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• Inmarsat considers $3.3bn private equity-led offer

  19-03-2019 22:41
  Interest in UK satellite company comes after EchoStar of US ditched takeover attempt
  
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• Inmarsat approached by private equity-led group

  19-03-2019 20:37
  Interest in British satellite company comes after EchoStar of US ditched a takeover
  
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• Democratizing the Connected Car

  19-03-2019 19:11
  A Guide to Unlocking New Revenue Streams in the Age of Mobile+
  Smartphones have become the ultimate mobility assistant. With their ubiquity, MNOs can now democratize connected car features for millions of connected drivers worldwide. In this guide, we dive into the accuracy and reliability of these new technologies, as well as the monetization opportunities for wireless carriers.
  In this guide you’ll learn how to:Boost ARPU through value added services
  Triple conversion rates to premium fe
  
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• US warns UK on efforts to cage Huawei

  19-03-2019 18:27
  The UK Government feels it is capable of mitigating any risk associated with Huawei 5G equipment, but the US is not so sure.
  According to the Financial Times, a US delegation has reached out to the UK Government warning its means of testing and monitoring Huawei equipment will not protect it against any curious eyes from the Chinese Government. How this warning is received could dictate the US/UK relationship over the coming months.
  The UK, and generally Europe on the whole, has taken a much mor
  
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• Ericsson wins TDC 5G gig

  19-03-2019 18:26
  Danish operator TDC has chosen Ericsson to help it build and maintain its 5G network.
  The deal involves Ericsson’s 5G platform, supported by its Operations Engine, as support system that’s heavy on the AI and automation. The resulting network is heavy on the buzzwords, with lofty talk of industry 4.0 and Digital Denmark. They’re not planning to waste any time, with pilot testing due to take place later this year and full nationwide commercial rollout by the end of 2020.
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• Iliad/French telecoms: phone Homer

  19-03-2019 17:14
  For investors, the story will get worse before it gets better
  
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• Instagram’s garden is starting to blossom

  19-03-2019 16:48
  Just as Facebook’s core platform is beginning to wilt, Instagram is launching an assault on the shopping market built on the walled garden business model which bloomed in by-gone years.
  A few people might have scoffed at Facebook handing over $1 billion for Instagram in 2012, but this acquisition is looking to be a clever bit of business. Facebook’s core social media platform, and the business model which underpins it, might be looking a bit jaded after recent attacks, but Instagram
  
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• Catch a steam train in East London on Saturday

  19-03-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This Saturday there will be a chance to board a steam train in East London as it runs a route from Southend to the Bluebell Railway.
  The heritage steam trains that pass through London usually stop only at the mainline terminus stations, but a 1948 era steam train will call at Barking to pick up passengers.
  OK, you have to pay a princely price to be on board, but for bystanders, to see a steam train stop at a minor station is a rare enough sight to get a bit excited about.
  The times are still be
  
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• LuxCarta Announces Availability of Geodata to Support US 5G Network Rollouts

  19-03-2019 15:42
  3D Building and Tree Digital Maps Designed for Millimeter Wave PlanningSophia Antipolis, France – March 19, 2019 – LuxCarta, the leading global geodata provider to the wireless ecosystem, announced today it has produced over 100,000 km2 of specialized digital maps for 50 metropolitan areas in the United States ideally suited for RF planning at high frequencies. The 2-meter resolution City Planner data sets include 3D building and tree models, as well as related terrain and...Source:
  
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• France’s Iliad delays targets and considers asset sale

  19-03-2019 15:36
  Telecoms group is under pressure in its home market after price war
  
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• Why brotherly love has broken out between the Ambanis

  19-03-2019 14:30
  Family and business ties may have prompted Mukesh to spare Anil from jail time
  
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• The journey from CSP to DSP

  19-03-2019 14:10
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Sanjay Goel, President for Global Services at Nokia, looks at what is required to become a Digital Service Provider.
  The communications landscape is set to change more in the next three years than it has over the past twenty combined. Security, efficiency, speed and customer satisfaction are the new normal for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) – an
  
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• Of the many challenges Facebook faces its intrinsic parasitism is the biggest

  19-03-2019 14:01
  Facebook has recently bemoaned the decline in US local news sources, but a major reason for this has been the collapse in media advertising revenues.
  Two companies are largely responsible for this decline: Google and Facebook. As digital replaced analogue as the primary way of consuming media, advertising moved to the main online content aggregators, specifically its dominant search engine and its dominant social media service. Not only did this suck revenue away from traditional media, it force
  
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• Europe cools internet monopoly rhetoric

