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• Android officially endorses AT&T’s 5GE thing

  26-04-2019 17:03
  Now that AT&T has got the all clear the Android Open Source Project has decided to embrace 5G Evolution.
  The news comes courtesy of XDA Developers, which spotted a recent addition to the Android Open Source Project site headed ‘Add 5G evolution icon’ and supported with the instruction to ‘…add the 5GE icon to the system UI for specific carriers LTE CA network.’
  Right now we have no reason to assume those specific carriers are any other than AT&T but, since
  
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• Huawei/spying: too big to boycott

  26-04-2019 16:49 via ft.com
  Chinese group’s experience and low prices mean it dominates market for telecoms equipment
  
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• KPN bans Huawei from ‘core’ of its 5G network

  26-04-2019 14:50 via ft.com
  Dutch company will use western supplier over security concerns relating to Chinese group
  
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• See a green man parade through Deptford and Greenwich

  26-04-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  On May Day — aka, Wed 1st May — a tall green man will walk around parts of South London.The Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived by members of Blackheath Morris Men and friends in the early 1980s. It is a revival of a Jack in the Green from about 1906 which was taken out around Deptford, South East London on May Day by the original Fowlers Troop.
  No one actually seems to be entirely sure what the Jack in the Green was, or how long the tradition of parading a decorated “w
  
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• KPN bans Huawei from its 5G network core

  26-04-2019 12:56
  Dutch operator KPN announced it has signed an agreement with Huawei to build the 5G radio network but will only select a western vendor for 5G core.
  KPN said it will modernise its mobile network towards 5G, and has adopted a tightened security policy with regard to vendor selection. The company believes that “the mobile core network which from a security point of view is more sensitive”, while the RAN is less so.
  As a result, the operator has entered into a preliminary agreement
  
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• Intel admits losing Apple caused it to ditch 5G modems – well duh

  26-04-2019 12:50
  Chip giant Intel silenced the non-speculation about it bailing on its much heralded 5G modem project by admitting it was due to losing Apple as a customer.
  The scoop comes courtesy of the paywalled WSJ and passed on by The Verge. Intel CEO Bob Swan apparently fessed up to the WSJ saying “In light of the announcement of Apple and Qualcomm, we assessed the prospects for us to make money while delivering this technology for smartphones and concluded at the time that we just didn’t see a
  
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• Why is there no US rival to compete with Huawei?

  26-04-2019 12:00 via ft.com
  Telecoms insiders blame government and industry decisions in 1990s for stymying innovation
  
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• Verizon expands 5G supported by Samsung 5G phone

  26-04-2019 10:26
  US operator Verizon will switch on 5G in 20 more cities and has opened pre-orders of Samsung’s Galaxy S10 5G smartphone.
  Verizon announced that it will switch on 5G Ultra Wideband service within this year in: Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Des Moines, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Little Rock, Memphis, Phoenix, Providence, San Diego, Salt Lake City and Washington DC. That will take the total number of cities to offer 5G
  
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• LINX Welcome CNCI as 1st New Member to Connect in London from Japanese IXP Partner, JPIX

  26-04-2019 09:00
  The London Internet Exchange (LINX) and the Japan Internet Exchange (JPIX) recently entered into a new partnership agreement, a collaboration which stems from the knowledge that an increasing number of Asian networks are looking to peer in Europe, and in London in particular. Community Network Center (CNCI) is the first member to join LINX in London from JPIX’s Tokyo PoP. CNCI, a large customer for JPIX, is the second-largest cable MSO in Japan, providing internet...Source: RealWire
  
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• Vietnam welcomes its first MVNO

  26-04-2019 02:00
  Indochina Telecom formally launched in Vietnam on Thursday, becoming the country's first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), according to local press reports…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• There could be more to O2 fixed broadband rumours than meets the eye

  26-04-2019 02:00
  The report earlier this week that UK mobile operator O2 is considering a return to the fixed broadband market led many industry watchers to immediately start to question the rationale behind the firm rolling out a new fibre network or reselling capacity from Openreach. There are serious obstacles to both options – essentially cost in the first and margins in the second – but there could be other ways for O2 to offer home broadband that wouldn't make shareholders faint at the prospec
  
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• Telefonica confirms 'advanced' data centre deal talks

  26-04-2019 02:00
  Telefonica this week confirmed that it is in talks that could lead to the sale of certain data centre assets, but did not comment on the €600 million price tag some sources have pinned on the deal…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• T-Mo posts strong customer growth as merger debate continues

  26-04-2019 02:00
  T-Mobile US added just over 1 million branded postpaid customers in the first quarter of this year, including 656,000 phone customers, exceeding the expectations of the financial newswires…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei excluded from KPN's 5G core

  26-04-2019 02:00
  KPN will not use Huawei, or indeed any Chinese equipment maker, to supply its 5G mobile core network, on security grounds.The Netherlands-based telco said it is adopting a multi…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Cost of 5G phones means early adopter phase could be lengthy

  26-04-2019 02:00
  When Verizon unveiled the pricing of its first real 5G handset, Samsung's Galaxy S10 5G, this week it led me to question just how many people will be willing to pay well in excess of $1,000 for early access to the next generation of mobile technology.As anyone who has met me in real life – I'm a delight, honest – will know, I don't much care about phones. A smartphone is very much a means to an end for me. Ergo, it will come as no surprise to learn that I made a sharp intake of brea
  
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