-2019 01:00
  Vodafone Australia has announced plans to boost 4G availability in New South Wales, by refarming spectrum in the 2,1000 MHz band.
  Vodafone currently uses the 2,100MHz spectrum for traffic on its 3G networks.
  Vodafone&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• UK MNOs must be held to account on rural 4G, says parliamentary subcommittee

  11-03-2019 01:00
  A group of 40 MPs has written to the UK’s telecoms regulator, Ofcom, to ask that it maintains a firm hand with the country’s big four mobile network operators, over their recent commitments to boost mobile network coverage in rural areas…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• T-Mobile begins 5G network build out in Austria

  11-03-2019 01:00
  Following the conclusion of the Austrian 5G spectrum auction last week, T-Mobile has announced that it will begin its 5G network build in Austria. T-Mobile spent €57 million at Austria’s spectrum auction…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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