  19-03-2019 13:55
  Almost every politician around the world is currently using Silicon Valley as a metaphoric punching bag, but the European Commission will not be drawn into the monopolies debate.
  While 2020 Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has painted a target on the backs on the internet giants, Europe has once again proven it will not be drawn into making such short-sighted and shallow promises. Warren is effectively warming up for the world’s biggest popularity contest, and perhaps hasn’t con
  
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• América Móvil strengthens its position in Brazil with Nextel acquisition

  19-03-2019 13:53
  The Latin American mobile heavyweight América Móvil has agreed to acquire its competitor Nextel in the Brazilian market for $905 million.
  Shortly after the deal was announced by América Móvil on Monday, and the board of NII Holdings, which owns 70% of Nextel, announced that it would propose to the shareholders to accept the offer. The other 30% of Nextel is owned by AI Brazil Holdings, the local operation of Access Industries, an American private company whose portfol
  
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• London Underground breaks through its new Bank tube station entrance

  19-03-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A connection between tunnels and a new Bank tube station entrance on Canon Street was made last week as construction workers broke through the final layer of concrete.
  Edited Dragados video of the breakthrough
  The new Cannon Street entrance will have a set of escalators taking passengers directly down to an enlarged Northern line concourse, and via a second set of escalators straight down to the DLR platforms.
  The breakthough point you are looking at is at the bottom of the new escalator shaft u
  
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• Grey clouds gather over Apple as Netflix snubs imminent streaming service

  19-03-2019 11:57
  Apple is on the verge of announcing something big, but its TV streaming ambitions have been undermined as Netflix dismisses any tie-up with the iLeader.
  Speaking at a press event at the streaming giants HQ, CEO Reed Hastings said Netflix would not be partnering with Apple or allowing its content to be hosted on any streaming service it might announce. There are a lot of unknowns about the Apple announcement on March 25, but at least this has been cleared up.
  Rumours suggest Apple is going to cre
  
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• France’s Iliad extends timing of targets and considers asset sale

  19-03-2019 11:13
  Telecoms group’s potential mobile divestment comes amid pressure in its home market
  
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• BT shared rural network snub is not as it seems

  19-03-2019 11:04
  Everyone agrees that there needs to be some sort of collaboration to meet the extra-ordinarily difficult coverage objectives of the Government, but BT is snubbing rivals’ latest plans?
  According to The Times, O2, Vodafone and Three have tabled a plan which would see all four of the UK MNOs pool resources to tackle the digital divide. Shared infrastructure would reduce the financial burden of investing in geographical regions which offer little potential for ROI, due to the sparse or non-ex
  
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• Salvador Dalí’s champagne lamps go on display

  19-03-2019 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The V&A says that it has acquired one of the most important examples of modern lighting ever designed in the UK, a joint creation of artist Salvador Dalí and his most important British patron, Edward James.
  Each lamp is made from ten oversized brass champagne coupes, one stacked on top of the other, standing on a base in the form of a Victorian papier-mȃchè tray decorated with gold ivy tendrils, berries and leaves.
  Following the sale of the lampstands by the Edward James F
  
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• London Underground’s glowing tube roundel picks up an award

  19-03-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Launched last June, a glowing tube roundel has won an award for the “best licensed product” at the Association for Cultural Enterprises Conference.
  The lightbox has now sold over 12,000 units since its launch, making it also one of the London Transport Museum’s best selling products.
  The Lightboxes, which come with 10 interchangeable station signs, including the classic ‘Mind The Gap’ slogan, are powered by a USB cable, or back-up batteries.The award by ACE said tha
  
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• Trump officials say UK’s 5G approach imperils security

  19-03-2019 01:15
  Warning comes as Washington pressures allies to shun Huawei equipment
  
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• Salisbury becomes the UK's first true gigabit city

  19-03-2019 01:00
  The UK's incumbent network operator Openreach is to make its fibre to the home services available to every resident of Salisbury, making it the first town in the UK to boast 100 per cent FTTH coverage.
  Openreach says that it will make its FTTH services available to every resident in the Wiltshire town…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• RCOM cancels asset sale to Reliance Jio

  19-03-2019 01:00
  Reliance Communications (RCom) has cancelled the planned sale of its assets to Reliance Jio, according to a report in the Indian Press.
  The Economic Times of India quoted a burse filing…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei confirmed as industry leader for innovation, filing 5,405 patents in 2018

  19-03-2019 01:00
  Chinese tech giant, Huawei, has been confirmed as the most innovative company in the global telecoms sector, after it filed a record number of patents with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) last year…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Filipino government wants MoU with telcos to help deploy 50,000 towers

  19-03-2019 01:00
  The Philippines' Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has revealed plans to install up to 50,000 telecoms towers across the country, through a series of partnerships with the country's major telcos…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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